“Yvonne Yates, are you going to keep calling me President Miller?”“Why not? Should I call you younger brother-in-law instead?” Yvonne asked back.The atmosphere dropped to the freezing point. Jackson was livid with rage as he raised his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth. Suddenly, an accident occurred. There was a fishbone in the fish fillet and it got lodged in Jackson’s throat. He desperately tried to find something to swallow in an attempt to dislodge that fishbone in his throat. Be it drinking water or drinking vinegar, the fishbone was firmly lodged onto his throat and would not go down. In the end, Yvonne suggested that he immediately go to the hospital to see the doctor. It was supposed to be a good dinner but Jackson was so embarrassed, just because he swallowed a fishbone. Although the bone was taken out by the doctor, his mood was already totally ruined. On his way back, his face darkened and not a single word was uttered throughou
Yvonne was worried that Jackson would bring some weird people back, so she decided to clean the bedroom and even replaced the bed sheets and covers. She then went into the bathroom and started cleaning again before she took a shower. After she came out from the toilet, she saw Jackson sitting on the couch in the bedroom. She was startled and changed her tone, “Why did you come back?”“This is my house, am I not allowed to come back?” Jackson asked. “Sorry, my bad!” Yvonne apologized. Jackson stood up and walked towards her. Yvonne took a step backward subconsciously. He then reached out and took her in his arms. “Are you scared that I will do something to you?”His voice was magnetic and seductive, yet Yvonne did not fall for that, instead, she pushed him away. “Not tonight…”Seeing his deep gaze at her, she immediately explained. “I just moved over, I am not ready with anything….” “What do you need to prepare?” Jackson felt sad when he saw her face, as if she was looking at
This was to remind Jackson that he was the one who asked her to leave the house empty-handed and all of her jewelry was confiscated. Jackson’s face turned gloomy all of a sudden. “Yvonne Yates, couldn’t you speak to me more nicely?”“Sorry if I have offended you, I didn't mean it that way! You are a generous man, so don’t get serious over me!” Yvonne lowered her head with a pitiful look.Her formal and respectful honorifics were tipping him off the edge. He pointed at her bracelet. “Yvonne, don’t forget who you are. You must wear it when I say so, or else…”He stopped saying the following words when Yvonne got off his lap. “Or else what, what would President Miller possibly do? Would you terminate our relationship as lovers?”Her beautiful eyes were full of sarcasm and disdain. Jackson was so angry that he could not speak. ‘It was true, was there anything that he could threaten her with?’She did not ask to be his lover, instead, she was threatened by Jackson. She did not have the
“I will not do it with such a disgusting person. If I really had to do it, it would also be after the safety period is over. And it would be better if I got pregnant in one shot.”“It is a bit difficult, as you know, men will always think down there. Since you are so pretty, how could Miller let you go?” Sandra felt that it would not be easy to escape from Jackson’s clutches. “How about you lend a hand to Fiona Summers to entangle him instead?”“And how do we do that?”“By letting Fiona know about the place in Fragrant Hills Villa, then that little b*tch will definitely be stomping her feet and she will definitely be pestering around Jackson, …”“This idea of yours would not work, Jackson had blackmailed me that if I said anything about this to Fiona, he would kill me!” Yvonne replied.“Did he really say that?”“Yes. Jackson really does care a lot for Fiona Summers. He was distressed about Fiona being weak, so he deliberately went out searching for doctors to prescribe tonics for
Then again, judging from the congestion here, it would take at least an hour to go to the bar! Sandra was an impatient person. ‘Why are there so many cars on the street? I have never seen such congestion abroad,’ Sandra complained and mumbled to herself.On the other hand, Yvonne was calm and relaxed, she did not have an interest in going to the bar. She decided to go just to avoid Jackson. Seeing Sandra‘s constant complaints, she could not help but laugh. “Wouldn’t it be better if you take it as scenery? Look at all these cars densely packed altogether, doesn’t it look like beetles? It is actually quite interesting.”“Sheesh! My head hurts when I see this many cars, how is that interesting!” Although that was what she said, she still glanced out of the car windows. She suddenly exclaimed at that moment, “Yvonne, does the woman with sunglasses in that car look like that old b*tch?”Thus, Yvonne looked in the direction where Sandra was looking and was surprised. If she was not mistak
It was 11 in the evening when Yvonne got back to Fragrant Hills Valley. Jackson Miller was really pissed when he saw Sandra helping Yvonne that was staggering into the living room. ‘This woman has gone too far.’It was fine that she left him for dinner, but she even came back drunk. He composed himself and picked up Yvonne from Sandra. When Sandra handed Yvonne over to him, she secretly pinched her wrist reminding her that she was on her own and Sandra left the villa.After Sandra left, Jackson carried Yvonne, who was reeking of alcohol upstairs. It did not take a lot of effort for him to carry her as she was feathery light. The second-floor room was not far from the living room, and he had an ugly expression. Yvonne heard him gasping heavily at the beginning, which indicated that Jackson was extremely angry. She got a little nervous and she opened her hazy eyes trying to peek at him. It was at this moment, both of them caught their eyes on each other. Yvonne closed her eyes immedi
“No matter how you change, you won’t change your attitude and habits, right?”“Does it matter? This is a materialistic society. Even oaths can turn into lies, what else can not be changed?”“Yvonne Yates! My oath has always been here, it has never changed!”“Mr. Miller, that is enough! This is not the right time talking about this.” Yvonne glanced at Jackson. “Hurry up, do whatever you want to do, and be quick about it. It is late and I have work tomorrow!”Jackson was irritated by her. “Yvonne, what kind of person am I to you? Do you think that I lack women for me to vent?“Then what do you want?” Yvonne became impatient. “Don’t you know what I want? Yvonne, we were married for three years. It would not be possible if you said that you do not understand me a bit.”Yvonne thought she knew a lot about Jackson but only found herself wrong by now. She was totally wrong about that. “Mr. Miller, I think you are pretty clear about our relationship now. I do not expect anything from
Yvonne was surprised that Jackson did not pester her. She felt relieved and fell asleep soundly. As for Fiona, she felt bothered the whole night.Fiona had two thoughts going on in her mind and one of them was Jackson. These days Jackson had changed and treated her nicely as he was concerned about her health. He said that she was too thin and needed to recuperate. He even brought her out of town along with James to find a famous Chinese doctor to help her recuperate.Other than that, Jackson called her every single day to remind her to take her medicines. Though the medicines were bitter, due to Jackson’s concerns, she pinched her nose and drank those medicines on time three times a day. After she finished them, she would call him and complain coquettishly. Jackson did not get annoyed with her and every time she called him to complain, he would gently persuade her by saying good medicines were bitter and good for her health. He even told her that he took the medicines too.Through r
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