Before, he never directly called her by name, it was always "Little Chili, Little Chili," calling so affectionately. Now, his mood is a bit off and he calls her Eva Miller directly?

Luke Land noticed her unusual state, and immediately toned down his emotions.

"Alright, I’m sorry,..." Luke Land eventually lowered his head a bit, but... kneeling on a washboard? He really couldn’t accept that.

After he finished speaking, he walked out and headed directly to the guest room.

As soon as he stepped out, all the maids looked at him with surprise, making his expression even more unpleasant.

...

The next day, he woke up relatively late; after all, Asher Land had returned, so he could manage fewer of the company’s affairs.

He took out his phone and called Asher Land.

"Third brother, I’m not going to the company today. If you want to go, go yourself."

"Go today and then I’ll give you half a month off." On the other end of the line, Asher Land spoke casually.

"Why?"

"Because... I’m still in bed." He said with a suggestive tone, and then hung up the call.

"You!" Luke Land looked at the darkened phone screen and couldn’t help but complain inwardly.

With no choice, he hurriedly got up, washed up, and skipped breakfast before heading to the company.

Meanwhile, Asher Land still seemed unable to come back from the honeymoon state.

He was used to waking up every day and seeing her lying beside him. She could stay silent or act cute and coquettish, and in any case, as long as she was beside him, he felt the entire world was beautiful.

Sophie Smith turned over, opened her eyes, only to find Asher Land gazing intently at her.

"You’re not going to the company? You’ll be late."

"Not today. Second brother understands us, knows we just returned from our honeymoon. It might be hard to adjust quickly, so he told me to take a few days off."

Lying with eyes wide open.

"Oh." The scary part is, Sophie actually believed him.

The woman in his arms had a dreamy gaze, a clean bare face; indeed, it evoked some naughty thoughts in the early morning.

He pressed her beneath him, kissed her for quite a while, still feeling unsatisfied. But now, he’s in a "special period," so he had to restrain his improper thoughts towards her.

Sophie was moved by his kiss; she felt pretty good today, wasn’t planning to refuse him.

But, as she clung to his neck, responding, ready to offer herself to him, the man hesitated.

"Asher Land, what’s wrong?" She opened her eyes, frowned, and asked. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

He didn’t respond, merely removed her hand from his neck, then laid flat on the bed himself, still slightly breathless.

Sophie felt something was amiss; under normal circumstances, Asher Land absolutely wouldn’t stop halfway.

She turned from the other side, then lay her whole body on his chest.

"Asher Land, why can’t we?" Sophie asked with complete seriousness; she was genuinely just curious.

"Do you really want it?" He curled his lips slightly, raising an eyebrow as he asked.

"Don’t ask if I want it, just tell me why can’t we?"

Could it be... being together for so long, he’s lost ’interest’ in her?

Sophie found the idea that suddenly popped in her head truly terrifying.