A Love Trap

Ashley was astonished at what Greyson had just said.

He was already 24 -

one year older than her!

But age had been kind to him and he looked younger than he actually was.

Ashley was silent, not wanting to say anything.

"Ellie, did I say something wrong? Ashley looks unhappy," Greyson asked Ellie, confused.

"Oh, it's nothing!" Ellie said. "She's just a little surprised by your age. Can you guess how old she is?"

"22 or 23?" Greyson said tentatively.

"Correct! She's 23. And you know how much girls are bothered by looking older. Ashley's one year younger than you are, but people think she's your older sister. Could she be more upset?" Ellie said, her face a picture of concern. But at the look on Greyson's face, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"I guess you could take Ashley to be your elder sister, only she's younger than you," Ellie joked, handing Ashley another cruel blow.

"Okay, shut up, Ellie!" Ashley rasped, glaring at Ellie.

"I'm sorry if that bothers you. I do look younger than my own age, so every time I go out and people see me, they think I am still a juvenile," Greyson said gloomily.

"It's okay. You look cute," Ashley said.

"Yeah, I know. I love the way I look," Greyson smiled.

Gazing at Greyson, Ashley became speechless again. He was cute, but so much cuter when he smiled.

"Where do you work?" he asked. And then as an afterthought, he said excitedly,"Maybe we work in the same company but we don't know that we do!"

"Ha ha, Little Greyson, you are so cute!"

stiffened at the

that Ashley

and lost his temper every time someone called him that. But

have taken Greyson to task for bending the rules for Ashley. 'It would have been a hell of a fight, ' Greyson

one of their small branch companies. We've quit now,

bully

Greyson had just done some superficial investigation about what had happened to

weren't bullied. We were just tired of staying there. We thought that after resigning, we could do what we really enjoy doing

Greyson nodded.

what

It's just a matter of finding the right place to start

happened while looking for a

does she have to go against Ashley and

tried so hard to make them leave the Luo Group. And now that they had finally

store every single time. Lena obviously did that on purpose and only wanted them to go back to her and grovel at her feet, begging her to

They had decided to never

was fishy from Ellie's

he was, he rolled his eyes and asked,"What

all because of Le...?" Greyson's innocent face made Ellie want to spill everything for him.

Ashley's gestures were enough to

looked at

you say that you were hungry? Let's go

pinched Ellie's

of breath before Ellie echoed rather too eagerly,"Yes! Yes,

to get involved. It would be better to keep it from him, for his own sake. 'After all, he can't afford to go up against the Luo Group,

no match for Greyson. He could remove the

food?" Ashley turned to Greyson and asked.

in response.

hot pot!" Ashley said excitedly.