He forced a smile. "Later, I wanted to take responsibility for you, so I dragged you to the courthouse to get our marriage license. I didn't know about your relationship with Adam Sinclair back then. I even had that bastard Morgan Sinclair take you to that reception, letting them both humiliate you..."
The night gradually deepened. Yuri Sinclair's story grew longer and his voice softer.
Ashley Bowen gradually fell asleep amidst this seemingly endless fairy tale, while Yuri Sinclair, finally exhausted, closed his eyes as well.
「The next day, the sun was high in the sky when Ashley Bowen finally opened her eyes.」
She had never slept as soundly as she had last night, waking up naturally the next day.
Looking at the man beside her, still deep in sleep, she saw the flush had faded from his face and the sweat on his forehead had dried. She glanced down at his lower abdomen and breathed a sigh of relief.
