<h4>Chapter 1697: Chapter 1690: She Hates Ashton Heath</h4>


    She would not degrade herself to marry a man void of feelings towards her.


    "But, Reba." Lady Patrice tightened her grip on her daughter’s hand, pleading with her, "Ashton Heath actually agreed to help the Kelloway family. But, he had a condition, his condition was..."


    Though she felt reluctance, Lady Patrice stillmunicated his words to Reba.


    "Reba, he requires you to marry as soon as possible. As long as you can marry in the shortest possible time, he would consider helping the Kelloway family. Reba, I know this seems unfair to you, but we’re out of other options now."


    "If we don’t act ording to his demand, the Kelloway family has no hope left."


    "Do you understand that your Dad has had many sleepless nights? His hair has turned significantly greyer. The Kelloway Group is his life’s work. If it just ends like this, I’m afraid he won’t be able to take it. Reba, can you do this for us, please?"


    Lady Patrice didn’t want to have this conversation in the first ce.


    She knew that hearing these words, Reba would be heartbroken.


    However, she couldn’t bear to see the downfall of the Kelloway family.


    Even if there’s a tiny ray of hope, she was willing to fight for it.


    Reba was stunned, her eyes widened in disbelief and anger, "Mom, what did you say? Ashton Heath wants me to marry as soon as possible?"


    Lady Patrice fell silent for a moment, sighing, "Yes, when your father went to the Heath family for help, Ashton Heath said that on one condition you should be married off within a month. Initially, I thought to find the best for you but..."


    Now, people avoid the Kelloway family like the gue.


    Not to mention those from families of equal status.


    Even those wealthy families that were far less sessful than the Kelloway family before, were reluctant to wee her as their daughter-inw.


    This made Lady Patrice furious.


    They had already exceeded the timeframe set by Ashton Heath. Lady Patrice didn’t know if he had changed his mind.


    "He said that?" Reba’s face turned pale, she stumbled backward, as if she had been severely hit, there was not a bit of color left on her face.


    She murmured repeatedly, "He said that. How could he be so cruel..."


    "Is it because he is afraid that I would annoy him, causing Joanna Lawrence to get upset that he has to be so ruthless towards me?"


    "How could he do this!"


    "For twenty years, I’ve been in love with him. I gave him my entire heart. How can he treat me like this!"


    "Reba." Seeing her nearly copse, Lady Patrice started to regret her actions.


    "Mom, I hate him so much."


    Tears trickled down Reba’s cheeks, her teeth clenched and her eyes med with intense hatred, "I hate him. How can he be so merciless to me. Does my twenty years of devotion mean nothing to him?"


    "He hasn’t known Joanna Lawrence for long. Why can he be so nice to her but so ruthless to me?"


    Even though Ashton Heath rejected her, the person Reba always hated was Joanna Lawrence.


    She never held any grudges against Ashton.


    That said, she’s been in love with him for twenty years. How could she possibly hate him?


    It was all Joanna Lawrence’s fault, that cunning girl. She med her for everything.


    But now, she suddenly started hating Ashton Heath.


    How could he be so heartlessly cruel?


    Her liking and the twenty years she devoted to him, were clearly in vain.