After meeting with Katie, Xavier returned to his office. He thought about it for a while before calling Yvonne and telling her about the collaboration with Katie."Tell me, do you think Katie is conning me? Where could she possibly have a mine?""No, she really has a mine. The quality of the raw materials isn't bad either." Yvonne put the documents in her hand aside and said, "She really wants to work with you. You can consider it."Xavier was stunned. "How did you know she—""Because the mine was supposed to be mine."Xavier was speechless. He hadn't been to the border for a long time. Why did it seem like he'd missed out on a great deal of fun and interesting drama?On the other end of the line, Yvonne looked out at the sky and narrowed her eyes. Katie had just returned from the border and had immediately looked for Xavier to talk about a deal. It seemed like she was quite ambitious.Yvonne could understand why. Katie had just seen her father, who'd lost an arm, so she must su
Yvonne didn't pay much attention to Katie. From the way she saw it, with Katie's abilities at the moment, she wouldn't be able to do much damage.Besides, Yvonne knew all too well that her deadliest enemy at that moment was Mark, who was hiding somewhere.There hadn't been any news from Gwen. Yvonne guessed that with Gwen being in Emerald Group, trying to investigate one of the Principals wasn't going to be an easy feat.She couldn't rush this matter, so she could only wait.In the meantime, Andy got someone to send her an invitation to QT's latest jewelry show. Yvonne planned to use it as a learning experience and thought of taking Nicole along.When Lloyd heard Nicole was going, he nominated himself to be their bodyguard. Thus, on the day of the jewelry show, Yvonne took the two of them along with her.Yvonne was walking ahead of them, while they followed behind her. This was Lloyd's first time at such a high-class event. He kept asking Nicole questions, and Nicole patiently an
After the show ended, Yvonne, Lloyd, and Nicole were the last to leave the venue. Andy walked them to the door.Under the night breeze, everything was silent around them. Before getting into the car, Yvonne sensed that something was up. She looked at the row of cars parked in the distance.Andy was curious. "What are you looking at?"Yvonne didn't notice anything strange. She shook her head. "Nothing. We'll leave.""Alright."Andy stood there on the spot, watching Yvonne's car drive into the night. He was just about to turn around when he heard footsteps behind him.Before he could see who it was, he was thrown into a Cayenne by the side."You …" Andy looked up at a frosty gaze and instantly shut up."M—Mark? Why are you here? If I'd known, I would have invited you to the show so I could show you what I've been doing recently—""I saw the show," Mark coldly interrupted Andy. "You seem close to Yvonne."Andy gulped. "Hmm, you know, she was the one who made QT what it is …" H
Jodie opened the door to see a delighted Katie. Before Jodie could greet her, Katie walked right in and looked for Ariel."Ariel, I have good news to share with you!" Katie was excited. She sat down and held Ariel's hand, eagerly saying, "I've struck a deal with QT! It went much better than I expected!"Ariel was stunned. Only then did she recall Katie mentioning that she was going into the jewelry business when she'd gone to pick her up from the airport.Then, she remembered what she'd promised Katie. "I forgot to ask Xavier. I'll do it right now …""There's no need. I've already met him. His reply isn't important anymore. I've made a deal with QT. With how famous QT is right now, this will surely be a huge business!"Katie had just finished talking to Andy today and came to see Ariel immediately after. Her first reaction had been to look for Noah, but she'd decided against it at the thought of how cold he'd been to her the other day. Once things settled down, she was going to
Thus, Ariel found an excuse to send Jodie away. "It's almost mealtime. Go get some food. We have to treat Katie to a meal."Jodie happily agreed, "Yes, we should!"After she'd left, Ariel asked Katie, "Is there something you want to say to me?""Yes," Katie held Ariel's hand and said gently, "Ariel, I want to join forces with you to go up against Yvonne. She destroyed my family and wanted to snatch Stephen away from you. Are we going to just let her get away with it?"Ariel was stunned. She shook her head. "We can't fight her …"She'd tried to plot Linda's incident, but looked where she'd ended up. She could barely fend for herself now. How could she go up against Yvonne?"Katie, I won't be able to help you much now.""What are you talking about?" Katie grabbed Ariel by the shoulders and said seriously, "Ariel, you weren't like this before. Didn't you say that you would do anything for Stephen? Are you really planning to let Yvonne have him?"Let Yvonne have him?Ariel's heart
"Mr. Anderson, Mr. Turner's assistant, Blake, just called to cancel the meeting. He said that Mr. Turner was involved in a car crash on Anchorage Street. He's being sent to the hospital now."As soon as Julian said that, Stephen immediately stood up. "Which hospital?""Downtown Hospital."Seeing Stephen walking toward the door, Julian quickly followed.It happened too quickly. Ariel couldn't stop Stephen and was then left alone in the meeting room.As she sat down slowly, she carefully analyzed Stephen's reaction earlier.It seemed that … he had no idea about the video.If Stephen had seen the video, he would have mentioned it when she'd asked that question. He would have used it to threaten her into ending the engagement.Ariel gave it some thought, then suddenly burst out laughing.Yes! Stephen hadn't seen it!The video wasn't among the evidence!Since Benjamin was already in prison, nobody else could be a threat to her anymore!…As soon as Stephen arrived at the hospi
"Curtis is the one in the emergency room."Caleb walked closer, but he only saw Lloyd. He couldn't help but feel confused. "Where's Yvonne?""Ms. Yvonne wants to perform the surgery on Curtis herself."Lloyd was five feet and nine inches tall, but he was panicking like a child at that moment. Tears were streaming down his face."What happened, Mr. Turner? Why would you guys get into a car crash? Curtis is injured so badly …"Caleb was filled with guilt as he turned to glance at the emergency room. "It's my fault."He could have gone to the Anderson Group for a meeting without a hiccup today, but he'd suddenly wanted to get coffee while they'd been on their way.Caleb had ordered Curtis to wait in the car while he'd gone into the café alone. When he'd come out, he had been greeted by the sight of pedestrians running for their lives, screaming.Then, a van nearby had driven straight toward him.At that critical moment, a figure had rushed over and pushed him away.Caleb had avo
The surgery took more than six hours. Yvonne could barely stand after that.The doctor she met at the entrance came up to help her. With great respect, he said, "Why don't you take a break before going out?""I'm fine."After Yvonne gently pushed the doctor away, she looked back at Curtis. Her teary eyes were filled with guilt.Curtis was badly injured and paralyzed from the waist down. Yvonne tried her best, but she hadn't been able to save him.At that moment, she hated herself for being powerless.Curtis had risked his life to protect Caleb because of her order, but she couldn't even let him walk again. How was she supposed to face him when he woke up?After she left the operating room, Yvonne told everybody about Curtis' general situation.Lloyd took it the hardest. He grabbed Yvonne's arm emotionally and asked, "Ms. Yvonne, you're kidding me, right? You're so great. How can you not help Curtis? He loves to play sports so much. He'll go crazy if he can't stand up anymore.