Although they had no evidence that it was Jared who was playing tricks behind the scenes, Roxanne still put all the blame on him while dealing with Jade’s rant. Jade could not change what had happened, so she ranted for another round before finally hanging up.As the project was to be constructed by two companies, Jackson and Zachary set up a joint construction company. Jackson led the Millers team whereas Zachary led the Centurion team.The joint construction company held a press conference after a few days of meetings and discussions. Zachary and Jackson appeared on that day in their suits and answered the press’ questions one by one. The two who were originally rivals now became partners with smiles on their faces. People who did not know them would probably think that they were good friends in private. When she saw the two appearing on TV with their uncompromising appearance, Yvonne sighed in her heart. ‘Who said that only actors know how to act? The people in the business w
“Really? I need to remind you about something, Yvonne Yates. You are just an outsider to Zachary, but I am his official fiancé. Do you think it is right for me to be left in a hotel while you are out here enjoying your life?”“My apologies, I did not think about this, I will find a place and move out immediately.” Yvonne finally understood Pearlie’s intention. She was unhappy about her staying in Zachary’s villa and she was here to chase her away. Pearlie was Zachary’s fiancé now, which was different from before. She indeed had the right to chase herself away, so Yvonne chose to give in.“Move? Where can you go? Are you saying this to me now but plan to complain to Zachary right after?” How could Pearlie truly believe that she would move out?“Rest assured, Miss Turner. I would not be that filthy.” Yvonne thought for a moment. “I can just move back into my uncle’s house.”“Yvonne Yates, the place that your uncle is staying is also owned by Zachary. Are you pretending to be unawar
“Yvonne, you don’t need to be angry. I am telling you, the best choice for you right now is to marry Jackson. Since you are already having two children, it’s obviously better for the children to be with their biological father than the stepfather, no?”“Mommy!” A childish voice sounded. Leo was standing in front of his room door as he stared innocently at Yvonne and Pearlie. “Aren’t you getting married to Uncle Turner. Why is it turning into Uncle Miller?”Yvonne was stunned when she saw her son. ‘Leo was taking his afternoon nap, so when did he wake up? Looking at her son’s expression, he had definitely overheard their conversation just now. Damn it, Pearlie Turner!’“Because Uncle Miller is your biological father.” Pearlie answered evilly as soon as she saw Leo. “Pearlie Turner!” Yvonne raised her voice. She was so tempted to rip Pearlie’s mouth apart.“Is Uncle Miller my daddy? Is that true?” Leo stared at Yvonne. He only believed his mother’s words, so he wanted to confirm th
Jackson looked at Leo who was emotionally anxious, he could sense the anger within him. Children were the least able to hide their feelings. Jackson had the feeling that if the gun in the child’s hand were real, he would shoot him in the chest.“What happened?” Jackson looked at Yvonne once again. She smiled wryly. “Pearlie Turner came over and caused a scene/ She exposed your relationship with Leo and he overheard everything.”Jackson was stunned. He had imagined the scene where he could finally acknowledge his son many times before, and had always assumed that it would be a joyful occasion. He did not ever expect it to be filled with such fury.Their son's beautiful and clear eyes no longer showed reliance and trust in him, as it was replaced by anger. No matter how Yvonne tried to persuade him, he just refused to put down the gun.He continued to point the toy guy at Jackson. “Liar, you big liar! Get out of here! We do not want to see you until the day we die!”Jackson’s heart
“Leo saw the press conference about me and Fiona’s engagement on TV. Although he is young, he still understood what happened, so he thought that I abandoned him and Yvonne. He could not understand why I did it.”Jade kept quiet and could not say a word. She was the one who hosted the press conference surrounding Jackson and Fiona’s engagement. The aim was to let Yvonne stay out of their relationship, but she did not expect her own grandson to witness it all. It was dead silent in the study, and after a while, Jade finally spoke. “The child is still young and he does not know much. He will understand when he grows older. For now, you shall just be humble and try your best to comfort him, he will definitely see you in a different light later on.”“I will do so, but whether he accepts me or not is another matter.” Jackson sighed heavily. “Mother, I am telling you this because I do not want you to disturb Yvonne and Leo anymore. Leo is sick and he cannot bear the trouble. As for Yvonne
After all of that, he slammed the door shut with a bang. Jackson smiled bitterly and thought, ‘Leo obviously inherited that terrible temper of his from Yvonne.’ He crouched down and began picking up the items that Leo had thrown. Just then, a sarcastic voice sounded from behind him. “Oh, aren’t you the great President Miller? What are you doing running around outside my house?” When Jackson turned around, he noticed Zachary standing nearby with his arms crossed and staring at him. He was obviously looking to pick a fight with him. Jackson did not say a word as he continued to pick up the items and placed them in a bag before reaching out to Zachary. “It’s a pleasure to see you, President Quimby.” “Stop. I’m unworthy of such pleasantries.” Despite saying that, Zachary had no intention of shaking his hand. “I’m starting to look down on you more and more, Jackson Miller. Are you that desperate to compete with Yvonne for the child? Leo is your son, and he’s still sick. Don’t you thin
“No, my mind has never been clearer. Leo is defiant now because he thinks I’ve abandoned my wife and child. I hope to change his impression of me.” “So you want to reconcile with me in order to change his impression of you?” Yvonne laughed tauntingly. “You don’t need to make such a sacrifice, Jackson. Leo is prejudiced against you because he’s still young. I’ll convince him bit by bit so that he won’t hate you. I may be incompetent in many ways, but I always keep my word.” “You still have the audacity to claim that you always keep your word? If that’s the case, you wouldn’t have forgotten what you promised me back then, right?” Jackson asked. “You promised that you’d give me a chance for Leo, yet you’ve broken that promise.” “Do you have any idea why I broke my promise?” Yvonne sneered. “I was willing to give you that opportunity, Jackson, but you went too far. I’m under no obligation to keep the promises I made to a liar.” “Yvonne, even a judge would give their prisoners on d
Zachary drove to the hotel where Pearlie was staying and she was overjoyed when he arrived. “How did you find the time to come here, Zachary?” “Pearlie Turner!” Zachary glared at her, his voice sounding harsh as he enunciated each word carefully, “A fox may turn gray but never good. You haven’t changed one bit!” When she saw that Zachary was angry with her, she immediately assumed he knew about her visit to Yvonne’s place the day before. She then thought, ‘Just as I suspected, Yvonne is the sort to act one way in front of people and another behind their backs.’ She controlled her anger and asked, “What did I do?” “Why would you tell Leo that Jackson is his father? Why did you do that?” “It just accidentally slipped out...” Pearlie defended herself. “Enough, you don’t need to explain anymore. Have you forgotten what I told you before?” Zachary smirked. “I told you that even though we’re engaged, you have no right to interfere with my life. If you’re unable to take it, you m
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