<h4>Chapter 2338: Chapter 2330: Only in front of Joanna Lawrence, he will show his gentle side.</h4>


    She was enjoying a strawberry yogurt that had just been served by a waiter, and it tasted delightful.


    Suddenly, Wendy Arden approached her with a toast.


    And Wendy also delivered quite a lengthy speech.


    The sixteen-year-old girl was quite adorable, and she kept expressing her wishes to get acquainted with Joanna and be her friend.


    Joanna Lawrence thought it would be rude to decline someone who was offering her a toast proactively.


    She nced at the wine ss sitting in front of Ashton Heath that still had a bit of red wine left. Just as she reached for it, someone held her hand back.


    She blinked, looked up, and met a pair of deep and alluring dark eyes, as profound as the night itself.


    "Didn’t I tell you not to drink?" A handsome man, who could make one dizzy with his looks, held her hand, took the wine ss, and set it aside.


    "But..." Joanna looked a bit confused, "if someone offers me a toast, I..."


    She surely couldn’t refuse, right?


    If she didn’t drink, people might think she was disrespectful.


    "That’s not an option." Ashton Heath, quite overbearing, stated in a tone that allowed no room for negotiation, "If I say you’re not drinking, then you cannot even touch a drop."


    Joanna Lawrence: "..."


    A second ago Ashton was domineering, and the next moment he was gently caressing her head soothingly, "Didn’t I order you some yogurts? Drink the yogurt. If you want to drink, I’ll apany you at home. But you’re not allowed to drink outside."


    He only wanted to see her enticing side when she was drunk in the privacy of their home.


    "But..." Joanna looked at Wendy who was still holding up her ss of wine, but her face didn’t look so great.


    Ashton followed her gaze and looked up too.


    He wasn’t shy like Joanna. He said directly in a cold tone, "She doesn’t drink. If you want to propose a toast, you can go and toast someone else."


    At that moment when Wendy’s eyes met his, she felt a bit flustered and shy.


    But Ashton’s response made her facial expression instantly turn awkward.


    She squeezed the wine ss tightly, ayer of mist appearing rapidly in her eyes, looking pitifully at this extremely handsome man who was also extremely indifferent towards her.


    A moment ago, his eyes were full of tenderness when he talked to the woman in his arms.


    But the very next second, when he faced her, his eyes were filled with nothing but indifference.


    "Ashton." Yannick Luther, who was standing by and watching, intervened on behalf of his little cousin, as he saw the tears glistening in her eyes, "Don’t be so harsh. Look, you’ve scared Wendy."


    Then he beckoned Wendy: "Wendy,e over to your cousin here. Your sister-inw indeed does not drink in public. Youe over, your cousin will drink with you."


    Wendy didn’t move. She looked so pitiful.


    As she blinked, tears fell from her eyes.


    "Wendy, are you really crying? Ashton is like this to everyone, don’t cry." Yannick Luther furrowed his brows.


    In the beginning, when Ashton started dating Joanna, Yannick thought his problem had gotten better.


    But he soon realized, Ashton’s old habits hadn’t changed at all.


    Because, apart from Joanna Lawrence, his attitude towards other women hadn’t changed one bit from the past.


    He only revealed his tender side in front of Joanna Lawrence.


    In front of other women, he was still the indifferent, proud, self-disciplined, seemingly uninterested in women, "weirdo".


    In fact, Ashton Heath was always this indifferent towards women.