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?

his silence as agreement. She didn't say

couldn't believe what he had just

he

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

to a girl, especially one who had

had told him to be careful about what he saw in the car, keep his eyes on the road

like Johnny had preempted this sort of

that he had told him beforehand what he should do in these scenarios.

and Johnny were not related. They just happened to have

was a smart man. He could be as

dinner?" Andrew asked, moving

was not on food, but when Andrew mentioned it, she felt her stomach rumbling. She thought about the dinner that she and

would not waste her energy on anger right

which was very popular and had

on her phone and

a look and asked Josef to drive them

a turn and got on the

or seven o'clock. There was a lot of traffic as it was

it would have taken them hours to get

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

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

restaurant just for couples and she felt a little awkward. Ellie didn't tell

when she saw couples sitting close, holding hands and sharing their

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

Surely, he knew that she didn't mean to bring