My Secret Billionaire Husband
Chapter 1285 - 1281: Give Her Some Time

Chapter 1285: Chapter 1281: Give Her Some Time

She was crying like a three-year-old child.

He hadn’t seen his mother cry like this in a long time.

She was a mess of snot and tears, any trace of her usual elegance and composure nowhere to be found.

"Mom, I think you should let Joanna go for now," Gary White twitched at the corners of his mouth, a hint of amusement on his face as he looked at Joanna Lawrence, who was helplessly embraced by Madam White. "You scared Joanna with your outburst just now."

"Maybe you should give Joanna some time to recover."

Madam White stared blankly, lifting her tear-streaked face.

Then she saw the bewildered and helpless expression on Joanna’s face.

Compared to Madam White’s current excitement and joy, Joanna didn’t burst into tears of joy at the mother-daughter reunion, nor did she feel the kind of grievance and sorrow from being separated from her mother for more than ten years.

What she felt more was confusion, the kind that came from not knowing how to deal with the current situation.

She had lived in the Lawrence family for more than ten years.

She had always believed that she was a member of the Lawrence family, the daughter of Benjamin Lawrence.

Then one day, someone told her that she had no blood relations with the Lawrence family.

Her biological parents were actually someone else.

It was too sudden and unexpected for her.

So at this moment, there wasn’t much joy in Joanna’s heart.

She couldn’t share the same emotions as Madam White.

For her, it was something she couldn’t fully accept for the time being.

"Joanna, did I really scare you?" Madam White asked, her face full of caution as if she was truly afraid that she had frightened her. "I am sorry. Mom was just too happy. I got carried away with my reaction. You... you should say something."

Having just found her daughter, Madam White was careful to think before she spoke, trying to figure out if it was appropriate to say what’s on her mind.

Seeing that Joanna just looked at her blankly and did not speak, Madam White grew anxious.

"Joanna, did I say something I shouldn’t have, did that upset you?" came an anxious Madam White.

"No... not at all."

Seeing Madam White’s anxious look, Joanna finally came back to her senses: "Madam White, no, you haven’t said anything that would upset me."

"Are you still calling me Madam White?" Madam White’s eyes dimmed a little.

"I..." Joanna opened her mouth, at loss for words.

She couldn’t bear to see Madam White disappointed.

Yet, she couldn’t bring herself to call her "Mom" at the moment.

She liked Madam White.

However, liking her and accepting her as mother immediately were two different things.

"Mom, you’re being too impatient." Gary watched from the side, realizing that Joanna was still taking time to accept everything. He advised Madam White, "Give Joanna some time. This is all too sudden for her."

"Madam White."

Ashton Heath watched from the side for a while, then slowly walked towards Joanna, gently patting her head. "This is indeed sudden for Joanna. I hope you won’t rush her into making a decision. Give her some time to carefully think it over."

"After all, this is not a small matter."

Madam White was so immersed in the joy of finding her daughter that she didn’t have the mind to consider anything else.

The only thought in her head was to immediately recognize Joanna as her daughter and bring her back to the White family.

Slowly calming down, she gradually regained some of her rationality.