The house was a three-bedroom unit, renovated very beautifully. The landlord was going overseas and wanted to rent out the house. They did not need the rent money, but more for someone to take care of the house while they are away. The rent was not a problem, as long as they liked the person renting the house.After the landlord had met Yvonne, they were happy to rent out the house to Yvonne. However, their condition was that Yvonne could not keep any pets. She was to care for the place as if it was her own.Yvonne agreed. During their conversation, the landlord found out that Yvonne was a single mother. They felt pity for her and lowered the rent. They even said that if Yvonne was tight on money, she could pay them one month’s rent first and pay the rest of the rent at the end of the year.Yvonne was grateful to meet such a good landlord. She thanked them and signed the contract with the landlord with a three-month advance rent payment. Once she had sorted out the house, she let
Before this, Yvonne Yates did not entirely believe in Fiona Summers when she said that it was all Jared Summers’s idea. Yet now that she had seen his appearance, she felt extremely bad and regretful. How could her mother, a woman who was noble and intellectual, choose such a disgusting man? How could she have such a shameless and morally corrupt father?“Yvonne, it was all my fault, I should have talked it over with you before making the decision back then. Susan and Fiona were just trying to make it up to you, please don’t hate them. We never wanted to hurt you, our original intention has always been for your own good.”“For my own good?” Yvonne was about to burst into hysterical laughter. Jared was still trying to defend the b*tchy mother and daughter duo. Did he think that she was stupid?Even a fool could notice Fiona’s feelings towards Jackson. Not only did she try to curry favor with Jade before their marriage, in hopes of gaining assistance from her to get to him, she e
Yvonne was furious. Jared had been an official for a long time and had never forgotten the power he possessed while he used it over her. To leave billions worth of property for her? If she even cared about his properties, she would have never let Jackson divorce her that easily back then.What irritated her the most was the fact that Jared was so easily deceived. He was by no means stupid, and the only reason he tolerated the two b*tches was definitely for his career progression. How could a person who ignores family for his career be qualified to be her father? At this point, she had a heart of stone towards Jared. Yvonne felt depressed when she reached home. Wesley then asked concernedly, “What did he want?”Yvonne Yates sighed and told him about how Jared and Susan agreed to let Fiona bear a child for Jackson. Previously after the divorce, she only mentioned that Jackson had an affair but she never exposed Fiona. Wesley trembled with anger after hearing it. “So, it was Susan
“He said it himself. Those antiques are invaluable!” “It was him! It was really him!” Wesley punched the table with a grim face and clenched his teeth. “How could this Summers guy be so shameless? Your mother was really blind back then!”“Indeed! Mother would feel miserable if she knew that she had married such a man!” Yvonne was also raging. “Uncle, what happened back then?”“And your mother’s friend went bankrupt because of this and had his reputation destroyed…” Wesley looked pale and his voice trembled in anger. “What a huge mistake! She got into a relationship with the wrong person and caused big trouble!”“Uncle, who was my mother’s friend?”“It’s in the past! It’s all in the past!” Wesley stood up, swaying. “Yvonne, uncle is tired, I shall lie down for a bit.”Seeing her uncle’s staggering steps, Yvonne was puzzled. ‘What’s going on?’The next day, the news about Jackson and Fiona's engagement soon appeared on every headline of the South City news. Yvonne Yates saw the n
“One is willing to torture, and the other is willing to suffer. Just let them be.” Yvonne held Wesley back. “I just feel that you do not deserve this. If it was not for the two b*tches, you would not have to suffer like this. Whatever that little b*tch has is supposed to be all yours!”“Uncle, there is no such thing as to whether I deserve this or not. Everyone has their own goals, I never wanted to be the daughter of an official secretary or even a noble lady of a family anyway. My goal is simple: To be with my beloved family and live happily! You and Leo are my everything now and I am content and grateful!”Wesley sighed. “Yvonne, I did not expect you to take things more casually than me! You are right, we should be content and happy!”Leo caught a fever again during midnight, and Yvonne and Sandra sent him to the hospital urgently. The fever this time was different than the ones before, even the paracetamol and drips were not effective. Leo’s high fever was similar to early s
“Hello?” Due to the time zone difference, Jackson’s voice was filled with sleepiness. “It’s me!” Yvonne controlled herself. Jackson sat up immediately after hearing her voice and he sounded indifferent once again. “Do you need anything?”“Jackson, can I… ask you a favor?”“What is it?”“You… Can you not get engaged to Fiona?” She licked her chapped lips and finally spewed out the whole sentence. “I’m afraid not!” Jackson thought he was having a hearing problem. If she had mentioned this a few days ago, he would definitely give her a positive answer with joy. But now, he found it ridiculous, so he turned her down without hesitating. “Jackson! If you cancel your engagement to Fiona, I… I will consider getting back together with you!” God knows how much it cost her to say this. Yet, Jackson sneered. “Getting back together with me? Am I hearing you correctly?”“Jackson, do you not want to know why I am proposing to get back together with you?” Yvonne felt extremely sad and ashame
“Why not?” The doctor shook his head. “You Chinese people are too traditional in terms of mindset. You do not have to marry the person to have a child, you only need his sperm sample.”George’s words enlightened Yvonne. How did she forget about the technological advancement in medicine currently? In fact, it was only down to one sperm cell, as long as she could get it… “Yosef, I have an idea.” “Which is?”Yvonne was originally elated and suddenly wilted again. Although it was only a matter of sperm samples, it would not be easy for her to retrieve it, Jackson would not let her get it easily. Besides, the cost needed to treat Leo was also another problem she would be facing. “I am thinking about it too simply. Jackson is so indifferent, he will not let me get what I want easily. Leo’s treatment will cost me a bunch as well… D*mn!”“Now the only problem is the sperm sample, you don’t have to worry about money, I have it covered!” Yosef comforted her. Yvonne lowered her head and
“That low?” Yosef asked. “I will do it, no matter the chances. I will not give up on any method that can possibly cure Leo. I shall do the tubal anastomosis and search for a matching bone marrow at the same time. Anyhow, the chances will be better.”Yosef nodded. “Alright, as you wish!’Yosef immediately contacted a specialist to perform the operation on Yvonne. After the operation, she took a 3-day rest in the hospital and immediately returned to South City on the 4th day. During her flight, Yvonne saw the news of the engagement between Jackson and Fiona. She originally wanted to go home and discuss with her uncle about the upcoming plans, but she changed her mind after seeing the news. She must go to the Summers and witness the engagement ceremony reported by the press. After getting off the plane in a hurry, Yvonne went straight to the Summers’ house. This was her first time here and when she had arrived, the guards did not let her in. Yvonne looked at the light reflecting
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