Ethan winked at Arya. Arya breathed through her nose and calmed herself down before saying, "So are you saying you're willing to leave Andrew?"
Ashley went quiet for a while before she answered in almost a whisper. "Yes."
Ethan and Arya's breaths hitched in their throats. They were in utter disbelief that Ashley could say such a thing.
Ashley, Ethan, and Arya were silent for a while, before Ashley spoke again.
After she told them the address and the time to meet, Ashley quickly hung up the phone.
She was afraid that they might hear her cry if she didn't hang up any sooner.
Ashley threw her phone away and hugged herself as she wept.
Arya eyed her husband skeptically and tucked her phone away.
"What does she mean by that?" she asked with a quirked eyebrow.
She had asked Ashley countless of times to leave Andrew. She tried to talk to her calmly. She also tried to threaten her before. But Ashley never listened to her. What made her change her mind so quickly?
'Will she really leave Andrew this time?
Or is this just another scheme of hers?'
After Andrew found out about what happened last time, he lashed out at them. He hated them so much.
Now, Arya and Ethan didn't dare interfere again unless their plan was foolproof. They were afraid of Andrew.
Ethan tapped his chin and thought for a while before he looked to his wife. "Let's go. We have to see what she's planning."
"What if she's playing with us? I mean if Andrew is there, too, we'd be dead, for sure!"
Ethan hummed in agreement and crossed his arms over his chest.
If Ashley really wanted Andrew to deal with the Lu family, they wouldn't know what Andrew would do to them.
Ethan suddenly sneered. "What are we so afraid about? She's just a little girl, and Andrew's our son! He can't hate us forever.
Now that everyone knows that Ashley and Andrew are married, the Feng group is going to withdraw their investments from the Lu Group. This is all Andrew's doing. If the Lu Group falls, the blame will be on Andrew!"
Arya and Ethan huddled together by the living room and tried to sort
nge even if she's married to the prince."
It was also an ironic situation for Arya.
Ashley crossed her arms over her chest and scoffed. This was no place to succumb to their bullying. She had finally decided to stand up for herself.
Arya blinked at Ashley's sudden forwardness. She clicked her tongue in disappointment and pointed at her. "You!"
"Me? What about me? Don't you think I'm right, Mrs. Lu? I thought we were bickering. Why do you seem so flustered?"
Ashley chided. She knew that Arya treasured her reputation the most.
Although Arya had married into the Lu family, she used to be a person with nothing. Her parents were working class people.
This was why whenever Arya would hear someone mention her past, she would always get so pissed off.
Ashley was no longer afraid of Arya. Not anymore.
Arya sneered at the young woman. "Did you make me come here so you could make fun of me?
Oh, Ashley. I knew since then that you were really good at playing games. You even managed to get Andrew to marry you! But what of it? You are still not a member of our family, and you never will. Not if we don't allow you."
"Oh, Mrs. Lu. This is where you're wrong. You're acting like it is everyone's dream to be a member of the Lu family.
But you have to understand that the only person I will always care about is Andrew. I don't care about you, or Ethan, for that matter."