A Love Trap

"They were about the same age, at most four or five years' difference. We never paid any attention to that.

Who knew it would turn out like this."

They never expected that things would come to this.

"So you were clear that Angelina was not from the Gu family?"

Because of what had happened before, the Li family didn't have it in them to lie in front of Jeremy.

"Yes, exactly.

Ah, no. We just happened to know that a while ago.

Well, we stumbled across something when we cleaned up her room last time. Since none of us could decipher it, we took it to the hospital and asked a doctor to shed some light on this matter. We got the shock of our lives when we learned it was a paternity test."

"Where is it? I want to see it," Jeremy said.

"Yes, just go and get it," Jeremy's assistant urged. Jacob gestured Hannah to fetch the paternity test report.

Hannah went inside the bedroom and soon came out carrying it. Quickly, she handed the paper to Jeremy and said, "Here it is."

Jeremy opened it and his eyes ran over the paper.

It was indeed true.

In the corner, he noticed the time. It was done almost at the same time that he was at the hospital.

Handing the paper to his assistant, he said briefly, "Give it back to them."

With that, Jeremy left, barely looking back.

His footsteps wobbled.

Nobody knew what to make of his reaction.

"President Jeremy..."

The assistant looked at Jeremy with concern.

But Jeremy only quickened his pace and soon he was out of their sight.

The assistant took out a check for one million dollars and said, "Here is one million. I want all of you to keep this a secret. Even Angelina shouldn't know that we came here. Just treat her the way you treated her before."

"Fine, okay."

and watched the assistant leave as well.

over the assistant's words, neither of them understood it.

little irritated, "So, now that they know Angelina is not a member of the Gu family, I doubt whether she can extract money from them from

Tomas said, agreeing

any of you that snitch?"

that? Angelina is like our bank from whom we exract money. I am not dumb enough to kill the

Jacob. He believed she didn't have the

mean? He asked us to treat Angelina the same

a small fortune from

Thomas echoed.

what are we waiting for? I guess that brother of hers won't kick her out so soon.

"That's a good idea."

phone

message was nothing more but a conundrum

it seemed Jeremy was deliberately distancing

is going on?

because my intentions have become too obvious? Or

be!' She finally shrugged off these

been very discreet about it. There was no way Jeremy

herself was the only way to go now.

been having negative thoughts. Her intuition told her something bad

since Angelina saw Ashley, she had been feeling

that Ashley was a member of the Gu

but a

she would not give

had other ways to reach her

message, Angelina dialed

no one attended to the call.

him, Angelina tried

her relief, this time the call was answered. "Hello? Brother, where are

had been living together in one house since Jeremy found his missing younger sister.

true that Jeremy was supposed to

past his

telephone call to his company to ask about

couldn't understand why he was away.

you saying anything? Wait for me to pick you up. Just stay where you

got

she saw Angelina getting ready to leave, "Angelina, where

to pick Jeremy

an adult who is capable of returning on his own. You'd better

smiled, "It's okay, mom. That place is quite close. He is waiting for me so