Feeling anxious, Johnny looked at Ashley with worry.
'This is getting bad, Miss Mu has bumped into her ex-boyfriend. Would he get his relationship with her
back?' Johnny thought in his head. He felt more worried as he continued to think about that. 'Oh my
god! What about Mr. Lu?
Miss. Mu is his first girlfriend. It can't just be over right now!' Johnny worried, but his thoughts weren't
over yet.
'Oh, wait!
What an idiot I am. They have been married already, ' thought Johnny with an excited look evident on
his face. However, he started to worry that Ashley might have an affair.
Overhearing all those thoughts in his head, Johnny felt like a mother hovering over her son and
worrying about his marriage.
With all the fuss, Johnny sighed deeply and had set himself to accept his fate of worrying about
Andrew's personal life.
Although Andrew paid him very well, there were too many things to worry. Needless to say, aside from
his work as his assistant in the company, Johnny had been so faithful to him that he even trusted him
with matters of his personal affairs, and that included Ashley.
This time, when Raymond stopped Ashley from leaving the venue, Lena looked down with an
aggrieved and innocent look.
Mrs. Luo saw everything in her eyes, and the way Raymond looked at her. She hated Ashley even
more, seeing that there was still something between the two of them regardless of the circumstances.
On her mind, she thought that Ashley was an ungrateful evil woman. The Mu family took her as their
own, and Lena treated her as her sister. But now, she was shamelessly seducing her younger sister's
fiance!
Clearly, Mrs. Luo totally forgot Raymond was with Ashley first. All she wanted was for her to keep a
safe distance away from her son knowing that he was with Lena now. She must show some decency
some time. Even though Lena was the one who stepped into their relationship and took Raymond away
from Ashley, still it didn't look good for Raymond to be seen closer to Ashley than to Lena knowing that
they were now engaged to be married.
"Raymond, why are you holding Miss Mu's arm? That is not how a gentleman asks a girl to stay for a
bit longer," with a peevish look and an inquisitive expression on her face, Mrs. Luo said coldly.
Hearing that, Raymond realized his reckless behavior and loosened his hand. Ashley glanced him,
pulled her arm out, turned and readied to walk away.
She just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.
However, some people just didn't let her out of the situation easily. A familiar, angry voice piped in and
stopped her again.
"Ashley, stop!"
Hearing the familiar sarcastic tone, Ashley recognized the voice and gulped. It was Peggy without a
doubt. All her life she knew that Peggy didn't like her to be her own child though they adopted her as a
kid.
Preparing herself to face the woman she dreaded, Ashley sighed deeply. 'What's wrong with today?
Why would all the things have conspired against me together?' Ashley thought silently while cursing
deep inside.
If she had known that this was how things would be, she would not have agreed to Andrew to come to
the party in the first place.
The voice of Peggy stopping her just made Ashley pause for a short moment. Ashley already had
nothing to do with the Mu family as she had cut all ties with them. She didn't plan to give Peggy a
chance to walk all over her again. Thus without looking back or heading to Peggy's call, Ashley ignored
her and kept walking.
Out of Ashley's expectation, however, Peggy walked towards her and stopped her by grabbing her arm.
She said in rage, "Ashley! I asked you to stop! Didn't you hear me? How dare you ignore me?" Without
considering Ashley's feelings like a mother would do, Peggy immediately scolded her despite the
awkward stares from the other guests.
Facing her this time, Ashley glared at Peggy sharply as her red fingertips dug into her arms so tightly
that they nearly started to bleed. "Let me go!" said Ashley without any expression shoving Peggy away
from her.
Shocked by the sudden rejection, Peggy couldn't believe what she just heard from Ashley. Her rage
was going wild. "Ashley, how dare you! How dare you talk to me like that! I raised you as my own child!
Is that how you show your appreciation to your mother?"
"Mrs. Mu. Let me remind you of something. I did what you asked me to do and now, you have nothing
to do with me!"
Letting out all her fits of anger towards her, Ashley replied furiously.
If Peggy did not care about her reputation at all, Ashley wouldn't mind putting more gasoline on her fire.
That would mean she would be the center of everyone's gossips.
Reminded by Ashley's statement, Peggy was stunned. She stopped what she was doing and loosened
her fingers on Ashley's arm intending to let her go before she could create further havoc. But before
she could even let go of her, Ashley pulled her arm out of Peggy's grasp, which made her lose her
balance a little.
Because of the sudden pull, Ashley's skin was scratched a little making her rub on her arm. Peggy had
grabbed her arm really hard just now. Bruises and scratches appeared on Ashley's arm and a vexed
expression was drawn on her innocent face.
Meanwhile, Spencer Mu who was not far away from them walked closer and saw that Peggy was
causing Ashley some troubles. Seeing that, however, he just wrinkled his brows and thought for a
while.
In the past, he never really cared when Peggy did something like that to Ashley at home. However,
here was not their home and there were many prominent individuals around. Any wrong move would
cause him a lot especially in business. 'She really shouldn't cause any troubles right now!' he thought
silently. Considering the consequences it would make, Spencer clearly didn't want to see them picking
up a fight in public.
Thus, Spencer signaled Lena with a look. Seeing her father's signal, Lena immediately got what he
wanted.
Consequently, Lena walked up and held Peggy's hand. Then, looking at Peggy, she said gently,
"Mother, it's noisy here. Ashley might just not have heard you. She has been a dutiful daughter since
she was young, and I'm sure she won't ignore you purposely this time."
As a matter of fact, Lena definitely had a way with words. The moment she opened her mouth, one
would be convinced that what she was telling was true.
With Lena beside her, Peggy calmed down. Lena's actions had given her the opportunity to save
herself from embarrassment. Thus Peggy was left with no choice but to take this chance before things
turned more serious and awkward. She nodded and replied, "You are right. I might have overreacted."
"Ashley, mother just hasn't seen you for so long. She is a little excited. You won't be mad with mother,
will you?" Looking at Ashley this time, Lena said to Ashley and asked with pleading eyes.
"Won't be mad at her?" Totally vexed, Ashley repeated as she raised her eyebrows. "I don't dare to be
mad at Mrs. Mu. I just want her to remember what she has promised," remarked Ashley.
"Ashley!" With a harsh voice, Ashley's name slipped out of Peggy's clenched teeth. Her face depicted
her shame and disappointment over what she just heard from Ashley.
"Mother, don't!" Stopping her, Lena squeezed Peggy's hand and shook her head slightly.
With Lena restraining her on the side, Peggy cast a stern glance at Ashley and said nothing. Then, she
turned her head and realized that Mrs. Luo was there. She imminently cracked a big smile and said,
"Hello, Mrs. Luo. I didn't know you are here too!"
Accepting her greetings, Mrs. Luo smiled at her politely. To be honest, Mrs. Luo didn't really like the
rash personality Peggy had. In fact, she quite hated it. But, she was Lena's mother. Mrs. Luo really
liked Lena. She had no choice but to deal with Peggy casually.
Knowing her reputation, she treated Peggy like everyone else, polite but distant.
Having her sophisticated air, she was polite enough to be nice to Peggy, but she kept just the right
amount of distance to not get too close to her.
"Yo! Beautiful ladies! What's up?" An absurd voice came in between, making them turn their heads to
the person who was speaking.
Mr. Chen teased them as he crept in without anyone noticing him.
Judging from the way he looked, he was in his forties or fifties. The black suit and tie he wore with his
rather bald head made him look rather dull and queer.
However, nothing could stop him from fixing his eyes on Lena. Obviously, he had a thing towards Lena.
However, there was a woman in her thirties that stood right next to Mr. Chen. She had a very attractive
figure and a pretty face, needless to say.
The corner of her eyes was lifted slightly up, which seemed to be able to charm any man. The sexy red
sheath dress which showed off her curvaceous figure made her look like she was a twenty years old
girl.
She looked around and locked her eyes on Spencer who was just inches away from where they were
standing.
Being interrupted by Mr. Chen's appearance, Ashley was about to leave. However, when she noticed
what the lady in the red dress was doing, she was shocked and she stopped walking all of a sudden.
Uncomfortably, she felt like being hit by a wedge in her heart. Although it was none of Ashley's
business, she just felt disgusted by seeing it.
The lady in red dress must be blind to pick up Spencer as the target.
With her figure and looks, she would easily get a better sugar daddy than Spencer.
With these thoughts in mind, Ashley really doubted about her taste and questioned her decision.
'Stop! Ashley! Stay out of Spencer's way. Ah! What am I thinking?' Ashley was trying to scream those
thoughts out of her head.
Bracing herself up, Ashley stopped herself from thinking those useless things. They could do whatever
they wanted. It was really not her business.
She reminded herself that she was not that kind of person who liked to gossip. She wouldn't stoop
down at the level of those cheap women who liked to mess with other people's lives.
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