A Love Trap

"Yes. I don't want to continue to stay here. I don't like my job. I want to open a bakery to sell all kinds of delicious cakes," Ellie replied.

Ellie's announcement was a great delight to Fiona. "Really? When you open the shop, you have to let me know. I will be your first customer!" she gushed, gaping at Ellie with her expectant eyes.

"Of course I will. How could I forget you?" Ellie beamed as she pinched Fiona's chubby cheeks.

'It felt comfortable. I finally understood why Ashley always pinches her face, ' she thought.

"But are you really going to leave the Luo Group?" Fiona's lips curved downward as she remembered that was Ellie's intention.

The smile on her face faded off and her mood darkened.

As Ashely detected Fiona was upset, she reached out and touched Fiona's head fondly. "What's up?" she nudged in a sisterly tone.

"I don't want you to leave. If you leave here, I will have to work here alone," Fiona blurted. Her thoughts escaped her mouth in a rush and her face still carried the weariness of her fear and frustration.

"How about you take me with you?" she proposed. Her eyes lit up in expectation, staring at Ashley and Ellie.

Then she lowered her head and fixed her eyes on the delectable food on her plate. 'The food here is yummy, ' she thought.

Ashley observed Fiona's actions. 'She still acts like a child, ' Ashley chuckled to herself.

"It has not been decided yet. You should do your job. You got the chance to work here because your school works with this company. Unfortunately, you can't just leave here any time you want," Ashley said.

Fiona sighed. Ashley's reminder that she was a mere intern caused her shoulders to slump even more and she thought to herself, 'Why me? I don't want to continue to work in this stupid company.

they're leaving.' Tears began to form at the corners of

the other customers' disrespectful remarks and scornful gazes, said, "Girls, I think

search through the crowd for a way to

out of the canteen, Ashley looked up and saw Rita. This was not going to

in her most derisive voice, "Are you leaving so soon? We just arrived. The lunch hour is far from over. What's the

with Raymond by accident, but she was still envious of her. She worked for Luo Group for many years and since she knew that Raymond's father owned the company, she had tried every means to seduce him to become his girlfriend. But to her dismay, he wasn't interested in her.

to make Raymond fall for her. But it turned

just Ashley's relationship with Raymond she envied. It was also her role in the company. She had paid her dues and worked like mad in the Luo Group, but she was passed over for the promotion and now Ashley, a newcomer, was

Lena to kick Ashley out of the Luo

around the hall, dismissed Rita's snide commentary and again began weaving her way through the crowd toward the exit. With knitted brows, Ashley squared her

grabbed her arm and whispered in her ear, "I

did I say that I was leaving the Luo Group?" Ashley countered, shaking her arm free from Rita's claws.

mistress. Miss Mu didn't come to you because she didn't want to embarrass you. You should be smart and quit," Rita quipped, as she looked at her fingernails, still grasping at Ashley's arm. Obviously she didn't take

several pictures of you at a hotel, can I

trailed off. A dash of fury flashed across her face. "Don't think too highly of yourself. If you are a wise woman, you'd better resign office. Otherwise, you will get yourslf into bigger trouble,"

You'd better take care of your own things," Ashley shot back. Then she took Ellie's and Fiona's hands

by Ashley's eloquence, parted the sea of people so that the three

Rita threw a steely

onlookers dispersed. Rita thought to herself, 'Looks like I underestimated Ashley.' Her cheeks started to

impossible for her to continue to stay here," a girl piped up. The girl noticed

You gave her those warnings out of goodwill. However, she was ungrateful