Hearing Ashley's words, Andrew slowed his pace down a bit but he still continued walking.
Seeing that Andrew was about to walk out of the room, Ashley yelled at him with a shrill voice,
"Andrew, you can't leave. If you walk out of the room now, I will forget that you ever existed!"
Ashley was sure that she clearly saw something. When she held Andrew's hand, she felt his body
temperature soaring.
Andrew stood there like a headstone in the dead of night. Beads of sweat were forming on his brow as
he was at a loss on what he should do.
Actually, he had reconciled with Ashley a few minutes ago and he told her that he didn't want to leave.
However, he couldn't hide what happened to him if he didn't leave as soon as possible.
While Andrew was wrestling with his thoughts on what he should do, Ashley walked over to him, held
his arms and rolled up his sleeves. Sure enough, she saw some dense red spots on Andrew's arms. It
seemed that Andrew was having some sort of allergy attack.
Ashley looked at Andrew and worriedly asked him what happened to his arms.
Andrew didn't want Ashley to know the truth. He hid his arms behind his back, but his hands were
currently being held tightly by Ashley. He was afraid that Ashley might fall down to the ground again if
he pulled his hands back violently.
Andrew licked his lips and sealed his mouth, preventing any words to escape.
Seeing Andrew like this, Ashley couldn't help being anxious. "Andrew, what is going on? If you don't tell
me, then I won't tell you anything about me," she told him with a concerned look on her face.
Andrew grew anxious after hearing those words. Looking at Ashley, Andrew couldn't find the right
words to describe or explain what was happening to him. "Ash, don't worry. I'm just suffering from an
allergy. I'll be fine after taking some medicine."
'Allergy?
It seems that Andrew hasn't eaten anything that may make his allergies to act up, ' thought Ashley.
Later, she thought of the first time they had dinner. She remembered that she had seen similar spots on
Andrew's body.
They ate many Sichuan dishes which were especially spicy during that day.
Ashley liked to eat spicy food. She also cooked several spicy dishes for dinner and served Andrew
those dishes earlier.
Ashley looked at Andrew and felt sorry. She said, "You can eat spicy food, right?"
Andrew panicked as he saw that Ashley was on the verge of crying again. He had just reconciled with
her and didn't want her to bawl her eyes out again because of him.
Andrew leaned close to Ashley and wanted to touch her. However, Ashley stepped back to avoid being
touched but she didn't release Andrew's hand.
Andrew didn't expect that Ashley would behave like this. He stood still, seemingly overwhelmed by
what's happening. "Ash…"
Ashley sniffed her nose and tried not to let her tears fall. "Tell me, please. Are you allergic to peppers?"
Seeing Ashley being so persistent with her questions, Andrew knew that Ashley would ignore him if he
didn't tell her the truth.
Andrew then sat down and slowly said, "Yes. I am allergic to peppers. But…"
Before Andrew could finish saying his words, Ashley's tears started to fall.
It is true that women were made from water.
Andrew finally held Ashley's hand and softly said, "Ash, please don't cry."
Ashley knew that she shouldn't cry at that moment but she couldn't help herself.
'Andrew knew that he is allergic to peppers. Why did he still calmly eat all the food that I served him?'
thought Ashley.
Ashley wiped away his tears casually and asked, "Where is your allergy medicine? Do you have your
antihistamines with you?"
Andrew felt lucky that Francis had left a bottle of allergy medicine here when he came.
Andrew stood up and said, "They are in the bedroom. I'll go and take some now."
Ashley stopped Andrew and said, "Tell me where they are. I will bring them to you."
"They are on the bedside table. The medicine is in a small white bottle that doesn't have any label,"
replied Andrew.
Francis specifically prescribed that medicine after he diagnosed Andrew of allergies. That was why the
bottle did not have any labels.
Ashley picked the bottle up, walked over to Andrew and placed it down. She then went to the other side
to pour a cup of tepid water and asked Andrew, "How many pills do you need to take?"
Andrew said, "Two."
Ashley looked at the white bottle, and asked, "What's in it? Why isn't there any label? Is it safe for you
to take it?"
Francis did his best to find this medicine for Andrew. If he heard Ashley's words, he might get miffed
and annoyed.
Andrew felt helpless. But he enjoyed all the attention Ashley was giving him. He then said, "Don't worry,
it's safe."
Ashley finally felt a big weight lifted from her shoulders upon hearing Andrew's words.
She then gave Andrew the medicine.
Andrew felt helpless. He thought it was a trivial thing that he suffered from an allergy. He could take the
medicine by himself since he hadn't been seriously ill.
But he also enjoyed being taken care of by Ashley.
So, Andrew obediently took the medicine with Ashley's help.
Ashley looked at Andrew and asked him, her voice slightly trembling, "How are you feeling? Are you
feeling better? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you need to go to the hospital?"
He had just taken the medicine so it will take a bit of time to kick in.
Ashley was quite worried when she saw those thick and bright red spots on Andrew's arms.
Andrew softly replied, "Don't worry. I am fine. I feel much better after taking the medicine. I'll be fine."
Seeing that Andrew was trying to comfort her softly even if he was not feeling well, Ashley couldn't help
but feel sorry as her eyes began to turn red.
"Why didn't you tell me that you can't eat spicy food?"
Andrew couldn't eat spicy food but didn't refuse nor react when Ashley served him some.
Why?
Andrew loved her so much. That was why he tried to like everything that she liked.
That was the only reason.
It was simple but moving enough.
Andrew knew that Ashley would burst into tears if he told Ashley about his thoughts.
So, Andrew said, "I just wanted to taste them."
Only Andrew could think of such a lame reason at that moment.
Ashley would definitely figure out why Andrew would eat spicy food if she thought about it real hard.
'Why is Andrew so hard-headed? He can't eat spicy food but he still ate so much, ' thought Ashley.
She looked at Andrew, and declared in a serious tone, "You are not allowed to eat spicy food in the
future. Do you understand? I will see to it that your allergies won't get triggered again."
'From now on, everything spicy is not allowed in our house. We'd better eat something light, ' Ashley
thought.
Maybe this was love.
Ashley liked everything that Andrew liked. And Andrew was willing to like everything that Ashley liked.
Andrew happily replied, "Okay."
After making sure that there was nothing serious with Andrew anymore, Ashley said, "Well, it's late.
Let's go to bed. We have to go to work tomorrow."
Andrew smiled and said, "Okay."
After taking a bath, they both lay down on the bed but weren't sleepy.
Ashley was deep in thought about the things she needed to work on in the company the following day.
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