A Love Trap

Ashley watched the TV drama for a while. She had seen this episode before. Before the heroine showed up, Lisa was the woman the king adored among all of them and the most powerful among the king's wives.

The king of course still had feelings for her, because he just recently met the heroine. The heroine's position couldn't compare to Lisa's standing with the King.

However, Lisa started to feel threatened by her, so she asked the heroine out to the place where the king would pass. There, Lisa would hatch her devious ploy against the heroine.

When the king passed the place, Lisa jumped down the cliff and the heroine was about to save her.

However, the people behind them couldn't see clearly and thought the heroine pushed Lisa down there.

So the king got angry and pushed the heroine to the ground. He then carried Lisa, who had been saved by somebody else, and left. Before he left, he gave a disappointing glance at the heroine and was having none of her explanation.

Ashley also wanted to curse that hero inside her heart. 'That man is blind. Men are all bastards.'

Thinking of Chant's question, Ashley said, "Grandpa, the TV drama has to have such kind of plot, or the story would end very soon and it can't attract any audience. But I think the king is blind too. How could he believe Lisa like that?"

Chant said, "Right. The maid is pitiful. Nobody would believe her now."

Ashley felt awkward. She said inside, 'Grandpa, she would be the queen and the mother of a king later.'

But she had to say Chant was right for the time being.

She watched the TV drama and listened to Chant's chatter. She suddenly felt that Chant was just an ordinary old man and wasn't as serious and formidable as she first saw him.

They exchanged comments about the plot from time to time in the following hour.

And Andrew, who was also present in the room, was totally ignored.

His face looked ugly and as he was going to say something, the TV drama suddenly ended. A torrent of commercials began to fill the room with unwanted noise.

Chant was enjoying the drama so much that he felt quite disappointed that it abruptly ended.

Meanwhile, Andrew was pleased that the show finally ended. He held Ashley's hand and wanted to leave with her.

and asked,

calmly without changing his

It's not even nine o'clock yet. You're

pulled on Andrew's sleeve, implying that it was a rare case that Chant was so happy. She wanted to keep him

because she was ignoring him in order

was having none of that.

and replied to him, "Yes, we are going to make a

Chant's displeasure eroded. He waved his hand

second floor. She reacted to what Andrew said

grandson for

glared at Andrew. "What bullshit did you

expect Ashley to overreact the way she did. He confusedly replied, "What's wrong with

what he said, but

her hands and waited for the burning feeling to subside. She then thought of what she needed to

and she didn't have the face to go

pajamas so that she could go to the bathroom to take

wardrobe door, she found it was full of men's wear.

house. And

wardrobe without flinching, Andrew walked

him, biting her lip and felt embarrassed. She wondered if she had to

summer. She couldn't do without taking a shower even if she wasn't sweating. It would be terribly uncomfortable to go to bed

to him and whispered in

scarlet. She lowered her head and felt too ashamed

time to digest what she had just said. But despite what she said, he was imagining something else. He pictured

a whiff of the fragrance on Ashley's body when she

with a husky voice, "I'll go and ask Bertha." He turned and left, as if he was fleeing

didn't notice his unusual behavior as she was

had the hindsight of