**Gwen's Pov**

　　"Ashton?" I gasped, startled to the marrow. "You scared me." I closed the door and gazed around the room. "What are you doing here?"

　　"Don't -don't you dare evade my question." He gritted, narrowing his eyes at me. "Where are you coming from?"

　　"I went strolling." I lied fluidly. "I needed to think and I wasn't hungry so I decided to skip and go...strolling."

　　He drank me in intently, his lips in a straight line, and his eyes ...