My Secret Billionaire Husband
Chapter 2023 - 2017: What do you want with Ashton Heath?

Chapter 2023: Chapter 2017: What do you want with Ashton Heath?

He is Ashton Heath’s special assistant, and he certainly has to be present at the meeting.

Joanna Lawrence smiled, found a seat, and sat down: "You go ahead with the meeting, don’t worry about me. This isn’t my first time here, so I don’t need company. Let the secretary know, I’d like a Cappuccino."

"OK, Ms. Joanna, anything needed can be relayed through the secretary."

After Cody Aberton finished speaking, he left the office.

Joanna Lawrence took off her shoes, sat cross-legged on the sofa, took out her phone, and flipped through a TV series script she had downloaded from a reading app.

After reading the script for a while, she heard a knock on the door. Assuming the secretary had prepared coffee, she ushered them in.

The office door was pushed open.

A secretary walked in, wearing high heels.

A strong scent of perfume wafted over. Joanna Lawrence detected the fragrance, her eyebrows furrowed slightly as she lifted her head in a somewhat peculiar manner.

She found it strange because she smelled perfume.

Ashton Heath had specific requirements for his female secretaries.

He did not allow them to wear perfume.

Joanna Lawrence had been to the office many times before, but she had never smelled perfume on the secretary.

She looked up to see a woman walking in.

The woman was dressed in a smart business suit, a blue jacket, and trousers. She had long legs and high heels that gave her a very proportional figure.

At a glance, she seemed about 1.7 meters tall, with distinct and striking features.

She had the appearance of a career-oriented woman.

In her hand, she carried a briefcase. As she walked into the office and saw Joanna Lawrence sitting cross-legged on the sofa, her eyes met Joanna’s, and her face registered surprise.

It took the woman a few seconds to react. She frowned at the way Joanna was sitting and asked, "Where is President Ashton? Who are you? How are you in President Ashton’s office?"

Joanna Lawrence: "..."

Shouldn’t she be the one asking these questions?

Who is this woman?

Why is she in Ashton Heath’s office?

Joanna Lawrence blinked, "And who are you? What do you need from Ashton Heath?"

Hearing Joanna call Ashton by his name made the woman’s frown deepen.

It was as if she thought Joanna was behaving rudely.

The woman was silent for a few seconds, then said with clear displeasure, "I’m here to discuss business with President Ashton. I need to speak to him at this moment. As for what I need from him, sorry, but I can’t discuss business matters with an outsider."

Joanna Lawrence: "..."

Women’s intuition made Joanna feel like this woman was hostile towards her.

As for where this hostility came from, Joanna wasn’t sure.

"Oh, I see." Joanna Lawrence nodded, smiling at the woman. "Ashton is still in a meeting. It won’t end for a while. Are you going to wait for him? Please make yourself at home, find a place to sit."

The casualness and familiarity in Joanna Lawrence’s words seemed to raise the woman’s hackles.

She saw the woman’s face stiffen, then the look she gave Joanna hardened significantly. She stared at Joanna and demanded, "Who are you?"

"Me?"

Joanna Lawrence laughed but didn’t divulge her identity. She just smiled and said, "I’m here to discuss business with him as well. Knowing he was in a meeting, I thought I’d wait for him in his office."

The woman saw her good looks and couldn’t help but become hostile.

Seeing Joanna’s casual demeanor, as if she was at home, combined with the familiarity that occasionally slipped into her speech, especially the fact that she called Ashton by his name...