Raymond pressed his lips into a line when he realized what his father was implying. Since last time's
incident, Ashley had cut all contact with him. She had blocked him on all her social media.
Naturally, he couldn't contact her in any way.
Raymond remained silent.
Clyde continued, "If possible, go talk to her. She is the key person in this matter."
As a man, Clyde knew how men's brains worked. Andrew's animosity against the Luo family could only
be due to one out of two possibilities. The first was to take revenge for Ashley who was treated unjustly
when she attended their party.
And the second possibility was that he had found out that Raymond and Ashley were ex-lovers. These
were the only two reasons why he was after the Luo family.
He didn't expect the legendary aloof and cruel Andrew to end up with Ashley and adore her so much.
Maybe they should reconsider their opinion about that woman.
Raymond's jaw dropped in astonishment. "Dad, what do you mean?" he asked.
When he was with Ashley, his mother was strongly against their relationship. He knew that his father
didn't approve of their relationship either, but he hadn't done anything to stop them.
However, now that their relationship had deteriorated, his father wanted him to go to see Ashley. How
would he do that?
Raymond didn't say anything and Cora, who was standing on the side, frowned. She knew what Clyde
meant but she really didn't like the idea of Raymond going to see Ashley again.
To be honest, even she herself didn't know why she disliked Ashley so much.
Clyde nodded at Raymond and said, "You go to talk to her. She can tell us if she has a grudge against
us, and we will make it up to her if she does." It might be possible that even if they tried to make it up to
her, she wouldn't be appeased. However, at this point, the Luo family couldn't do anything else.
Raymond had never seen his father looking so demoralized. However tough the situation had been, he
had always handled it with ease. He had never been so tired and worried.
Raymond had heard a few rumors about Andrew and had already met him twice.
This man's social background seemed so complicated. Didn't Ashley want a simple and peaceful life?
Why did she choose to be with him then?
How did she get involved with him? Coming from an influential family himself, Raymond knew all about
rich people's mindsets. They simply wanted a marriage with an equally wealthy and powerful family.
His own family thought this way, not to mention the people in the Lu family.
The Lu family might have even more complicated and tricky personal relations than other families. How
would she survive there?
The Lu family wouldn't possibly accept the adopted daughter of a family who owned nothing at all.
Various thoughts surfaced in his head and he let out a long breath. He looked at his father and nodded.
"Okay, Dad. I will go talk to Ashley. Don't worry about it." He was going to do it either for personal
reason or for anything else anyway.
Clyde nodded. He was quite satisfied with Raymond. He had always been obedient even as a child and
everything he did, he did it well.
Clyde left the room and went upstairs. He had been very busy as the Luo Group was in so much
trouble. He asked Raymond to come back just to clarify things.
After Clyde left, Cora spoke with Raymond at length. It was about Ashley.
She said a lot of bad things about Ashley, and that since he and Lena were going to get married, he
should treat her well, and not think of anything inappropriate.
It wouldn't happen even in his wildest dreams.
Raymond succeeded in getting Ashley's phone number through his contacts.
He used a different cell phone number to call her.
Ashley was at the bakery with Ellie when her phone rang. The cell phone screen showed that the
incoming call was from a strange number.
Ashley frowned and answered the call. "Hello?"
Raymond didn't speak and the silence lasted for quite a while.
Ashley thought the call disconnected, so she moved the phone away from her ear and looked at the
screen. But she found that the line was still connected, and the person on the other end wasn't
speaking.
Ashley became impatient. Who was it? Why wouldn't he or she speak? Did he or she want to donate
money to the phone company?
"Hello? If you don't speak, I will hang up."
Just as Ashley was about to hang up, a voice came through the line.
It was Raymond's husky voice. "Ashley, it's me."
This voice had been so familiar to her for three years. How could she forget it?
However, on second thoughts, she had nothing to do with him now. "What's the matter?" she asked
quietly.
"Ashley, I need to talk with you," he replied. After a pause, he added, "About Andrew."
Ashley frowned slightly. "I think I have made it clear to you that there is nothing between us. There is
nothing else to talk about. As for Andrew, I don't think he has anything to do with you. If there's nothing
else, I will hang up."
Fearing she would hang up, Raymond became anxious and said hurriedly, "Ashley, this is for the last
time. I really need to talk to you. It is something important about you. Can we meet somewhere?"
Ellie could tell something was wrong when she saw Ashley's expression. She couldn't help asking,
"What happened? Who is it?"
Ashley put the cell phone a little away and said, "It is Raymond. He wants to talk to me. And he's
saying it's important for me."
"What do you think? Are you going to meet him?" Ellie asked.
Ashley furrowed her brows and said, "I don't want to go. I don't want to get involved with him anymore."
Ellie thought for a moment and said, "I think maybe you should hear him out. What if he really has
something important to tell you?"
Ashley muttered irritably, "What important thing can he possibly have to say to me?"
However, she did agree to meet him and fixed an appointment. It was at a milk tea shop they used to
frequent.
The shop was close to the college they went to and so they used to have a drink there from time to
time. Ashley used to like their milk tea.
So Ashley asked Ellie to take care of the shop and headed for the meeting.
Raymond had said it was important and that he had to talk to her immediately. She had her doubts but
agreed to meet him nonetheless, so she had to get it over with sooner or later. She might as well do it
now.
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