A Love Trap

Chapter 914 Good News

As soon as Ashley finished speaking, she heard Francis's voice.

Needless to say, she was stunned. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Ellie was pregnant?

Could it be true?

After pausing for a moment, Ashley was suddenly overwhelmed with joy.

Even over the phone, Francis could hear the excitement in her tone.

"Ellie's pregnant? Where is she now? I need to see her!"

She was even more excited than when she found out she, herself was pregnant.

Francis frowned upon hearing this. He quickly objected, "No, no, Ashley, you don't have to come. I promise you I'll take good care of Ellie. You're pregnant too so you shouldn't be going on long trips. We'll visit you soon."

If Ashley came over to the hospital, Francis was afraid that Andrew would beat him up.

He understood that Andrew valued Ashley the most.

To Andrew, Ashley was precious and unparalleled—not even his good friends could compare.

It was beyond doubt that Andrew treated them, his friends, differently.

Ashley was about eight months into her pregnancy. Andrew didn't even want to go to work anymore. He just wanted to stay at home with Ashley.

Francis wasn't going to let Ashley come to the hospital to see Ellie. If anything happened to her, he would be in big trouble.

"I'm fine. I need to see Ellie."

Ashley was a little worried about Ellie.

"No, Ashley, don't come. Just stay home. Ellie is fine. I have to go and take care of her now. Bye!"

With that, Francis hung up without even waiting for Ashley to respond.

Ashley put the phone aside and began anxiously pacing around the room.

"My lady, what is going on?"

Linda hurriedly approached her as soon as she came out of the kitchen and saw Ashley walking around the room.

"Linda, Ellie's pregnant!" Ashley said excitedly as she looked at Linda.

"Oh, are you talking about Miss Su?"

Linda was pretty familiar with Ellie since she often came to visit Ashley. Besides, she frequently heard her name from Ashley.

"Yes, that's her."

"That's great. I bet Miss Su must be very happy right now," Linda gushed.

"Oh, Linda, would you mind going to the hospital to check up on Ellie for me? I can't go there myself so I figured I'd ask you."

"Sure," Linda agreed without hesitation.

"Thank you, Linda." Ashley was very pleased.

"You don't need to say thank you to me," Linda said respectfully.

Ashley took her phone out, intending to message Francis to ask him what hospital they were in.

She then paused, thinking for a while before proceeding to delete the entire message.

Linda was back in the kitchen, preparing the soup she was going to take to Ellie.

Ashley clutched her stomach as she made her way to the kitchen.

"My lady, what's wrong? I packed some black-boned chicken soup to bring to Miss Su later. It's very nutritious."

As Linda spoke, she waved the thermos in her hand to show to Ashley.

"Linda, I just thought about it and maybe you shouldn't go."

"What's wrong? What happened?" Linda looked at Ashley nervously.

"Nothing. It just occurred to me that Francis is taking care of Ellie in the hospital. I think it's better if we give them their privacy."

"Yes, you're right. My lady, you're so considerate. Let me serve you the soup instead."

"No, thanks, Linda. I'm not hungry yet."

Ashley actually felt like vomiting the minute she caught sight of the soup.

Ever since she had gotten pregnant, Linda had been cooking soup for her every single day.

Linda would make her ribs and corn soup, pig's trotters and winter melon soup, crucian carp soup and so on.

All of which were beneficial to the health of pregnant women.

Naturally, by then, Ashley was already sick of drinking soup.

She wanted to eat other food too, not just soup.

In addition to that, she also felt as if she had become plump.

She didn't want to get fat.

While she normally didn't care about her figure, she disliked the idea of gaining weight after giving birth to the baby.

Meanwhile, Francis stayed at home to accompany the pregnant Ellie.

He paid close attention to her. Ashley also heard that he had consulted several obstetricians and listed down all the things he needed to know in a notebook.

He also hired a couple of nutritionists who could watch over Ellie's health.

It was Andrew who had told Ashley all these.

Meanwhile, Ashley grew a little restless when night came.

She would often have cravings. One night, she suddenly wanted to eat the cake from a certain shop in the south of the city.

That night, she dreamt that she was eating hot and sour rice noodles. Just as she was enjoying her meal in her dream, she jolted awake.

She turned on her bedside light and found that Andrew was still sleeping soundly next to her.

Normally, Andrew was a light sleeper. But when he slept next to Ashley, he slept much better.

This could explain why he didn't even stir when Ashley suddenly awoke.

Ashley grabbed her phone and began browsing the website where she could order food. She couldn't help but stroke her stomach. She had eaten so much during dinner but she still felt hungry.

As she stared at the photo of the hot and sour rice noodles, her craving intensified.

She was so focused on her phone that she didn't notice that Andrew had woken up.

Andrew glanced at her phone and wrapped his arms around her. "Want to eat?"

"Yeah, I'm hungry. Do you remember the hot and sour rice noodles we ate in that restaurant last time? I'm craving for it now!"

Ashley turned to look at him, her eyes gleaming.

Andrew suddenly lifted the quilt and got up. He put on his clothes as if he was ready to leave.

Ashley looked at Andrew in a daze.

"Honey, where are you going?" Ashley attempted to pull back the quilt to get up.

Andrew quickly pressed her back down the bed. "Wait for me. I'll be back soon."

Then he left.

As she watched his figure recede, she thought back to what she had just said.

Even then, she couldn't figure out what he was planning to do.

She had just mentioned her cravings casually.

Now that she thought about it, she really didn't feel like eating anymore.

Ashley put her phone aside and sat up as she waited for Andrew to come back.

It was already February. Although the New Year had already passed, it was still chilly outside.

Since it was about three or four in the morning, it shouldn't be surprising that no one was at the shop.

Andrew then took out his phone and made a call.

The manager was sleeping soundly when his phone rang.

Confused, he answered the call. "Who is this?"

He didn't sound all too pleased.

Anyone would be pissed if they were woken by a phone call at such an ungodly hour.

However, as soon as he heard Andrew's cold voice, he was immediately jolted awake.

All of a sudden, he got out of bed.

"Mr. Lu,"

the manager stammered.

"You haven't opened your shop yet?"

The manager glanced at the clock to check if he had gotten up late only to find out that it was only three in the morning.

Considering the time, he couldn't help but wonder to himself why Andrew was asking him this.

However, he was smart enough to not ask.

"Well, normally, we open the shop around nine. It's only three..." the manager said gingerly.

"I want a bowl of hot and sour rice noodles."

"What? Are you sure, Mr. Lu?"

The manager was in a daze for a moment.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard the beeping sound ring in his ears—Andrew had already hung up.

For a moment, he was in a daze.

Meanwhile, his wife had also been woken up. She saw his husband holding his phone, staring blankly into the air.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you sleeping?"

"Mr. Lu called me just now and told me that he wanted a bowl of hot and sour rice noodles."

"Mr. Lu? Who is he?"

"The most powerful man in J City."

"Then ask someone to go to the shop now. What are you doing still sitting here?"

His wife nudged him, urging him to get up.

"But it's three in the morning..."

"It doesn't matter! Mr. Lu just called you! He's probably waiting outside the shop right now. Hurry and call the employees. Tell them to go to work! Offer them ten times their salary if necessary,"

his wife said urgently.

"Oh, okay."

The manager quickly collected himself. He listened to his wife and began to call up all his employees.

Initially, no one was willing to go to work at such an hour.

But upon the mention of the salary, someone eventually agreed.

The manager heaved a sigh of relief.

Perplexed, he looked at his wife and asked, "Why did you ask me to do that?"

"Are you crazy? If Mr. Lu wanted a bowl of hot and sour rice noodles, it's probably his wife who's craving. Mrs. Lu is pregnant and Mr. Lu loves his wife very much. Why else would he go out at this hour just to buy a bowl of hot and sour rice noodles?"