This basically implied that Jackson would have leverage over her even after she apologized as he could always use the excuse that her apology was not ‘earnest’ enough. Jackson had no desire to stop giving her trouble at all. It was meaningless no matter what she did.After figuring that out, Yvonne turned back again. Behind her, Jackson said coldly, “This is your last chance, Yates! Everything that happens after is on you!”She ran toward Zachary’s car without stopping. After she got in, tears fell down uncontrollably.Yvonne hated herself. Even though she already knew how merciless this man could be, she still felt hurt. Tears would still fall when she was faced with this man’s cruelty. Jackson’s vicious gaze was pinned on Yvonne’s retreating back. His heart felt empty when he saw her close the car door heavily.He did not want to be so vicious, but when he thought of what Zachary had said in the conference room and how Yvonne might be lying beneath Zachary every night, he felt
At night when Jared returned home, Susan and Fiona welcomed him back with smiles on their faces. “You’re back!”Jared nodded and walked over to sit down on the sofa. Susan said to Fiona, “Fiona, make some tea for your father.”Susan walked over and sat down beside Jared. “Jared, I heard that Yvonne’s back.”Jared nodded. “Yes, she is.”Susan did not expect Jared to have already met Yvonne. She was worried. There must be something behind Yvonne’s sudden reappearance after vanishing for a few years. With that thought in her mind, she asked to probe further, “Why didn’t you bring her back? She has suffered so much in the past few years! We should show her some concern,” Susan said, putting on a kind, motherly face.“The timing isn't right. She still hates me. She isn’t willing to forgive me yet.” Jared sighed. “I’m to blame. I didn’t do my duties well. Not only is Fiona suffering, but Yvonne as well!”When Jared brought up the events of the past, Susan sighed as well. “We were consi
“Is it serious?” Yosef would not have called if it was just a mild fever.“Kind of, come and visit him if you have the time!”“Alright, I know!” Yosef’s call had swept away the uneasiness in her heart, and she became worried about Leo. Yvonne booked an air ticket immediately and called Zachary to ask for leave. Zachary was surprised. "What's wrong?"“It’s a family matter.”Zachary did not continue to ask as it seemed like she was not planning to tell him, he said yes readily.Yvonne started packing immediately and hurried to the airport, she was having butterflies in her stomach during the ten hours flight. When she reached her destination, Yosef personally came to pick her up, both of them hurried off to the hospital.Leo was lying on the ward bed, unconscious and his body temperature was surprisingly high. "What happened?" Tears were running down Yvonne's face."He lost his appetite for the past few days, he had a fever the day before. Antipyretics aren't working, the doctor
Then someone reported that Houston and Commissioner Lance were involved in producing counterfeit money, taking bribes, fraud convictions, and many other illegal activities. Secretary Summers strictly commanded the investigation of the matter.The police officers searched Houston’s house for the whole night, they discovered a whole pile of money, and a few boxes of them were counterfeit notes.It was becoming a big deal, Commissioner Lance was being confined for investigation. After trials and verification, exposing everything he had done for all these years, there was no escape for Commissioner Lance.When Commissioner Lance was being caught, the tender calling of city development had officially started. Jackson did not attend the tender briefing as he was confident that he would win the bid, he sent a manager instead. As for Centurion, Zachary was personally in charge of leading the team.The tendering applied a fully transparent and fair process this time, after several selecti
Susan was at the beauty salon for a facial, she was surprised when she heard that. “I’m leaving for home now to ask the old man!”Susan called Jared’s phone and asked about the tendering, Jared replied in an impatient tone, “Why are you involved in this matter? This was the municipal party committee’s decision.”What Jared said was right, choosing Centurion as the winner was their decision. The Quimby family had been developing in foreign countries, now they were back in the South City to invest in the city, the municipal party committee would prefer the one that provides greater convenience for them.However, as a secretary, if Jared had helped Jackson to fight for it, it would not have ended in the hands of Centurion. He was absolutely sure that he would not tell Susan about this.Susan heard that he was getting sort of impatient, and she knew Jared well, she could only hang up the call furiously. Fiona rushed back after she heard the news, she ran home, exhausted and gasping f
Yvonne was only thirteen years old when Susan and Fiona moved into the house.She was rebellious at her age, making a scene all the time, not willing to accept the mother and daughter.Jared was troubled, one side was Susan and her daughter that he mistreated, another side was his spoiled daughter. That problem was not handled well.After that, Yvonne suddenly disappeared. Jared was not the South City's appointed secretary, he was the vice secretary of another city. He was worried and looked everywhere for Yvonne, at last, he knew Yvonne had gone back to the South City.Jared followed her immediately, Yvonne refused to go back with him, she even wanted to move her account to be under her uncle's name. Jared was troubled and angry, and finally, he had no choice but to agree.After Yvonne moved her account to South City, she changed her family name, from Summers to Yates. Then all these ten years, she did not contact Jared at all.Although Jared was busy with his work at that time,
“I’m fine!” Jared replied. The driver had a stout body, after he heard that the secretary was fine, he was relieved. However, he did not plan to let Zachary go, he reached out his hand and was ready to grab the one who pushed Jared. When he was able to see clearly who it was, Jared asked him to stop instantly. Zachary was being unappreciative. He was in a good mood today, after winning the bid, he invited everyone to the hotel for a feast. Then he realized Yvonne was not there, and he asked Felix where she went, Felix told him that Yvonne was feeling uncomfortable so she went back home earlier.Zachary felt like something was missing in his heart, he asked Felix to bring the others for a spree. Then he drove to Yvonne’s house.When he arrived he saw Jared’s car driving into the alley, and Jared’s appearance surprised him.What was he doing here? He did not drive the car in here, but he walked and followed her. Then Jared was talking to Yvonne, he overheard something like sorry,
Zachary proudly presented his phone with the screen on. “Summers is Jackson’s father-in-law-to-be, I was looking for a chance to take care of Summers. “Never had I thought that he'd run into trouble himself, I’ve recorded down the conversation between you and him. Now I’ll just wait for him to fold.”"Zachary, how can you be so mean?" Yvonne was anxious and she wanted to slap him in the face. Who said that Zachary was a womanizer, not many of them were as good as him capable of taking opportunities.“You’re defending him?” Zachary was annoyed. “He could be your father with his age, and he’s got a family. What’s so good about him?” “It is not what you’ve imagined.”“Then what is it?” Zachary threw another question.“It’s complicated, I’ll tell you next time.”“No! Tell me now, I’ll report it tomorrow if you don’t.” Zachary was not vague at all. Looking at Yvonne defending Jared, the fire in his heart was blazing. “As they say, there must be vengeance after stealing someone’s wi
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