A Love Trap novel Chapter 65

No matter what the senior staff had to say, Johnny refused to enter that office again.

'They are talking complete nonsense! And I don't want to take the risk of bothering Mr. Lu.

I just walked out of that scary office and I don't have courage to enter it again so soon!' thought Johnny.

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Ashley held up the jade pendant and examined it. She had taken care of this pendant for more than ten years. But she hadn't expected to be told that this wasn't what she thought it was.

The fake one looked so similar to the original that she wouldn't have realized it if Peggy hadn't told her the truth.

And now Peggy had used the original one to threaten Ashley and wrangle what she wanted out of her.

Ashley somehow knew that the jade pendant was a crucial clue towards finding her real family. And to see that Peggy had the one thing that was bound to shed light on her family irritated her to no end.

She wanted to find her real family and this jade pendant might be crucial.

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"What happened to you? Why are you so absent-minded? And what's this? Why have you taken off your pendant? I told you to keep it on!" Ellie rattled off a series of curious, well-intentioned questions when she saw Ashley sitting on the sofa and gazing at the jade pendant absent-mindedly.

"Nothing has happened," Ashley said, putting the pendant back on and smiling at Ellie. "I was just checking if it would help me remember anything about the past." Ashley put away the jade pendant and smiled at Ellie.

She didn't want to tell Ellie what Peggy said to her that morning because she knew Ellie. And Ellie was the kind of girl who would lose sleep over anything that was troubling Ashley.

"Have you recollected anything from the past?"

Ashley shook her head. "No. It isn't easy. Moreover, I was just a little child at that time. Those might as well be things that I never can remember."

"Don't be disappointed. What if your memory returns one day? Maybe your family is also making every effort to look for you. So don't give up," Ellie comforted Ashley.

Ashley nodded, trying to quell that sadness and disappointment in her heart. Ellie's words were like a balm to her sore heart, gradually relieving the constant pain.

"By the way," Ellie said, diverting the topic, "I found some shops on the Internet this morning. How about we go visit them tomorrow?"

"Lena isn't someone who will allow us to successfully rent a shop. Always a spanner in the works. And I really think we should stop spending our time doing something like this. It all looks to be in vain. We should rather go out and look for other jobs," Ashley said glumly.

Ashley had practically grown up watching Lena and knew her well. Lena always got everything she wanted, by hook or by crook.

Now that she had tried to stop them, there was no way they would be able to rent a shop.

"Lena is an annoying little witch!" Ellie said acidly, hugging a bolster and launching herself across the sofa.

Ashley glanced over at Ellie. "Sorry, Ellie. I'm so sorry for troubling you." Lena had always targeted Ashley, looking to cause her trouble at every turn. And by getting involved in the matter, Ellie had placed herself in the line of fire, which, according to Ashley, she shouldn't have done.

Ellie smiled softly at Ashley and patted her head. "Don't talk like that. We're supposed to be best friends. And the next time you repeat that apology, I'm going to explode of anger," she added cheekily.

Mushily grinning at her best friend and rather moved, Ashley hugged Ellie and said, "Okay. I won't apologize." As she pulled away, Ashley paused, looking at Ellie. "You really are my best friend, Ellie," she said affectionately.