A Love Trap

"Okay, okay. Great-grandpa knows it. Thank you for your reminder. You take care as well."

Both kids agreed at once.

Ashley and her kids finished their breakfast in silence.

This was the life she wanted most—quiet and peaceful, where the family gathered together and shared meals around the table.

Her dream had finally come true.

At least she could get together with her family every day. It made Ashley the happiest, most fulfilled person in the world.

However, once in a while, the thought of her biological parents still came to her and she would sometimes feel bad about it.

She did not know how they lost her. Nor was she sure whether or not they abandoned her deliberately.

Ashley hoped in her heart that the former one was the truth.

She wanted to believe that she was lost rather than abandoned.

Noticing that Ashley had fallen into a bad mood, Andrew squeezed her hand to comfort her.

Andrew's warm hand made her snap back to reality. As she looked at Andrew and her two children, a bright smile replaced the gloom on her face.

"I'm fine."

Ashley had been persistent in looking for her family in the past.

But now, she was content with her present life which she loved and enjoyed.

After breakfast, Ashley and Andrew took the kids to school.

It was the first day of September when the new semester began. Apparently, each school would become a sea of excited children.

so Ashley planned to take him to his school first. She could take Fabio to kindergarten school

asked as they were about to set off.

at home. I'm already

not. You're still young,"

really

really loved his

took over the Lu Group, he had enjoyed a

could even be said that Chant had

good mindset toward his health that his age of over seventy years did not show any signs of serious issues.

Great-grandpa will be here when you get

"Okay."

kids then got into

school. Thankfully, it did not draw much attention this

want to be too ostentatious. Nowadays, children tended to quickly learn to compare what they had, with their peers. Ashley did not want to sow any seeds of unrealistic expectations and standards in Richard's young heart, nor did she want her son to grow up comparing himself to others and

was why she chose a low-profile car to drive the kids to school.

while Ashley and her family sat in the back. The car was

new school." Ashley beckoned

expected, the school was crowded with parents and students on the first day of

students huddled everywhere, chatting with each other about what they had done

every corner of the school every now

vibrant, youthful energy. Even Ashley could not help

here were the most innocent and even

you for any other interests

trying. They just sat together, their eyes met, and then they exchanged a few words before arranging their seats. Ashley liked this sort of

she reached out her

was quick enough to grab his mother's

could reach Richard's hand, a

only needed a mere touch to know who it belonged to.

She was supposed to accompany Richard

it really appropriate to leave Richard by