A Love Trap

"I only found out about this today. I'm really sorry," the middle-aged woman apologized sincerely.

Ashley and Ellie were displeased with the result, but they had no intention of putting her in an awkward position. After all, the woman was nice to them.

"It's okay. Now that you are going to sign a contract with someone else, we're fine with that," Ellie replied.

"I'm really sorry for wasting your time," the woman continued apologizing, with guilt written all over her face.

Ashley and Ellie bid her farewell and walked out. There was no point in crying over spilled milk.

...

They had come there to sign the contract in good spirits, but neither of them expected this to happen.

"It's so annoying! We have to go somewhere else now to rent a shop. What's going on? We agreed to sign the contract," Ashley whined in frustration as they left the shop.

"Things change, you know. Never mind. We'll find a good place," Ellie comforted. But there was a tinge of displeasure in her voice.

The two girls perked up again and started to look around for another suitable shop to rent.

For some reason, they were having a really hard time finding a suitable shop to rent. Even though they had found a few perfect shops, each time they were about to sign the contract, something would happen and the owners would suddenly back out of the deal.

The owners of the shops would have a different reason for doing so.

One of them said that they suddenly realized that the shop had already been reserved and that she had received the deposit for it.

his mind and didn't want

even said that he didn't have time to sign the contract since he was going to his hometown because his wife was due to have a

...

array of different excuses and reasons but the end result was always

settled everything, but when it came to signing the contract, something would always crop up and the owner would give them a reason why they couldn't sign

beginning to be suspicious that something was going on. After all, it was too much of a coincidence

to their apartment. They trudged towards

her cell phone out and when she saw the caller ID was, Peggy on the

need to call Ashley and pester her

unhappy with Peggy's attitude and behavior towards her. After all, she was an adopted child, not a servant. The Mus instructed her to do things all the time as if she was their

picked up the phone. She had already assumed

she said

did you? Why did we

foster mother, the latter would always remind Ashley how ungrateful she was and how

remained silent for she knew Peggy would just say even more harsh words if

insulted like she usually did when she would call her. But since Ashley didn't say a word back, Peggy became bored and cleared her throat

the date. You must be there at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Do you hear me?" Peggy

Ashley replied

Where are your manners? Your date has a doctoral degree and he has studied abroad. He is older than you, but he is a promising man. He is also the vice

you go on that date if he is such an excellent man? You made it sound like he

But don't forget your promise to me. After I meet that man tomorrow, I will have nothing more to do with the Mu family. It doesn't matter if you refuse to admit it. I recorded our conversation. So you can't back out even

girl, you have even learned to threaten me. Rest assured, I wouldn't break my word. You'd better be on the date on time and behave yourself!"

asked her to