“Of course I am fine. What could happen to me?” Zachary laughed and said, “We’ll train together again another day, Miller. I’m going to get my revenge.” “I look forward to it!” Jackson retorted. Zachary had said that he was alright, but Yvonne saw what was going on just now. He was obviously at a disadvantage during his fight with Jackson because he had had too much to drink. She had always hated Zachary for some reason. She suddenly realized there was nothing about him to hate after he took his shirt to cover her tonight. Jackson sat in the room dejected. The corner of his mouth was bleeding from the fight, and there were bruises on his face. That made him look incredibly disheveled. James ordered someone to bring the first aid kit over. “President Miller, this might hurt a little. Hang on.” “This tiny wound does nothing to me!” Jackson said as he gritted his teeth. Compared to the gaping wound in his heart, a tiny wound like that meant nothing. He could not help but cur
“I’m much better. The doctor said I’m recovering well, and I can be discharged tomorrow to rest at home. Hospital stays are so expensive.” Wesley was worried about the cost of staying in a hospital, and it made Yvonne feel sad. “You’re not getting discharged tomorrow. Stay longer for a few more days. We’ll leave once you have fully recovered.” “I’m fine, Yvonne!” “Don’t worry about money, uncle. I have money! President Quimby is paying me a high salary.” “Zachary indeed treats you well, but you’re not alone, Yvonne. Besides your burdensome uncle, you also have a child to take care of. Leo is growing day by day. You can’t leave him with Yosef forever, you know? Your son needs a mother’s love.” The name “Leo” caused a sad expression to appear on Yvonne’s face. That’s right, she had a son. She could not ask Yosef to care for him forever, right? Sighing slightly, she forced a smile on her face and said, “Don’t worry, uncle. Once you’re better and I have saved up enough money, I
The next morning, Yvonne went to the office with a bruise on the corner of his mouth. Zachary also had a bruise on the corner of his mouth. When they saw the bruises on each other’s faces, the two burst into laughter. The atmosphere was a massive improvement from the night before. When it was time for lunch, Zachary took Yvonne to a nearby restaurant. It was a Mexican restaurant. Yvonne thought to herself, ‘Doesn't Zachary hate Mexican food? What’s going on today?’The two had not placed their orders when a voice spoke out, “I can’t believe we meet again so quickly!” When Yvonne turned around, she saw that Mr. Lance and two of his bodyguards were looking at her and Zachary. Zachary might have just arrived at South City, but he knew what’s going on in South City. He immediately recognized Mr. Lance at first glance and laughed as he said, “You missed out on the second part. It was no trouble finding you!”“Teach this boy a lesson!” Mr. Lance ordered his two men. The two men imme
The only thing left for Yvonne to do was pack up and go home. When she walked to the first floor, she saw an Audi parked outside. The door opened abruptly when the person inside the car saw her. Jared stepped out of the car. “Yvonne.” “What are you doing here?” Yvonne asked in surprise. “What happened to your mouth?” Jared’s expression turned sad when he saw the bruise at the corner of her mouth. “Who hit you?” “Who hit me? Commissioner Lance’s son!” Yvonne said, laughing out loud. “He hit you? Does that mean Zachary beat him up today because of you?” “Yes!” Jared was there to discuss the city development project with Yvonne. He knew all about Jackson’s plans to develop the city, and he also understood that Jackson was a capable man. There would be nothing to worry about if the city development project fell into Jackson’s hands. However, things had changed now since Zachary had returned and caused some trouble. The Quimby family was influential, and more importantly, Yv
“How about the twenty-fifth of next month as the engagement date? The city development tender should be settled by then!” “Alright, the twenty-fifth of next month it is.” Susan immediately agreed, and the two discussed details about Fiona and Jackson’s engagement before going their separate ways. Jackson only returned at ten o’clock that night. Jade started talking to him about the engagement when he returned. “I’ve discussed the engagement with Madam Millers today. The date was decided on the twenty-fifth of next month.” Jackson remained silent, and Jade continued coaxing him. “Jackson, Fiona is a kind, obedient girl who has suffered so much for you. You should marry her because of that. Besides, she’s Jared Summers’ daughter. No harm in marrying her.” Jackson remained silent. Jade had already grown used to her son’s silence. Ever since she had threatened him with death so that he would kick Yvonne out of the family, they had had less and less to talk to each other. Sometime
Both parties were stunned, and Sandra was the first one to come back to her senses. With a cold smirk on her face, she spoke in a hostile tone, “Oh? If it isn’t Fiona, the mistress?”Her words caused everyone in the shop to shift their focus to Fiona, whose face had turned red. She was a well-known and respectable socialite in South City but after Sandra called her out like that, she was extremely ashamed.“It seems that your lover is going to make you his official partner soon, huh?” Sandra had a cynical look in her eyes. “Nowadays, even an unscrupulous mistress can wear a gown while acting so high and mighty. People are so devious and harsh, unlike the people in ancient times.”Fiona wanted so badly to crawl into a hole in the ground. However, Sandra did not stop there. “Has the thought never occurred to you that you’ll get retribution for wrecking a family? When a mistress likes you give birth, the child will be born with a missing body part and that’s your retribution!”“Sandra
Her temper was still the same. She was still so strong-headed and unwilling to back down. When Jackson heard the name ‘Miller’, his body froze and he unconsciously let go of his hand.Sandra came out with her gown. Yvonne had good taste, and that gown suited her. Hence, she happily reserved the gown.When she saw the unpleasant look on Yvonne’s face, she thought it was because of Fiona. “Yvonne, let’s not stoop down to that homewrecker’s level.”Yvonne forced a smile on her face. Even though it had been three years since she left Jackson and everything had started to fade from memory, it would be impossible for her to be completely unbothered. She felt suffocated when she recalled the way Jackson treated her just now as though she was a menace. She did not want to stay here another minute more. “Sandra, let’s go.”Sandra nodded and asked the salesperson to pack the clothes. At this moment, Jackson appeared. When Sandra saw him, she was shocked. Sandra had witnessed the love between
Mr. Johnson was stunned for a moment, and he thought he had misheard Jackson. Jackson glared at him, saying, “Tell the higher-ups in the television station that they can get our sponsor but only if they replace Sandra Willis and get her to do odd jobs!”Mr. Johnson came out of Jackson’s office with the contract, looking aggrieved. When he was in the corridor, he ran into James. “Mr. Larson, you have to help me!” Mr. Johnson stopped James and said, “Mr. Miller agreed to this sponsorship but he suddenly changed his mind. What am I going to tell the television station?”James shook his head and patted Mr. Johnson’s shoulder to comfort him. “There’s no rhyme or reason when it comes to Mr. Miller. You should do exactly as you’re told.”Mr. Johnson sighed. Indeed, he could not argue with Jackson with reason. However, the sponsorship for the television station had been a favor from his old friend.He had carefully read through the plan of the program and figured this would bring the compa
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