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?"

bullied by her family, especially Lena. She never got along with Ashley since

to play the victim in front of other people to

bully me." She knew what Ellie was worried

had already made up her mind to go on her own, Ellie decided

long time telling Ashley to take care of herself

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Ashley packed and prepared herself

father, was the president of the Mu Group and Lena was his daughter. She often

compared to the real notable families, the Mu family paled into

Splendor Gardens. The land there was very expensive. The Mu family had been excited for a long time after they had bought a villa there. Ashley still remembered how long Lena had bragged about it in her

the Splendor Gardens. People who lived there were rich and powerful, so they all had

got off at the closest bus stop and walked the rest of the way to the

the Mu family villa. As she walked there, she enjoyed the beautiful flowers and

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

the pleasant scenery on the way, if not

car sped past her, blowing a gust of wind and dust around forcing her to close her eyes. Ashley thought that it was lucky it hadn't rained yesterday, otherwise, she would have been covered in water from the puddles, judging by the speed that car was traveling

gust of wind died down. And there, staring

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

Lena pretended as if she had just noticed her. She opened the car door

hand warmly then turned to Raymond who was

steering wheel. He

together." Lena clasped Ashley's hand and pulled