"Mr. Benjamin, there is one more thing I would like to ask of you, but I’m not sure if you can agree to it?" After a moment of silence, Frank Parker picked up the warmed teapot from the table and poured himself a cup of coffee. Seeing that Benjamin Lawrence’s cup was empty, he also poured him another cup.
Benjamin Lawrence immediately held the coffee cup with a flattering look and said, "Mr. Parker, I can pour it myself. I don’t know what you need, but as long as I can do it, I will do it for you."
"It’s not something that requires any effort from you."
Frank Parker played with the porcelain cup in his fingers, smelling the faint coffee fragrance emanating from it. With a casual tone, he said, "I wonder if you could tell me about your daughter’s life since she was a child."
"I want to understand her."
Seeing Benjamin Lawrence’s changing expression, Frank Parker curled his lips, "Don’t worry, I have no ulterior motives towards her. If I really had any, I would pursue her with sincerity, giving her a legitimate identity, not hiding or concealing it, and certainly not attempting to insult her with money."
"To me, she is a woman worth respecting."
Benjamin Lawrence had a misunderstanding just now.
But hearing Frank Parker’s words, his doubts were instantly dispelled.
Someone like Frank Parker doesn’t need to explain so much to him in the first place.
Being able to do so must mean he genuinely respects his daughter.
After some contemplation, a gentle expression appeared on his face, and his voice softened a lot, "Joanna has always been a well-behaved and sensible child since she was young. She looked after herself in everything she did, and I never had to worry about her. She is also a very kind-hearted and loving child. She has been fond of helping stray cats and dogs since she was little. We used to have a dog named Dahuang at home which she picked up from the streets."
Frank Parker listened very carefully.
As he listened, he began to feel that he had too many misunderstandings about Joanna.
Due to his previous relationship with Rebecca Kelloway, he had formed prejudices against her.
He thought she was a calculating woman.
As a result, every time he saw her, he was very unfriendly towards her.
In retrospect, had he ever even tried to understand her at that time?
If it weren’t for Rebecca Kelloway, he wouldn’t have disliked her in the first place.
She doesn’t seem like the kind of woman that people would dislike at all.
Benjamin Lawrence kept rambling on and on, and Frank Parker, surprisingly, listened patiently from beginning to end.
He never felt impatient throughout the process.
He even found it quite interesting.
Thinking about it now, Joanna was such a lovely girl.
Both kind-hearted and beautiful.
No wonder she jumped into the pool to save him that night.
Because she had always been a kind-hearted girl.
If she could be so loving towards stray animals, let alone humans.
But such a lovely and beautiful girl, he actually missed out on her for ten years.
He only found out now that she was the one who saved him that night.
Indescribable regrets and a sense of loss made his mood immediately drop.
Because he suddenly realized that he knew the truth too late.
If only... If he had known a year earlier, the outcome might have been different now.
If he had known a year earlier and had met her before Ashton Heath did, he would not have allowed her the opportunity to marry another man.
If only she hadn’t married Ashton Heath, then he could have taken her back without hesitation.