Lena gained strength on her hands. She whispered, "Raymond, don't forget where you are! You don't
want everyone to know about what happened between you and Ashley in the past, do you?"
Raymond didn't reply. He just looked away from Ashley suddenly.
However, that didn't stop him glancing at Ashley again.
Raymond couldn't believe that was Ashley. When he saw her for the first time at the party, he could
barely recognize her. Ashley looked elegant and sophisticated today, and Raymond had never seen
her dressed this way before.
"Lena and Raymond, why are you here? I was looking all over for you!" said Raymond's mother.
"Why are you all here?" she asked again.
"Nothing, mother. What's the matter? Let's go. You can tell me about it on the way," said Raymond.
Subconsciously, Raymond didn't want his mother to see Ashley.
Raymond cast a contemptuous glance at Lena and hinted for her to come with him.
However, Lena ignored his stare. She dug her nails into her hand and smiled as though nothing had
happened. Then she held Mrs. Luo's hand gently and interrupted, "Auntie, my sister came, and we
were just chatting with her."
Mrs. Luo seemed to adore Lena, and she was delighted for Lena to be her daughter-in-law. She smiled
warmly at her.
Raymond's mother had always wanted a daughter. The birth of Raymond had taken every bit of her
strength away, and she couldn't have any more children after that. Lena was the ideal image of what
sort of daughter she would have liked. That was why she cherished Lena so much and treated her as if
she were her own.
"Oh? I didn't know that you had a sister. Why haven't you ever mentioned her before?" questioned Mrs.
Luo.
Lena replied apologetically, "My parents adopted her when she was young. She's not my real sister, but
she is part of the family. She's very busy with her work, and she doesn't really enjoy going to parties. I
don't like to bother her, and many people aren't aware that I have a sister."
Mrs. Luo patted Lena's hand and said, "You're such a kind girl!"
Lena gave her a shy smile.
Then she walked up to Ashley and tried to pull her to Mrs. Luo. She said to Ashley in a loud voice, "Sis,
this is Raymond's mother. You can call her Auntie. She looks a bit serious, but she is a lovely lady!"
Raymond's mother couldn't help but smile when she heard how Lena introduced her. She started to get
curious about her sister.
'Although she was adopted, she grew up in the Mu family. The Mu family has brought up a lovely
daughter like Lena. Her sister shouldn't be bad, ' thought Mrs. Luo.
However, she never expected that the girl she was getting introduced to was the last person that she
ever wanted to see for the rest of her life.
When Mrs. Luo raised her head and saw who it was, she was dumbstruck.
Lena had made it hard for Ashley to refuse. She virtually dragged her to Mrs. Luo's face. As Ashley had
expected, Mrs. Luo looked at her with a stiff face.
Even though Ashley didn't express too much on her face, deep inside, she just wanted to tear Lena
apart. 'What the hell's going on? What do you want, Lena? Why are you pushing your fiance's ex-
girlfriend in front of your future mother-in-law's face? That's just weird. What do you want, Lena?' All
the questions ran through Ashley's mind.
"Auntie, this is my sister, Ashley!" Lena pretended like nothing was wrong and introduced Ashley to her.
"Ashley, this is Raymond's mother!" introduced Lena.
Ashley glanced at Lena and then at Mrs. Luo.
Even though the situation was extremely awkward, she was polite enough to not make it any worse for
Mrs. Luo or herself.
"Good evening, Mrs. Luo. I'm Ashley. It's nice to meet you."
Mrs. Luo was a lady who had to weather the storm many times during her life, so she quickly recovered
from the shock of seeing Ashley. It happened so quickly that Lena didn't notice anything out of place.
Having realized that Ashley had pretended they didn't know each other, Mrs. Luo decided to go with it.
She replied, "Hello, Ashley!"
"Auntie, isn't she pretty? She's not just a pretty girl. She is very smart too! Her grades used to be
excellent in school. Every year, she would earn a scholarship," said Lena. She was trying her best to
compliment Ashley, but Ashley didn't respond with a single word to Lena. She wasn't thrilled with the
compliments that Lena was feigning to give her. Instead, she just felt very disgusted.
Lena knew how much Mrs. Luo disliked Ashley. She acted so innocently and pretended like she knew
nothing. Lena was behaving like a little sister who was so proud of her amazing older sister.
The more she complimented Ashley, the more Mrs. Luo disliked Ashley. Lena had performed so well,
pretending that she knew nothing about the relationship that Raymond had with Ashley.
"Miss Mu, you sound like a great girl! You're not only pretty but brilliant as well," said Mrs. Luo. She
didn't show too much emotion.
Ashley gave her a fake smile and said, "Mrs. Luo, I am flattered."
Lena could feel the awkwardness between them. She said to Mrs. Luo as she swung her hand like a
child, "Auntie, I know my sister is amazing but don't just admire her and ignore me!" Lena said it
playfully.
Mrs. Luo smiled. She gazed at Lena and said with a smile, "How could I do such a thing? In my eyes,
Lena is the best, and no one can compare. You're not only beautiful. You can also handle every
situation.
I hope that you and Raymond get married as soon as possible. I would love to have a grandchild!"
Lena's giggled and couldn't stop herself from blushing. Her eyes were filled with shyness. She then
begged her to stop teasing her.
Raymond couldn't help but feel uncomfortable by their conversation. He looked at Ashley and
wondered if she thought the same. However, when he glanced at Ashley, he was disappointed to find
that her expression was calm. He couldn't tell if she was hurt by what they said or not.
Although he felt somewhat relieved, another thought entered his head.
It was very obvious to Ashley what Lena was trying to do. She wanted to make Ashley embarrassed.
She played her role well and dragged Mrs. Luo in to help. The two of them just wanted Ashley to stay
away from Raymond.
However, their efforts were a waste of their time
because Ashley didn't have feelings towards Raymond anymore. They used Raymond to attack Ashley.
They gave him way too much credit.
The two women put on a pretentious show of a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-
in-law. Ashley felt sick to the stomach and quite disgusted by their fulsome acting.
Ashley had always been direct with whom she liked or disliked. She didn't have the stomach to watch
this nonsense any longer.
"Since you're all very busy, I'll leave you to it. If you'll excuse me," said Ashley as she prepared to
leave.
"Ashley..." said Raymond. His eyes were fixed on her the whole time. Raymond just couldn't take his
eyes off her. Knowing she was about to leave, he quickly grabbed her arm without thinking.
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