A Love Trap
Chapter 61 Everything Stagnated Between Lena And Raymond

Leo felt like it was the most awkward afternoon he had ever had. Time just went by as Leo and Peggy were chatting, or so it seemed. That afternoon passed so quickly with no important topic arising in their supposed 'conversation'. Peggy took a look at her watch and found out that it was already five o'clock. As it should always be, Spencer, her husband, would be back soon.

Having been together for years, Peggy knew exactly Spencer's tempers and habits. One that was particularly bizarre was he always hated her association with anyone of the Su family, because he simply... hated them. It was even more perplexing, considering that Peggy herself once lived with the Su family! Spencer simply overlooked that fact and pretended that it never was the case to begin with.

"Alright, it's getting late now. You should probably go back. And never look for me if you have nothing important to say, please," said Peggy apathetically as she half-glanced at Leo.

Although Leo wished to stay a little longer, to wait and see his uncle and, most importantly, his seemingly pretty cousin, he had no other choices but to get ready to leave since Peggy had, rather forcefully, bid him farewell. But he had been yearning to see his cousin Lena for a long time, especially after the last unsuccessful blind date with Ashley.

After Peggy's words, Leo could only stand up obediently and said, "Well, Aunt Peggy, I'm leaving now. I'll come and see you next time."

With a faint smile on her face, Peggy then pronounced, "Terri, take my guest to the door, please!" Though she nodded at Leo, she did not actually pay much attention to what he was saying.

"Oh, yes, ma'am," responded Terri Chen as she walked out quickly of the kitchen and approached Leo. She looked at him and said politely, "Mr. Su, this way, please."

"Mother, I'm home!" Right before Leo and Terri Chen could reach the door, there came this sudden but pleasant sound from the other side of the door and then the door of the villa was pushed open.

Almost at the same time, Peggy and Leo turned their heads to look at the direction where the voice came from.

When the door was widely opened, what they saw was Lena in a white lace dress with high-heeled white shoes. Under the lace dress, her skin looked as white as snow and the white dress made her skin look even fairer and more delicate. With the high-heeled shoes, her legs looked even slenderer and sexier.

Her black straight hair was waist-length, with a bit curl at the end of the hair. There was the latest Chanel bag in her hand, and her fingers looked very slim while they rested on the bag. With a touch of makeup on her delicate oval face, she looked so youthful and gorgeous. Leo gazed at Lena ever since the moment she popped into his eyes, unable to look away or even blink.

Meanwhile, Lena took only a brief look at Leo, who was standing in front of her, after she opened the door and she was kind of taken aback at the sight of Leo. For one, she knew nothing about him. Another reason was his look disgusted her. She then turned and looked at Peggy, and she uttered, "Mother, we have a guest at home?"

"Lena, you came earlier today, didn't you? And, oh, he's nobody and he's going to leave anyway. So you don't need to think about him. It's all right, dear, come here," replied Peggy as she stepped toward Lena and embraced her, distracting her focus on him, quickly. Peggy's tone was so dry when she mentioned the "nobody" part. It sounded like she really meant what she said, and it seemed like it.

A few paces away from them, Leo was still standing at the same place as he could barely take his eyes off Lena. He was so enticed by her perfectly-shaped body that he didn't notice the conversation between Peggy and Lena at all.

For information, he always loved chasing girls around. He was simply a playboy. To him, every girl was a goddess deserving of worship, Lena was not excluded. However, out of the ordinary, this time, he just thought, other girls could not compare with the pretty Lena in front of him, at all, in any way. Besides, other girls he deemed gorgeous simply didn't notice his existence! No wonder that he was thrilled to see Lena for the first time.

He now could barely blink at this moment. He seemed to be totally immersed in his own imagination of Lena.

'Look at her curve, snow-white skin and little, chiseled oval face, what a glamorous beauty!' exclaimed Leo in his heart, with a look of a romantically 'drunk' boy depicted on his face.

As a playboy as he was, Leo found it surprisingly even remotely possible to take his sight off Lena. He barely noticed the difference between her and the person in the photo he once held.

Besides, he had thrown the photo when he was too angry after leaving the coffee shop last time.

Meanwhile, Lena nodded at Peggy's words and she hastily withdrew her gaze from Leo after only a quick glint at him. She assumed that the person in front of her was too ugly to have anything to do with her family.

"You must be my cousin Lena, aren't you? You look just as pretty as you look in the photo. Oh no, I misspoke, you're even prettier in reality. Nice to meet you! I, I am Leo," uttered Leo as he rubbed his hands and walked quickly toward Lena. Then, he gave her what he thought was his most charming smile, with his hand held out, intended to reach her.

Quite contrary to his excitement when he saw her, Lena suddenly stepped back several steps as if she had found something dirty and horrible in front of her. She gave him a look of disgust and turned to her mother and asked, "Mother, who is he? Since when I have such a cousin? Why did I know nothing about him before?"

Peggy had actually been restraining herself for long ever since she found out that Leo approached Lena. However, with Leo's eyes glued to Lena's body all this time, her face just paled out of great fury.

'How dare he be this presumptuous! How can he not realize that he's not even remotely below my daughter's level? Anyway, someone like him is never going to be a match of my daughter, not even a single chance!' screamed Peggy in her mind while she was still trying her best to hold herself back from losing control.

Right before Peggy could reply her daughter's question as she was still deep in thoughts, Leo began, "Well, your mother, is my aunt, that makes me your cousin. I just came back from abroad after finishing my study there. It's totally normal that you don't know me before." As he was speaking, he kept his eyes fixated on Lena. With his hand back from the air after quite a moment, he didn't seem to feel even the slightest embarrassment that no one was shaking his hand.

Without any trace of awkwardness on his face, he still smiled at Lena. In his opinion, every beauty deserved recognition and praise. He thought she could do anything she wanted because she simply was too gorgeous to have an argument with. No one would love to have an argument with such a goddess when you could observe her grace from a near view instead, right? He didn't even replace it offensive when she did not shake his hand and when she looked at him in disgust. Though he felt it a bit pitiful that he could not touch her hand this time, he had made up his mind to manage to get close to her in the future since he now knew for sure that she was his cousin.

Lena became even more confused at Leo's words, and she completely lost for words at this moment. 'What did he say? My mother is his aunt? So he is my cousin? Wait, didn't mother tell me before that her families were all gone and she was all alone while she married father?' Struck with a contradiction of what she just heard and what she knew all along, she could not replace what was the right response to give at this moment and could only wait and see what would happen next.

"Well, Leo, you should go. Terri, see my guest off right now!" Peggy gave the order stringently.

Upon noticing that Peggy was getting angry, Terri Chen rushed over right after her master's order and said to Leo, "Mr. Su, this way, please."

This time, Leo could only retreat his sight from Lena. After another brief farewell, he then followed Terri Chen out of the door.

As soon as he left the room and the door of the villa was shut, Lena felt relaxed and tossed her bag on the sofa. She then sat on it to relax even more and enjoy the moment.

"Mother, who on earth is he? Is he really my cousin?" asked Lena as she looked at Peggy, waiting for the truth.

Peggy did not answer Lena's question immediately for she was still pondering what had just happened a moment ago. She was always tired of her relationship with the Su family from the very beginning. In her point of view, to stand with anyone of the Su family was to degrade herself.

That was why she never paid the Su family a visit ever since she had gotten married years ago. Neither had she mentioned her original family in front of her daughter. Moreover, she even told Lena that everyone of her original family had passed away, with only herself left. However, she did not expect that Leo Su would come to her house today. And even worse, that he met Lena here.

She knew very clearly that he was a playboy from long ago. Otherwise, she would not have tried to arrange the blind date between him and Ashley, trying to get rid of these two troubles in one time.

"I meant to conceal it from you because it is of no use for you to know it at all. But now that you've seen someone of the Su family, I won't hide it from you any longer. Leo is indeed your cousin," confirmed Peggy in a calm tone.

Lena's expression dramatically changed at Peggy's words as if she just saw a monster. She found it hard to believe that she had such a relative.

"He's not your biological cousin though, since I was adopted by the Su family. Your father doesn't like me to have too much association with them, that's why I didn't tell you anything about them before. Even now that you've known about them, you should still keep your distance from them. It won't do you any favor to get close to them," added Peggy with a serious look on her face.

Lena was so relieved at Peggy's speech and her facial expression softened a lot. 'Thank god he's not my biological cousin!" she mumbled to herself. She couldn't help feeling sick at the slightest thought of Leo being her cousin even for a second.

"All right, I got it, Mother," replied Lena, with a peace of mind, knowing that she obviously had nothing to do with Leo, at least biologically.

She always thought that she was born as the daughter of the Mu family as well as a rich lady. She also felt that she was superior to others all this time. There was no way for her to stay any closer to the Su family for it meant a degradation to her lifestyle. What a coincidence that Lena thought very similarly as her mother! No wonder they were the mother and daughter. They just possessed the same attitude on how to treat the Su family without prior discussion between them.

"Well, tell me how's everything going between you and Raymond." Peggy slipped the topic of their conversation to shift her attention.

"What did you mean by that?" echoed Lena in a faint voice.

"Come on, you know what I meant. How does he treat you lately? Does he have feelings for you now?" grumbled Peggy. She felt exasperated at her daughter's negligence on her relationship with Raymond at this moment. "Nothing special. I don't even think we have a progress. Ashley is all he thinks about. He's obsessed to her like a drunk man. He's just not into me," uttered Lena as she became angry at the thought of Ashley. 'Why the hell am I not better than Ashley in Raymond's mind?!

I'm the biological daughter of the Mu family while she's just an adopted daughter. She's not a match to me, no matter what.

Even under every other possible circumstance, she is remotely as good as me. It doesn't matter what her education is or her appearance looks like!' thought Lena in great rage.000