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.
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