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.

became friends with Ashley and Ellie. Now they're leaving.'

canteen. Ashley, who was acutely aware of the other customers'

pushed in their chairs, and let their eyes search through the crowd for a

Ashley looked up and

corner of her lips and said in

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

thought that she wasn't enchanting enough to make Raymond fall for her. But it turned out that her boss had a

her role in the company. She had paid her dues and worked like mad in the Luo Group, but she was passed

Lena to kick Ashley out of the Luo Group.

weaving her way through the crowd toward the

arm and whispered in her ear, "I bet you have seen the posts in the forum. When are you going to

did I say that I was leaving the Luo Group?" Ashley countered, shaking her arm

should be smart and quit," Rita quipped, as she looked at her fingernails, still grasping at Ashley's arm. Obviously she didn't take Ashley as her

If I took several pictures of you at a hotel, can I say that you are a whore?" Ashley snapped back with an eerie calmness. However, her eyes

off. A dash of fury flashed across her face. "Don't think too highly of yourself. If you are a wise woman,

thank you for your warning. But that's none of your business. You'd better take care of your own things,"

eloquence, parted the sea of people so

was out of sight, they all fixed their eyes on Rita. Rita threw a steely look at the crowd and shouted, "Go away.

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

for her to continue to stay here," a girl piped up. The girl noticed the animosity spreading on Rita's face, so she tried to please

those warnings out of goodwill. However, she was ungrateful and refused