Since Rachel was keeping Yvonne company, Stephen left with the excuse of getting breakfast. He wanted to give them some time alone to talk.After Stephen left, Rachel let out a sigh of relief. "I've known Stephen for quite some time now, but I'm still a little afraid of him every time I see him."Rachel put her hand on Yvonne's shoulder and said emotionally, "It's fortunate that you have him by your side after what happened yesterday. "Just seeing the news online was enough to make me feel terrified. I can only imagine what you felt yesterday. Vonnie, you must have had a rough time."Yvonne didn't respond. She was still looking at Elvin's face.Images from last night kept popping into her head. It was as if the pitch-black sea was still right before her eyes.She had always thought that she was strong enough. But the experience last night had shown her that she was just an ordinary person who could be overwhelmed by fear. She didn't dare look back at it, nor did she dare ima
Hazel stood up and glared at Yvonne and Stephen. "It's not enough that you harmed my younger son; now you're after one more. You never planned to let my family go from the start! "Yvonne, ever since you joined the Anderson family, I knew you were a troublemaker! I knew you would turn the whole Anderson family upside down! And look, I was right!""And you…" Hazel pointed her finger at Stephen. "You wouldn't let Noah go! You were the one who pushed him and made him like this! Mark my words!"Hazel suddenly raised her volume and screamed at the top of her lungs, "It will end badly for all of you! There will sooner or later be retribution for both of you!""Enough!" There was an angry bellow. Philip entered the room in his wheelchair. He signaled with his eyes to the bodyguards behind him to hold Hazel down. At the sight of the bodyguards rushing up to her, Hazel backed up in fear. "What… what are you doing?""I really didn't think that you would have the cheek to come cause a sc
"That's not important, as long as you are safe."Then, Stephen had an inexplicable sudden urge to reach out his hand to stroke Elvin, but he didn't know if he should do it or not.Yvonne seemed to have sensed it, so she pulled Stephen's hand and put it on Elvin's head. She smiled gently at Elvin. "Yes, he was the one who saved you."Elvin was stunned, then he awkwardly avoided Stephen's hand and mumbled, "Thank you."Seeing this, Yvonne wanted to say something else, but Stephen rested his other hand on her shoulder, signaling her not to. Yvonne sensed the awkward atmosphere between them, so she let it go. Elvin's personality was too much like Stephen's. Stubborn and headstrong. There was still a long way to go before they got along well together.Now that Elvin has come around, the top priority was for him to properly recuperate. The others could wait. "Mommy," Elvin called out, looking at Yvonne again. "What about that bad uncle?"Yvonne came to her senses. She replied q
The next day, a police officer entered Elvin's room. They only came out after about an hour. Yvonne was worried about Elvin's condition, so she rushed into the room immediately. Stephen stayed outside to talk to the officer. "Was Elvin's testimony clear?""He had a clear head. He even remembered another detail at the last moment."The officer didn't elaborate further or share that Elvin had remembered the details of how Noah had accidentally strangled Katie out of self-defense. This case was a matter of life or death, and they still needed to further investigate, so they couldn't reveal too much information. After shaking hands with Stephen, the officer said politely, "Thank you for your cooperation. We'll be in contact again should the need arise.""Alright."After the police left, he made a call to Julian, "How's the investigation over at the bar?""It's been too long. The private room that Mr. Noah was in has probably been cleaned many times. Even the surveillance foota
The next morning, there was a rainstorm in Northerna City. Luckily, Thomas was staying in a hotel near the hospital, so it only took Yvonne a five-minute drive to get there. Thomas had been accompanied by Howard's people. The two men were still standing guard outside the room, afraid that any mishap might happen.At the sight of Yvonne, they quickly went up to greet her. "Ms. Y, Thomas was like a madman the moment he reached the hotel. It took quite an effort for us to lock him in the room.""You've done well."Yvonne gave them a wad of cash. "This is for you. Once everything's settled, I'll get Howard to reward you with a bonus. "In the meantime, keep a close watch on Thomas. If there's anything you need, just say the word."The men accepted the cash happily. "Don't worry, we'll do as commanded."Then, Yvonne entered the room. She saw Thomas being tied up on a chair. "What happened to him?""Early this morning, he tried to escape by breaking the window with the chair when
Two days later, Thomas held a sign about his search for Katie outside the entrance of Anderson Group Tower. He also spread the news through the internet.Although Thomas' actions affected the company, Stephen still gave the order to his security guards not to drive him away. So he still had the guts to set up a tent right outside the building's entrance.In the meantime, a good number of reporters came to interview Thomas.Thomas started to weep in front of the camera. "My daughter's life has been terrible since the day she married Noah Anderson. She even went missing! What am I supposed to do …" Thomas raised his sign threateningly, as though he were about to strike the reporters who agitated him by urging an answer out of him.His fluctuating emotions were posted online, attracting even more attention and sympathy from netizens."Poor Thomas! How did the perfect Jones family end up like this?""Noah Anderson was first exposed for his attempt to murder a child, and now Katie J
"He will have the chance to find out in the future."Yvonne then looked at Stephen. "Conan was the first person Chuck contacted after he returned to Qynea. What do you think he's up to?""Maybe he's feeling Conan out?"Yvonne couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing the answer Stephen blurted out. "We thought the same thing. Chuck wanted to find out if Conan already knew about the whole thing and if he could use him again."So, in this situation, the less Conan knows, the easier it will be for us to manipulate Chuck. At least he won't have his guard up against Conan."After saying that, Yvonne turned to where Conan had left, sighing. "I hope Conan won't blame me when he finds the whole truth.""He's not brave enough to do that," Stephen glumly insisted."You should be nicer to your brother. The person who wronged you was Camille—"Realizing that she had misspoken, she quickly changed the topic. "Let's take El home.""Alright."Out of worry that she had upset Stephen with her
Conan held the welcome party at Galarinx Restaurant. He only invited the employees of Hopeful Faith, as well as the Well Spring Pharma team Chuck had left behind.The party was neither too big nor too small. It was just right to show Chuck respect.Yvonne arrived early to the welcome party that was set for 7:30 pm. However, Chuck wasn't there yet.Conan led Yvonne to the main table. "Yvonne, I didn't think that you would come so soon. I happen to need your help with something."Curious, Yvonne hummed in response.Conan proceeded to whip out three rosaries. "My mother gave me these. I wanted to give you one yesterday, but … I couldn't do it since my brother was present."Camille had specifically gone to a church and obtained these rosaries after she had heard about what had happened to Elvin. She had handed them over to Conan two days ago."One's for you, one's for El, and one's for Stephen." Conan wore a sheepish grin. "Could you give Stephen his rosary? After all, it's a hear