Chapter 1086

Joan gave a bitter smile. “Why should I hate you?” she said. “I did hate you at the start—I hated how weak you were, and how you couldn’t take care of us!” Here, she heaved a sigh and stood up. “But I no longer hate you. I know that you truly love me, and I can feel your sincerity,” she continued. “I also understand your helplessness. You are in this position after all. And your father and your family would never have approved of us even back then. Besides, as the master of the family, you must always take the Woods family into account!” “Thank you, Joan. Thank you for being so understanding and forgiving!” Nash’s eyes reddened. “Or maybe this is God’s punishment, to make me, the master of the Woods family, die on a bed instead of a battlefield,” he added. “I thought of plenty of ways I could die, but I never thought that I would be poisoned!” Joan turned around and looked at Nash, smiling. “Don’t be so pessimistic. Fane’s very skilled in medicine. I believe that there will be a wa