The sun was up, everything came alive, trees and plants stretched, and birds happily hopped onto branches, chirping noisily. Ava Sterling was very sleepy, feeling unbearably drowsy, yet the noise outside continually dragged her consciousness out of her slumber. She was quite annoyed, directly pulling the blanket over her head, curling her whole body inside to escape the bothersome sounds. But as she tucked into the blanket, she felt something hard, a large lump. Ava frowned. When did her doll become so hard? Wasn’t it supposed to be soft? Not knowing why, Ava began to touch this ’big lump,’ and then she felt... a butt... Even gave it a squeeze... Her mind went blank for a moment, then, like playing a movie, numerous images flashed through her mind. And all those images were not suitable for children... At this moment, Ava’s hand became scorching hot. She actually touched a tiger’s butt! The sky was about to fall! The surroundings fell silent, as if in an instant, all sounds disappeared. At this moment, Ava was at a loss for what to do, unable to retreat or stay put, feeling tormented... After such occurrences, she always seemed to blank out easily, reacting slowly, perhaps due to the alcohol. Usually, this person would get up early, and by the time she woke, he would be gone, but this time he didn’t leave and was still lying on the bed. Some things do become more familiar after a couple of encounters. After rolling in the sheets with this person a few times, she wasn’t even surprised anymore and didn’t even want to find a reason. But now, with such a situation being a first, what should she do? Not knowing if it was her heating up or this person heated from her touch, she felt like her hand was on fire, burning beyond tolerance, she had to leave quickly. And the temperature under the blanket shot from the twenties directly into the thirties, with a posture of continuing to rise. Ava couldn’t care less, swiftly retracting her hand. But as she withdrew her hand, a strong arm instantly encircled her waist, and before Ava had time to react, she was drawn into that firm and scorching embrace. And almost without giving her a chance to respond, that person forcefully took possession of her, making Ava involuntarily utter a sound: "Uh!" The next moment, her mind was in chaos... Sharon Sheridan slept late last night but had a sound sleep, causing her to wake up two hours later than usual this morning. Still, even though she woke late, Ava and Poe Vaughn hadn’t come out yet. Sharon Sheridan wasn’t worried at all, even telling Sister Yu to keep her voice down, and afraid Little Eight would disturb the two, even had someone take Little Eight out. "Make something nutritious to replenish the body, both need to be replenished." Sharon Sheridan went to the kitchen, quietly instructing Sister Yu. Sister Yu understood, smilingly whispering, "Don’t worry, I know." Sharon Sheridan smiled, the wrinkles on her face bunching together: "If things go well, maybe I can hold a great-grandchild by next year." Knowing the old lady was happy, also knowing there wasn’t any of that thing setup last night, if the two weren’t consciously avoiding pregnancy, wouldn’t it just be a matter of next year? "Just depends on what the third young master thinks." "But ah, it’s a matter of sooner or later, our third young master rarely likes a girl this much, maybe he doesn’t want children this early." How great is it to enjoy the world of two? Sharon Sheridan wasn’t disappointed hearing this, very much in agreement: "Anyway, I’ll eventually get to hold a great-grandchild, I’m not anxious, if there’s a surprise, I’m happy, if not, I’m not disappointed." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel•fire.net "All in all, I’m happy that our little Poe has someone by his side." "Indeed, last night seeing the young madam defending the third young master, I truly saw it, the young madam really cares about our third young master." "That’s right! Isn’t our little Poe amazing?" "Haha, truly, though our third young master doesn’t say much, he certainly does plenty, the young madam is very discerning." "Of course, any girl our little Poe fancies has to be discerning, no?" The two old ladies were chatting happily in the kitchen early in the morning. Meanwhile, Ava was in quite a dilemma. She touched the tiger’s butt, no wonder the tiger wanted to eat her, it was all her own doing. However, she was so tired and wanted to continue sleeping, but this person was seemingly on a vitality boost, not resting at all. Ava truly wanted to say, now he’s just bullying her for being injured, bullying her for being sleep-deprived, wait till she heals and rests well, she’ll not call herself Ava Sterling if she doesn’t battle him for three hundred rounds! Though this was what she thought in her heart, at this moment, Ava was getting worn out, tempted to beg for mercy. It’s just morning, and later she has to go celebrate his cousin’s birthday, and she’s seriously sleep-deprived... Outside the window, sunlight shone brightly, filtering through the thick curtains. The ambiguous orange light was gone, replaced by a natural dim light, shrouding everything in a somewhat misty glow. The bathroom door opened, and Ava was carried to the bed by Poe Vaughn, not wanting to roll over once, she simply closed her eyes and held the quilt, falling asleep immediately. Poe Vaughn saw the heavy drowsiness on her face, covered her well with the blanket, and went to the walk-in closet. The two had just bathed, though the bathing time was much longer than usual. Ava was extremely tired; she didn’t want to bother with anything else, knowing this person would arrange everything well. So as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was asleep, not caring about anything else. Poe Vaughn closed the closet door, blocking the rustling sounds of dressing, and when he came out fully dressed, Ava was already in a sweet sleep. Looking at the person completely asleep on the bed, he energetically exited the bedroom. The door closed gently. Sharon Sheridan watched the time, sipping her fifth cup of tea this morning on the sofa, quite satisfied. It was already nine o’clock, and her dear grandson and granddaughter-in-law hadn’t come out yet, she felt it was great. Even if they didn’t come out at all today, she would have no objections. With that thought, Sharon Sheridan put down her tea cup, looked upstairs, deciding to tidy up and head to Faye’s birthday party, letting the two upstairs have a good rest. Only, as she looked, she saw that tall figure coming downstairs. Sharon Sheridan raised an eyebrow, was he up? Seeing no Ava at Poe Vaughn’s back, Sharon Sheridan beamed with a compassionate smile. Sharon Sheridan warmly beckoned to Poe Vaughn, who walked over and sat down: "Grandmother." "Haha, Poe, grandmother was thinking, maybe you two don’t need to go to your cousin’s birthday today, I’ll go along just fine." The old lady alone could represent countless Vaughn Family members, Poe Vaughn’s absence wouldn’t make a difference. Hearing Sharon Sheridan, Sister Yu quickly brought over the tea that had been prepared early, designed to replenish energy. Poe Vaughn noticed the distinctly different tea, sipped it lightly, then put it down: "No need, we’ll go a bit later."