Yannie failed to catch Thomas' meaning. She furrowed her brow and turned to look at him with confusion.Looking at her small face, Thomas found himself softening at the sight.He sighed and reached out his hand, gently pinching her small nose. "Enough; don't think about Wendy and Joshua. We have more important things to do."Yannie furrowed her brow. "And that is?"Thomas sighed. He lowered his gaze and looked at Yannie, who was clad only in underwear in his arms.At the thought of her petite body shown to the people on the internet, he could not help but get furious. "Firstly, put on your clothes."Yannie shrieked in realization and quickly turned, burying herself under the sheets.She was so wrapped up in defending herself against Wendy and her venomous remarks that she completely forgot that she was only in lingerie!When Thomas pointed it out, she instantly blushed.She bit her lip. "I…I didn't want this to happen, but when I woke up, I realized that I was locked in your b
The pure white top and the mint green skirt only enhanced Yannie's beauty. She looked like a little fairy that had walked out of a forest.Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Thomas has seen all sorts of beautiful women, but at this moment, he was completely dazzled by Yannie's beauty.He was silent for a while before looking away, gently clearing his throat. "I don't know who Riley's biological mother is, but from today onward, you're her mother."From the moment he told Wendy that Yannie's child was his, he had already planned to have Yannie be Riley's mother.Despite not visiting Riley for the past month, he knew that Yannie had often gone to visit her, so he placed a camera on Yannie, wanting to see his daughter through Yannie.That way, he could see Yannie through the camera and not catch Joshua's attention.However, he never expected that Yannie would adore Riley the way she did, and her love for the infant was palpable.Since he could not find Ril
Thomas paused for a while. After a while, he raised his eyebrow and looked at Yannie. "What? Are you trying to investigate me? Have you fallen for me?"Then, he changed into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms at his chest and leaning against the door. He looked at Yannie fixedly with his deep gaze and smiled. "If you promise right now that you'd be Riley's mother, I can tell you how many women I have been with."No one knew that during that one fateful night abroad, it was Thomas' first time, too—not just for the woman.Of course, he would not tell Yannie this before she agreed to become Riley's mother. After all, he felt that if Yannie would not want to be his other half, telling her this would only give her more leverage on him in the future.However, Yannie construed his words differently.She bit her lip and, staring at the smiling Thomas, finally calmed down a little. Was he trying to use a question, such as the number of women he has been with, as a bargaining ch
Yannie felt her head buzzing as she stared at Thomas.How could that have happened? How was that possible?She bit her lip and picked her phone up like a lunatic.Sure enough, although the live stream had ended, the screenshots and comments about the live stream were all over the place. The trending topics on social media were about her, Thomas, and Wendy.Everything she was seeing and reading felt like lightning that struck her, so much so that she was petrified.She thought that Wendy was only trying to set her up, defaming her for seducing Thomas, which was why she was not that intimidated or scared for her life. She thought that as long as she went along with Thomas' act, she would be able to expose Wendy for her setup.However, when she read the discussion on the internet about them, Yannie even wanted to die."Now's not the time to be sad."Seeing through her, Thomas smiled calmly and walked over to her. He reached his arm out and hugged her shoulders."Previously in the
Thomas and Yannie arrived at the hospital, surrounded by the cameras of the reporters.They came out of the lift to see Luna, standing by the doors of the ICU ward, as well as Gwen, who was in a wheelchair, beside her.Luna had no plans to visit Riley on that day. A month ago or so, when Riley was admitted to the hospital, Luna visited Riley once every three days under the advice of the doctor.That day was only the second day from the last time Luna visited Riley. She initially did not want to come over, but after Gwen saw Thomas' and Yannie's live stream and heard that Riley was their child, Gwen insisted on going to see Riley.Gwen was not in the best of health just yet, still hurt because of Luke not long ago, so Luna could only give in and took her to see Riley.They never thought that they would run into Thomas and Yannie just as they were about to leave…as well as a group of reporters."Luna." Yannie's eyes twinkled with mirth upon seeing Luna. "You're here to see Riley to
Joshua knew that Riley was Thomas' daughter. He knew that it would not be easy for a person like Thomas to enter the ICU, yet he refused to transfer Riley to a normal ward.Since they were always afraid of him coming to visit Riley, he decided to bring a group of people along.One was to let everyone know that Riley was his and Yannie's child, to put pressure on Joshua so that Joshua and Luna would quickly return Riley to them.Secondly, it was to tell Joshua that he had seen through their dirty tricks.However, Thomas' words convinced Luna even more that Thomas was not a competent father to Riley.She narrowed her eyes. "I was the one who didn't allow the transfer. A child's body is still unstable. Even if she has gotten better in a short while, if her sickness relapses in the general ward, she'll have to be sent to the ICU again, so I decided to not let her go through the torture."Luna sneered. "Do you think it's inappropriate, Mr. Howard?""It's a pity," Luna said while cros
Thomas sneered upon hearing Gwen's words. "There was never any misunderstanding between me and them."After all of what Joshua and Luna did to Riley, what misunderstanding could there be? In the first place, Joshua and Luna lost their baby, so they deliberately took the newborn baby from the hospital and pretended that she was theirs. The newborn baby was Riley!Thomas would not have hated them so badly had they taken care of Riley and treated her as their own, but what happened? They failed to protect Riley. Malcolm had to take Riley from them, and Riley was nearly dead because of Quentin!Quentin was captured in the end, and Riley was once more back with Joshua and Luna. However, they did not feel the bond with Riley when they reunited with her.They continuously searched for their biological baby and neglected to accompany and take care of Riley. If it were not for them, Riley would not have ended in such a pitiful, sickly state!Joshua and Luna were to blame for all the misfor
Gwen's eyebrows furrowed as she stared at Thomas, seemingly not understanding the meaning behind Thomas' words."You're wrong. We're here because of the live broadcast between you and Yannie, but…" She curled up her lips. "Luna's here not because she wants to stop you and Yannie from taking Riley away. She's here because I want to visit Riley."Her crystal clear eyes looked deeply into the man in front of her and said plainly, "I was too bored alone in the hospital, so I thought of visiting this baby of yours and Yannie's."She then took a good look at Yannie and Thomas. "By the way, Riley does resemble both of you very much."Yannie was slightly uncomfortable with that comment. She tried to contain herself, but she sheepishly blurted, "Ms. Gwen, Mr. Thomas had stated Riley is our child because he wanted to silence the people. I did have a baby, but… Anyway, Riley is Mr. Thomas' baby, not mine."Luna and Gwen exchanged looks.'How could that be? Yannie did have a baby with Thomas