A Love Trap

Chapter 880 Hard To Choose

The moment Ashley saw Jeremy reaching out his hand to her, intending to touch her, she immediately flinched away from him.

Seeing this, Jeremy couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

Not once did he think that Ashley would ever be this distant towards him.

In truth, Ashley still didn't know how to act towards him.

When she avoided his touch, it was almost a reflex from her subconscious. Even when she thought about it right after, she couldn't find a reason why she acted that way.

Jeremy's hand hovered awkwardly in the air, while he was thinking of whether or not he should just draw his arm back.

Seeing him like this, Ashley knew that he was embarrassed. The seconds felt like minutes as they stared at each other with slight discomfort. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Feeling trapped, she turned to Andrew, her eyes asking him the question that was in her mind.

In response, Andrew gave a prompt nod, hinting at her to do whatever she wanted. From the way he looked at her, Ashley knew that Andrew would take responsibility for anything that would happen no matter what.

Luckily, Jeremy had a lot of experience when it came to business. There were multiple times that he had been in an embarrassing situation. Because of this, he was able to quickly regain his composure.

With a faint smile, Ashley flinched her hand back. There was a little bitterness on his face as Jeremy smiled back at her.

"Ashley, I know what happened last night. Don't be afraid. I'm sure you want an explanation, and I can promise you that I'll give you one,"

Jeremy said while looking at Ashley intently.

Andrew deliberately didn't keep this information from Jeremy, so it was only a matter of time before word got out.

Upon hearing those words, Ashley couldn't help but ask the question that had been in her mind even before Jeremy arrived.

"So what are you going to do with her?" she asked.

Jeremy blinked, confused by her question. But when he saw her expectant eyes on him, he knew that he should reply carefully.

The last thing he wanted was to leave a bad impression on her. After all, it was his own fault that he had found Angelina and mistaken her for his missing sister.

"I'll do whatever you say," he replied with a shrug.

Ashley bit on her lip, her eyes wandering over to the side as she thought about what she wanted to be done. Afterwards, she looked back up again at Jeremy. "I want her to leave J City," she finally said. "As far away as possible. Can you do that?"

It took Ashley a lot of consideration to come up with this solution. There was no way that she could let Angelina get away scot-free after everything that she had done.

Besides, Angelina had hurt Dany. Of course, the Mo Family would certainly not let go of Angelina either, and that's another story.

At this point, Ashley just wanted to see whether or not Jeremy would do as she asked.

"Alright," Jeremy said with a nod. "If that's what you wish. But is that really the only thing you want for her? Don't you want to get back at her for all the things she's done? She had hurt both you and your daughter after all."

It was beyond Ashley's expectations that Jeremy would say something like that--implying that sending off Angelina to a far and strange place wasn't enough as punishment.

Jeremy looked at Ashley expectantly, waiting for her response.

From his words, Jeremy already knew who Dany was.

Ever since he had known that Dany was also Ashley's child, he couldn't help but feel much guiltier.

If he didn't make the mistake of identifying Angelina as his sister, perhaps he would have found Ashley sooner, or maybe Ashley would have been together with all her children happily now.

Additionally, Ashley might not have left J City for so many years and would not have suffered as much.

Still, with all this in mind, Ashley couldn't help but feel surprised at how willingly Jeremy agreed to her request.

After a while, Jeremy cracked a smile. "What's the matter? You don't think I'd agree to your request, right?"

"To some degree, yes." Ashley nodded. "She has lived in the Gu Family for so many years and..."

Although her words trailed off, everyone knew what she was trying to say.

Even though Angelina had no blood ties with the Gu Family, it was inevitable for some of the family members to care for her after spending so much time together.

Naturally, one would think that Jeremy would have some difficulty deciding. Should he stick with his biological sister that he had just known? Or the fake sister who had been with him for five years?

But Jeremy chose Ashley in a heartbeat.

"What are you talking about?" Jeremy lightly teased with a smile. He reached out and playfully rubbed the top of Ashley' head. "You're my sister. I'm on your side from now on. Besides, Angelina almost had you and my niece killed. How can I ever forgive someone like that?" he continued.

Ashley's face flushed. She didn't expect that Jeremy would easily read her mind and exactly guess what she was thinking.

All of a sudden, Andrew came up from behind and wrapped his arms around Ashley's waist.

'Of course, ' Ashley sighed in her heart. 'Andrew's jealous of Jeremy.' Even before, whenever Ashley spoke to Jeremy for a long time or even glanced at his direction, Andrew would get angry and divert her attention from Jeremy.

After countless times, it became easier for Ashley to pacify his jealousy.

However, things were about to get much different now.

Jeremy, who had been one of Andrew's close friends, was suddenly his brother-in-law.

At this point, Andrew was still a bit stubborn to accept this truth.

If he had known that this would be the outcome, he might not have told Jeremy what he knew.

Meanwhile, Jeremy took out a piece of paper from his coat pocket. Inside was the strand of hair from Ashley that he had used for the DNA test.

The results came out quickly.

When he had seen the pendant, he was already sure that Ashley was his biological sister.

However, considering that he had been fooled by Angelina, he didn't take any chances and made sure that he was extra thorough in confirming Ashley's identity.

He even made sure that his trusted men kept a close eye on the whole procedure to ensure the absolute accuracy and legitimacy of the DNA test. When he got the results, he didn't even show it to anyone else as an additional layer of security.

From this, there was no doubt in his mind that Ashley was indeed his long lost sister.

"Please, take a look at this," Jeremy said as he handed the test results to Ashley. "Then, you will know the truth."

Furrowing her delicate eyebrows, Ashley took the paper and read it carefully.

There were a lot of different data and medical jargon written, but there were still parts of the report which she could understand.

Finally, Ashley fixed her eyes at the bottom page: 99.9% DNA match.

So, she really was Jeremy Gu's sister?

Ashley was stunned for a while. She turned around and looked at Andrew.

She didn't know what kind of expression she should have.

Andrew took the report from Ashley's hand and read it carefully.

"Looks like it really is true," Andrew said.

"So, do you believe me now?" Jeremy asked.

"I had already guessed it when you took out the pendant. I never doubted it either, to be honest," he added.

At that moment, there were a lot of mixed feelings flooding Ashley's heart.

Ashley looked at Jeremy with her eyes and mouth wide open. For a few seconds, she was completely rendered speechless.

All of a sudden, Ashley retched as her face grew pale.

"Blarrgh!" Ashley suddenly retched, feeling nauseated.