A Love Trap

'This is the most efficient way to make Fiona shut up!' Ashley thought with a victorious smile visible on her lips.

Seeing the way Ashley treated Fiona, Ellie rolled her eyes at her disapprovingly.

However, Ashley just grinned back mischievously. 'Got a problem with that?' she thought.

The trio ran into Rita, and she was looking a lot less confident and much less cocky than she had been yesterday.

Ashley gave her a vague glance, thinking, 'It looks like the tides have turned, after just one day. But it's wrong to gloat over other's misfortune.'

Sensing Ashley's gaze on her, Rita looked at her with a blank expression on her face and then looked away.

'She must hate me very much.

But it's not my fault. She brought it all on herself!' Ashley thought.

The time had passed in the blink of an eye and it was already dusk. The three girls stood in front of the Luo Group's building preparing to bid each other goodbye.

"Ellie, Ashley, see you tomorrow," Fiona said cheerfully, waving to them.

Her house was in the opposite direction to where Ashley and Ellie lived. But since the girls were all good friends, they would always walk out of the company together and then go their separate ways.

"Bye. See you!" Ellie and Ashley replied in unison.

They watched Fiona for a brief moment as she walked down the street and then they too headed to their apartment.

Ashley and Ellie rented an apartment in close proximity to the company. It made it more convenient for them to walk to and from work every day. It would normally only take them around ten minutes to get home at strolling pace.

On the way home, they chatted happily with each other.

All of a sudden, Ellie stopped and asked, "Now, can you tell me how on earth you managed to pull that off?"

she wasn't going

seen it many times before, so she didn't dare try to hide it from her any longer. Ashley heaved

that day when I visited the

I had something else that I had to do. And you went there by yourself, I remember," Ellie said nodding.

Well, when I came back. I ran into someone- a beggar,"

his eyes, they were so kind and shone so brightly and beautifully. I guessed that he would have been hungry, so I

voice and stopped on the spot, while she held Ashley by the arm. She

you keep your voice down, Ellie?" Ashley said through clenched teeth as

loud remark had drawn the attention of the many

her, she felt self-conscious about being

compose herself and after a few

passed since that day that I ran into him and to be honest I

was why he was in such a bad way. Later on, he managed to contact his relatives and recover some of his things. He thanked me for helping him and

he told me that he was really good with computers and offered his skills to me if I ever needed

said shrugging her

here I was thinking that she was upset because of the rumors, ' Ellie thought.

to J City to visit his relatives and was mugged! Only you would believe a story like

really put herself in

bet he isn't the evil person that you imagine him

by its cover, just like you can't judge a person by his appearance. If there were

a pleading voice, as she shook Ellie's arm. 'I

but since they kept stopping to talk about Ashley's new friend, it took

instant Ashley walked into the

could be calling

out her cell phone from her pocket and glanced down at the caller ID on the screen, her

kitchen to start cooking dinner for

answered hesitantly. The instant she answered the