"So if I had not met you, I would choose to be alone for the rest of my life."
A soulmate, there is only one in a lifetime.
No one can substitute.
The words of Ashton Heath shook Joanna Lawrence deeply.
"If you hadn't met me, you would choose ... to be alone for the rest of your life?" She looked at him with wide eyes, stunned by the deep, handsome features of his face, her eyes filled with shock.
If anyone else had said this, she might not have believed it.
But when the words came out of Ashton Heath's mouth, Joanna Lawrence knew he wasn't lying to her.
This man, before her, had never told a lie.
So if he hadn't met her, he really intended to be alone for the rest of his life.
"Hmm, so the only person who can accompany me for the rest of my life is you, it can only be you."
Joanna felt her eyes get wet and warm: "But what's so good about me? There are so many people better than me..."
