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?"

on the 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 take everything from her.

tended to play the victim in

won't let them bully me." She knew what Ellie was worried about and didn't want to get her

had already made up her mind to go on her

Ashley to take care of herself in case she was treated unfairly by

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next morning Ashley packed and prepared herself to go to her

had its influence in the J city where they lived. Spencer, who was Ashley's foster father, was the president of the Mu Group and Lena was his daughter. She often flaunted her luxury items in front of

families, the Mu family paled into insignificance.

resided was located in the 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

took her to a neighborhood close by the Splendor Gardens. People who lived there were rich and powerful,

closest bus stop and walked the rest of the

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

was in no rush to arrive, because every time she went

scenery on the way, if not anything

gust of wind and dust around forcing her to close her eyes. Ashley thought that it was lucky it hadn't rained yesterday,

slowly opened her eyes when the gust of wind died down. And there, staring at her was Lena's sweet face,

thinking how ironic it was to run into Lena this

she had just noticed her. She opened the

Lena held her hand warmly then turned to Raymond who was sitting in the driver's seat and said,"Raymond, it's

wheel. He pressed his lips together tightly and hummed a

go home together." Lena clasped Ashley's hand and pulled her towards the car.