A Love Trap

Upon hearing Amaia's suggestion, Ashley heaved a heavy sigh. "Okay. Perhaps next time I'll introduce you to him. He's been swamped with work lately. So you'll have to wait."

Ashley's heart was racing.

She didn't know how Amaia would react if she knew her husband was Andrew.

Amaia agreed.

"Oh, by the way, why are you still here? Usually, you would have already left in a hurry by now. Is he going to be late to pick you up?"

Knowing now that Ashley was married, Amaia figured that it was her husband who would come to pick her up after work.

Ashley replied, "No, he has to finish some work tonight. He can't come and pick me up."

"Oh, I understand. Now I know why you're still here chatting with me," said Amaia.

Ashley held her arm and said, "All right, Amaia, let's go."

They walked out of the building. Right before Ashley said goodbye to Amaia, she saw a person whom she would prefer not to see for the rest of her life.

It was Raymond. He saw Ashley too.

Ashley was in a loose, casual white T-shirt and a pair of dark blue shorts. She had her hair pulled into a ponytail. Ashley looked young and pretty, like a college student.

It was hard for Raymond to move his eyes away from Ashley. He watched as she smiled and chatted with her friend.

The image in front of him reminded Raymond of the old times when he was with Ashley. When they used to study and hang out together, he would wait for Ashley to finish her class, and they would go on a date.

Raymond really missed those days. There was a flash of longing in his eyes. However, when he closed his eyes and opened them again, the expression in his eyes was gone.

Raymond walked straight to Ashley and called, "Ash..."

goodbye to Ashley. They were about to go their separate ways because their houses were in opposite directions. Suddenly, a handsome gentleman showed up.

he was very handsome. He always wore a smile. It made people feel warm and

want to see Raymond. The smile she had with Amaia was

here?" she asked.

replied, "I

been looking for her. He went to the bakery first, but Ashley wasn't

only saw Ellie. Before he could get any information from her, Ellie

took him a while to

to see her walking out of the Lu

know how she managed to

had a hard time

quickly realized that it was because of Andrew. It wasn't a big deal for the CEO of the Lu Group to give a pretty girl a position in his business. He just didn't expect that

head. But Raymond didn't say

Amaia again and hinted for

Amaia ignored his signal. She asked Ashley curiously, "Ash, who is he? Is he your...?" Amaia purposely stopped mid-sentence. But Ashley knew what she

her forehead and wondered what was on Amaia's mind every

"He's just a

"Oh, okay."

disappointed that he wasn't Ashley's husband.

her face. If Raymond weren't here, she would have asked her why she

that her husband didn't show up to pick her up.

it's late. Amaia, you

But, Ash, are you sure this cute guy is just a friend?" Amaia couldn't help but mumble into Ashley's ear.

and replied, "Yes! I am very sure! I already have a husband. He's much better looking

covered her mouth and

felt a little jealous of Ashley's luck with cute guys. But she wasn't truly envious of her.

know was that Ashley's husband wasn't only

better than him in every possible