bChapter /bb60 /b

Ashton sauntered over to the sofa like

peacock disying its feathers, plopped down next to Briar, and leaned back binto /bthe sofa’s

embrace, stretching out his limbs and tilting his head back with a rxed expression.

“Alright, let’s get started,” he said, closing his eyes on his own without any prompting from Briar.

They were sitting so close that Briar could catch the faint, pleasant scent of freshly showered skin emanating from Ashton.

‘I wonder what kind of body wash Ashton uses. It smells really good. I should ask him tomorrow and get the same one for myselfb,/bb‘ /bshe thought to herself.

Uncertain about what had made Ashton fall asleepst time, Briar decided ito /imimic what she had done in the hotel. She took out her phoneb, /bnning to y a few rounds of a game to see if that would help induce sleepiness.

Of course, a quiet environment was necessary for creating a sleepy atmosphere, iso /ishe plugged in her earphones, nced at Ashton’s bthin /blips pursed in a rxed manner to make sure he wasn’t bothered, and thenunched the game.

Brandon, standing in the corner of the living room, couldn’t help but twitch his lips at Briar’s seemingly half–hearted attempt at keepingpany while trying to sleep. ‘There’s no way Ashton could fall asleep like this,‘ he thought.

But to everyone’s surprise, fifteen minutester, when Briar finished a game and looked over at Ashton, he was fast asleep.

It seemed like Ashton was in a deep sleep, as even his furrowed brows had rxed.

Briar’s eyes widened in astonishment. ‘Could it really work?‘ she thought.

What was even more incredible to Brandon was that he had been keeping an eye on Ashton the whole time. He couldn’t believe what he was

seeing.

He wondered, ‘Did Ashton just fall asleep like that? No hypnosis drugs, no physical hypnosis, not even any soothing sounds from Briar to help him drift off? He just naturally, quietly, and quickly fell into a deep sleep?

‘Wow, this is nothing short of a miracle. I have to capture this moment and share it in the group chat. I can’t be the only one blown away by

this.‘

So, with Briar looking on in disbelief, Brandon began snapping photos of Ashton from every angle, his excitement and fervor causing him to momentarily forget that he might wake up the sleeping Ashton with all themotion.

Briar stood there for a moment, dumbfounded, before letting out a sigh of resignation.

Too preupied with chatting in the group, Brandon didn’t notice Briar’s expression, nor did he see her slowly inching closer to Ashton.

Briar leaned in closer to the sleeping Ashton, who was inow /ipletely defenseless. He had great skin, long eyshes, a graceful neck, and a sexy Adam’s apple that moved slightly with his breathing.

His chest, rising and falling gently beneath his ck pajamas, had a certain understated appeal, and his legs were long, straight, and alluring. ‘No, I can’t keep staring. I need to maintain my reserved, innocent,dylike demeanor. Maybe I’ll just y a few more games?‘ she thought to

herself.

Briar pulled back and resumed ying her game,pletely unaware of the faint, upward curl of the sleeping man’s lips.

Ashton was indeed asleep, but even in his slumber, his body was always on high alert for any sudden movements nearbyb. /bbIt /bbwas /bban /bbinstinctive /b

reaction.

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Howeverb, /bbsince /bhe recognized the famir scent of the person approaching, he didn’t budge, allowing Briar bto /bbscrutinize /bhim from head to to

band /bbthen /bretreat.

bIt /bseemed that Briar had some feelings for him after all.

Sleepiness enveloped Ashton once more. Breathing in the soothing scent of Briar that filled his nostrils, he surrendered bto /bbsleep /bbwithout /bany resistance, his smile deepening at the corners of his lips.

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