Jade saw Yvonne’s lean body, she looked skinny. She knew she was worried about Leo’s health. Hence, Jade comforted Yvonne and told her not to worry. The most important thing now was to take care of her body, as long as the baby in her tummy was healthy, Leo’s illness could be cured by that time. Both of them talked for a while, then Jade bid them goodbye and left. Jade was still worried, Yvonne’s body was weak, would the baby that she’s bearing be healthy? No way, she had to think of a way to make Yvonne grow fatter. Jade thought of buying some nutritious supplements for Yvonne for her health. When Jade got back home, she went searching for recipes for pregnant women. Then she found out that the pregnant women in Singapore and Hong Kong started eating bird nests two or three months before they got pregnant. Not only that it could strengthen the mother's health, but it could also make the baby stronger in the future, fairer, prettier, and would not get sick easily. A bird nest was
There was such a possibility. The matter that the baby Fiona was bearing now was not Jackson’s child, and now it was not completely proven yet. Jackson said he did not tell Jade about it. Jade had no idea, based on how much she wanted grandchildren, it was possible that she would buy the same gifts for her and Fiona at the same time. If it was true, then her change of heart could be explained. She was trying to play with both sides, and the target was Leo and the baby in her tummy.Although this was just a guess, she was not sure, and Yvonne started to feel uncomfortable in her heart. Jade woke up early in the morning and started to soak the bird’s nests in the water. She was preparing to cook some bird’s nests and send them to Yvonne to drink. Sarah volunteered to help her but she was rejected. It was a matter of thoughtfulness, Jade felt that she should express her sincerity to Yvonne. Speaking of cooking the bird’s nest, it was she who taught Sarah how to do it. Although Jade
Yvonne was already doubting Jade for being so kind to her all of a sudden. Now the suspicion grew even worse. Could it be that Jade was fawning on her on purpose, and making her lower her guard, then take the chance to harm her?Although these thoughts were unbelievable to her, still, she dared not to take the baby in her belly as a joke. She smiled faintly. "Alright. I love to add some milk to the bird’s nest. Let me get some milk and add it in."While she was talking, she turned around and entered the house. Sarah was following behind her. Yvonne turned around and stopped Sarah after taking a few steps. "Oh my, I forgot something. Leo was shocked when Madam Miller brought him back here last time. He's afraid to see you and her again. It's better if you don't go in and let him see you before he starts crying."Sarah stopped walking and asked awkwardly. "Is he afraid of me too?"“Yes. After he got out of the hospital he kept on saying that the two evil grandmas were awful. He wants
Wesley shook his head. “I don’t think she would do that. Even wild beasts look after their young. Leo and that child you’re carrying are both her grandchildren. No matter how cruel she is, she won’t do anything to them.” Yvonne, however, did not think that way. “It’s all the same thing to Jade, that b*tch Fiona is also pregnant with her grandson. She’s always fond of that woman and now that b*tch is pregnant with twins. For her, that’s always better than Leo and the child I’m pregnant with.” “No, it won’t be. She’s always wanted a grandson, no matter whose it was. As long as it’s part of the Miller bloodline, she would care about it. I think there must be a problem. You said earlier she sent someone to send it over. Who was that person?” “It’s her housekeeper, Sarah Lucy. I asked her to wait in the garden.” Wesley frowned. “Could it be that housekeeper who sabotaged the food?” “I don’t think so. Sarah and I don’t have anything against each other, why would she think of hurtin
It seemed like the matter was indeed Jade’s idea, that old witch was unexpectedly cruel, she even ignored Leo. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. The Miller family’s driver, Mr. Ruel, saw them coming out and quickly came down to open the car door. Yvonne could not care less. She pulled the car door open and went straight in. Sarah followed closely behind. On their journey there, Sarah helped defend Jade and said she would never be so ruthless as to hurt the baby inside of Yvonne. It must be a mistake. Yvonne shot Sarah a fierce glare. “Don’t tell me she’s blind and can’t differentiate between bird’s nest and saffron.” Sarah quickly explained. “No. I meant that Madam Miller might be taking the saffron Chinese medicine herself and was caught up in stewing the bird’s nest for you. She might have mistakenly mixed them both up.” Yvonne scoffed. “Hah, she’s taking saffron? Is it because of irregular menstruation or postpartum lochia? I didn’t know she still had tho
She scurried over and knelt beside the body to check on Jade’s situation. The only thing she saw was Jade’s eyes closed tight and her face pale. There was a palm print on her face and her right forehead was red and swollen. It seemed as though she got hit by something. Her heart sank. She patted lightly on Jade’s shoulders and called out to her a few times, but there was no response. She hurriedly checked her vital signs and her breathing was weak. She could not help but feel anxious and called out to Sarah. She took out the mobile phone from the bag that she brought along and dialed emergency number 120. Sarah came up when she was calling. Her whole body jumped up when she saw what happened. “Oh no, Miss Yates. What did you do to Madam Miller? Did you hit her?” Yvonne frowned as she hung up the call. “What are you talking about? I saw her lying on the floor the first thing I came in and I don’t know what happened.” Sarah looked at her suspiciously. “That’s impossible. Madam Mi
“The hospital is some distance from here, we don’t know how long it’s going to take for them to reach here. How about we send her there ourselves? That would be quicker,” Sarah said as she nudged Mr. Ruel’s arm. “What are you guys staring at? Quickly carry Madam Miller.”“I said we have to wait for the doctor. Why won’t you listen to me?” Yvonne shouted.“She made Madam Miller like this, we can’t listen to her. Send her to the hospital now, quick!” Sarah did not listen. “Sarah, will you take responsibility if things get worse?” Yvonne started to get furious. Sarah stopped talking after hearing her said that and took out her phone to call Jackson. “President Miller, come back quick. Madam Miller is passed out.” About ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived. The medical staff did a preliminary check on Jade, carefully lifted her onto the stretcher, and sent her into the car. They hung a medicinal fluid on her and placed an oxygen mask on her. Yvonne and Sarah followed along and
Jackson’s expression changed. He looked sharply at Sarah and asked in a deep voice, “Ms. Lucy, is that true? Was there saffron in the bird’s nest?” Sarah hesitated for a while and said, “Madam Miller made the bird's nest herself. I’m not sure if there were other things added to it. She put it inside the lunchbox after cooking it and handed it to me to send to Miss Yates. She even asked me to witness Miss Yates eating it. I didn’t see how it looked like and passed it to her straight away. Miss Yates said she was full and didn’t want to eat it first, so I asked her to take it inside, pour it out and return me the lunchbox and inform Madam Miller about it. Miss Yates took the bird’s nest inside and came back out after a while, telling me there was a problem with it and that there was saffron inside. I opened it to see there was indeed saffron in it, but I don’t think Madam Miller would do such a thing. President Miller, you must investigate this properly. You must not let Madam Miller b
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