<h4>Chapter 282: Chapter 284: Don’t Cross My Bottom Line</h4> Thinking about his marriage made her feel ufortable again.


    "Twenty years?" Ashton Heath nodded, his voice was light, but it sounded inexplicably cold, "You should understand me then, that no matter how good a friend, or even family, none can touch my bottom line."


    Reba Kelloway’s face changed instantly.


    Her eyes flickered, showing uneasiness, "Ashton..."


    Ashton Heath rudely interrupted her, "I don’t know what you told Joanna, she didn’t tell me. However, I hope you didn’t go to cause her trouble. If you still care about our many years of friendship, you should treat her as well as possible."


    "She is someone I care about, I don’t expect you to treat her the same way I do, but at least try to love the house together with the crow."


    "If you can’t even do that, then we should see each other less in the future."


    Reba clenched her fists, her long red nails breaking at the palm, "So... now she’s be your bottom line?"


    Ashton Heath didn’t deny it but instead said something unrted, "Reba, don’t touch my bottom line. I don’t want to use those unpleasant methods on my friends."


    When he said the word "friends," he seemed to have deliberately emphasized his tone.


    "I hope our rtionship remains friends for a lifetime, just like now."


    Ashton recalled the words Joanna Lawrence had just said, the frown in his brow rxed, and he subtly expressed his position.


    Reba was a very smart girl.


    If she truly had feelings for him, she should understand the other meaning hidden in his words.


    "Friends for a lifetime?" Reba stuttered, repeating the phrase, her facial expression bing rigid and her face turning pale in an instant.


    Ashton’s gaze was icy as he looked at her: "Yes, friends for a lifetime."


    "Ashton, you..." Reba’s face was pale, her lips trembled a few times as if she could hardly control her emotions, and the secret hidden in her heart for many years was about toe out.


    But Ashton Heath didn’t give her that opportunity.


    Before she could finish, he coldly said, "I have something to do, you should leave first."


    Reba bit her lip, looking at his handsome face full of distance and coldness, her heart feeling like it was being cut by a sharp de, the pain making her face even paler, and tears uncontrobly starting to wet her eyes.


    When the tears slipped down her eyes, she quickly turned around, maintaining the pride she should have.


    "Fine, I won’t bother you then."


    After saying that, she quickly left the study.


    *


    After settling this matter, Ashton Heath didn’t feel relieved.


    On the contrary, his mood was still as irritable as ever.


    It felt like something was stuck in his heart, making him extremely ufortable.


    He irritably unbuttoned his shirt, exposing the tempting muscles on his fair chest.


    As long as he thought of Joanna’s red and swollen eyes from crying, he would be extremely annoyed.


    He didn’t know if she was still crying.


    She was still on her period, her emotions couldn’t fluctuate too much. What if her stomach bes ufortableter?


    Were the words he said to her before leaving too heavy?


    Since the two got married, he hadn’t said a harsh word to her.


    He didn’t know if she could bear those words.


    The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became. The image of her tearful, grievance-filled face, and her small body curled up in the corner of the bed when he left, came to mind. For a moment, all kinds of heartache flooded his heart.