Johnny felt miserable as he seemed to be always snowed under with work every day. His job was indeed a great torment for him.
"Mr. Lu, you have finally answered the phone. Where are you now? Have you forgotten that you are going to have an important meeting in the company today? The senior leaders of the company are all here waiting for you. When can you get to the company?"
The moment he got through to Andrew, Johnny bombarded him with several questions.
"Delay the meeting for half an hour. I will be there soon." After Andrew told him what to do, he immediately hung up the phone before Johnny had the chance to reply.
He then calmly put his phone down and continued to drive, staring straight ahead as if nothing had happened at all.
Ashley pursed her lips slightly and then asked hesitantly, "Do you have something urgent to deal with? It's okay. You go ahead and do what you have to do. I can get out here and take a taxi home."
Johnny had spoken so loudly on the phone to Andrew just now, that Ashley couldn't help but overhear their conversation.
Ashley felt a little guilty. After all, he was delayed getting back to the company because of her.
"Don't worry about it. We'll be at your house very soon, anyway," Andrew replied calmly glancing at her.
But Ashley still felt uneasy and said, "But, I heard him speak in an urgent tone. It sounds like there is something important waiting for you to deal with."
"Nothing else is more important than you,"
Andrew replied in a pleasant carefree voice. Even though he said those words in a casual way, for some reason, Ashley's heart fluttered upon hearing them.
And his words lingered on, in her mind.
"Nothing else is more important than you."
'Really? There is nothing more important than me?'
She didn't know why, but she was moved by his words and felt warm inside.
However, she felt slightly morose when she remembered what Susie had said, which was that she couldn't compare to Lesley and only Lesley could ever be her sister-in-law.
Even though Ashley had only met Andrew twice, she found herself wondering if Andrew might already have a fiancee.
She suddenly became aware of where her thoughts had drifted off to and was surprised with herself that she was already thinking of such things.
Ashley shook her head slightly to shake the thoughts away from her mind.
"Okay," she replied flatly and then leaned back in the seat and closed her eyes to have a little catnap.
Andrew shot her a glance and admired her. She was leaning back in the seat with her beautiful eyes tightly shut, and her cheeks were slightly flushed pink.
Ashley felt that she did have a crush on him, but now she closed her eyes and forced herself not to think about such a thing.
Andrew might never know that she tried to distance herself from him only because of Lesley, the woman that Susie mentioned. She didn't want to be the one to come between them.
Whereas, Andrew, he wasn't even aware of who Lesley was. And so he didn't offer any explanation of his relationship with her, because there wasn't one. However, Ashley misunderstood and thought that Andrew and Lesley were a couple and she didn't dare want to stand in between them.
It took a long time for Andrew to finally work out why Ashley wasn't willing to be in a relationship with him. When he found out afterward, he was so angry at Susie for even mentioning Lesley in front of Ashley insinuating that they were a couple. He wanted to send her abroad and didn't want to ever see her again for what she tried to do.
Even though Ashley's eyes were closed, she could still feel Andrew's eyes on her. She knew that he desired her.
So she turned her back to him and looked at the scenery outside of the window.
Andrew had only ever been to Ashley's house once before, but he remembered the address and soon he had reached her home without having to ask her for directions.
Once he parked the car at the gate of the apartment complex, Ashley opened the car door and got out.
"Mr. Lu, thank you for driving me home. You can go and deal with your own work now," Ashley said before she closed the car door.
And before Andrew had the chance to say anything, she already closed the door behind her and walked away.
Andrew watched her leave and wondered why she was treating him so indifferently all of a sudden.
He had already told her to call him by his first name, but she insisted on addressing him formally with, 'Mr. Lu.'
He felt confused and disappointed at the change in her attitudes towards him.
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