"Jackson, don't work too hard. You have to take care of your body."Jackson continued answering with just a hum and Jade sighed. "Although we lost a city development project, Jared will compensate us with a sports project.""Jared told you that?" Jackson asked."Susan told me that. Jared must have accidentally told her." Jade was in a good mood. "The sports project is also a big fish. I don't think it'll be any worse than the city development project..."Jackson looked at his mother with ridicule. "Don't you think that's a little premature of you?"Jade naturally knew what he meant and she was silent for a moment. "Jackson, I've been thinking about it. The engagement should be announced to the public and the ceremony should be simple and at Jared's house as he had asked!""Do whatever you want! Don't ask me!" Jackson wiped his mouth and stood up. "I'm going to work!""You're not going to rest at home?" Jade was surprised."No, I have things to do at work!" When Jade watched her
"Miller, are you that stupid that you can't tell the difference between a husband and an ex-husband?""Impossible! How is that possible?" Jackson did not believe her at all. "When did you get remarried?""Miller, are you so narcissistic as to think that I would keep my legs closed for you?" Yvonne laughed mockingly."Yvonne, don't try to fool me. You would never remarry.""I would never remarry? Who do you think you are to say that?”"If you got remarried, I would've been the first one to know." He had people keep an eye on the town office’s system so that if Yvonne was ever to get remarried, he would be the first to know. "You and I have only been divorced just over three years ago. How did you get a three-year-old child? Is the child mine?""Yours? Hah!" Yvonne sneered. "Don't you know that we've been divorced for three years and nine months?""Like I said, don't change the subject. Don’t you know how advanced science and technology is nowadays? I can find anything out immedia
After Yvonne saw him leave, she felt her whole body drenched with sweat. Even though she did not show it just now, she was incredibly nervous.It was unfair for Yvonne to use Ezra, but she had no other choice. Jackson had come up to her doorstep and asked for an explanation, so she could only use Ezra as an excuse.At that time, she did talk to Ezra about marriage and their neighbors had already thought of her as Ezra's fiancée. Besides that, everyone also thought that the child was Ezra's. If Jackson ever got someone to investigate, they would get the same information, so he would have to believe her.Jackson immediately asked James to confirm everything that Yvonne told him. In the end, he was told that, yes, Yvonne and Ezra were supposed to get married, Ezra did die a heroic death, and the marriage never happened.When he heard that Leo’s birth certificate no longer said that Ezra was his father, he had mixed feelings and he never imagined that him trying to force Yvonne to come
She was complaining to Yosef about how Jackson’s mother had been abusing her, about how she had had enough of that life, and that she wanted to get a divorce. In the recording, Yosef was comforting her and that was when Jackson had had enough of it.It was the sound that every man never wanted to hear. He jumped up furiously, threw the recorder on the floor, and stomped on it.At that moment, his heart was broken! It was shattered into pieces and left bleeding out! He was trying to figure out how to give her a home with just the two of them while she was already ready to give up on him, went behind his back, and met Yosef.His mother cursed viciously and forced him to divorce Yvonne. She said that she would not wait a minute longer and that it had to be done!As for him, he could not bear it. He could not bear to live a life without her. It was laughable because it was hard to imagine that he was choosing to forgive her even though he had listened to his own wife cheating on him wi
The person he felt the sorriest for was Fiona. He actually knew Fiona way before he met Yvonne and he actually knew how much Fiona liked him.Since Fiona was gentle and kind, she was the secretary's daughter, so his mother had always wanted him to marry Fiona, which would also help him in work.Even so, he did not love Fiona. He only thought of her as a friend and absolutely did not see her that way, so he did not know how his mother convinced Fiona to agree to the surrogacy.It took a lot of courage for an unmarried woman to do that for someone else and Fiona was only willing to do all that because she liked him. It would be a great blow to her if she ever found out that the sperm she got pregnant with was not his.Jackson was in a difficult situation and because Fiona got pregnant, his mother started her own plan. She would nag him about divorcing Yvonne all the time but Jackson would still not agree to it.After Fiona got pregnant and went to get a prenatal checkup, his mother
Jackson never imagined that she would live in the countryside of South City and have someone else’s baby. If he had not pushed her like that, she probably would not have chosen to marry someone else.‘She tried to get pregnant with me for three years, but after leaving me, she got pregnant very quickly.’ That was undoubtedly the greatest ‘f*ck you’ to Jackson because he had read many books about pregnancy since he found out that she was infertile. He learned that women in stressed-out situations could not get pregnant easily, so her stress must have come from his mother.When he realized that she might have been infertile because of the immense pressure brought on by his mother, Jackson wished he could die there and then. He felt that he should have moved out with her earlier. If he had moved out with her earlier, everything would not have turned out like that and she would have given him a lively and lovely child.As long as they had a child, his mother would have never made things
The two of them thought the same thing and glanced at each other. Trina pursed her lips, while Fiona naturally would not make such a vulgar action. Hence, she just felt uncomfortable.Yvonne’s delicate and tender skin made Fiona incredibly jealous. Yvonne was famous for her looks, and many boys in university had idolized her back then.At that time, because Yvonne was seen as a goddess in everyone’s eyes, Fiona had to stand on the sidelines, which made her very upset.After all these years, Fiona had been well taken care of while Yvonne was displaced from her home and lived in poverty. Fiona initially thought Yvonne would look old, but she had maintained her beauty and even looked as good as she had back then.Even though Fiona was incredibly jealous, she still sneered at Yvonne. ‘Even if she’s pretty, what’s the point? She can’t have any children.’ When she thought about that, it made her feel much better.Meanwhile, Trina was jealous of Yvonne's beauty and still had a grudge aga
"Shut up!" There was a hint of anger on Fiona's face as she sternly interrupted Trina. Trina had never seen this side of Fiona and jumped with shock. Fiona ignored Trina and said, "Take a taxi home yourself. I have something I need to do!"Trina watched as Fiona drove away. Although she did not know why she was angry, she was sure it must have something to do with the child Yvonne was holding. It seemed that something bad was going to happen again!Fiona parked her car at the door and rushed into the house, not looking like a lady at all. Susan was resting on the sofa and watching television when she heard her daughter pushing the door open while panting. She frowned and asked, “Where are you rushing to? What if someone sees you like that?”"Mom! Something bad has happened!" Fiona rushed up to her. "Yvonne.... Yvonne has a kid!”"What did you just say?" Susan sat up straight. "How can that be? You must be mistaken!""I'm not mistaken! The child looks just like her, like it came ou
Jackson had to run back and forth as he had to take care of Yvonne while checking on Leo’s condition. He was most concerned about his son, although the cord blood had been successfully transplanted into his body but it was not guaranteed that everything would be fine. The doctor informed Jackson that after the cord blood was transplanted into Leo's body, he still needed to pass through the infection barrier, reposition in the body, and the rejection barrier before it could truly be considered as a successful transplant.The rejection stage might be the most difficult to overcome. The rejection reaction may occur at any time such as fever, vomiting, and difficulty in eating, diarrhea, etc. Leo had to receive medical treatment according to his condition, along with his cooperation. Once he was fully recovered, he would be sent to the general ward after 3-4 weeks.Jackson would visit his son every hour. Due to the uncertain factors, he was extremely anxious but he could not show even
The heart-wrenching scene finally drew to a close. The umbilical cord blood transfusion was successfully completed and Leo’s heart rate returned to normal—everything seemed to have fallen back into place. Jackson could feel the weight of a boulder lifted off his chest.As soon as the doctor walked out of the transplant chamber, Jackson stepped forward and took his hand, showering him with words of gratitude.All this while, Yvonne had been trying her best to stay awake. She was dying to hear of Leo's condition post-operation, but ultimately gave in to the anesthesia and drifted off. She felt utterly drained and all she could hear was a gentle whisper by her ear—it was Jackson. “Yvonne, don’t fret,” he said, “Our child will be just fine. Rest without a worry, my dear; when you wake up, all will be well.”And so she slept. She slept for a long period of time and did not even realize that she was wheeled into the ward. In her deep slumber, she could vaguely hear familiar voices, many o
Fiona and Pearlie were about to slip away after beating her until she miscarried. However, they did not expect to see the police standing in front of the door, both of them were then arrested and the pregnant lady was also carried out. The two realized in shock that the lady was not Yvonne, but a random stranger. “What’s happening?” Fiona pointed at the pregnant lady as she asked Donavan in a hysterical scream. “What do you mean by what happened? Didn’t you ask me to kidnap this woman?” Donavan asked.“You… How dare you deceive me?” As matters stood, Fiona had realized that she got fooled. However, it was too late for her to turn things around as the police had charged both of them for kidnapping and murder. Section 239 of the Criminal Law prescribed a minimum of 10 years of penalty in prison or life imprisonment for the crime of kidnapping for the purpose of extorting money. Furthermore, kidnapping another person as a hostage would either result in a fine or confiscation of pro
Yosef and Ella’s engagement was being announced and Pearlie who was in the States obviously knew about it also. Hearing that Ella was Yvonne’s sister, she felt even more uneasy. ‘Yvonne is gone but now we have Ella? Did I get lured into this?’As Pearlie was still reeling from the news, something worse happened. Under the pressure of the Quimbys’, Pearlie’s parents made the move to terminate the marriage agreement for her and Zachary. She was still dreaming about marrying him after the 3-year promise, but she did not expect her parents to terminate the agreement, she was so pissed.‘It’s all because of that b*tch Yvonne Yates! If not, I will not become like this!’ Pearlie then returned to Coreulu in anger.Pearlie was thinking of a plan to ruin Yvonne’s life. ‘Since you’ve destroyed my happiness, you don’t deserve to have any either, I will make you pay.’ Knowing that Fiona was now working as a wine girl in a bar, Pearlie personally went to her and persuaded her to deal with Yvo
“Is Leo willing to give daddy a chance?”“Leo will as long as mommy gives daddy a chance.”Yvonne touched Leo’s head. “Good boy.” She then noticed a gaze staring at her from behind. She turned around and saw Yosef looking at her and Leo from behind.“Yosef, when did you get here?”“Just now.” Yosef walked over. “Yvonne, let’s talk.”Yvonne nodded and went to the garden with Yosef. He helped her to sit down on the bench. “Yvonne, do you believe in destiny?”Yvonne shook her head without knowing why Yosef said so."I never believed in destiny. I always believed that hard work could make everything I wanted, but I guess I was wrong!" Yosef looked at her delicate face. "Since that thing happened, my heart has been very hesitant. I'm struggling and I didn’t dare to face you. I thought about it for so many days and watched it coldly for so many days. Today I finally mustered up the courage to come to you."Yvonne sighed. “I am sorry Yosef, it’s all my fault.”“No! It’s not your fa
Yvonne promised Yosef that she would stay with him and also promised to forgive him but now she faced a bigger problem. After all, Ella was her sister and they have the same blood flowing in their bodies, she could not accept a man who had a relationship with her sister.Now it was not about whether she accepted Yosef or not, it was the matter whether Ella really liked Yosef. Yvonne saw how Ella looked at Yosef with a longing gaze and thinking of the child in Ella’s womb, she wanted to persuade him to accept her. Ever since their conversation that day in the hospital, Yosef avoided being alone with her and Yvonne knew that it was because he did not want Yvonne to tell him to take responsibility for Ella. Yvonne also felt bad as Yosef wasted nine years because of her and how could she persuade him to marry Ella now?As Yvonne felt hesitant, Sandra came to persuade her. “Yvonne, you should give Jackson a chance.”“You guys have been speaking on behalf of Jackson these days? Didn’t y
“Do we really need to give her money to settle this?” Sandra asked. Jackson sneered. “Why should we? Just let her file the report.”“Are we really letting her do it?” Most of the people knew about the paintings, if it was further exposed, it would not look good on Jared. “Fiona knew that we wouldn’t want to cause any more trouble, that’s why she threatened us that way. If we were to be afraid of her, she would be even more extreme next time, just let her report it,” Jackson explained. “I will ask someone to take care of her in there and she will know what to do by then.”“We cannot let her run amok anymore, she deserves whatever she will be getting, just let her file the report!” Yvonne agreed to his statement as well. Evil could never win against good, if they kept on tolerating people like Fiona, she would definitely take another step further. Fiona initially planned to just threaten them once to get some money so she could live a better life, but she did not expect Yvonne
Yvonne nodded while looking at Ella. Jared then called out to Jackson. “I’ve made too many mistakes in my life, I’ve betrayed my wife and wronged my daughters. I really hope that you won't repeat what I did. I am handing Yvonne over to you and I won’t forgive you if you dare to wrong her!” “Father, don’t worry, I will not let Yvonne down!” Jackson swore. “Yvonne, you are a good child. Father knows that you still love Jackson in your heart, so does he. It’s all my fault back then, for the sake of Leo and the child in your womb, forgive him!”“I have forgiven him!” Yvonne answered“I still have one last request...Please bury me...beside Cindy...after I die…” Jared panted as he spoke. Yvonne nodded. “Don’t worry, father!”Hearing what Yvonne said, Jared showed a smile of relief, and his last wish was granted so he had nothing to worry about anymore. He gradually said, “Cindy, I am coming!” and closed his eyes. “Father!” Yvonne and Ella exclaimed at the same time but Jared coul
“Don’t cry, it’s over!” Yvonne patted her shoulder gently and comforted her. “This is actually a relief to her as well!” “Yeah, it is better to die if a person is alive with nothing but pain. Since she is reluctant to die, this is the best way to relieve her at the moment.”Yosef stood aside. Seeing Yvonne and Ella hugging each other crying, he felt extremely complicated. Yvonne was a righteous person and he knew that it would be impossible for him to be with her anymore. He sighed in his heart, ‘Loving each other doesn’t necessarily guarantee a good relationship!’Ella seemed to have heard Yosef’s sigh, she looked up at Yosef with teary eyes. “Brother Turner, I will not hold you back, I won’t let the child bother you.”“What nonsense is this?” Yvonne glared at Ella, the hug earlier cleared out all the barriers between the two girls. “Yosef is not a cruel person! You are my only sister and this is his only child, he will let you have the child.”Hearing what Yvonne mentioned, Yos