Rebecca Kelloway watched his cold demeanor, and a moment of heart-wrenching pain prompted her to laugh. "I’ve always thought that after all these years of acquaintance, you’ve treated me differently from others. Regardless, I thought I held a certain position in your heart."
"Even if you don’t love me, but I am special to you," she reasoned.
"Now it seems, I was wrong."
Tears continuously rolled down her cheeks, wetting her face and smearing her makeup.
She was always a person who cared about her image, but at this moment, she allowed her makeup to be ruined. "In your eyes, am I not even a good friend?"
He had never been this cold towards any of his friends.
Yet, he was completely cold towards her.
Was it because of Joanna Lawrence?
Unable to hold back, Rebecca sneered again: "Joanna Lawrence is truly lucky. Without any effort, she can win your heart. And my over twenty years of companionship and waiting have become nothing but a funny joke. No, it should be a tragic and laughable joke."
Having said what should and shouldn’t have been said, she no longer cared about the consequences. She lifted her teary eyes, mixed with love and hate, and looked at him: "Yes, I masterminded that incident. I hired people from Online Trolls Company to smear her."
"Ashton, are you going to severe our relationship because of this?"
"Or, do you want to retaliate against me on behalf of Joanna Lawrence?"
Ashton Heath looked at her indifferently: "After what you did to my wife, it’s impossible for us to remain friends. I would show mercy to my friends, but not to strangers."
"Leave. This is the last time."
"Rebecca Kelloway, from now on, we are strangers. If you take any action that will harm her again, I will return it to you ten or even hundred times over. This is my last warning to you. I advise you not to involve the entire Kelloway family because of your actions."
Rebecca slowly lifted her head, looking at him incredulously: "You want to severe ties with me? Just because I had someone smear Joanna Lawrence once, you want to sever ties with me? She’s perfectly fine now, Ashton Heath, are you really going to be so heartless?"
"What do you mean by what you just said? What are you going to do to our family?"
Ashton Heath looked at her coldly: "Don’t force me to be utterly heartless to you. There is nothing more to discuss between us, you can leave now."
"Don’t come looking for me in the future. I will not meet you again."
After speaking, he turned around and walked back to his office desk, pressing the internal line on his telephone: "Cody Aberton, escort Ms. Kelloway out."
Rebecca Kelloway stood stunned on the spot.
Her face bore an expression of disbelief.
It felt as if her heart had been ripped open, the intense pain radiating from it made her face turn pale in an instant.
He was actually willing to sever their relationship for that woman.
He even spoke of taking action against the Kelloway family.
Suddenly, she found this man in front of her to be utterly unfamiliar.
He was not the Ashton Heath she had known for over twenty years.
The Ashton Heath she knew, would never be this heartless.
Even if he wasn’t particularly good to her, he never would have been so cold and ruthless.
Just for a woman named Joanna Lawrence.