A Love Trap

Chapter 34 Nothing Else Is More Important Than You

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. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

"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.

Andrew didn't leave until he couldn't see Ashley any longer and when she was finally out of his sight, he started the engine and drove to the company.

In the Lu Group

"Good morning, Mr. Lu."

"Good morning, Mr. Lu."

...

The staff greeted Andrew as he entered the building and strode through the hall.

Andrew just nodded without saying a word. He headed straight to the exclusive elevator and once inside pressed the button to the top floor of the building.

On the 38th floor

Johnny sat anxiously in his office staring at the office door every second hoping to see Andrew pass by.

'Mr. Lu told me to delay the meeting for another half an hour. It has almost been half an hour and he still isn't here.' Johnny muttered under his breath.

He took his phone out of his pocket, about to dial Andrew's number again. However, just before he punched the numbers in, something struck him and he put his phone away.

He wondered if Andrew was on a date with Ashley at this moment and

if that was the case, he was afraid that he might disturb them if he called Andrew again. If Johnny would ruin a tender moment between Ashley and Andrew, then he would be punished by him.

At the thought of Andrew's cruel punishment methods, Johnny trembled with fear.

'If Mr. Lu said that he would hold the meeting half an hour later, then surely he will keep his word. He might even be on his way now, '

Johnny thought to himself.

Just as Johnny had raised his head, a figure was striding towards him.

Johnny rubbed his eyes, pleased to see that Andrew had walked into his office. He heaved a heavy sigh of relief that Andrew made it back in time.

Johnny stood up and went to greet him. "Mr. Lu, the relevant documents have all been prepared and the senior leaders are in the meeting room waiting for you to hold the meeting now."

"Okay," Andrew replied flatly. He then took the documents from Johnny and browsed through them as they headed to the meeting room.

Once they reached the meeting room, Johnny pushed the door and held it open for Andrew to enter.

There were about 20 people waiting inside the room. As soon as they saw Andrew enter the room, they stood up and greeted, "Good morning, Mr. Lu."

Andrew nodded and said in an even tone, "All right, let's start the meeting!"

"Mr. Lu, I feel that this project

..."

After the meeting was over, Andrew left the room, leaving the rest of the senior leaders stunned.

"Hey, wait a minute, Johnny. Why does Mr. Lu seem to be in a good mood today?" A senior leader, who was about fifty years old, asked holding onto Johnny's arm when he was about to leave.

"That's right. Mr. Lu looks very happy today. What's going on?" Some more of them chimed in.

Many senior leaders gathered around Johnny, trying to figure out what had happened to Andrew today.

Whenever they had meetings with Andrew in the past, they were all anxious and fearful. It was as if they were going to an execution and not a meeting. They felt very intimidated by Andrew, with his strong aura of coldness and his aloof demeanor.

However, today Andrew seemed to be different. During the meeting, one of the senior leaders got nervous at the sight of Andrew's grave expression and began to make mistakes while giving a report to Andrew. But to everyone's surprise, Andrew just frowned but didn't scold and criticize the senior leader like he normally would. Normally, if things like that happened, then Andrew would take action against the senior leader and would punish him for his mistakes.

Johnny secretly chuckled to himself, thinking, 'Of course, Mr. Lu would be in a good mood, since he has just come back from a date with the woman he has a crush on.'

But, Johnny would never share that sort of information with anyone else.

He wanted to be the only one to flatter Andrew's future wife and reap the benefits. So he would never let the others know anything about it.

"It's just 'because, ' Mr. Lu has finally changed his mind to be nice to us all." In saying that, Johnny wore a mysterious smile, pushed the senior leaders aside

and trotted towards Andrew.