Marlene's parking spot was gone, and she had to walk there. When she saw Elena approaching her to flatter her, she looked disgusted. Her secretary, Shayla York, sensibly blocked Elena's path.Marlene scoffed. "Do you really think anyone can be my friend?"Although she was no longer the president of the parents' committee, she was still the daughter-in-law of the Lane family. Meanwhile, Elena was just the wife of a man who'd become rich by luck. She wasn't married into a rich family at all.Marlene had only talked to Elena in the past because she'd wanted to use the latter to attack Yvette. At that moment, Elena was clearly useless to her.Elena was suddenly stunned, and she stopped in her tracks. The mothers around her looked at her without any hint of sympathy at all. Instead, their gazes were mocking.Jacquline walked to Elena and said, "Listen to me and stop trying to please everyone in the future. If you do it too much, you'll get nothing in return."There was nothing wrong w
Marlene stumbled a few steps back. After she found her balance, she took a good look at the aloof man in front of her.She instinctively thought he was Yvvette's lover and couldn't help saying sarcastically, "Are you feeling lonely, Yvette? Does Xavier know about this man?"Ray frowned slightly. "I'm Ms. Snyder's bodyguard.""Bodyguard? Yeah, right!" Marlene hadn't expected a person like Yvette, who'd been humiliated a lot in the past, to hire a bodyguard.Yvette approached her and didn't try to explain who Ray was. Instead, she said with a deep voice, "Is one slap not enough?"Marlene immediately stopped talking. She frustratedly turned around in front of the crowd and walked toward Malcolm. Before she left, she glared at Yvette."Thank you for helping me. However, we've really offended Marlene this time." Jacqueline sincerely thanked Yvette from the side. She was a courageous woman. The only thing that would get on her nerves was people saying how she was taking care of a mis
When Yvette got out of the car with Zachary, Archibald smiled brightly. "There's my Zac."Zachary ran to him and greeted him, "Hello, Great-Grandpa."Archibald took out a few things and said, "Look! I made them when I was bored at home. What do you think?"Zachary pointed at a flawed carving spot and said without holding back, "That's awesome. But you should've carved this part more intricately."Archibald nodded. "Alright. I'll keep that in mind. You should head inside first. I want to have a word with your mom.""Alright."After Zachary entered the house, Yvette approached Archibald. "Mr. Shaw Senior."He looked at the scar on her beautiful face and couldn't help sighing. "Have you caught the culprit?"She shook her head. "It seems like he has escaped overseas.""He sure is bold to hurt you and Zac. No matter where he is, I'll do my best to catch him as well."Archibald wasn't just giving empty promises; he had already gotten his men to look into it. He knew it had somethin
Yvette froze. Since Xavier couldn't see, he didn't manage to kiss her lips. So, he bent down again to do it again.Noah's eyes widened as he thought Xavier had gone too far. He hadn't thought Xavier would actually do it! "Mom."Yvette immediately returned to her senses and avoided Xavier. Then, she pushed him. "That's enough. Let's stop this and eat now."Xavier smiled slightly. "Sure."Then, they started eating as a family. After they were done with their meal, they rested in the living room. When it was 9:00 pm, they each took a shower and prepared for bed.Noah grabbed Yvette's hand and said, "Mom, please continue sleeping with me and Dad."Just as she was about to say something, Xavier spoke first. "Noah, you're not a baby anymore, so you'll have to sleep by yourself."Noah was confused, and he didn't know what Xavier was doing. After all, he was trying to help the latter! Unfortunately, Xavier couldn't see anything, so Noah didn't know how he could send him signals."Alr
What Lawrence didn't know was that the shares he sold would be purchased by Xavier at a low price right away. He would think that he'd hit the jackpot."If we don't carry on with the lawsuit, doesn't it mean that we'll have to return the money to Yvette?" asked Zoey.Lawrence's gaze flashed with a cold glint. "Zoey, Yvette's able to make us return the money because I'm still married to your mom. If we get a divorce, then it'll be her responsibility alone."When she heard that, she didn't disagree at all. "Let's look for Mom tomorrow."Compared to Yara, she loved money more.…The next morning, Yara's ward was lively for once. Lawrence and Zoey had visited her. She thought they were there just to visit her, and she even ignored Lawrence on purpose. Instead, she just spoke to Zoey.Since Lawrence had never visited her before, he knew he was wrong. So, he had no choice but to send Zoey some signals. Zoey understood it. When he left the ward, she told Yara everything Yvette had done
"Mom, are you peeing again?" Zoey looked disgusted.Yara blushed in embarrassment and awkwardly pulled up her blanket, trying to cover the awful smell. Seeing how she looked, Zoey couldn't take it anymore. "Mom, why are you still afraid of a divorce when you're like this?"She was thinking that Yara should stop being a burden when the latter was about to die anyway. However, she didn't dare to say her thoughts out loud.Yara was extremely awkward. "Please go home first. I need to think about it.""Be quick about it. If we're too late, Yvette might take everything away."Zoey didn't want to stay there any longer, so she left with Lawrence.After they had left, Georgia immediately entered the room. "Madam Yara, are you alright? Shall I call a doctor now?"Yara's eyes were still red, and she shook her head. "No. Just change my bed sheets for me."It was rare for her to show her vulnerable side in front of others. Georgia helped her get up first before changing the sheets. Howeve
Yara changed into her usual clothes and got into a cab. It felt like a different world outside."Where would you like to go, ma'am?" asked the driver. When she heard that, she looked out the window and didn't know where she should go. In the end, she told the driver to take her to Snyder Residence.After half an hour, she reached the residence. She thought it would've changed a lot by then. After all, it had been auctioned off, and it could've been someone else's home already. However, when she got out of the vehicle and looked at the house, nothing had changed at all.It was clean inside and out, and the tree in the yard was swaying healthily. She walked toward the house in disbelief.She remembered that Daphne had bought the property. Daphne hadn't shown up in front of her for a long time, so she didn't know that Xavier had bought back the house a year ago.When the hourly housekeeper, Sandy Pine, saw Yara, she came out and asked, "Who are you?"Yara was stunned for a moment be
"If you really are dying, I won't watch you die because you gave birth to me," said Yvette.Seeing how proud Yvette looked, Yara couldn't help saying sarcastically, "Don't get it wrong just because Xavier is blind and has given you some money, you brat. Why won't I be able to live? You have no idea how much better Zoey is. With her around, I'm living my best life."I was just testing you earlier, and you're already showing your true colors now. You really are ungrateful…"Once Yara started scolding Yvette, she couldn't stop anymore. Yvette didn't want to waste her breath on Yara, so she returned to the bedroom and tidied James' belongings with Noah.After Yara scolded Yvette outside for a long time, she felt a wave of pain. Then, there was blood coming out of her. Sandy noticed something was wrong and couldn't help asking, "Are you alright?"Yara was in so much pain that she couldn't speak anymore. Sandy anxiously looked for Yvette. Then, Yvette learned that Yara was having a rela