A Love Trap

As soon as Ashley finished speaking, she heard Francis's voice.

Needless to say, she was stunned.

Ellie was pregnant?

Could it be true?

After pausing for a moment, Ashley was suddenly overwhelmed with joy.

Even over the phone, Francis could hear the excitement in her tone.

"Ellie's pregnant? Where is she now? I need to see her!"

She was even more excited than when she found out she, herself was pregnant.

Francis frowned upon hearing this. He quickly objected, "No, no, Ashley, you don't have to come. I promise you I'll take good care of Ellie. You're pregnant too so you shouldn't be going on long trips. We'll visit you soon."

If Ashley came over to the hospital, Francis was afraid that Andrew would beat him up.

He understood that Andrew valued Ashley the most.

To Andrew, Ashley was precious and unparalleled—not even his good friends could compare.

It was beyond doubt that Andrew treated them, his friends, differently.

Ashley was about eight months into her pregnancy. Andrew didn't even want to go to work anymore. He just wanted to stay at home with Ashley.

Francis wasn't going to let Ashley come to the hospital to see Ellie. If anything happened to her, he would be in big trouble.

"I'm fine. I need to see Ellie."

Ashley was a little worried about Ellie.

"No, Ashley, don't come. Just stay home. Ellie is fine. I have to go and take care of her now. Bye!"

With that, Francis hung up without even waiting for Ashley to respond.

Ashley put the phone aside and began anxiously pacing around the room.

"My lady, what is going on?"

Linda hurriedly approached her as soon as she came out of the kitchen and saw Ashley walking around the room.

"Linda, Ellie's pregnant!" Ashley said excitedly as she looked at Linda.

"Oh, are you talking about Miss Su?"

Linda was pretty familiar with Ellie since she often came to visit Ashley. Besides, she frequently heard her name from Ashley.

"Yes, that's her."

"That's great. I bet Miss Su must be very happy right now," Linda gushed.

"Oh, Linda, would you mind going to the hospital to check up on Ellie for me? I can't go there myself so I figured I'd ask you."

"Sure," Linda agreed without hesitation.

you, Linda." Ashley

say thank you to me,"

her phone out, intending to message Francis to ask

then paused, thinking for a while before proceeding to delete the

was back in the kitchen, preparing the soup she was going to take

she made

black-boned chicken soup

Linda spoke, she waved the thermos in her hand to show to

I just thought about it and maybe you

wrong? What happened?" Linda

taking care of Ellie in the hospital. I think it's better if we give them their

right. My lady, you're so considerate. Let me serve you

thanks, Linda. I'm not

vomiting the minute she caught sight of the

had gotten pregnant, Linda had been cooking soup for

ribs and corn soup, pig's trotters and winter melon soup, crucian carp

beneficial to the health

was already sick of drinking

eat other food

felt as if she had become

want to get

she normally didn't care about her figure, she disliked the idea

stayed at home to accompany the pregnant

attention to her. Ashley also heard that he had consulted several obstetricians and listed down all the things he needed to know in a

also hired a couple of nutritionists who could watch over

who had told

Ashley grew a little

she suddenly wanted to eat the cake from a certain shop in the south of

eating hot and sour rice noodles.

bedside light and found that Andrew was still sleeping soundly

light sleeper. But when he slept next

explain why he didn't even stir

she could order food. She couldn't help but stroke her stomach. She had eaten so much

she stared at the photo of the hot

so focused on her phone that she didn't notice

and wrapped his arms

you remember the hot and sour rice noodles we ate in that restaurant last time?

to look at him, her eyes

lifted the quilt and got up. He put on his clothes

Andrew

where are you going?" Ashley attempted to pull back the quilt to get

her back down the bed. "Wait for me. I'll

Then he left.

his figure recede, she thought back to what she had just

then, she couldn't figure out

had just mentioned her

that she thought about it, she really

up as

New Year had already passed,

about three or four in the morning, it shouldn't be

out his phone

soundly when his