My Secret Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1742 - 1736: That person is indeed Ashton Heath.

If the projects discussed between the Bridge family and Heath Group were successfully delivered, they would make at least over ten billion dollars in annual profit.

And he just canceled it for a woman...

"Are you sure about it? Is the young actress really Ashton Heath’s girlfriend?"

"Yes, I checked it thoroughly," Martin Lake affirmed. "Ashton Heath even set up a blog account for her, and publicly announced their relationship on the blog. Furthermore, they were spotted on a date."

"I saw the photos, indeed, it was Ashton."

Matthew Bridge’s face turned serious.

"Based on what you said, it might indeed be for this reason," Matthew Bridge said with a frown. "For now, lay off the young actress. I will clear things up this afternoon."

In Matthew Bridge’s opinion, if Ashton Heath had indeed canceled the collaboration simply to support that young actress, then things could be easily resolved.

They could just arrange a dinner party and let that young actress meet his daughter. As long as they shook hands and made peace, everything would be fine.

Ashton Heath probably didn’t really think much of the young actress.

It was more of a matter of losing face because someone he knew was targeted.

So, he certainly didn’t really intend to cancel the collaboration.

It was more of a tactic to take a firm stand at first, just for show. Once they gave him a good way out, things would fall into place.

With that thought, Matthew Bridge felt a lot calmer.

He truly valued this collaboration, and he didn’t want to have any issues working with Heath Group.

For the Bridge family’s business to enter Closia, collaborating with Heath Group was undoubtedly crucial.

*

On the other side,

After Joanna Lawrence and Linda parted ways, Joanna went to the Heath Group to see Ashton.

Most people in the Heath Group were familiar with her by now, and whenever they saw her, they would stop and politely call out "Ms. Joanna".

Joanna didn’t tell Ashton in advance that she was coming. She took the elevator directly to the 37th floor, and as soon as she got out, she ran into Cody Aberton, who was carrying a file bag.

Upon seeing her, Cody quickly stepped forward to greet her, "Hello, Ms. Joanna."

Joanna smiled and nodded, asking him, "Is President Ashton busy?"

Cody smiled back and said, "President Ashton is in his office. You can go find him, Ms. Joanna."

Joanna nodded and headed for the office.

When she walked into the office, Ashton was engrossed in signing documents. Joanna gently closed the door behind her. When she turned around, she met a pair of deep eyes filled with a soft smile.

The man sitting at the office desk, busy with documents, looked at her fondly, "How come you didn’t tell me you were coming?"

"It’s not my first time here, why would I say anything?" Joanna saw his smile and couldn’t help but slightly raise the corners of her lips, walking towards him.

Ashton gestured her to come closer: "Come over here."

Just as Joanna was about to reach him, he stretched out his arms and pulled her into his embrace.

The man tucked his head into her hair, took a deep breath as if savouring her scent, his sturdy arm wrapped around her waist as he smiled, "I heard from Mr. Rowan that you were out early in the morning. What were you up to? Were you out having fun with Aria Rowlett again?"

"I met up with Linda, to sign the contract for the variety show. Linda told me, we have to go to Fredericton for the program recording in three days."

"So soon?" Ashton frowned, clearly not pleased about being apart from her so soon. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Yes, I didn’t expect it to be that soon either."

The corners of the man’s mouth were tightly pressed, he didn’t speak for a while.