"Our little Joanna is so sweet, so loveable, who else should Grandma love if not her?" After Madam Heath had taken her medicine, Joanna comforted her, her mood settled considerably. She gently patted Joanna’s hand and said, "Don’t take to heart what your mother-in-law said earlier. To me, you’re like my own granddaughter. She must have heard some rumors somewhere and foolishly believed them, that’s why she said such outrageous things."
"When her mind clears, she will realize her mistake."
"Don’t worry, grandma." Joanna nodded and laughed, "I know all that, I won’t take it too seriously."
"That’s good," Madam Heath said contentedly, "Family should always stay harmonious. Strife is never the answer."
Looking at the Madam Heath’s kind and loving demeanor and the way she spoke tenderly with her, a lump formed in Joanna’s throat and she couldn’t help her eyes from welling with tears.
She remembered her own grandmother.
In her memories, her grandmother always spoke to her in the same gentle way.
"Oh dear, why are your eyes looking red? Are you upset?" Seeing Joanna’s teary eyes, the old lady felt heartbroken, she comforted her in a soothing voice, "Good girl, don’t cry. Grandma knows you’ve been wronged. Don’t worry, Grandma will get justice for you."
The old lady’s comforting words made Joanna’s eyes grow even redder and her nose sting even more.
How did she ever do to deserve the old lady’s favor?
To have the old lady treat her so kindly and lovingly...
Seeing her eyes red with tears, Ashton Heath frowned, thinking she was crying because she felt wronged.
He immediately reached out to wipe away the tears at the corner of her eyes, coaxing her in a soft voice: "Feeling wronged? I’ll help you get justice, okay? Don’t cry, it upsets me too when you do."
"I, I’m not crying because I feel wronged."
Joanna sobbed uncontrollably. Ashton had just wiped away her tears with his sleeve, and more tears fell.
In no time at all, the cuff of his silver-gray shirt was soaked with her tears.
He didn’t seem to mind the wet spot on his shirt, continued comforting Joanna, "If it’s not because you felt wronged, why are you crying then? You can tell us, Grandma and I will take care of it for you."
Tedd watched from the sidelines, a little dumbfounded.
While he knew that Mr. Ashton adored Ms. Joanna, seeing this scene still surprised him a bit.
Mr. Ashton had quite serious issues with cleanliness.
But the fact that Ms. Joanna soiled his sleeve didn’t seem to bother him at all.
As if he didn’t care about cleanliness at all when it came to her.
He once again understood deeply that Ms. Joanna was much more important to Mr. Ashton than he had imagined.
And the way Mr. Ashton looked at her...
This was a sign that feelings were involved.
There were few men who wouldn’t appreciate a beauty like Ms. Joanna.
But this was Mr. Ashton!
With the Heath family’s background, what kind of beauty hadn’t Mr. Ashton seen growing up?
Ms. Joanna from the Kelloway family, wasn’t she also very pretty?
She even grew up with Mr. Ashton as childhood friends.
Yet he never showed affection for her.
"Yes, my dear, why are you crying? Tell grandma, grandma will stand up for you." Madam Heath saw Joanna crying, her eyes red and swollen, looking like a rabbit’s eyes. It broke her heart.