“It’s because you’re the outsider and you’re not the one involved.” Yvonne sighed.“When I knew Jared was having an affair and he had an illegitimate daughter, I was extremely disappointed in him. When I was young, he was such a high and mighty figure in my heart so I couldn’t accept it at all. If this happened to you, I don’t think you’d be able to accept it either.”Zachary nodded. “You’re right. Only the person involved will be able to understand the reasons. Outsiders will never be able to understand. However, Yvonne, I’m curious. Did you never want to seek revenge on Susan and her daughter?”Normally, it would be hard for people to forgive a homewrecker. However, he did not see Yvonne taking any extreme measures against Susan and her daughter. Did she not hate them at all?“Why should I?” Yvonne asked. “It takes two to tango. This isn’t entirely Susan’s fault.”“How is it not her fault? If she weren’t shameless enough to seduce your father, would your mother have been so sad
At noon the next day, Jared carried a large bag of gifts and went to Zachary’s villa. Yvonne heard the doorbell and opened the door. Upon seeing Jared, her face darkened. “Why are you here?” “I came to see my grandson!” Jared did not mind Yvonne’s attitude and simply entered the villa. Leo was playing jigsaw puzzles in the living room. He looked up when he heard the sound. Jared was seeing his grandson for the first time and liked him at first glance. Leo looked too much like Yvonne. He put the gifts he had bought in front of Leo and lovingly reached out to touch Leo’s head. “Your name is Leo, right? I’m Grandpa.” “Grandpa? What’s ‘Grandpa’?” Leo asked with his innocent eyes wide open. Yvonne had never mentioned his grandfather in front of him, so he did not even know what a grandfather was. Jared’s face was a little red. “Grandpa is your mother’s father, understand?” “Yes.” Leo was still a little muddled and turned to Yvonne. “Mommy, do you have a father?” Yvonne smiled re
“Don’t be scared, I’m here.” Seeing how affectionate Yvonne and Leo were to Wesley, Jared’s thoughts were a mess. Yvonne was his daughter and Leo was his grandson, but they had a good relationship with Wesley Yates, an outsider. Meanwhile, he, as their biological father and grandfather, was ignored. He felt really awkward about that. Leo made a face at Yvonne while in Wesley’s arms. Seeing Jared standing at the side, he poked his head out, pointed at Jared, and said to Wesley, “Granduncle, Mommy has a father, so bad guys won't dare to bully me and my mom again!” “Him?” Wesley sneered. If it were not because Leo was here, he certainly would not hold himself back. Wesley’s snort annoyed Jared. If Wesley had not taken Yvonne away back then, Yvonne would have grown up by his side. She would definitely have a good relationship with him, and she would not have suffered so much. He inexplicably felt some resentment for Wesley. “What's wrong with me?” Jared stared at Wesley coldly. “Fr
“I’ve also heard of recovery cases of leukemia by traditional medical treatment. Since the doctor has been invited, let him take a look at Leo.” Wesley persuaded Yvonne. Seeing that Wesley had no objections, Yvonne opened the door and let the three in. After Dr. Jenkins checked Leo and read his medical report, he said that he had treated a similar case before. The patient recovered without relapse in the later stage. He then recommended a combination of traditional and modern treatment for Leo. In regards to the child, Yvonne naturally dared not be negligent, so she accepted his suggestion. Dr. Jenkins gave Leo a prescription and said to let Leo go through two courses of treatment before following up on the progress. Wesley also asked in detail about other precautionary measures to be taken when consuming traditional medicine. The doctor said that Leo should not eat greasy food and food that was difficult to digest. After Yvonne thanked the doctor, she grabbed the prescription an
Jackson got out of the car and entered the pharmacy. He saw Sarah and Timmy at the prescription counter. Timmy was standing beside Sarah, and he kept looking around the place. When Jackson appeared from the lift, he spotted him at a glance. As soon as he saw Jackson, he subconsciously moved away from Sarah and took the initiative to walk over to greet Jackson. “Mr. Miller!” This greeting made Sarah, who had her back to Jackson, turn around. She was obviously startled when she heard that Jackson was here. Fortunately, Timmy stopped Jackson with some greetings and gave her some time to collect her wits. Her expression immediately recovered after a moment. Sarah adjusted herself and walked toward Jackson as if nothing had happened. “Mr. Miller, when did you return?” “I just came back today,” Jackson replied. “How’s my mother doing?” “Madam is recovering well but her temper is not as good. You should visit her,” Sarah replied. On the side, Timmy saw Jackson and Sarah talking a
James nodded in response. Although Jared had announced that Fiona was not allowed to go out, how could she stay at home? Among other things, Jade was hospitalized, so she had to find some time to show her some attentiveness. That way, she could also gauge Jade’s attitude toward her. Seeing that Jared was not at home, she bought some food that Jade liked to eat and went to the hospital. Jade was very happy to have Fiona visit her. She took Fiona’s hand and asked her all sorts of questions. Fiona naturally answered all her questions and amused her along the way. The more she looked at Fiona, the more Jade felt that Fiona was a lot more pleasing to the eye than Yvonne. “Fiona, is there still no news?” Fiona smiled shyly. “My period hasn’t come.” “Really?” Jade was overjoyed. “Have you checked?” “Not yet.” “Hurry up and check. If there’s good news…” Jade’s mood suddenly soared. If Fiona was pregnant, it would be impossible for Yvonne to get back together with Jackson. Fiona
“Father, I do not want to leave, I cannot bear to leave you both.” Fiona begged.“You cannot bear to leave us? What do you mean? You cannot stay home and accompany us forever, right?” Jared sneered. Fiona lowered her head and kept quiet. Susan immediately interrupted. “Ol’ Summers, do not force our girl since she does not want to leave. I will find a job for her later on so she can go to work.”“It is not about working, it is about Yvonne. She will be moving back home with Leo, and Jackson will be coming over frequently. It will not be good for Fiona to be around to see them. That is why it is better to send her abroad to study; it will be better for everyone this way.”Fiona bit her lips. “Father, if this is what you are worried about, then I shall move out.”“You still do not understand. You will make Jackson and Yvonne feel uneasy by staying here, so the best thing to do will be to have you leave the country.” Jared made himself clear. After saying that, Fiona had a huge change
When Sarah saw Jackson leaving the pharmacy, she bought some honeysuckle flowers and left. On her way back, she called her son, “Timmy, will he suspect anything?”“Do not worry, we did not have any form of interaction in front of them. He will not suspect anything,” Timmy replied.Sarah felt relieved hearing what Timmy said. The fact that Timmy was her son was being covered up nicely; No one other than Susan knew of this. Speaking of which, Susan and her grew up in the same town. They were both from Cat Lane and she was a few years older than Susan. Hence, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were old friends. Cat Lane was a chaotic area. It was hard for people living there to come out clean and innocent. Sarah’s family was poor, and obviously she had a tough life from a young age. When she was a child, she had set up a stall with her parents, but they did not make a lot of money. Her parents were aging, so Sarah was really worried. As she was worried about her life, a 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