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..."

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

guys, he was very handsome. He always

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

you here?"

replied, "I have

He went to the bakery first, but Ashley

only saw Ellie. Before he could get any information from her, Ellie sneered at him and kicked him out of the store.

him a while to finally find Ashley here.

her walking out of the Lu Group

know how she managed to get a

Raymond had a hard time getting an offer from them.

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.

went through his head. But Raymond

again and hinted

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

rubbed her forehead and wondered what was on Amaia's

replied, "He's just a

"Oh, okay."

bit disappointed that he wasn't Ashley's

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

didn't show up to

late. Amaia, you

go. But, Ash, are you sure this cute guy is just a friend?" Amaia couldn't

already have a husband. He's much better looking than him. Don't worry!

mouth and

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

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

than him in every