When Calvin saw Ashlyn crying without saying a word, he picked her up to take her to his room. It wasn’t convenient for him to do anything with Xenia around.Ashlyn, however, flailed around in protest. “Put me down!”He ignored her and said to Xenia, “Can you open the door, please? Thanks.”Xenia opened it in a daze. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she asked Calvin, who was already standing outside the room next door, “You guys won’t be back tonight, right?”“Nope!”“I’ll lock the door, then.”Calvin unlocked his room door and put Ashlyn on the bed. She continued to lie on her side with her back to him.He lay down next to her and wrapped an arm around her waist, tracing his lips around her cheek. “Don’t be mad anymore. What else do you want me to do?”Ashlyn’s eyes were shut. She thought, ‘Knowing him, he’s probably been bothered by this for a long time now, long enough that he said those things without hesitation. Who knows what else he could say if I don’t show him
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