Susan was listening beside her, she snatched the phone away from Fiona. “If they rat you out, you’ll have to be responsible for it!”“Me?” Trina’s jaw dropped. When Fiona came looking for her asking her to do such a thing, she did not mention that she was going to face the consequences. She guaranteed her that nothing would happen, then why was she responsible now? How could she face the consequences? “Am I going to jail?”“No! You’re not talking nonsense, the truth is they are actually together.” Susan comforted her. “If they spit it out, you’ll have to face the consequences, then you tell them that you saw Jackson and Yvonne together coincidentally. You got angry, so you stood up for Fiona. Remember to say this, we’ll be backing you up, you’ll be fine. Do you understand?” “I… What if Jackson doesn’t believe me?” Trina was feeling guilty, she should not have promised Fiona earlier. “He has to. You have to stand on your ground. Don’t worry, it won’t get you into any trouble. And,
“I… I’ll think of something!”Jackson hung up the phone impatiently, it was not the time to find out who was accountable for all of this. He had to minimize the impact of this matter to the lowest.He went outside and called James. “How’s things going?’“President Miller, we still can’t keep the negative news down, it has already spread out.” James smiled bitterly. “Someone is spending a lot of money paying the internet commentators to comment and share the news. I’ve checked and the IDs were from foreign countries!” “*sshole!” It was the first time Jackson swore, then he ordered James again. “This has to be settled no matter what.”James promised it would and hung up. Jackson’s heart was feeling edgy, how did things get so bad. James said someone was paying a huge amount to hire the internet trolls. It was obvious that Trina could not have done this, and Fiona have called him to tell him about this, it could not possibly be her doing such a stupid thing, who the f*ck is plotting
Susan and her daughter did not relax. Susan was reading the comments online and sneering. “Yvonne lost her reputation, but Jackson must be suspecting you. You have to clear your suspicion, call him immediately and tell him that you’d like to clarify on this matter.” “How am I going to clarify?”“Tell Jackson that you’re going to tell everyone Yvonne is your sister, and you’re fighting on behalf of Yvonne.” “Mom, dad wouldn’t agree to this.” “Of course he wouldn't agree, but it’s alright. Tell Jackson what you’re going to do, and see what his answer is.” “Mom, is that a good thing to do? What if Jackson agrees with this and what are we going to do?” “Is there anything wrong with it? If Jackson agrees you tell the public about your relationship with Yvonne, then Yvonne would be his sister-in-law. Then he will never be able to mess around with Yvonne again, he’ll become a hot topic among high society.” Susan sneered. “He won’t be able to realize such a simple point.”“What if
Jackson hung up the phone and was lost in thought for a while, then he gave instructions to James. “Reveal the news that Yvonne was my ex-wife!” “Is that a good idea?”“What’s wrong with it?”“Did you forget Ms. Yates was on television, if you reveal that you were her ex-husband, your reputation, and Madam’s reputation…” James reminded him. Jackson was the playboy that everyone was condemning, and Jade was called the evil mother-in-law. If they admit that, their reputation would be ruined.“I can’t bother that much. I know Yvonne’s personality, she has such high self-esteem. How could she bear with all that criticism, and it was me who forced her to do so.” Jackson massaged the space between the eyebrows. “I deserved it, my mother had gone too far back then, we should be bearing all this.”“I’m afraid Madam would not think so, if this is going to be on the news, will she be able to accept that? If she keeps on disapproving Ms. Yates, both of you…”What James meant was Jade would
The authenticity of the voice recording was waiting for verification, but things could not be seen as simple as it seemed. This was going to make a scene, who on earth was taking the gloves off, and keeping their eyes on this matter?Fiona and Susan also found out about the voice recording. “Mom, what are we going to do now? Jackson must have found out, how am I going to explain this?” “Let me think! Let me think!” Susan furrowed her brows. “It won’t be easy for that little b*tch to get back together with Jackson. I’ll leave her no way out, but you’ll have to suffer.” “Mom, I’m willing to suffer a little as long as they’re not getting back together.”“Alright, we’ve got to bend rules to achieve our goal, let’s go for something ruthless this time!” Susan sneered. “You have to explain to Jackson, don’t ever admit that the voice recording was true. You can say that someone framed you, I’ll help you to explain the rest.” Fiona nodded her head. “I’m going now!”Jackson brought the
Fiona took the hint, drove her car, and left, she was feeling disturbed. Jackson did not seem angry, he was behaving as usual, so did he believe it or not?When she was back home, she told Susan about everything that happened. Susan sneered. “I don’t care if he believes it or not, just don’t admit it. Your father will be back soon.”“Mom, dad has always been biased toward Yvonne. If he knows about this, he’ll pin the blame on me.”“Don’t worry, there’ll be a show when he’s back!”Jared came back in the afternoon, he looked unhappy when he entered the door. Susan and her daughter served him carefully. Susan was acting terribly well-behaved and she made it look good, while Fiona was in a blue funk, she scalded her hand when she was making tea for Jared.Susan knew her daughter was worried, so she sent Fiona back to her room to take some medicine, while she sat in the living room having a chat with Jared.“Did anything happen when I was not at home?” Jared took a sip and asked slowl
“Ms. Summers… news on your relationship with Ms. Yates is spreading everywhere,” James spoke in an awkward tone, then he explained. “Ms. Summers being a surrogate mother back then was exposed, it was not only on the internet, but it’s also all over the papers. Ms. Summers is being criticized harshly!”Jackson was on his computer after he heard this and found out the trend on the internet had changed drastically. They were shaming Yvonne for being a mistress earlier, then now they were targeting him and Fiona instead, including Jade. The writer wrote well, it was sensationally written, describing how Yvonne was bullied, and how she got betrayed eloquently with a few thousand words. Yvonne had become the victim with the article posted on the papers, Fiona was the true mistress. He was the undisputed *sshole and her mother would be the evil mother-in-law.Jackson was calm knowing that he and his mother were being scolded, but he was worried when he saw the comments attacking Fiona.
“Don’t you try to deny it, who was the big spender except for you?” “I didn’t do this, I’ve thought of this but I haven’t implemented it yet. It’s related to Jared Summers, of course, I had to ask Yvonne first if she wants her father?” “It wasn’t you?”“Not me!”“Then who did this?” Sandra was confused. Yvonne rushed to the hospital where Jared was, he was being treated and the nurses had just brought him out from the emergency room. Fiona saw her and glared viciously at Yvonne, then she snorted.Susan looked calm, the mother and daughter pair were pushing Jared’s bed into the wardroom in front of Yvonne. Jared’s face looked terrible.“Dad, I’m glad you’re awake.” Fiona looked at Jared with her voice sobbing. “Dad, you don’t know you scared the life out of me and mom when you fainted just now. We…” “Shut up!” Jared yelled at Fiona sternly and gazed toward Yvonne. “Yvonne, come over!”Yvonne hesitated for a moment and looked at Susan and her daughter. Then she walked to the
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