Yvonne smiled with pursed lips. She placed the phone in her ear. "I hear that you've been really busy, Mr. Anderson.""Missed me?" Stephen asked directly. His tone had a subtle hint of amusement.Yvonne's heart skipped a beat. She replied glumly, "I'm busy too. I don't have time for unnecessary things.""But I missed you," Stephen said directly. "And also, Elvin."Yvonne didn't know how to respond, so she remained silent.The night was quiet. Stephen listened to the rustling noises on the other end of the line. His gaze turned tender. "I haven't been back at Anderson Group for a long time. Ms. Lynch has been handing over a lot of work to me, so I haven't had the time to see you both.""It's fine." Yvonne stretched on the couch. "I forgot to congratulate you.""It's all thanks to you." Stephen paused for a while. "So I had to come over personally to thank you.""What?" Yvonne was still reeling from the surprise.Stephen said, "I'm downstairs."Ten minutes later, he saw Yvo
A week later, Katie went to the gynecology department in sunglasses and a face mask. Although the bruise on her face was better, it was still quite obvious. She couldn't go out and get caught with a bruise on her face.Hazel had initially wanted to follow her to the hospital. But when she saw the bruise on Katie's face, she found it too embarrassing and changed her mind at the last minute. Thus, Katie went to the hospital alone. She had been pregnant for six weeks. They could start to observe the child's growth through ultrasound.Katie lay in bed, nervously looking at the doctor scanning her abdomen.The doctor said nothing. Katie's heart sank. She silently asked, "Doctor, how is the child?""There isn't a heartbeat yet. The situation isn't too good. Show the report to the doctor later. Perhaps the fetal development is just slower."Then, the doctor passed Katie some tissues to wipe away the gel on her abdomen.Katie was in a daze. It wasn't until the doctor called out to her
At the same time, news of Katie's child not having a heartbeat landed in Yvonne's ears.That night, Rachel received Yvonne's call. Yvonne had asked Rachel to get her people at the hospital to pay attention to Katie and let her know immediately when Katie visited the hospital.That was why Rachel had immediately called Yvonne upon hearing the news.Rachel was delighted. "I was just wondering why Katie was still at Anderson Mansion. It turns out that she's pregnant with Noah's child! "This child must be her lifesaver. If anything were to happen to the child, Katie would be done for. I feel so happy just thinking about it!"Before the phone ended, Rachel sent Katie's report to Yvonne. Yvonne looked through the report. The data was quite poor. It would be quite tough to try to keep the child."Katie would probably suffer if she took this report back home, but …" Yvonne paused for a while. "Katie wouldn't be that dumb."From that, she knew that Katie would probably find another
He used a pseudonym. I don't really know his real name. But …" Lexi furrowed her brows. "He had quite a strong presence."Lexi had met many wealthy people before, but she had never met a man with such a domineering presence as him. He carried himself with a strong, menacing air."Does he have a rosary on him?" Yvonne asked.Lexi thought for a while. "Yes.""Then that's him." Yvonne was secretly relieved. Luckily, she had mentioned it to Lexi beforehand. If not, things could have gone awry."You said his surname is Miller ..." Lexi suddenly thought about Jennifer's son, whom Yvonne had mentioned previously. "Is he the one you told me about?""Yes." Yvonne nodded.Lexi furrowed her brows even tighter. She said gently, "Actually, the other day, there were some other things I haven't told you yet, but you already left. I didn't have the chance to tell you later either. "After Jennifer lost her child, her mental health became unstable. From what I heard, she had been relying on
Yvonne sat opposite Mark and cut to the chase. "You hate me because I'm from the Miller family?""That's right," Mark replied honestly. "That bastard died too early, so I can only settle the score with you. I want all the things the Miller family owes me and my mother. Is there a problem?""You …" Yvonne hesitated. She furrowed her brows and looked at Mark for a while. "What did Jennifer say to you back then?"Mark snickered. "Didn't Lexi tell you? Don't you know how that bastard treated my mother?"Right at this moment, the server served Mark a cup of tea. He accepted the tea and leaned back, looking at Yvonne."He was the one who kicked my mother and me to the border. He wanted us to die on the way there. To him, we were just a smear on his perfect left. We were trash he didn't want to see."Mark sneered. "Too bad, things didn't go as he planned."All these years, he had only survived due to the painful memories from when he was young. Even up until that point, he could
It was a painting with a line of red paint smeared across it. The red paint was coated so thickly that it dripped down the entire painting like blood. It was a scary sight to behold.The original painting was of a happy family. Their smiles seemed outright creepy due to the red pain.Yvonne was indeed frightened by the painting. Chills ran down her back. She knew this was Mark expressing his hatred.All these years, this bloody family was all Mark could see.Yvonne looked away and wrapped the painting again. She said to Lloyd, "Find a place to deal with this. Also, don't tell anyone about it."Lloyd was furious. "Ms. Yvonne, who gave you this? Who could be so evil? Tell me. I'll smash this painting on their heads.""Mark Miller."Lloyd was speechless. He gulped. He picked up the painting. "I'll throw it away."Yvonne looked at Lloyd as he took the painting away. She felt sorry for it. It was Lexi's best work at the exhibition, yet it had been destroyed by Mark.From her intera
Gwen was the one who finally told Yvonne about Mark returning to the headquarters. Yvonne took the opportunity to ask about the meeting the following month."Meeting?" Gwen thought for a while."I'm guessing it’s a gathering for long-time clients of Emerald Group. It takes place on a cruise every year and goes all the way to the Madditerin Sea.""I see." It seemed the meeting was highly classified. Yvonne had never had the chance to experience a meeting such as this before.Gwen could sense what Yvonne was thinking. "I've never been on a cruise in the past. I don't know why but this year, Mark wants to take me along."Upon Yvonne's question, Gwen seemed to have a bad feeling. "Do you think Mark is thinking of using me to keep you in control?"Yvonne was silent for a while. "It's possible."After Yvonne hadn't been able to persuade Gwen to leave with her, she had already guessed that Mark would use Gwen once more. At that moment, she could only give in to it."Gwen, don't think
Yvonne was surprised. She lifted her gaze to see tears welling up in Curtis's eyes. "Yvonne, your memory of them has returned …" Curtis slowly said, "Then they didn't die in vain. All these years, I was constantly in torment. I was afraid that you would recall those brutal memories. But I'm truly relieved to see that you're able to speak to me about this today."I've always wanted to thank you. If it hadn't been for you back then, I wouldn't be alive today. You see, they died for you, but if you think about it, they died for me as well."If they hadn't sacrificed themselves to protect you, I wouldn't have had the chance to receive treatment from you and be saved, would I?"Tears continued to pool in Curtis' eyes. His stern face seemed to have softened under the light. A man with a tender heart was the most captivating. Yvonne was stunned. She wasn't sure how to respond. Curtis' words were similar to what Stephen had once told her. Her parents hadn't sacrificed themselves