A Love Trap

Chapter 367 Surprises

But nobody present would dare say anything.

Ashley was also curious to know who that person could be.

Her curiosity was satisfied moments later because the next second, the door of the conference room burst open. The sound of footsteps became louder and louder and those inside the room froze and seemed to have forgotten what they were doing just then.

"Wow!

Who is that guy?

How could there be a guy so handsome walking in this world, let alone towards the conference room right now?

Why haven't I seen this person in the company before?"

For a moment, the people were whispering. Everyone, male and female, fixed their gazes upon Andrew.

Their eyes were filled to the brim with utter surprise, jealousy and curiosity.

Even within the Lu Group, not everyone had seen the CEO and appreciated his nice looking face this close a distance.

Only top management up to positions like Miss Mo's had the chance to see him. And some of them only got to see him on extremely rare occasions.

Miss Mo frowned and asked everyone to be quiet. And then together with Mr. Mao, she stood up and went over to greet Andrew. "Hello, Mr. Lu."

The room suddenly turned dead silent. Everyone in the room had a sudden desire to speak and all were extremely excited. But it wasn't the time for them to say anything.

'Oh, the CEO! How surprising! It is the CEO! They have seen the CEO in person today!

He is extraordinarily handsome, same as what the rumors said about him.'

Nobody noticed that when he stepped into the room, his eyes quickly scanned and zeroed in toward the direction where Ashley was. After locating Ashley, he drew his eyes back and looked to be in a very good mood.

Ashley kept her head down as if she didn't notice anything going on in the room.

But when she noticed that so many people were staring at her man with envious eyes, she got irritated. Andrew belonged to her alone. Only she could look at him freely. She wanted to hide him from such unwanted gazes.

Why did he have to come out and wonder around? Now his admirers would double in number.

If Andrew could guess what Ashley was thinking about, he would definitely reassure her, "From the beginning to the end, all I love is only you and you alone."

Miss Mo didn't know why Andrew came to the conference room. In the past, she used to preside each meeting, regardless of who was part of it. This was why even in the presence of Andrew, she did it the same way as she was accustomed to.

"Let's begin, shall we?" announced Miss Mo.

Amaia was right. This was the first round of the contest. They were supposed to design a piece of jewelry and then show it to the audience, make a presentation about the aim of the article they designed and the meaning of their creation.

It wouldn't have been difficult originally, but nobody expected Andrew would be among the audience. With Andrew sitting there, some of the female staff got nervous, blushed and stammered during their presentation.

Their performances were horrible to witness.

Sylvia was feeling helpless too. She didn't expect to see Andrew in this meeting. This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.

But she didn't have any reason to complain that Andrew was here.

He came to oversee the contest. She couldn't stop him.

What Miss Mo didn't know was Andrew came here just for one person.

If it was not for her, he wouldn't have come here to see the contest.

Soon it was Sylvia's turn to introduce her design. Ashley looked at her and was certain to win the contest. She narrowed her eyes. She'll be presenting after Sylvia.

Sylvia stood up gracefully and said, "Hello, everybody. My name is Sylvia Xu, 24 years old..."

After introducing herself, Sylvia started to formally present her design.

The women who blushed and stammered in their own presentations earlier watched Sylvia and almost wanted to devour her. 'What a bitch! What ulterior motive does she have to introduce herself? Is this a beauty pageant? Who the hell does she thinks she is?'

Sylvia took out her design graphics and said, "This is my design..."

She started to explain the details to the audience.

Ashley narrowed her eyes as she saw Sylvia's design. That design graphic was hers!

How could she not recognize it?!

She had drawn it bit by bit with her sweat and blood.

Ashley didn't notice that Andrew squinted at the same time as her. He stared at Sylvia, who was speaking, and he gave her a cold stare.

Nobody knew better than he that it was designed by Ashley.

And the look of Ashley's face confirmed that this woman outright stole her design.

Andrew knew it as well. Amaia, who sat next to Ashley, also determined what was happening. She leaned over to Ashley and whispered in her ear, "Ashley, the design Sylvia is presenting, isn't it yours?"

Ashley nodded.

Amaia had the desire to stand up immediately when she saw Ashley nod.

Ashley grabbed her arm and stopped her in time, "Amaia, take it easy. I will handle this myself."

"This Sylvia is so disgusting, so sleazy and arrogant! I'm afraid you can't deal with her. And now she shows this design ahead of you..." said Amaia.

"Don't worry, Amaia. I can handle it. Trust me," replied Ashley.

"All right, " said Amaia.

As soon as Sylvia finished her presentation, Ashley raised her hand.

Andrew's attention was on Ashley every minute. He noticed Ashley's every movement after she raised her hand.

But it wasn't appropriate for him to say anything now. Andrew gave a glance at Johnny who was beside him and Johnny immediately understood his intention. He looked at Ashley and said, "The lady who raised her hand, do you have anything to say?"

Ashley nodded and said, "Yes."

She then stood up and pointed to Sylvia, who was going to sit down, and said, "The design she has shown just now is mine."

"Wow!"

The crowd was surprised and didn't understand what was going on. Their eyes shifted between Ashley and Sylvia, not knowing what would happen next.

'What is happening here?

Someone said that the design was hers? The speaker has already presented the design and made her presentation.'

Sylvia was stunned for a moment. She looked at Ashley, as if she didn't expect Ashley would point out the fact. But within seconds, she looked as if nothing had happened and said with sarcasm, "I presented this design. I did it. What evidence do you have to confirm that this design is yours?"

Sylvia had explained everything about the design without missing anything. Ashley knew that it was meaningless to talk about the design itself.

It appeared that Sylvia had properly prepared for the presentation. She wanted all attempts to accuse her of stealing the design to fail.

But would it be possible for Sylvia to stop Ashley's attempts?

Ashley pressed her lips and said, "I signed on the back of the design paper. You can turn it back and see for yourself if you don't believe me."

Ashley fixed her eyes on Sylvia steadily and confidently stated that fact.

Sylvia panicked for a couple of seconds. Her hands clenched the paper tightly. But after a second thought, she calmed down again.