A Love Trap

'Did she... Did she just hit my boss?' thought Josef.

He was dumbstruck for a moment. This clearly stunned Andrew too. He just sat there, rooted to the spot, staring unblinkingly at Ashley.

As for Ashley, she remained perfectly still, but in her mind, her thoughts were running wild. She regretted it the second she hit Andrew. 'Oh my god! What did I do? Why did I do this? Did I hurt him? It sounded bad. Ouch! My hand hurts. Yup! It definitely hurts. I used all of my strength to slap him. God! Why did I do this?'

Ashley was panicking. She couldn't figure out what to do next.

Her hand was already swelling up. Her beautiful, white fingers turned red.

'Calm down, Ashley. He asked for this. You just tried to protect yourself!' Ashley was trying to calm herself down.

'He brought this all on himself. No man would poke a girl's face like that! I was just trying to protect myself. If you really want to poke a face, poke yours!'

Although loud, the slap didn't hurt Andrew much. It really was not a big deal in comparison to what he had suffered in the past.

Andrew recovered from the shock and saw Ashley staring at him in embarrassment. He wasn't upset at all. Her cheeks were puffed out in anger. The only thing on Andrew's mind right now was how cute she looked. He just wanted to poke those cheeks.

But he didn't. He knew his limits. If he crossed the line, she would just slap him again.

"My apologies. I didn't mean to offend you but I just couldn't help it," said Andrew. He looked at Ashley earnestly.

Ashley had mentally prepared a whole bunch of excuses for her actions, but Andrew didn't give her a chance to say a word. She gulped uneasily.

Andrew had apologized in all sincerity, so she decided to let it go.

"Alright, just this once!" she said.

Andrew didn't respond. He loved teasing her. How could he promise it would be the last time?

silence as agreement. She didn't say another word either.

believe what he had just seen

he

too hard for him to believe that the guy in the backseat apologizing to the lady

apologize to a girl,

careful about what he saw in the car, keep his eyes on the road and his

Johnny had preempted this sort

had told him beforehand

were not related. They just happened to

formal and exact but tactless too. He was a bit of slow compared to Johnny. Johnny was a smart man. He could be as flexible as the situation demanded. That was why Andrew absorbed him into the

you want for dinner?" Andrew asked, moving

thought about the dinner that she and Ellie had made. She didn't

Ashley would not waste her energy on anger right

recommended a new restaurant, which was very popular

it on her phone and showed

asked Josef to drive them

made a turn and got on

a lot of traffic as

was nearby, else it would have taken them hours to

nice and not too opulent. It was simple, but the owner had put a lot of thought

busy. When Andrew and Ashley walked in, no one came to

for couples

close, holding hands and sharing their food. She lowered her

didn't seem so nice to Ashley anymore. Not good at all! ! For her, this place

was really smart. Surely, he knew that she didn't mean to bring him