Once Andrew had dealt with the reporters outside, he focused his attention on the security guards around the complex.
The security guards were lax in their duties. They had not done their jobs well. After all, how could the reporters have entered if the guards had been on duty, on alert and vigilant?
The captain of the security guards approached Andrew. He was clearly nervous. "Mr. Lu..."
It was a warm and sunny day. The sun was shining over clear blue skies. But the captain of the security guards did not notice the picture perfect day. Trembling like a leaf, he felt a chill from head to toe. Andrew stood in front of him with an intimidating presence.
Andrew focused his eyes on the captain of security guards and simply asked, "What happened?"
The captain knew what Andrew was talking about. Andrew spoke simply and tersely, but the captain knew that he was in big trouble now.
When the captain spotted the large group of security guards surrounding the villa he knew that something was wrong. He had gotten the call from Johnny before he came upon the chaotic sight.
Andrew placed the blame solely on the security guards. After all, it was their responsibility that something like this should never happen.
The captain of the security guards wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "I take full responsibility for this incident and I will get to the bottom of this matter," he promised.
Andrew remained silent as the captain expressed remorse.
The captain of the security guards was even much more tense now. Andrew's silence was even more intimidating than any kind of verbal reprimand. He spoke volumes without saying a single word.
Then the captain turned around and ran his eyes over his security team. "Who's on duty this morning? Who let these reporters in?" he demanded.
The captain of the security guards was shaking in his shoes now in front of Andrew. He was downright terrified, but he did his best to keep his calmness and appear authoritative in front of his subordinates.
The security guards all stood in a row at attention. They heard the captain's question loud and clear, but none of them had the courage to answer him.
Johnny watched coldly and thought, 'If Mr. Lu has not come back in time, what would have become of Mrs. Lu? This is terrible, just terrible.'
"Who are on duty toda
as clear that she was very concerned. She did not know what to say to comfort her.
Ashley continued to walk back and forth, until the door swung open.
'Those reporters should not have been able to come into the villa so easily, ' she thought.
There was only one answer, Andrew was coming back.
Ashley hurried to the door and as expected, Andrew came in.
Ashley quickly went up to him and asked, "Andy, are you all right? Are the reporters still outside?"
Andrew pulled Ashley into his arms and comforted her, "It's OK. Everything has been solved. Don't worry."
"Are you okay?" Ashley asked eagerly.
"I'm fine," Andrew replied.
"That's great. You don't know how worried I was about you out there."
"By the way, what on earth is going on? How did our pictures leak online? What happened? I was very vigilant every time I got in the car."
Ashley was confused. Everything had been fine since they got married. Something happened along the way. It was clear that someone was trying to sabotage their marriage, and smear Ashley's reputation.
Releasing Ashley, Andrew gazed at her and said in a plaintive tone, "Why do you keep the public in the dark about our relationship?"
Perhaps if Ashley had not been so secretive about their relationship, this whole mess could have been avoided.
Ashley looked at Andrew, speechless. Andrew only wanted to have her as his wife, and she wanted her jade pendant back. In Ashley's opinion, this was why they were together from the beginning and she never expected anything like this to happen.