Lady Octavia’s face darkened as she looked at the gossip on her mobile phone. She knocked over the bowl of Chicken Rice Soup with Bird’s Nest which the maid had handed her.
The porcelain bowl fell onto the carpet, but it did not break. Instead, the soup inside spilled all over the floor.
The maid immediately apologized, knelt on the floor, and hurriedly cleaned the soiled carpet. She quickly replaced it with a new one.
"Lady Octavia, don’t let this bad news harm your health." Rebecca sat beside Lady Octavia, gently rubbing her chest with one hand while softly whispering, "It’s not worth it to damage your health over these matters."
"Let me get you another bowl of soup."
"What’s the point of having soup now?" Lady Octavia’s face turned pale, "I’m already full from anger. How long has it been, and she’s already involved with another man in some scandalous affair. Sometimes it’s her ex-fiance, other times it’s some male actor from the film crew."
"What kind of woman is Joanna? She’s already married into the Heath family, yet she still can’t settle down."
"She can’t seem to keep herself away from so many men."
"Is such a woman worthy of marrying into the Heath family?"
Rebecca’s eyes briefly flashed with a gleeful smile, but she maintained a gentle and magnanimous expression on her face: "Lady Octavia, could there be some kind of misunderstanding in all of this? I think, Joanna shouldn’t be that kind of person."
"Ashton loves her so much, and both you and Madam Heath have been treating her very well. What more could she ask for? If it were me, I’d be overjoyed to marry into such a family. I would definitely devote my whole life to the family, and I wouldn’t have an entangled relationship with other men in the outside world."
"I think there must be some kind of misunderstanding. Joanna couldn’t be that frivolous."
"She’s not a frivolous woman?" Lady Octavia sneered, "Women in the entertainment industry can’t be any good. If she were a good woman, would she coax Ashton into secretly getting their marriage certificate? I knew all along that she was no good, but I didn’t expect her to be so shameless."
"This woman must not be allowed to stay in the Heath family any longer."
"Otherwise, sooner or later, she will bring dishonor to the Heath family."
Rebecca’s eyes flashed for a moment, and she lowered them to conceal the excitement that had surfaced.
"However, despite everything, Ashton is still very fond of her." She said softly, "Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten the marriage certificate so quickly. Even if... you don’t agree with them being together, it’s still useless."
"Ashton is very decisive, and he... doesn’t listen to others easily."
"That’s why, Rebecca, Lady Octavia needs your help." Lady Octavia turned around and grabbed Rebecca’s hand, "I absolutely cannot tolerate this woman`s presence in the Heath family any longer. Rebecca, will you be my daughter-in-law?"
Rebecca frowned, looking troubled: "But, Lady Octavia, Ashton won’t divorce her. I may love Ashton, but I can’t destroy his family. That would make me the other woman."
"Lady Octavia will never put you through such hardship." Lady Octavia fell silent for a moment and gritted her teeth, "Whether Ashton wants to or not, he must divorce that woman!"
"Lady Octavia, what would you like me to do?" Rebecca hesitated, feigning distress. "Although I like Ashton very much, I also believe that a forced relationship is not a happy one. If Ashton doesn’t like me and I persist in pursuing him, he might dislike me even more."