A Love Trap

Despite the disturbance, they were still able to have their meal in peace.

Even after dinner, no one bothered to tell Fabio and Richard who those people were.

The kids were smart enough to not ask either.

After dinner, Andrew took Ashley out for a walk so she could better digest the food. The doctor had mentioned that taking walks would be good for the baby too.

Thus, Andrew took Ashley out for a walk every evening after dinner.

As expected, the kids followed from behind. While Andrew didn't seem too excited about this, his relationship with the kids had improved.

"Mommy, who were those people earlier? I don't think Great Grandpa likes them very much." Fabio came skipping until he was in front of Ashley and promptly stopped when he was beside her.

While he noticed that Chant didn't like them, he also felt that Ashley and Andrew didn't seem too happy with their presence either.

"He likes them. Also, you should call them grandpa and grandma, okay? They're your dad's parents," Ashley said firmly.

While the tension between the adults were real, Ashley felt it was best to keep it between them. The kids were still too young to get involved in such matters.

"Really?"

"Of course! Would Mommy lie to you?"

Ashley had a look of amusement on her face as she gazed at Fabio.

"But why do I feel like they don't like us?" Fabio looked confused.

Although Arya was kind enough to praise him, he still felt as if something was off.

Children were sensitive. All they needed was one glance to know who was being genuinely nice to them and who was not.

"It doesn't matter. We don't like them either. What's important is that we have Dad, Mom, and Great Grandpa. That's enough," Dany added.

'She knows a lot at such a young age,' Ashley thought to herself.

Smiling, she looked at Dany. "You're such a smart girl."

The kids burst into laughter at the same time.

After walking around the villa, Ashley began to feel worn out so she decided that it was time to go back inside.

Ethan, Arya, and Susie still hadn't left. They had settled themselves on the sofa with Chant.

The atmosphere seemed a little awkward as only Susie would talk to Chant from time to time.

a

she had already come inside, she couldn't go out anymore—it would seem

sight of Ashley, she said, "Oh, Ashley's back. You two seem to be doing

didn't say a word while Ashley merely nodded out

Great Grandpa will take you upstairs and help you go to

approached Chant and

Dany, come with us. Great Grandpa will

few people were

tension was thick around them as they all seemed awkward. Anyone with common sense would see that Chant was basically trying to get them to leave. Isn't it rude of them to insist on staying

behaved as if

they made their way upstairs. When they left, only the

she intended to catch up with her and say something. However, upon giving it more

the same Ashley

she still

and bade her goodbyes to Linda

soon as they stepped out, Ethan imploded. "Look at that ungrateful son! What did

has always been like that. Why do

three got

talk to Ashley but didn't even get the chance to

on Ashley. He would never allow Ashley to

that there was something wrong with Susie, Arya looked at her

Ethan's relationship had always been strained, at the very least,

Group and the annual dividend was

to her

still

back then. I'm sure they probably don't even remember

she actually thought that Lesley would

They could still divorce.

to that, when she found out that Angelina

be lying if she said that she

what was bothering Susie and she wasn't interested

the incident, Susie managed to get a hold of Ashley's

already knew what Susie

they would have been together. What was the

want to apologize to you.

the balcony as the bright sun

"Susie?" Ashley asked hesitantly.

it's me," Susie

the last time Susie had called her especially

ideal for me to be moving around. If you have anything to say, you can

wrong. Can you give me a