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?"

an expression that implied, that she wasn't going to give her any other choice but to

dare try to hide it from her any longer. Ashley heaved

I visited the Star

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

came back. I ran into

shone so brightly and beautifully. I guessed that he would have been hungry,

vagabond?" Ellie raised her voice and stopped on the spot, while she held Ashley by the arm. She gaped at her and then

down, Ellie?" Ashley said through clenched

had drawn the

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

deep breath to compose herself and after a few moments she said, "Okay, I'm

him and to be honest I even forgot about him. Then

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 we would chat through QQ sometimes.

our chats, he told me that he was really good with computers and

shrugging her shoulders.

yesterday. And here I was thinking that she was upset because of the

to J City to visit his relatives and was mugged! Only you would believe a story like that," Ellie lectured, her face darkening

hurt Ashley? She really put herself in unnecessary risk. Thank

I didn't think so. He looked like a really nice guy. I bet he isn't the evil person that you imagine him to

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

Ellie. Don't be mad at me. I've learnt my lesson," Ashley said in a pleading voice, as she shook Ellie's arm. 'I didn't have the

kept stopping to talk about Ashley's new

instant Ashley walked into the house, her

be calling her at this

down at

into the kitchen to start cooking dinner for them. Whereas, Ashley sat on the couch to take the call in the living

The instant she answered the phone,