Andrew had no one but Ashley in his heart.
Ashley pulled Andrew back a step to put a distance between them and Lena. She knew very well that
Lena was pregnant. It was better for them to stay away from her.
Lena had already fallen on the ground once when she wasn't pregnant and framed Ashley for it. She
could do it again with a baby in her stomach.
Ashley wasn't going to fall into the same trap twice.
Staying away from Lena was her guide for life.
Ashley immediately stopped Lena from getting any closer.
"Stop! You can talk to me from over there. Don't come any closer and don't touch me! If you fall again,
I'm not going to be responsible for anything!"
Lena's hand froze in the air. Her face turned red with embarrassment. However, Ashley didn't stop, and
continued, "Can you see that my Andy was not comfortable about you getting too close to him? Oh, my
bad. I forgot to warn you that Andy doesn't like anyone but me touching him. So, for your baby's safety,
please stay away from him."
Ashley's sharp put-down had successfully kept Lena from approaching them.
Ashley was busy keeping Lena at a safe distance from her. So, she didn't notice the excitement in
Andrew's eyes.
Andrew felt pleased about the way Ashley had referred to him.
He liked how Ashley had called him, "My Andy."
As far as Andrew was concerned, she was absolutely right. Andrew was hers.
It was hard for Andrew to pretend that he didn't like how Ashley showed her ownership of him.
Lena was red-faced. However, she recovered from it quickly. After a little awkward cough, she put her
hand back down and hid the hate in her eyes.
If it weren't for her plan, Lena wouldn't put up with Ashley at all.
However, she put on her innocent mask and replied to Ashley, "Sis, are you still mad at me? I'm really
sorry! I didn't mean to do it. I somehow slipped, and you were the only one next to me. I just assumed
that..."
Lena stopped to cry some crocodile tears, and then she continued, "Sis, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault.
Can you forgive me? I really want to make it up to you. Can we become good sisters once again just
like we were before?"
Lena looked at Ashley pleadingly, while the fake tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Sis? Why are you calling me that? Did you forget that Mrs. Mu already kicked me out of the Mu
family? I'm not your sister! Besides, I was always just the kid that was adopted by the Mu family. I'm not
worthy of being your older sister!"
Every time Lena called her "Sister," the hairs bristled on the back of Ashley's neck. She knew that Lena
was about to cause her trouble.
However, if she wanted to put on a show, Ashley wasn't afraid to take the stage with her.
Ashley sneered and continued, "You should really think twice before you come up to some pretty girl on
the street and call her your sister. It gives me goose bumps every time you call me that. Since we kind
of know each other, I thought I'd give you some advice. Take it or leave it. It's totally up to you."
Lena bit her lips and stared at Ashley. She could hardly keep her body straight, but she was trying to
keep her balance. It looked as if Ashley's words had hurt her to the point that she could barely
compose herself.
Her eyes were still fixed on Ashley and Andrew. The sight of Lena with teary eyes could fool anyone to
feel sorry for her and become softhearted.
However, Ashley knew Lena all too well. She couldn't fool her, and she felt no sympathy towards her at
all. Her dramatic look only irritated Ashley, and she knew that Lena was only bluffing.
Lena knew that Ashley wouldn't fall for her act. So Lena ignored Ashley and kept her eyes on Andrew.
Ashley watched her every move and immediately noticed her intention. Even though Ashley knew that
Andrew disliked Lena, she still wouldn't just watch it happen.
'Oh no, you don't! Andrew is my man!' Ashley thought to herself.
Ashley took a step forward and blocked Lena's view of Andrew and said, "Miss Mu, why do you keep
staring at my husband? I know my husband is very handsome and attractive. But, don't you think it's
very rude for you to keep staring at him?"
Ashley didn't care about hiding her relationship with Andrew from them anymore. They already knew
anyway.
However, Lena was still feeling bitter about it.
She bit her lips again and looked at Ashley poorly. She said, "Sis..." Before continuing, she swallowed
her words back. She seemed to remember what Ashley just suggested, so she corrected herself. "Ash,
I wasn't."
Ashley felt speechless at this moment. The new way that Lena addressed her was weird.
Ashley was already used to hearing her puffed-up tone and looking at her fake act.
"Don't give yourself a hard time. Call me whatever you want," said Ashley. After all, it was just a name.
Ashley couldn't care less about it. In all honesty, she would prefer Lena to call her "Sis" rather than
"Ash." Being called "Ash" by Lena just sounded too weird for her.
Lena seemed relieved and happy about having Ashley's permission to call her "Sis" again, and said,
"Sis, Mom would never kick you out of the family. You know how much she loves you. If she said such
a thing, it must have been on a whim and out of anger. You'll be fine if you just come home and
apologize to her."
Lena's voice was soft. She sounded as though she really cared about Ashley.
Ashley narrowed her eyes slightly and replied, "Is that so? But I don't want to apologize."
Raymond finally stood up and walked to Lena. Looking at Ashley, he put Lena behind him and warned,
"Ashley, don't cross the line. Lena just wants to help. If you don't care, that's fine. You don't have to hurt
her like that. She already apologized. What else do you want?"
Ashley was rendered speechless when she heard what Raymond said. It was her first time to see a
guilty person speaking with such confidence.
Ashley looked back at him and asked, "How exactly did I cross the line? What did I say? Did I insult her
in any way? Do I have to forgive her just because she has apologized? I'm so sorry that I can't do that.
I don't want to forgive her. What she had done to me was real. The damage that she had done to me
was also real."
Ashley looked at Lena over Raymond's shoulder and said, "Lena, if you just wanted to talk about that
matter, then I think we're already done here. We have some other important things to take care of. I
don't have the time to deal with this. I wish I could say that I'm sorry for having to leave you, but I can't.
Because I'm not sorry at all."
Holding Andrew's arm, Ashley was ready to leave.
Lena was surprised to see how things turned out. She finally saw the real Ashley in person. There was
no way that she was going to let Ashley walk away like that.
If Ashley left, her plan would totally be ruined.
Lena had to make Ashley stay somehow.
She walked around Raymond, blocked Ashley's way and said, "Sis, please have a seat. I still owe you
a good apology. We're trying to let go of the past today. We haven't done anything yet. Can you please
stay a little longer for me?" She looked at Ashley morosely with tears forming in her eyes.
Ashley finally agreed to stay. She wanted to see what it was that Lena wanted from her.
Holding Andrew's hand, Ashley walked to the other side of the table and sat done. However, Andrew
remained there. He didn't like the stool. He just looked at Ashley with his big puppy eyes.
Ashley didn't know what to say to him. She knew that her husband was obsessively tidy.
Even though the stool looked clean to her, it didn't mean that it was clean in Andrew's eyes.
Ashley grabbed a few tissues from the table and carefully wiped the stool several times. Finally, she
tried to persuade Andrew to sit down on the stool. "Can you please deal with it for me?"
Andrew looked at Ashley unconvinced and he remained standing on the same spot.
Ashley had run out of ideas. She wondered, 'How dirty could this stool be?'
Ashley started to really consider Andrew's germophobic issues.
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda