88: Chapter 89 Joanna, thank you 88: Chapter 89 Joanna, thank you “Um…”

Joanna Lawrence touched her face, feeling a bit embarrassed.

She slept well last night.

She didn’t know why she felt so sleepy today at noon.

“Did you sleep well?” Joanna turned her head to look at him, thinking that he seemed much more rejuvenated, no longer looking as haggard as before.

“Yes, very well.”

A smile of satisfaction tugged at Ashton Heath’s lips: “Joanna, thank you.”

Even if it were only a short hour, the relief it brought to his body and mind was significant.

The quality of that one hour of sleep was much better than that of the three or four hours he got at night.

He didn’t wake up halfway through or have any nightmares.

When he woke up, he felt like a new man.

“Thank me?” Joanna looked at him, puzzled.

“What for?”

The traffic light turned red ahead.

Ashton Heath stopped the car, turned his head, and gazed at her deeply: “Thank you for sleeping with me.

I slept comfortably in that hour.”

“Cough cough cough.” Joanna started coughing violently.

What he just said, wasn’t it terribly ambiguous!

She coughed so hard that her eyes welled up with tears.

After panting for a while, she looked at him accusingly: “Ashton Heath, could you talk more appropriately?”

What did he mean by thanking her for sleeping with him!

Like he slept very comfortably!

Anyone who heard it would surely overthink it.

“Hmm?

What’s inappropriate?” Ashton Heath watched as the girl’s delicate cheeks flushed a touch of red, her eyes filled with unshed tears as she glared at him indignantly yet embarrassed – it was a sight too adorable.

She was so cute, it was almost unbelievable.

She probably didn’t know how endearing she looked when she was irritated.

It wasn’t intimidating at all, rather, it was inviting a sense of protectiveness from others.

She looked like a sweet little puppy or kitten, and her supposedly intimidating glare only incited an urge to tease her even more.

“You’re pretending not to know!” Joanna grumbled, embarrassed and indignant.

Ashton Heath feigned confusion, and with an arch of his eyebrows, he responded: “If you don’t speak up, how would I know?

Are you referring to the ‘sleeping with me’ part or the ‘slept comfortably’ part?

I honestly don’t understand what’s inappropriate about either.”

Then before Joanna could say anything, he raised his brows playfully and smirked: “Baby, have you misunderstood?

Did you think I meant…sleeping with you in the other sense?

While I’d actually like that, I wouldn’t degrade you by doing it there.”

As soon as the last word left his lips, Joanna’s face turned an even deeper shade of red.

Her cute little face painted a vibrant scarlet in an instant.

“You…

I’m so done with you!”

Joanna, feeling miffed and like her fur was about to explode, simply turned her head away, refusing to look at him or speak any more words.

Ashton Heath was really unbearable!

To him, was she some pet cat or dog he just could play with whenever he liked?

He really was despicable!

Starting now, she definitely won’t utter another word to him.

Absolutely not!

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Joanna held true to her word.

All the way until Ashton Heath dropped her off at school, she didn’t say another word to him.

After parking the car, she unbuckled her seatbelt, and blurted out a “Goodbye”, ready to step out of the car.

“Click.”

As she reached out to open the door, she heard the sound of the door being locked.

Alongside her, the man laughed quietly: “Still mad at me?

Baby, I was just joking with you.

Do you plan on ignoring me forever?”