"The doctor said she’s just down with a little fever. Nothing a drip can’t solve." Jared sighed, glancing at his well-behaved and sensible daughter. "Fiona, about you and Jackson… I think we should forget about it.""Dad, what do you mean?" Fiona turned pale suddenly."What happened?" Susan was also taken aback by Jared's tactless announcement."I saw Jackson Miller in Yvonne’s ward." Jared hesitated for a moment and decided that telling the truth would benefit everyone."Has he found out the relationship between you and Yvonne?" Susan's heart sank. If Jackson Miller found out about Jared and Yvonne's relationship at this juncture, Fiona would have to abandon all hopes of getting engaged to Jackson."No, I’m just thinking. Jackson staying at Yvonne’s side when she’s sick just proves Jackson’s feelings for Yvonne. We all know what happened between Fiona and Jackson. If it wasn’t because Yvonne can’t give birth, none of this would’ve happened. Now that Yvonne’s back and Jackson seem
It never occurred to Fiona that her mother could have planned all this. She was now convinced that her mother was no ordinary woman—she would not give anyone a way out once she set her sights on them. Yvonne Yates would soon die.However, recalling Jared clakming that Jackson had stayed behind at Yvonne’s ward, Fiona felt as uncomfortable as a cat clawing at her chest. "Mom, Jackson is staying by Yvonne’s side right now.""Don't worry, I’ll make him unable to stay there any longer!" Susan sneered. Then, she picked up her phone to call Jade Lewis.When Jade heard that Jackson was watching over Yvonne in the hospital, she was furious. Her son was the classic example of thinking with his second head—how dare he willingly go to the woman after all the harm that the woman brought onto them. Therefore, she hastily ordered her driver to bring her to the hospital.Since her son chose to obsess over the woman, Jade would have to play the villain again. Jade pushed open the door to the ward
This time, Jade had experienced Sandra’s power. "What’s so good about that woman? She’s vicious, unfilial, and can’t bear children. Why do you keep clinging to her? You don't know how horribly she insulted me just now. She embarrassed me thoroughly!"As she spoke, Jade began to wipe off the tears that trickled from her eyes. Jackson frowned. His eyes flashed with impatience as he said, "I’ll send you home!”On the way home, Jade brought up how vicious and evil Yvonne and Sandra were. Jackson remained in silence for a long while until he reached his limit. "Mom, you can stop pretending now. I heard everything you said just now."Jade's face exploded with redness. "What did you hear?""Mom, I'm your son. Don’t you feel tired from pretending all the time?""What am I pretending to do? I simply told her to stay away from you. Am I wrong?" Jade remained unreasonable."No, you’re not wrong. It’s me who’s at fault. I’m the one who has approached Yvonne so brazenly. Do you get it now?”
Jade knew that Jackson was not kidding. In the three years after Yvonne left, she had been living with her son. Besides Fiona, there was no other woman who got near him. The reason Fiona was allowed to meet him was because Jade made sure of it. After three years, her son and Fiona's relationship still had not gotten any further.That was the first time her son told her what was on his mind. Jade sighed dejectedly. "What evil have I done in my past life to deserve this?”Yvonne not going to work for a day felt as painful as a cat’s scratch on Zachary’s heart. ‘This woman is really too much. Can’t she at least apply for leave if she’s not coming to work? What is she trying to do?’‘She’s probably out happily with her sweetheart.’ When Zachary thought of that, he got especially angry. Initially, he wanted to call Yvonne directly, but when he realized that would make him look bad, he got Felix to call Yvonne to warn her that she could forget about her job if she was not coming to work.
‘Why is Lil Nine’s phone off? Did something happen to him?’ Susan had no idea what was going on. After waiting at home for a day, she could not take it any longer and drove to Cat Lane.Once upon a time, Cat Lane was the place where she used to live when she was at her worst. All sorts of people lived there, and it was known as South City’s most dangerous area. South City’s largest gang’s territory was located there, and when Susan was a single mother pregnant with Fiona, she got to know many of the bad guys by getting along with them.Lil Nine was one of them. He sold and trafficked drugs, was involved in fights and robberies, and even raped others before. Since he had done all this, he was the first person that came to Susan’s mind when she wanted to mess Yvonne up.Yvonne was not an ordinary person. She had Jared backing up behind her, so she could not get the gangsters to deal with them in their ordinary way. Susan knew that if the matter blew up, she would not be able to run aw
"Watch my mouth?" El Toro laughed coldly. “You think you’re better than us now that you’re married to an official? No wonder. I was just wondering why you never said anything when I felt you up last time.”"Don’t think I won’t slap you.” Susan got so angry that she started trembling."La Rosa, I don’t like seeing you like this. Why are you pretending to be a big bad wolf? I know you better than anyone else. Don't think that you’re a big deal just because you're married to the Secretary. I still remember all the sh*t you did last time.” El Toro was not afraid of her at all.Susan's expression changed and she suddenly decided that it was not worthwhile to argue with a scoundrel, so she turned around to leave when El Toro's voice came from behind."Even though Cindy came out of Cat Lane, she’s different. At least she can walk proudly and stand tall. She’s admired. Look at yourself! You stole your best friend's man and you still have the nerve to come here and act tough?! Don’t think I
"Ol' Summers? Y-You're... home?" Jared, who suddenly appeared, startled Susan. ‘Shouldn't Jared be at city hall at this hour? Why is he at home?’Fiona was also surprised to see Jared. "Dad, when did you come back?""Did you just say that you were cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by someone?" Jared walked over and stared at Susan. He went to check up on Yvonne again today and learned that she had almost been r*ped by someone. Jared was furious, and his heart ached for her. Even so, when he thought about it, it was a fortunate situation. If Jackson had not noticed that something was wrong, there was no telling how the whole situation would have turned out.Yvonne had a staunch character. If she had really been r*ped, she would not be able to continue living. Jared felt his heart ache and his anger rose, but even more so, he was really sad. It was all because of him. If he did not marry Susan, Yvonne would not have run away from home and she also would not have been kic
Before that, she actually wanted to find a father figure for Leo, but now, she changed her mind. She told herself that she was going to work hard to earn money, that she was going to rely on herself to raise her child, and that all men could go to hell.Zachary did not know what happened. He just saw that Yvonne had lost her smile for a few days now. He thought that it was because she was sad that she broke up with that Harold guy, so he was quite a mess as well.‘I'm better than that Harold guy. Why can't this woman see how great she is?’ When he thought about that Harold guy's gentle smile, he began to reflect on himself. ‘Is it because I’m too fierce? Is that why she doesn't like me?’When Zachary realized that, he decided to become gentler to make Yvonne like him. He also decided that he was not going to scold her anymore and that he was only going to speak to her warmly and softly. Despite that sudden shift, Yvonne was not in the mood to notice it. Instead, it was James who rea
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