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..."

their separate ways

looking. Compared to many guys, he was very handsome. He always wore a smile. It made people

to see Raymond. The smile she had with Amaia was gone. She gave Raymond

you here?"

at Amaia and replied, "I have to talk

He went to the bakery first, but Ashley wasn't there.

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

while to finally find

her walking out of the Lu Group building.

managed to get a position with them.

had a hard time getting an offer

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 Andrew would do such a thing for Ashley. He might have underestimated how much Andrew

through his head. But Raymond didn't

hinted for

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

what was on Amaia's mind

"He's just a

"Oh, okay."

a bit disappointed that he

If Raymond weren't here, she would have

wasn't feeling upset that her husband didn't show

sighed and said to Amaia, "All right, it's late. Amaia,

this cute guy is just

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

covered her mouth and

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

husband wasn't only more attractive

was also better than him in every