Although Ashton now dotes on his wife, and Joanna married the right man, their relationship still didn’t follow the typical course of dating and then getting married.
Since Ashton wants to make up for it now, they should just let him do so.
Ashton Heath first dropped Jeremy Lawrence off at school. As Jeremy got out of the car, he saw another luxury vehicle approach.
Seeing the black Bentley parked not far from him, Jeremy paused for a moment in his steps toward the school entrance, his hand slowly tightening at his side.
He could feel someone watching him from behind.
But he didn’t look back.
Instead, he quickened his pace and soon entered the school grounds.
A few meters behind him,
Regina Kelloway, who had just gotten out of her car, had a pale face, clenched lips, and red-rimmed eyes.
The driver opened an umbrella behind her to shield her from the harsh sunlight.
In the summer, not only would she apply a layer of sunscreen cream all over her body, but she would also carry an umbrella whenever she was under the sun.
To her, getting tanned was equivalent to losing her life.
The driver, noticing her unusual complexion, asked worriedly, "Ms. Annie, are you alright?"
Regina didn’t respond.
From the moment she saw Jeremy, she had stopped in her tracks.
It wasn’t until he had entered the school and completely vanished from her sight that she turned her red eyes away.
She stood still for a while before taking a deep breath, forcing back the tears that were about to fall, and stepping out from under the driver’s umbrella.
The summer sun was dazzling and scorching hot.
The intense light shone down on her.
The driver immediately approached to offer her the umbrella.
But Regina stopped him and said hoarsely, "No need, Mr. Vane. You can leave now."
The driver hesitated, looking at her unusual behavior and not feeling reassured. He offered her the umbrella, saying, "Ms. Annie, at least take the umbrella so you won’t get sunburned."
The driver knew how much Regina feared the sun.
The young girl was the same age as his daughter, and she loved beauty so much that she carried an umbrella all year round whenever she went out.
This was even more true in the summer.
Regina looked at the umbrella the driver was holding out to her, and for the first time, she shook her head and refused, "I don’t need it."
The driver hesitated, a surprised expression on his face: "Ms. Annie, you... "
With the sun so strong today,
Ms. Annie actually didn’t want to use the umbrella?
This was a first in her life.
Something was definitely wrong with Ms. Annie.
Should he mention this to Sir and Madam White or Ms. Joanna?
Regina didn’t say anything else. She looked again at where Jeremy had just been, her face pale, and stared for a moment before walking towards the school entrance in a daze.
Did Jeremy... see her just now?
She had a feeling that he did.
But he never looked back, just walked away like that.
He must really hate her.
In the past, he took care of her because she was a girl, knowing that girls had strong self-esteem and did not want to hurt her too much, and so his rejection was subtle.
Actually misinterpreted those subtle rejections as him having some feelings for her, too.
As a result, she had been pestering him for three years.
She thought her persistence would surely touch him.
In reality, he had long been fed up with her.
This time, he could no longer tolerate her and finally spoke his mind.
Regina had her own pride, too.
She had been clinging to Jeremy before because she thought she had a chance, that he had feelings for her, and that his unwillingness to accept her was only due to her identity.