He didn't hide anything from her.
Everything Rebecca Kelloway had said, he had honestly told her before. At the time, Joanna Lawrence didn't think anything of it.
In fact, she felt even more at ease.
After all, she knew exactly why Ashton Heath proposed to her in the first place.
Given his circumstances, it was impossible for him to just randomly marry a woman.
And he certainly wouldn't have a flash marriage with her.
It made perfect sense that he would marry her because of some special qualities she possessed.
So, what use would it be for Rebecca Kelloway to use the truths she had long known and accepted to take her down?
"And what of it?" Joanna Lawrence looked at Rebecca Kelloway with her face full of discontent, hiding a hint of jealousy, slowly curved her lips and said in a disinterested tone, "Even if what Ms. Kelloway says is true, that I will separate from him in the future, at least I once had him."