A Love Trap

'Am I dreaming? Are Ashley and I okay now? Plus, it looks she's starting to trust me again, ' Andrew thought to himself.

Upon noticing that Ashley seemed to be staring at the ceiling, he asked, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Ashley said, "I'm thinking about the design competition tomorrow. I'm both excited and nervous."

Andrew gently rubbed Ashley's shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry. Believe in yourself."

Ashley looked at Andrew and said, worried, "What if I don't believe in myself? I didn't major in jewelry design so I don't know the technical stuff. I don't think I'm good enough."

Andrew smiled as he replied "Are you forgetting that I'm your number one fan and that you'll always have my support? I'm an excellent teacher and I'm the one who taught you. So you have to believe in yourself."

Ashley looked at Andrew as she chuckled. She didn't expect Andrew to be this supportive.

He wasn't arrogant though. He was just the right amount of proud. Ashley liked it that he was like this.

Ashley then nodded and said, "Okay. I believe in you and I believe in me."

Andrew replied softly, "Okay. It's time to sleep. Good night."

They rarely just talked ever in bed because most of the time they flirted with each other or made love. Perhaps Andrew wanted to preserve Ashley's energy for the competition the next day.

Ashley inhaled Andrew's scent to relax herself. In no time at all, she had fallen fast asleep.

When Andrew gazed at Ashley who was sound asleep, his face softened.

He didn't tell Ashley that he was also attending the design competition the next day.

He didn't want Ashley to be so nervous and he wanted to surprise her. He wanted to be there for Ashley and support her.

and Andrew rode in the same car when they headed to work and they were perfectly

them

he saw them two together. 'Are they okay

a cold war and were not talking like a few days ago?' he thought

he would have thought that their whole fight was just an

they had finally reconciled out of

Andrew was in the best

immediately informed Andrew of his schedule

a meeting at nine

that Andrew would refuse to go

started talking to Ashley again so it was safe to assume that he wanted to spend more

addition to that, Andrew had been working so hard these past few days that there

been going

suddenly interrupted, "Push that morning meeting back an

still nodded, "Okay, Mr. Lu."

Johnny left Andrew's office, he suddenly realized why Andrew asked to put off his morning meeting to an hour. He was probably going

Ashley opened her drawer where she had put her design the day

time for her to take it out since the competition

placed the design in the drawer so that it would be the first thing she held if she reached inside it. When she put her hand in, she couldn't find anything. She frowned and looked at the drawer. Her design

did it go? I know for sure I put

did it go?'

frantically rummaging through her drawer, she asked, "Ashley, what's wrong? What are you looking for? It's almost

she couldn't find her design. She responded, worried, "Amaia, what do I do?

at Amaia helplessly.

few minutes before the competition would start. She couldn't find her design and she didn't know what to