My Secret Billionaire Husband
Chapter 396 - 398: Isn’t He Asking for Trouble?

Chapter 396: Chapter 398: Isn’t He Asking for Trouble?

Now, she understood everything. Even if she still loved Jeremy Lawrence, she wouldn’t keep clinging to him.

She had decided to let go.

But this decision was so hard, so hard for her.

It was also too painful.

When you’ve sincerely loved someone, poured all your emotions into them, and when they’ve become your entire world, it’s really hard, so very hard to give up.

She thought she wouldn’t wholeheartedly love someone like this anymore.

Never again.

Experiencing such pain once was enough.

In her life, she never wanted to go through it again.

However, she had no regrets.

*

Ashton Heath drove Joanna Lawrence to school.

Once they parked, Joanna reached out to unfasten her seatbelt. With one hand on the car door, she looked up at the man in the driver’s seat and smiled, "Mr. Ashton, we’re at my school. Thank you for driving me here. It must have been troublesome for you."

Ashton Heath: "..."

All of a sudden, he had become the Mr. Ashton who was pursuing her, and his wife was treating him so courteously and distantly. He found it difficult to adapt to this change at first.

However, it seemed someone didn’t have a problem adjusting to the change at all.

The way she called him "Mr. Ashton" was as natural as could be.

Thinking about it, Ashton Heath felt a bit gloomy.

Regarding their current relationship, it seemed he was the only one who was dissatisfied.

"There’s no need to be so polite, Ms. Joanna." Given that they were in the courtship phase and he had agreed to woo her, even if he felt dissatisfied, Ashton played along, acting the part of an aspiring suitor.

Upon hearing him calling her "Ms. Joanna", Joanna Lawrence laughed, saying, "Anyway, I still have to thank you. Mr. Ashton, I’ll get going now. We’ll surely keep in touch."

Ashton Heath: "... Alright. Do you want me to walk you to your dormitory building?"

"Better not." Joanna thought for a moment, "I think it’s better to keep things low-key. It’ll be too conspicuous if you send me there."

Ashton bit his molar: "What’s so conspicuous about it?"

Joanna, telling the truth, stated: "Your face."

"..."

"I’m really going now."

Even if she couldn’t see his face right then, she could feel the bitterness emanating from him.

Before he could react, she hurriedly opened the car door and got out.

After stepping out of the car, she walked to the front, knocked on the window pane, and once the window rolled down, she waved at the unexpressive man sitting in the car, his gaze filled with bitterness, and cheerfully said, "Mr. Ashton, goodbye."

Ashton watched her beautiful petite face with a blossoming smile through the car window and took a deep breath: "Are you just going to leave like that?"

Joanna blinked her eyes: "Or what?"

The man pursed his lips, clearly discontented, "Not even a goodbye kiss?"

In the past, she’d always kissed him goodbye.

Joanna smiled wider, enunciating every word clearly and slowly, "Mr. Ashton, you are still pursuing me. I haven’t agreed to date you yet, do you think I’ll kiss you goodbye?"

Ashton Heath: "..."

"I’m really leaving."

Joanna found him looking frustrated funny and couldn’t stop laughing. She covered her mouth, turned around to wave at him, and quickly ran into the school building.

Inside the car, the man with the stunning deep face looked extremely displeased, regretting for the 101st time why he agreed to pursue her.

Wasn’t this just asking for trouble?