At that time, Andrew was at the Lu Group building.
Johnny was reporting Ashley's schedule as he stood in front of Andrew.
"Miss Mu went to her cake shop and went back with Miss Su at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. They were
picked up by Miss Nan. They're probably home now," Johnny said.
He didn't know whether Andrew was listening to him because Andrew was looking at his phone as he
spoke.
What he didn't know was that Andrew was actually looking at a photo of Ashley. The photo was of
Ashley asleep, her eyes softly closed and her black hair elegantly resting on the pillow.
Her skin was delicate and fair without any trace of pores. The photo was a lovely capture of Ashely
enjoying her peace as she lay in bed.
Seeing that Andrew was a little absent-minded, Johnny prompted, "Mr. Lu?"
Andrew glanced at Johnny and said indifferently, "What?"
Johnny then repeated himself, "Miss Mu is in Miss Su's house now."
Andrew seemed to be in a daze, still he didn't say a word. After a while, he just nodded.
It was dark outside. If one stood in front of the French window, it offered a beautiful view of the city.
It was easy to see the outside world.
This was the highest floor in J City and also the private office of Andrew. Apart from Andrew, only
Johnny could enter it.
Johnny was curious as to why Andrew and Ashley had been in a cold war.
'Mr. Lu's been like this for about a week now, ' he thought.
He looked at Andrew and hesitated whether he should ask Andrew or not.
Andrew glanced at Johnny and said, "You can say whatever you want to say."
Johnny then asked, "Mr. Lu, did you have a fight with Miss Mu?"
'Why aren't you home yet? It's already so late! Before, you'd always check your watch until it's time to
get off work because you couldn't wait.
It's long past after working hours and yet you're still here and keeping track of Miss Mu, ' he pondered.
Andrew glared back at Johnny. Johnny didn't press further.
Then he said, "Mr. Lu, if you don't need anything else, I'd better get going."
Johnny then left when Andrew nodded.
'Mr. Lu can be so scary sometimes.
I'd better go back home as soon as possible.
Should I ask Miss Mu what happened between them?
I don't know what's going to happen if Mr. Lu continues to behave like this.
Whenever Miss Mu and Mr. Lu quarreled, Mr. Lu would turn into a complete workaholic. The way he
was before. The employees are finally able to relax but now, Mr. Lu's making everyone nervous again, '
Johnny thought.
When Johnny left, Andrew's mobile phone suddenly rang. At first, Andrew intended to ignore it.
However when he saw Ashley's name, he was taken aback.
'So, does that mean that both Ashley and Francis are in Ellie's house?' thought Andrew.
He couldn't help but feel jealous. 'I can't even see Ashley but Francis is with her. How can he do that?'
he thought.
Andrew had thought of something. He wrote up a message on his phone and sent it, feeling satisfied.
Francis was sitting in the living room. He thought he'd be able to get some alone time with Ellie after
sending that message to Andrew. He was surprised by the response that he had received from Andrew.
'What is he trying to say?
Is he asking me to go to his villa?
Why would he do that?' thought Francis.
He then replied, "What happened to you? Did you get a stomachache again?"
Andrew would only ask Francis to go to his villa if he was sick or if he needed to talk to Francis. So
Francis couldn't help but wonder what Andrew's plan was.
Andrew read the message and frowned slightly. 'I'm fine!' thought Andrew. He decided to reply with
"Huh?"
Francis looked at the 'Huh' on the screen and frowned. 'Wouldn't Ashley know if Andrew's sick or
something?
I want to spend some time with Ellie!'
Andrew suddenly thought of something and sent a message to Francis to warn him not to tell Ashley.
He made sure to tell Francis the consequences if he told on him.
When Francis read Andrew's message again, he felt annoyed.
Just as he was about to reply to Andrew, Andrew had sent him another message. It came at the perfect
time because he was just about to tell Ashley.
Ashley looked at Francis and said impatiently, "Just tell me!"
Francis hesitated for a while. In the end, he decided he wasn't going to tell Ashley. He just said
casually, "It's nothing important. You can go back to your cooking, Ashley. I just came here to tell you
that I'm leaving. I'm sorry I have to deal with something so I'm not going to be able to have dinner here.
You don't need to include me for dinner anymore."
Even though Francis was speaking to Ashley, he was looking at Ellie as he spoke.
"I wasn't planning on cooking dinner for you. You can leave right now so that you won't bother us
anymore," Ashley quipped.
Francis was a bit upset upon hearing this. "Ashley…" 'What did I do? Why is Ashley suddenly treating
me like this?' thought Francis.
He looked at Ellie and said, "Ellie, I have to leave now. I'll see you soon."
He lowered his voice as Ashley was staring at him. After which, he left.
Ellie looked at Ashley helplessly and asked, "Why are you treating him like that?"
"He is going after you," Ashley simply said.
She said it in a way that seemed as if she was sure of herself.
Ashley suddenly thought of something. She realized that this started because of her. She had set their
paths to lead to one another.
At that moment, Ashley felt regretful.
Ellie couldn't help but wonder what Ashley's reasoning for saying that was. So, she asked, "Well?"
Ashley looked at Ellie seriously and said, "Ellie, promise me that you won't fall in love with him. He is
not your Mr. Right."
Ellie stopped washing vegetables for a few seconds. "Why? What's wrong with him? I thought you said
you liked him?"
Ashley looked at Ellie in horror and asked, "Ellie, have you fallen in love with Francis?"
Ellie was able to avoid her question because she pointed to the pot and said, "The vegetables are
going to get overcooked. Watch the pot!"
Ashley quickly looked at the vegetables in the pot. Ellie was successful in steering the conversation
elsewhere.
After a while, they finished cooking. They cooked the meat and vegetable dishes—both their favorites.
After dinner, they washed the dishes and then headed to Ellie's bedroom.
As soon as Ashley lay down on the bed, she sat up and looked at Ellie then blurted out, "Ellie, your bed
smells strange."
Ellie was drying her hair. She asked, "What smell?"
Ashley sniffed the quilt and then said, "It smells like a man! Yes, definitely, it smells like the musk of a
man! Ellie, will you be honest with me? What have you been doing?"
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