Luke was choked by her words. She didn't tell him that her purpose was not to ask Lucas out but to lure him away from the sanatorium. The secret was much more important than they thought.
"What are you going to do next?"
Luke knew he couldn't win, so she changed the topic.
"You will know when you know it, and I won't tell you when you ask me. Let's go back to the company."
...
Ashley had been restless since she came back from the sanatorium. Fortunately, not long after, Lucas called her to inform her of his safety.
"I'm fine. As for the whereabouts of Julia, she didn't tell me, but she was with her."
Ashley frowned and said, "You'd better not take any risk in the future. I'm really scared."
Lucas's joyful laughter reached her ears through the phone, "I know. I will try not to make you worry in the future."
"Okay."
She was in the manor with a lot of people around. She knew that she couldn't talk too much with him, or else others would hear her.