A Love Trap

After dinner, Ashley received a call from the Mu family and she was asked to come over to the family house tomorrow.

Ashley had moved out of the family house when she started college. She only ever came back when something happened in the family.

She smiled coldly when she spoke on the phone. She was shocked that Peggy had the nerve to call her after what she had done to her and acted like nothing had happened.

"Ashley, did you hear me? Come to the family house tomorrow. Answer me!" Peggy shouted angrily on the other end of the line because she had no response from Ashley, even though she had been talking for quite a while.

Peggy thought Ashley was so defiant.

She had planned to give Ashley to Michael Du as a gift earlier. But she didn't expect that Ashley would run away. As a result, they had lost a lucrative business deal. Peggy decided to teach Ashley a lesson when she came back home.

"Yes, I heard you," Ashley replied indifferently.

Ashley's reaction irritated Peggy and so she cursed her on the phone before she finally hung up on her.

When Ellie saw Ashley hang up the phone she gave her a worried look. "What's the matter? Why do they want you to come back home?"

Ellie had reason to worry. Every time her family called her to visit, there was always some sort of trouble for Ashley, afterward.

"Nothing serious. They just want me to visit. That's all," Ashley reassured her because she could see the worried expression on her face.

At least she was not alone with Ellie by her side.

"Do you need me to go there with you?"

outside, but felt deeply vulnerable inside. She was afraid that Ashley would be bullied by her family, especially Lena. She never got along with Ashley since she was a child and always tried to

more, Lena tended to play the victim in front of other people to

them bully me." She knew what Ellie was worried about

up her mind to go on her own, Ellie

take care of herself in case she was treated unfairly by

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morning Ashley packed and prepared herself to go

who was Ashley's foster father, was the president of the Mu Group and Lena was his

the real notable families, the Mu family paled into insignificance.

expensive. The Mu family had been excited for a long time after they had bought a villa there.

took her time and chose to take a bus which took her to a neighborhood close by the Splendor Gardens. People who lived there were rich and powerful, so they all had private cars and buses were

closest bus stop and walked the rest of the way to the

bus stop to the Mu family villa. As she walked there, she enjoyed the

rush to arrive, because every time she went to the family house, nothing good

could enjoy the pleasant scenery

eyes. Ashley thought that it was lucky it hadn't rained yesterday, otherwise, she would have been covered

of wind died down. And there, staring at her was Lena's sweet face,

her breath, thinking how ironic it was to run into Lena this way. Ashley was

she had just noticed her. She opened the car

her hand warmly then turned to Raymond who was sitting in the

Ashley and tightened his grip on the steering wheel. He pressed his lips together tightly and hummed

home together." Lena clasped Ashley's hand and pulled