A Love Trap
Chapter 344 A Slap On The Face

Peggy regretted that she didn't listen to Lena earlier as she was trying to explain to Spencer. Things had come to this point where everyone in the Mu family except Spencer knew that Ashley had cut off all ties with them. He was still in the dark about the whole thing. "There is one thing I have to tell you...it's a little... you have to promise me that you won't get angry if I tell you," said Peggy.

Spencer was getting impatient. Everything that had happened already irked him enough and he couldn't believe there was more. "What is it? Start talking and stop wasting my time."

"Okay. What I'm going to tell you is that...Ashley...She isn't a member of our family anymore," said Peggy.

Spencer didn't think much of it when he heard this the first time from Ron. Ron had just been back from abroad then so it was understandable that he'd made a mistake like that, as he wasn't around to see her.

But what did Peggy mean by saying that?

'What does that mean that Ashley is not a member of the Mu family anymore?

Whose family does she belong to if she is not a member of this one?'

Earlier, he was even thinking that if that person loved Ashley then he could possibly take advantage of her powerful family and try to develop a connection with the Lu family.

It would be great to have some sort of connection with them. If anyone found out, they would treat the Mu family differently.

In his mind, he had already planned it in detail. Peggy telling him that Ashley wasn't a part of the family anymore would destroy his plan.

As he thought of this, he asked glumly, "What the hell does that mean? Can you explain it to me clearly?"

'Shit!' cried Peggy in her heart upon seeing Spencer getting more agitated.

She had no choice but to explain it, as she didn't want to delay this any longer.

"Do you remember the time you asked Ashley to go to the marriage interview? Ashley set one condition that after the interview, she wanted nothing to do with the Mu family anymore. She even asked me to remove her name under the household register. I thought she was just throwing a tantrum so I didn't take her seriously and just agreed to it. I didn't know that she had taped our conversation..."

"So you removed her name from the household register? Basically announcing that she isn't a member of the family anymore?" Spencer prompted.

Peggy nodded. "I didn't expect that she would marry into such a prominent family. She was just adopted. Who knew she'd be capable of doing such a thing?"

"What the hell have you done?! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why did you have to wait until now to tell me?" Spencer roared.

"It's just that you've been so busy lately. I thought it wasn't a big deal, so I didn't want to bother you with this..."

Peggy trailed off as the anger in Spencer's face grew.

"What a stupid woman! You have never done anything right!" said Spencer angrily.

Peggy didn't like being spoken to like that. "How could I know that Ashley would do something like that?

If I had known, I would never have agreed in the first place!"

"Just stop it. There's no use to that anymore. Prepare some gifts to bring to her when we go and visit her. After all, it's us who raised her. How could she just cut us off like that? She just probably said that because she was angry." Peggy's eyes gleamed. 'Yeah, that's right.

She had lived with us for so many years. She can't just cut us off so easily. She was just highly emotional and mad at that time. If we visited her bearing gifts and kindness, maybe she'd want to make peace with us. She also has to think about the Lu family's social status.

She's just an orphan. Even if she did marry into the Lu family because Andrew loves her, who knows what people will think?

Andrew wouldn't cut the Lu family off no matter how much he adores her.

The Mu family is the most notable family in J City. It's better for her to remain a part of this family.'

"You're right. That's a great idea. I'll go and prepare gifts right now," Peggy said.

After which, she left and went upstairs. She started to prepare the gifts for Ashley.

She'd completely forgotten how much there was to be prepared for Lena going abroad.

She realized how Lena's life could compare to hers which was a life of luxury.

Lena glanced at Ron then said, "Whatever you want to ask, just ask me now. I'll tell you everything I know." She was going abroad anyway. Whatever she did in the past didn't matter now. She didn't even know how she could have done those things before.

Perhaps, it gave her a sense of achievement and success to steal what belonged to Ashley? Perhaps it felt good to see her upset?

Either way, she didn't know why she did those things in the first place.

"Why did Ashley leave our family?" Ron asked.

Ron had just returned from abroad when Ashley told him that she wasn't part of their family anymore. No matter how many times he asked, she wouldn't tell him the real reason. "Well, it was mostly because of me.

When Raymond and I first got together, mom was afraid that Ashley and Raymond might get back together so she arranged for Ashley to go to a marriage interview so she could get married.

But she just broke up with Raymond so she didn't want to go to the marriage interview. She wasn't ready for that then. Plus, the person Peggy wanted her to marry was disgusting.

So Ashley refused. She agreed later on but for unknown reasons she added one condition. Mom figured she didn't mean it so she agreed but what she didn't know was that Ashley had taped their conversation. That's how this all happened." Ron didn't speak for a long time. Later a smile appeared on his lips. "I think maybe it's good for her to leave the Mu family. At least she's happier now."

When she was still part of the Mu family, no one else really treated her well except for Ron.

Now she was able to live more freely and she seemed happier.

Lena looked at him as if she was in deep thought. She didn't expect for that to come from him.

But on a second thought, maybe it was expected of Ron to say that.

Ron looked at Lena and said, "You have a wound on your face. I'll get someone to treat that for you. From now on, you are not to behave like that anymore. You know you'll be the one to get hurt at the end of the day." Lena's eyes reddened. She nodded and impulsively, she hugged him. "I know that now, Ron."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐