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?"

looked tough 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

to play the victim in front of

was worried about and didn't want to get her involved in

Since Ashley had already made up her mind to go on her

spent a long time telling Ashley to take care of

—

next morning Ashley packed and prepared herself to go

where they lived. Spencer, who was Ashley's foster father, was the president of the Mu Group

compared to the real notable families, the Mu family paled

been excited for a long time after they had bought a villa there. Ashley

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

walked

to the Mu family villa. As she walked

time she went to the family house, nothing good ever

could enjoy the pleasant scenery on the way, if

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

her eyes when the gust of wind died down. And there, staring at

under her breath, thinking how ironic it was to run

just noticed her. She opened the car door and

then

Ashley and tightened his grip on the steering wheel. He

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