Yvette tensed up and anxiously tried to get out of Jeremiah's arms. "I'm already married."Her eyes were filled with panic, and he could tell how much she was resisting him. His heart skipped a beat, and he only pulled his hands back after a long while. There was a lonely look in his eyes. "Then, can we still be friends in the future?"Yvette calmed down and looked at him. Then, she said softly, "Yeah. Not only are we friends now, but we're family as well. I'll attend your engagement.""Alright. I'll wait for you." Jeremiah forced out a smile."If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."Then, Yvette walked away in the snow. Jeremiah stood still next to the car as he watched her leave him slowly. It felt like she was buried under the snow at that moment.…Meanwhile, Jackie thought it was weird that Jeremiah hadn't returned to the office yet. It was the first time that she'd no idea where he was, so she couldn't resist calling him."Where are you now, Mr. Jeremiah?"He'd
Yvette was stunned. Then, she heard Michael bellowing in rage on the other end of the line. "Who's the father? I'm going to kill him!"Then, there were sounds of vases and other items being smashed. Zachary heard it too, and he hurriedly said, "Let's talk later, Mom. I'm going to check on Kiki now and stop Mr. Torres from punishing her.""Alright…"After Zachary ended the call, he went out of the bedroom.Kiki was lying on the couch without a care in the world, while Michael was furiously throwing things on the ground. Although he was smashing vases, he was being careful not to hurt her."Dad, please stop asking about it. I don't know who the father is either. After all, we just met once." She yawned and said, "So, stop trying to set me up with Tristan. Don't even arrange dates for me. Those rich guys aren't going to accept a woman with a child like me."Michael hadn't expected her not to know who the father of her child was. He felt disgraced. "You! How could you do this? Ho
When Yvette heard Noah acting coy like he used to, she carefully and hurriedly explained, "I was too busy today, and I'd forgotten to call you. I'm sorry. I'll be sure to visit you tomorrow, alright?"When he heard that, he couldn't help letting out a breath of relief. Then, he sensibly said, "It's alright, Mom. Please continue with your work. I'm doing well at the hospital, so you don't have to trouble yourself and come all the way here."Normally, he would've started doing his best to make her go to him by now. However, he was sensible like Zachary at that moment.After Yvette heard what he said, she felt extremely bad for him. So, she decided she had to see him the next day.She only ended the call after talking to him for a long time. Once the call ended, she got some rest on the couch. Suddenly, a tall figure stood in front of her, blocking the light. When she opened her eyes with a slight frown, she saw Xavier standing near her."Can I help you?" she asked in confusion."
Yvette didn't want to deal with Xavier. She angrily covered herself under the blanket, leaving him to lie at the side. "If you want to sleep here, do it like that."Shortly after the lights were out, she fell asleep. When he heard her breathing steadily, he pulled her into his arms.When Yvette woke up the next day, she bumped her head on his strong chest. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up. The moment her eyes landed on Xavier's dashing face, she anxiously got up from his embrace. When she was sure that he wasn't awake, she immediately put on her robe and got out of bed.Right when Yvette opened the bedroom door, she noticed that Viola was awake as well. The latter looked at her kindly. "Come here, Yvvy. I want to talk to you."Yvette felt embarrassed because she knew that Viola definitely had misunderstood the situation. After she followed Viola back to the latter's room, she hurriedly explained, "He was the one who wouldn't leave last night. We did nothing at all.""Yvv
Then, Kiki finally realized that the changes Viola had mentioned were just for Yvette. Still, Xavier sounded fine when he was speaking to Viola, so something had indeed changed there too.When Gideon arrived with his team, they even brought various high-end medical equipment. Kiki was impressed. "Yvvy, did you find them yourself?""Xavier helped to get the equipment," Yvette answered truthfully. She still didn't know that he was the reason why she'd been able to hire Gideo and his team in the first place.Although Viola knew about it, Xavier had asked her not to tell Yvette anything. He didn't want Yvette to feel forced to be with him just because of a favor she owed him. That was also why Viola was certain that he'd changed.Viola spent the whole morning getting examined by Gideon. When it was over, he said to Yvette, "Ms. Snyder, it'll be impossible to cure all of her sickness. However, we can perform surgery so that she'll be able to live longer.""Great. When can we do it?""
Mandy shook her head. "I'm not sure either. It wasn't easy for our men to get these pictures. Mr. Xavier arranged for some men to follow Yvette, so our men couldn't get close at all."When they'd tried to investigate Yvette and Zachary before, Xavier had found out about it. So, Shannon had been extra careful. The men she'd sent out didn't dare to approach Yvette's house anymore, either.When Shannon saw the pictures, she felt like there were a lot of secrets she had yet to uncover. "Keep on investigating. I want to see just how many secrets Yvette has.""Understood."…Meanwhile, Yvette and Kiki spent a few hours with Noah outside. Since his body couldn't take it anymore, they soon took him back to the hospital. They promised they'd take him home for special occasions.After leaving the hospital and getting in the car, Kiki couldn't help comforting Yvette. "Once the baby is born, we'll be able to get the umbilical cord blood and perform Noah's surgery. After that, he'll be able t
"Do you want to build a snowman?" Xavier suddenly asked. He remembered that Yvette liked the snow a lot. She used to enjoy building snowmen like any other child. However, he'd thought that it was childish back then.Yvette had never expected him to suggest the idea, and her eyes lit up for a second. Then, they dimmed once more. "No. It's too cold outside. Besides, it's childish."Xavier's heart skipped a beat.Yvette went back into the room. "I'm going to rest now. Please get out."She'd thought he'd insist on staying like he had the previous night. However, he unexpectedly left the room as he was told. Yvette let out a breath of relief when she didn't need to chase him out. She instantly locked the door and used something to block it.After she got into bed, she soon started dreaming. When she woke up the next morning, it wasn't snowing as heavily as it had last night. Rays of sunshine filtered into the room through the curtains as well.She drew open the curtains and was pr
It was completely silent in the house for a moment.Shannon spoke up after a long time. "Yeah, that's right."Zoey smirked and said mockingly, "She's my stepmother's daughter. But I haven't even seen her since I returned."Since they were both cunning women, there was no point for her to pretend to be innocent.Since Shannon had agreed to let Zoey marry Jeremiah, it was a given that she'd looked into Zoey's background. She'd only approved of Zoey after learning of how capable Gemma was. Besides, she knew Yara wouldn't dare to do anything to her. After all, Shannon didn't want another daughter-in-law who was as useless as Yvette."You'll have a lot of chances to see her in the future. Here. Make sure you eat more." Shannon put on a fake smile, and it was clear that she didn't want to talk about Yvette.Zoey had just been trying to see how Shannon would react when Yvette was mentioned. From what she'd seen, she was confident that she'd be able to control the Lane family's finance
After Xavier was taken away, Tristan and Mark frantically searched everywhere but couldn't find Jeremiah, that lunatic.The main problem was that they were both seriously injured and could only rely on their subordinates to find help."If something happens to Xav, I will never forgive myself." Tristan felt especially guilty, wondering why he hadn't been more cautious.He had been too arrogant.Mark, being a bit more rational than him, said, "Mr. Shaw, since we haven't heard any bad news about Mr. Lane, I assume everything is fine with him.""What do you mean?" Tristan asked."If I were Jeremiah and wanted to frame us for Mr. Lane's death, I definitely wouldn't drag it out," Mark replied.Both of them were currently in a lot of pain, and even simple conversations were very difficult for them.So, after talking for a bit, they took another break.Unfortunately, Mark's phone kept persistently ringing. He saw that Lillian was calling, but he didn't dare answer. He was worried that
Jeremiah gradually tightened his grip. Once Xavier died, he could claim that Tristan and Mark were responsible for secretly harming Xavier.No one knew what kind of surgery they had performed on Xavier, only that it ultimately led to his death."Xavier, don't blame me. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself. You just had to fight with me over everything," Jeremiah said as he covered Xavier's mouth and nose. "When I met Yvvy, I thought I finally had something you didn't, but even she was taken away by you."It's bad enough you took her from me, but you won't even let me move on! Do you have any idea how much it hurts to see you two together every day, especially knowing she's pregnant with your children?"Jeremiah's eyes were slightly reddened."Now, it's all good. With you gone from this world, I'll take good care of Yvette for you."He seemed to have deliberately emphasized the word "Yvette". He didn't know if Xavier was aware of it, but it just felt incredibly satisfying!
Yvette saw that the call was disconnected and decided not to worry about Xavier anymore.…On the other end, Mark stood outside the ICU ward. Up until now, Xavier still hadn't woken up.Tristan came over and checked all the indicators. "There's nothing wrong, so why hasn't he woken up yet?""Mr. Shaw, do you think Mr. Lane might never wake up?" There was a look of concern in Mark's eyes as he asked that. He couldn't believe that the person he had always followed would leave in such a way."Don't overthink it," Tristan said, giving him a pat on the shoulder.Suddenly, there was a noise from the outside."Who are you? This is a private hospital. No one else is allowed to be here.""How can you resort to violence?"There was the sound of things clattering, followed by the cries of pain from those in a fight.Tristan frowned. "Who is it? Do they have a death wish?"Mark was also in disbelief. Shortly afterward, they finally saw clearly who was approaching them.Jeremiah was s
Over at Snyder Residence, Yvette was woken up early by Kiki, who also informed her that there were negative rumors about Zoey circulating online."Yvvy, see, I told you that the media wouldn't easily let Zoey off the hook."Yvette read through them again.However, these news stories disappeared not long after they were published.While eating breakfast, Kiki frowned and said, "The speed at which trending articles change is just too fast.""That's the benefit of having money," Yvette said.Even the children knew about the trending articles being removed.Zachary had originally wanted to hack in further to make Zoey's news trend more frequently. Unfortunately, it seems they had figured out about the hacking attempts, so they fortified their firewall and posted someone to monitor the situation.If he hacked in again, there was a chance he might expose himself.Zachary decided to back off and settled for teaching Zoey a small lesson.…Yara was to be laid to rest today.Yvette
"We've found her, and we're currently figuring out how to obtain her biological sample," Elijah replied.Zoey was really anxious. She said, "Great. Once you've got it, come back as soon as you can.""Okay."Zoey hung up the phone and laid down to rest, but she just couldn't fall asleep.If Xandra really was Gemma's daughter, given Gemma's doting and overprotective nature, she would want to give half of everything she owned to Xandra.No, it wasn't just half. By then, Zoey might end up with nothing, and everything would go to Xandra.Zoey had a rough night and didn't sleep well, but fortunately, Elijah sent a message saying everything had been arranged. They were coming back today, so they could move forward with the examination earlier than planned.Just as things got settled over at Zoey's, online articles started trending elsewhere."Zoey Yandell is suspected to be the biological daughter of Yara Cadwell.""Zoey Yandell is unwilling to acknowledge her biological mother in or
"Fine, then. What a pity," Kiki said as she put down her phone.Yvette reassured her, saying, "There's nothing to feel bad about. What happened today was a warning to Zoey that I'm not someone to be messed with."Kiki nodded, saying, "Yes."They all understood that as long as Zoey was the Zelnik family's daughter, she would always have someone to protect her.Kiki said, "Gemma treats her adopted daughter so well. If she had her own kids, they'd definitely be happy too.""Yes, indeed."Yvette admired Zoey for having such a supportive mother who stood by her no matter what happened.Kiki asked, "Yvvy, have you ever thought about finding your biological mother?"She suddenly realized that many parents who abandoned their children might have done so because they had no other choice, or perhaps they did so for other reasons.Yvette shook her head. "I don't want to be disappointed again."Parents who could abandon their daughter at the orphanage probably didn't love her very much.
Kiki nodded and said, "Yes, it's them. They're incredibly arrogant. Just thinking about it still makes me really angry."Yvette picked up her phone and made a call. A bodyguard that was stationed nearby answered her.Kiki overheard her telling the person on the phone to isolate a few of them and beat them up."What do you mean?"Kiki still didn't understand what was happening.The driver started the car and drove them to a secluded location.Kiki then realized that all the people who had previously pushed her were now being cornered and beaten up."Yvvy, this is...""I can tolerate it if they bully me, but I can't stand it when they bully you," Yvette said, enunciating each word clearly.Kiki felt moved. She hugged Yvette tightly, saying, "Yvvy, you're amazing! My true love!"Yvette couldn't help but laugh. "Dummy. You're my best friend. You stood by me, so of course, I'll stand by you."She was no longer the person she once was, with nothing to her name. Yvette now had weal
Zoey never imagined that Yvette had secretly recorded their conversation back then.She immediately told the approaching reporters, "Stop taking pictures."However, even if the reporters didn't take photos, the guests who attended would take pictures and record videos."With this whole mix-up between the real and fake daughters, is Zoey actually from the Yandell family or the Snyder family?"Lawrence was upset and said, "My daughter, of course, took my last name.""Ah, so Yara was having an affair..."The people who came to attend the funeral on behalf of the Snyder family were instantly displeased."Are you kidding? Yara has been with you all along. Do you think us Snyders are a bunch of nobodies?"The members of the Snyder family and the people from the Cadwell family suddenly started arguing fiercely.Yvette looked at everything happening before her and just felt a deep sense of sadness.Kiki was supporting her upright, fearing she might get unintentionally caught up in th
The people present whispered to each other, confused about what Yvette was trying to do."Yvette, we were in the wrong before. Please don't take our words too seriously."The ones who previously criticized Yvette were now pretending to say nice things, fearing retaliation from her.Zoey and Lawrence stood among the crowd, unsure of what Yvette was going to do or say.Yvette ignored the person speaking and instead pulled out a report. "This is a paternity test. I am not Ms. Cadwell's biological daughter."She spoke about it boldly and bluntly.Everyone present was stunned to hear that, including Zoey and Terrence.Terrence never imagined that the sister he grew up with was not actually the daughter of the Cadwells."Yvette, don't joke around," Terrence said while forcing a laugh.Yvette looked at Terrence and said, "I'm not joking. To avoid anyone thinking I'm faking it, I've undergone tests at several major hospitals. I'm definitely not a daughter of the Cadwell family or the