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?"

that she wasn't going to give her any other choice but to

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

when I visited the

agreed to go there together, but then I couldn't go because I had something else that I had to

right. Well, when I came back. I ran into

and shone so brightly and beautifully. I guessed that he would have been hungry, so I gave him something to eat. And then we

and stopped on the spot, while she held Ashley by the arm. She gaped at her and then frowned and said, "Have you lost your

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

hour, Ellie's loud remark had drawn the attention

what other people thought of her, she felt self-conscious about

after a few moments she said, "Okay,

day that I ran into him and to be honest I even forgot about him. Then

came to J City to visit his relatives but got mugged. He lost everything and that was why he was in such a bad way. Later on, he managed to contact his relatives and recover

computers and offered his

said shrugging her shoulders.

yesterday. And here I

guy? Bah! He came to J City to visit his relatives

Ashley? She really put herself in

like a really nice guy. I bet he isn't the evil

can't judge a person by his appearance. If there were no bad people in the world, then we wouldn't see policemen everywhere," Ellie snapped in a

my lesson," Ashley said in a pleading voice, as she shook Ellie's arm. 'I didn't have the heart to

since they kept stopping to talk about Ashley's new friend, it took them half an

Ashley walked into the

calling her at this

down at the caller ID on the screen, her good mood

and made her way into the kitchen to start cooking dinner for them. Whereas, Ashley sat

she answered hesitantly. The instant she answered the phone, an irritated voice screeched back at her.