The black Rolls-Royce drove smoothly along the road.
As they approached the Heath Villa, Joanna Lawrence’s nerves began to act up again.
She clutched Ashton Heath’s arm tightly, "Shouldn’t we buy some gifts? It’s my first time visiting your family, is it impolite to go empty-handed?"
She had mentioned buying gifts earlier, but Ashton said it wasn’t necessary.
Joanna thought about it, but she still felt that going to his family’s house empty-handed wasn’t very good.
However, when it came to buying gifts, she didn’t know what would be a suitable choice.
A family like the Heath’s didn’t lack anything.
If it was too ordinary a gift, it wouldn’t be impressive.
Yet if it was a gift that even the Heath family would consider extraordinary, she couldn’t afford it.
"There’s nothing wrong with going empty-handed."
Sensing that she had been tense during the entire trip, Ashton sighed softly, "Baby, relax. You’re going to visit my family, not going to war."
Joanna, in her current state, looked like she was about to go into battle.
"I’ve told you, no one will make things difficult for you as long as I’m there. Besides, my parents are very open-minded people. As long as I like you, they will like you too. Especially my grandmother, there are no girls in our family, so when you marry into our family, you’ll be as precious as a national treasure."
"They’ll be more than happy to have you, they won’t make things difficult for you."
"Your family doesn’t have any girls?"
As he spoke, Joanna felt a little less nervous.
"Yes." Ashton nodded, "My grandma has two sons, and they both have boys. She has always wanted a granddaughter. When you come to our family, she’ll definitely be very happy."
He suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell her beforehand, "Rebecca Kelloway is also here. I told you our family has no girls, and the Heath family and the Kelloway family have a generational friendship, so my mom has always treated Rebecca like a daughter."
"Rebecca and my mom have a very good relationship, so as soon as she returned to the country, she went to see my mom."
"Baby, today is just the first day I’m bringing you home, and my family is still not familiar with you. But Rebecca has known my family for over twenty years. So, if you feel that my family is more enthusiastic about her than you, I hope you don’t mind."
"You can treat her as my sister."
Upon hearing that Rebecca was also there, Joanna’s face changed slightly.
Before, when she didn’t know that Rebecca liked Ashton, she had no other opinion on this friend who had grown up with Ashton from childhood.
Knowing that this was a woman who liked her husband, Joanna felt that she didn’t really want to see Rebecca anymore.
It wasn’t due to jealousy.
She just didn’t like the feeling of being seen as a love rival.
But she couldn’t say these words out loud.
After all, Rebecca knew Ashton before her and had known him for over twenty years.
It couldn’t be that because he married her, he could no longer have any female friends, right?
"Alright, I understand." Joanna nodded, obediently saying, "I’m not that petty. I can understand."
The car drove halfway up the mountain, and from a distance, Joanna could see a mansion ahead.
In front of the mansion, two lion statues crouched.
The carved doors were also made of bronze.
The imposing lion sculptures seemed to have moving eyes when looked at.
The Rolls-Royce slowly came to a stop outside the bronze doors.
A security guard poked his head out. Ashton lowered the window, and the guard saw his face, immediately calling out respectfully, "Mr. Ashton."
Then he opened the bronze door.