A Love Trap

No matter what the senior staff had to say, Johnny refused to enter that office again.

'They are talking complete nonsense! And I don't want to take the risk of bothering Mr. Lu.

I just walked out of that scary office and I don't have courage to enter it again so soon!' thought Johnny.

…

Ashley held up the jade pendant and examined it. She had taken care of this pendant for more than ten years. But she hadn't expected to be told that this wasn't what she thought it was.

The fake one looked so similar to the original that she wouldn't have realized it if Peggy hadn't told her the truth.

And now Peggy had used the original one to threaten Ashley and wrangle what she wanted out of her.

Ashley somehow knew that the jade pendant was a crucial clue towards finding her real family. And to see that Peggy had the one thing that was bound to shed light on her family irritated her to no end.

She wanted to find her real family and this jade pendant might be crucial.

…

"What happened to you? Why are you so absent-minded? And what's this? Why have you taken off your pendant? I told you to keep it on!" Ellie rattled off a series of curious, well-intentioned questions when she saw Ashley sitting on the sofa and gazing at the jade pendant absent-mindedly.

"Nothing has happened," Ashley said, putting the pendant back on and smiling at Ellie. "I was just checking if it would help me remember anything about the past." Ashley put away the jade pendant and smiled at Ellie.

She didn't want to tell Ellie what Peggy said to her that morning because she knew Ellie. And Ellie was the kind of girl who would lose sleep over anything that was troubling Ashley.

you recollected anything from

easy. Moreover, I was just a little child at that

your memory returns one day? Maybe your family is also making every effort to look for

trying to quell that sadness and disappointment in her heart. Ellie's words were like a balm to her sore heart, gradually relieving the

found some shops on the Internet this morning. How

stop spending our time doing something like this. It all looks to be in vain. We should rather go out and look

her well. Lena always got everything she wanted, by hook or

that she had tried to stop them, there was no way they would be able to rent a shop.

hugging

so sorry for troubling you." Lena had always targeted Ashley, looking to cause her trouble at every turn. And by getting involved in the matter, Ellie had placed herself in the line of fire, which,

"Don't talk like that. We're supposed to be best friends. And the next time you repeat that apology, I'm going to explode of

at her best friend and rather moved, Ashley hugged Ellie and said, "Okay. I won't apologize." As she pulled away, Ashley paused, looking at Ellie. "You really are my best friend, Ellie," she said

"Of course!"

…

about how Peggy had agreed to give the jade pendant back to Ashley had slightly unhinged her. She glared at

Lena had been a little girl, she had taken a fancy to this jade pendant, almost loved it at first sight. She then asked Peggy and Spencer for help and grabbed the jade pendant from Ashley's

lost interest in it and it got lost in the numerous trinkets in

cleaning up her bedroom. Seeing that Lena wasn't at home, Terri had handed it to Peggy. Now, years later, she was unwilling to return it

It's just a little jade pendant. When you marry

had, she would have taken care of it and not left it unused and unloved. Besides, Lena liked to compare herself with Ashley and tell herself that she was

things. She thought them as children's games and she never thought of

to her, Ashley was just a child adopted by the Mu family. And she had always felt that it was Ashley's honor that Lena liked to compare herself

pendant in the trash than