"You..." Jade did not expect that her son would say such heartless words, and for a moment, Jade was at a loss."I still remember how you repeatedly told me last time that if I didn’t have a child, you’d be too embarrassed to meet Dad after dying. Well, I have a child now. So you can die in peace, Mom!" Jackson taunted.Jade’s face turned red but she was speechless. Jackson turned to go upstairs, but after taking a few steps, he turned his head back. "This time, I won’t be at the mercy of anyone and I’ll make the decisions regarding my own life!”Susan was accompanying Jared to attend an event that day, so Fiona was home alone. Since no one was at home, the house felt quiet and cold. After watching television in the living room for a bit, Fiona got bored and went back to her room.For some reason, she kept feeling like something was wrong. ‘Did something bad happen?’Just as she had that thought, her phone rang and she answered the call. A soft female voice sounded. "Ms. Summers,
Sarah Lucy was the Miller family's housekeeper, and to be so evil to the mistress of the house, it sent a chill down Fiona’s back. After things were over, she wanted Sarah to take the money and go far away, but Susan disagreed, saying that she could still be of use if they kept her there. Now, it seemed that Susan was right."How are you going to get things done if you send away useful people when you're only halfway through the process? Before you officially become Madam Miller, Sarah can't leave. Besides, the only reason I was able to use Sarah last time was because of her son's matter. Since I’ve got something on her, she won't let the cat out of the bag." Susan huffed."Mom, you'd better find a way to solve this thing about Jackson wanting to remarry Yvonne. I'm dying from anxiety.""As long as we make sure the baby is not Jackson's, everything will be fine." Susan was still not too worried."The child is certainly not Jackson's. If it were Jackson's, Jade wouldn’t have quarrel
He had spent countless nights tossing and turning, thinking about everything that happened in the past. Every time he thought about it, he would break down. He was a bastard. He was a jerk. How could he do all that to the woman he had sworn to protect for the rest of his life?Jackson's apology made Yvonne turn her head. Some mistakes could not be forgiven by a mere apology. She spoke faintly, "You came here just to tell me that?""Yvonne, I didn't mean to hide Fiona's pregnancy from you. I had thought of telling you, but I didn’t have the courage. I was also afraid that you wouldn't accept it—""There's no point in talking about that now, it's all in the past!" Yvonne interrupted him.No woman would accept her husband having a child with another woman. Jackson was being ridiculous. After all these years, why did he still want to explain things? Did he not know that there was no point crying over spilled milk?"Mr. Miller, you actually don’t need to say all this to me. We’re alrea
In the past, throwing a tantrum and threatening to kill herself had been Jade’s way of controlling Jackson, but since Jackson said such heartless words to her that day, Jade understood that her method would no longer work. Since she could not persuade her son, she had to change her method and go look for the woman instead. Jade was going to humiliate Yvonne badly so that she would back off.‘She’s having a tough time, right? I’ll just give her some money.’ If money could not solve the problem, she might have to come up with something crueler. She was sure that a woman with no power and money could not fight her.When she saw Jade in the morning, Yvonne thought that she had seen a ghost. Jade had a plastic smile on her face. "Ms. Yates, I think we need to have a little talk."Yvonne did not want to talk to her at all, but she also knew how persistent this seemingly noblewoman was. Since she did not want to start the same argument, she decided to just go to a nearby cafe with Jade.J
After her meet-up with Yvonne, Jade angrily went to Roxanne. "I'm so angry! That woman is my nemesis! We’ve always butted heads since last time, but even though they’re divorced now, she’s still haunting me.”"Have some water to take the edge off." Roxanne poured a glass of water for Jade.Jade took a sip of the water but when she thought about it, she was still angry. "She refuses to take my money. I’m sure she still wants to remarry Jackson, and Jackson has also seemed to have lost his mind after being under her spell. She’s been married once before and even has a child, yet he still thinks of her as a treasure. It really pisses me off.""She’s clearly deliberately going against you. When she couldn’t get pregnant last time, she was too embarrassed to come back. Now, she's obviously trying to provoke you by bringing the child back. She’s such a horrible woman. She's clearly trying to get you two mother and son to quarrel because she knows that Jackson cares about her!" Roxanne put
When Yvonne saw the news, she snickered coldly a few times. ‘I guess it’s true what they say. One is never enough.’ Jackson seemed to have a habit of cheating. She could not wait to see Fiona's reaction.When Fiona saw the news, she was incredibly angry and jealous. She knew Ella Pearson. She had seen her eat with Jackson before. When she saw how caring Jackson was toward her last time, she even felt a little jealous.Afterward, she never noticed anything weird between them, so she did not care about Ella anymore. She did not expect to find out that she was actually Jackson's lover. When she thought about how Jackson would rather keep a lover outside than touch her, Fiona simply could not stand it.However, she could not just march right up to Jackson and question him, so she hid in her room and cried. Susan did not believe that Jackson would have a mistress outside, so the moment she opened Fiona’s door to her room, Susan started to scold her."It’s too coincidental that this news
"Although he didn’t rely on Jared to make his company what it is now, as the saying goes, it would be better to be on the good side of the officials. It’s certainly not a good idea to get on Jared’s bad side.""That’s his business, so why are you worrying about it?" Yvonne was getting impatient.To be honest, when the media talked about how much of a perfect couple Jackson and Ella were, Yvonne thought they were exaggerating. But when she saw Ella in person today, she realized that the reports were not exaggerated at all.For some reason, that made Yvonne very uncomfortable. She recalled how Jackson had vowed to her and tried to explain himself just a few days ago. He even said such affectionate words. It was a good thing that she had long been hurt by him and chose not to believe him, otherwise...Jackson watched Yvonne and Zachary whisper to each other. He was feeling really unpleasant. He forced himself to hold back the discomfort he was feeling and stared at the stage.When Yv
Everyone who came to dinner that night was famous in South City. Yvonne only knew a few of them. Jackson and Ella sat by the window. When he saw Zachary and Yvonne, Jackson looked expressionless and continued to talk to Ella.When someone saw Zachary walk in with Yvonne, he immediately joked. "Mr. Quimby, did you get a new lover?"Zachary glared at the guy. "Hey rascal, don’t you know how to be polite? She’s not a new fling but my wife-to-be! She’s Ms. Yates.”"You wife-to-be?" When Zachary called Yvonne that, everyone looked over at him. Jackson was holding a cup of tea with a smile on his face, but when he heard those words, his eyes instantly darkened. ‘Is Zachary serious?’"Ms. Yates, you really are beautiful and Mr. Quimby’s a lucky guy!" someone praised."But of course, the woman I like must have both talent and beauty." Zachary was incredibly proud of himself.Yvonne glared at him. Zachary tried to get on her good side and pulled out a chair for her. "Honey, sit!"When Za
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