"I asked, 'Why didn't you pick up?'"

"I will," Ashton replied nonchalantly, brushing off my question. "I'll go out and take the call. As for you, it’s about time you get out of bed and wash up for breakfast."

I blinked, surprised. "You made breakfast?"

I thought he had been sleeping next to me the entire time, but apparently, he had gotten out of bed at some point to prepare breakfast. Perhaps he’d returned when he saw I was still sleeping and decided to read by my ...