A Love Trap

"Ashley,"

Belinda softly uttered while she sat beside Ashley and held her hand.

Almost instantly, tears started welling up in her eyes.

Belinda's hands were well maintained so they were soft and smooth.

"I'm sorry."

Belinda looked at Ashley when she spoke. She didn't know how much her daughter had suffered. Just the fact that she wasn't even aware made her cry more.

She held Ashley's hand more tightly and apologized to her again and again.

Ashley was at a loss with what was happening in front of her.

When she saw how much Belinda was crying, she also felt something in her heart.

"It's okay. You don't have to apologize to me. You've now found me, right? Everything is going to be better from now on."

Ashley tried to comfort Belinda while taking a tissue to wipe the tears on her face.

"You're not blaming us for what happened?"

Ashley shook her head and said, "No."

Perhaps, there was a time that she had some ill feelings towards them. But that was in the past now.

Maybe, after finding out the matter about Angelina, she felt a little sad.

But it was not their fault.

Moreover, as a mother of three children, Ashley had become more mature.

Seeing his wife cry, Martin wanted to move closer to her side, as it had always been his instinct to do so.

But when he saw Ashley wiping the tears off Belinda's face so gently, he didn't need to move an inch from where he was sitting.

Then, Jeremy said, "All right, now that we have found Ashley, we can forget every unfortunate thing that has happened to us. As a matter of fact, she's pregnant right now. We really don't have any reason to be sad these days."

"Yes, we shouldn't dwell on anything awful from now on since it might affect the baby."

Belinda wiped the tears on her face and gave Ashley a smile.

"Can I touch your belly?"

while still

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felt a little sad because she didn't have the chance to be involved in the big moments of Ashley's life up until then.

comforted with the fact that they had finally found her. Although she didn't get to be involved in her daughter's early life, she could spend

care, Belinda put her

a small part of Ashley's baby bump slightly moved. It wasn't particularly obvious but it still brought a smile

a while, Belinda took back her hand and said, "The

I've been taking care of

do you have really

looked at Ashley with

was doing fine. But

getting harder for

there's a little baby in

pregnant with you. I would vomit heavily at that time. But I didn't have the same side effects when I

hear

have any difficulties when I was pregnant

"Fabio?"

looked around the room, but she didn't see

told Belinda about Ashley's four-year-old

my son. He's in kindergarten right now. He'll

hear. I do look

and Belinda talked about a

children, what she was going to

They couldn't help smiling as they watched Ashley and Belinda have a good conversation. They finally felt such great relief, seeing what was happening in front

Belinda was really anxious that

them were talking so casually, it actually looked like they had known each

talk with Belinda and Martin for quite a while, Ashley felt a little sleepy

telling her something, suddenly stopped. "Ash, are you feeling

embarrassed, Ashley smiled and said, "Just

she would

upstairs and

gently said to Ashley.

at the time. It turned out that it was already 2 o'clock in

until ten o'clock in the morning. No wonder she was feeling sleepy right

will be back in a while.

you join me for a

call her

to call her that since they had just been

the other hand, Belinda was a little disappointed.

she couldn't be impatient with

out