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..."

that moment, Amaia was saying goodbye to Ashley. They were about to go their separate ways because their houses were in opposite

Compared to many guys, he was very handsome.

with Amaia was gone. She gave Raymond a slightly annoyed look as he approached them.

you here?"

Amaia and replied, "I have to talk to

He

only saw Ellie. Before he could get any information from her, Ellie sneered at him and

a while to finally

to see her walking out of the Lu

how she managed to get a

degree and experience, Raymond had a hard time getting an

to give a pretty girl a

went through his head. But Raymond didn't say anything

glanced at Amaia again and hinted for her to leave them

is he? Is he your...?" Amaia purposely stopped mid-sentence. But Ashley knew what

her forehead and wondered what

replied, "He's just a

"Oh, okay."

a bit disappointed that he

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

that her husband didn't show up to

said to Amaia, "All right, it's late. Amaia, you should go. I have to deal with

Ash, are you sure this cute guy is just a friend?" Amaia couldn't help but mumble

sure! I already have a husband. He's much

her mouth and

Ashley's luck with cute guys. But she wasn't

didn't know was that Ashley's husband wasn't only

than him in every possible way.