In the mansion, Jane took a stool and put it right in front of Chuck. She crossed her legs. "I'm going to sit here today! Chuck is one of my grandfather's men! I'll see who would dare touch him!"Lloyd was helpless. Jane looked no older than 20 years old, but she was a sharp girl. She clearly wasn't someone who was easy to deal with."Ms. Ford, this bastard offended Ms. Y. If you insist on protecting him, you're deliberately going up against her."Lloyd continued patiently, "Why don't you call Mr. Ford and consult him about it? It's not worth it to offend Ms. Y because of this bastard."Jane raised an eyebrow. "There's no need. I'm not afraid of anyone!"The lights in the basement suddenly lit up, followed by Yvonne's voice. "What a bold claim, Ms. Ford."Yvonne slowly walked down the stairs, followed by Stephen.Lloyd saw his savior. His eyes sparkled immediately. "Ms. Yvonne, you're finally here! This girl won't listen to a single word."Jane looked at Yvonne. Her gaze chan
At the same time, Yvonne whipped Chuck violently. His flesh instantly split open.Chuck woke up from the pain. He scanned his surroundings in fear. "W-where is Jane? I-isn't she here to take me away?""She left." Yvonne looked sullen. She thought of Gwen coming out of the emergency room the night before, and all the information Caleb found out about Chuck on the dark web. She was so disgusted by him she could puke."I would like to ask you a question, Mr. Jensen. How do you feel right now?""W-what the hell are—"Before he could finish his sentence, Yvonne whipped him once more. He wailed in pain."Answer my question. You have no right to ask me any questions," Yvonne said coldly.Chuck looked at Yvonne. Fear grew in his eyes. He never thought that harming Gwen could make Yvonne go so mad!"Ms. Miller, I-I'm sorry. Have mercy on me. I promise I will never—""Did those women beg like you too?" Yvonne interrupted Chuck. There was zero ounce of warmth in her tone. "Did you ha
Late that night, Gwen slowly came around. She opened her eyes to see Yvonne sleeping by the side of the bed next to her.She thought of getting out of bed, but she realized her limbs were cuffed. While she was struggling, Yvonne's voice rang out."Are you trying to jump out of the window again?"Gwen was stunned. She looked up at Yvonne, whose eyes were wide awake."Y-you're the one who saved me?" Gwen asked in an extremely hoarse voice.Yvonne reached out and held Gwen's arm. She was feeling extremely guilty. "Gwen, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I found you too late."Gwen shook her head. "You shouldn't have saved me.""Why?" Ever since Yvonne had returned from Chuck's mansion, she had been by Gwen's side. Looking at Gwen, Yvonne couldn't help but imagine what she must have experienced if she had lost all will to live anymore.The more she thought, the more resentful she became toward Chuck.Seeing how down Gwen looked, Yvonne was seething with hatred. "What did that bastar
Yvonne was woken up by her phone vibrating in the middle of the night.She picked up her phone and carefully looked at Gwen in bed. Once she made sure Gwen was sleeping soundly, she got up and headed out of the room. She had just picked up the phone when she heard Lloyd's anxious voice. "Ms. Yvonne, Chuck was taken away. I was too useless. I couldn't fight them off."Halfway through, Lloyd gasped in pain and yelled at his subordinate, "Could you be lighter?"Yvonne furrowed her brows. "Are you all injured?""It's a small matter. They came in a huge group. We couldn't fight them." Lloyd was on the call while his subordinate cleaned up his injuries. His subordinate secretly complained that they had almost lost their legs. How could it just be a small matter?Lloyd seemed to have sensed it. He glared at his subordinate and said to the phone, "Ms. Yvonne, if you want to punish someone, punish me. "I was careless. I should have arranged for more people. Chuck wouldn't have esca
"Last night, my men were keeping watch outside the mansion. They saw Jane instructing a group of men to barge into the mansion."Stephen furrowed his brows. "It was too bad that I didn't have many men with me. We only apprehended Jane. We still let her men get away with Chuck."Thinking back to it, he felt as if Jane deliberately wanted to be caught.When he had seen Jane, she had immediately went up to him and said, "So it really is your men." She had seemed as though she had long suspected he would do this."You're great for capturing me. If it were this woman, she wouldn't even be able to get me," Jane said.Yvonne looked at Jane clearly. She realized that the way Jane looked at Stephen was a little different. Yvonne felt somewhat displeased. She couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Oh, is that so? It seems like you really admire Stephen, Ms. Ford.""Yes!" Jane smiled widely. "Is it that obvious?"Yvonne was speechless. Were young people that direct nowadays? She purse
Stephen reached out and straightened Yvonne's head. "You're not an old mule. You're the prettiest horse ever.""And you don't tie me down. You help me roam free," Stephen said seriously.Right at that moment, Gwen coughed.Yvonne's ears blushed. She subconsciously pushed Stephen away and turned around to face Gwen. "Gwen, when did you get up?""I woke up at a bad time." Gwen looked at Stephen before looking at Yvonne. "Why is Claude involved too?""It's a long story. Why don't you—""I want to hear about it now," Gwen interrupted Yvonne. She didn't sound as weak as the day before.Yvonne explained roughly, "Chuck was someone Claude and Leonard arranged. They intended to get him to trick Mark and find the opportunity to join forces with me to go up against Mark."At the mention of Mark, Gwen's face paled a little. Yvonne changed the topic immediately. "No matter who Chuck belongs to, I won't let him off the hook that easily. "Claude will definitely not let things end just
Although Gwen seemed to have calmed down, Yvonne was still worried. She hired a few nurses to look after Gwen.Gwen listened to Yvonne's arrangement without saying anything. She sat in bed, engrossed in her own thoughts.Yvonne knew that Gwen still needed time to digest everything, so she didn't force her. She sat for a while before leaving the room.Stephen followed behind her. "Are you planning to use Chuck to sow discord between Mark, Claude, and Leonard?" Yvonne stopped in her tracks. She turned back to look at Stephen. "How did you guess it?""Perhaps I understand you well?" Stephen retorted with a smile.Yvonne rolled her eyes at him. "You don't understand me well. You're just as smart as me. Perhaps …"Even smarter than me.But her pride wouldn't let her finish her sentence.In a short time, Stephen had already guessed what she was thinking. He must have thought about her plan a few times.In the past, Yvonne had thought that Stephen had just been speculating. But in
After Yvonne had a call with the nurse from the hospital at night, she saw Elvin staring at her with a serious expression.Yvonne extended her arms and beckoned Elvin over. "Come here. Let me hug you."Elvin looked up at Yvonne after she pulled him into her arms. "Mommy, is something making you upset?"Yvonne had been so busy dealing with Gwen the past few days that she hadn't been home.After she had come home that day, Elvin had observed her carefully and noticed that she seemed to be feeling down. She clearly had something on her mind.Elvin cupped Yvonne's face and asked, "Mommy, did the evil man bully you?"For a moment, Elvin and Stephen's faces overlapped in her mind. Stephen had also cupped her face earlier that day.His image popped into her head, making her shudder. She took Elvin's hands away and said, "He didn't bully me. A lot of things have happened recently, and I feel a little helpless.""Really?" Elvin was unconvinced as he took a closer look at Yvonne. "Is i