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.

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

lunch rush entering the canteen. Ashley, who was acutely aware of the other customers' disrespectful remarks and scornful

stood up, pushed in their chairs, and let their eyes search through the crowd for a way to exit gracefully, but

the most direct route out of the canteen, Ashley looked up and saw

lips and said in her most derisive voice, "Are you leaving so soon? We just arrived. The lunch hour

since she knew that Raymond's father owned the company, she had tried every means to seduce him to become his girlfriend.

she wasn't enchanting enough to make Raymond fall for her.

Raymond she envied. It was also her role in the company. She had paid her dues and worked like mad

had teamed up with Lena to kick

commentary and again began weaving her way through the crowd toward the

her ear, "I bet you have seen the posts in the forum. When

was leaving the Luo Group?" Ashley

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

you at a hotel, can I say that you are a whore?" Ashley snapped back with an eerie calmness. However, her eyes threw daggers at Rita.

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,"

take care of your own things," Ashley shot back. Then she took Ellie's

of people so that the three

sight, they all fixed their eyes on Rita. Rita threw a steely look

thought to herself, 'Looks like I

awkward situation. It's impossible for her to continue to stay here," a girl piped up. The girl noticed the animosity spreading on Rita's face, so

those warnings out of goodwill. However, she was ungrateful and refused your kindness. You should