As Stephen and Stanley took their seats, the booth became cramped. Rachel pulled Yvonne to the side to give them space, and she couldn't help but look at Stanley. At the thought of how close he seemed to the short-haired lady just now, Rachel was filled with unease. She soon turned to look the other way.Stanley secretly glanced at Rache, his heart hurting a little. He sighed and forced a casual smile. "I'm really happy that you all came today. Thank you.""We're your brothers! Don't mention it!" James put his arm around Stanley's shoulder and teased him. "If you really want to thank someone, thank Yvonne. If she hadn't come, Stephen wouldn't have come either."At that, two frosty gazes immediately landed on him. James wasn't afraid of them since there were many people there and it was a celebration that day. He sniggered and tried to liven the atmosphere by raising his glass. "Come, let's make a toast to Stanley! May he always be lucky and healthy!"No one listened to him, so the
"Since I didn't ask you to drink, you have no right to ask me not to get angry," Yvonne said harshly, albeit calmly.Katie quietly clenched her fists tightly and forced an ugly smile. "Yvonne, must you make this situation so ugly? If anything were to happen to Kayla, Mom and Dad would—""I'll bear the consequences alone." Stephen looked at Katie lazily. "I have Kayla. I'm the person you should be looking for. It has nothing to do with Yvonne.""Mr. Anderson, I've been begging you, yet you—""Why should I listen to you?" Stephen retorted coldly and frowned, looking as malicious as Yvonne.At that moment, Katie finally understood that they were just treating her like an idiot! She instantly felt offended and was at a loss for words. She internally cursed Monica. Why did her mother have to force her here to embarrass herself? Seeing how the others treated her like she didn't even exist, Katie stomped her feet in frustration and left.After Katie left, Rachel leaned in closer to Yvon
"First Xavier, now Caleb." Stephen lowered his gaze and said with a dangerous tone, "Yvonne, are you trying to make me go green with jealousy?"Yvonne was a little astonished and couldn't help but snicker. She'd never thought that Stephen could be so entertaining. Yvonne's laughter made Stephen's heart flutter. His heart was beating quickly, even making his breathing a little stunted. Unable to control himself, Stephen went in closer. The next second, Yvonne placed her finger on his lips. She looked up at him and smiled with mockery. "Stephen, not keeping it in your pants after drinking isn't a good habit."Stephen kissed the finger and looked at Yvonne with desire. It was thuggish yet sexy.In that short moment, Yvonne seemed to have been electrocuted. She quickly retracted her finger and glared at him. "How dare you!"Stephen chuckled, and the air around them reeked warmly of alcohol.Yvonne pushed Stephen away and warned him, "Don't assume that you can do whatever you like ju
That night, Yvonne was just about to lie in bed after washing up when she received Rachel's message. Rachel was outside Miller Villa, wanting to crash there for the night. Yvonne went downstairs to get Rachel. Seeing her friend looking dejected, Yvonne asked in concern. "What happened? Did things not go well with Stanley?""It did. I also gave him my gift." Rachel sat cross-legged on the rug. She looked up at Yvonne. "That short-haired lady is his cousin. She's always been close to him.""Oh, so it's his cousin." Yvonne sat down next to Rachel, rather curious. "So, he explained everything to you, right? Why are you still feeling this way?""I don't know." Rachel lowered her head and muttered, "I've apologized to him and given him his birthday gift. Everything went according to plan, but I still don't feel quite right."In the washroom, Stanley had accepted her gift and her apology with a smile. He said, "I've given it a lot of thought. I sprung it on you, which scared you. It's onl
On his way, Xavier called Stephen, but he didn't answer. Instead, Stephen directly sent him an address. Xavier opened the map to take a look. The address was a warehouse by the dock. He guessed that this was where Kayla was locked up.An hour later, he arrived at the warehouse.He got out of the car to see the Maybach parked nearby. Stephen was standing by the car, looking at the sea. Xavier approached him, asking, "You've agreed to let Kayla go?""Hmm." Stephen didn't turn around. "Even now, you're still going to marry Kayla?" Xavier was stunned. He hadn't expected that Stephen would care about this matter. Then he smiled nonchalantly and said, "What? Were you afraid that I would fight you for Yvonne?""Since when have you ever beat me?" Stephen retorted coldly. Xavier chuckled. "Ever so smug." Then he looked at the horizon where Stephen was looking, saying slowly, "Yvonne isn't any ordinary woman. Even if I don't fight you for her, she might not be yours either. From what I h
Monica was stunned at first. Then she sobbed and yelled indignantly, hitting Thomas. "How dare you hit me! Yvonne already hit me before, and now you're hitting me too! I don't want to live anymore!"Thomas kept retreating and finally grabbed her hands after much difficulty. The nurse on shift knocked and entered the door. "It's late at night. Be quiet. Don't disturb the other patients."Monica bit her lips and stopped making any noise, merely glaring at Thomas.Thomas was annoyed. He pushed Monica away. "We fell into Yvonne's trap this time. I won't let this go.""What else can you do?" Monica wiped away her tears. "We haven't even gathered the money to pay her back. There's still an abundance of stock in the warehouse, and we …""I've sold off the stock at a low price." Thinking about it only increased Thomas' fury. He punched the wall hard. "That bastard Jack! He was always pretending to be close to me. Now that I'm in trouble, he's the first one to hit me when I'm down!"Monic
On Monday, Miller Jewels had a meeting as usual. At the end of the meeting, Yvonne made Nicole stay back, wanting to listen to her report on the designs of the new products in the year-end show.Yvonne quietly listened to Nicole finish reporting before smiling. "If I let you handle the year-end show, do you have the confidence that you'll do it well?"Nicole couldn't believe her ears. "What?""During the competition before, didn't I mention that I plan to use your competition designs as the main series of our year-end show?" Yvonne smiled and continued, "Other than that, for the remaining new products, you can just come up with another batch of designs. The pressure isn't that huge; it's only a matter of courage.""But …" Nicole had assumed that Yvonne had only said that to console them when they'd been eliminated. She'd never thought that Yvonne had truly meant it. Nicole was ambitious, but she was also afraid. After all, the year-end show was extremely important to a jewelry bran
Two days later, Yvonne sat on the plane to Sardonia. She put on her eye mask and was just about to go to sleep when someone tapped her shoulder. She turned around in confusion to see Curtis. She was stunned. "Why are you …"Curtis looked icy as usual. "I'm your bodyguard on this trip back.""There's no need, I …""Are you asking me to jump off the plane right now?"Yvonne was speechless. She smiled helplessly and said, "Okay. If you really want to come along,""Hmm." Curtis responded before leaning back. He crossed his arms across his chest and said coolly, "You can rest now."Yvonne was perplexed. This was the first time she'd encountered a bodyguard who gave her commands. It was an 11-hour flight. Yvonne slept and woke up a couple of times. Her quality of sleep hadn't been that great, so she was still yawning after she landed.Through tears welling up from the yawn, Yvonne saw a familiar figure by the arrival area. She wiped away her tears to see that cold and gorgeous face