When Jeremiah heard Rick saying that Yvette would ruin the company's reputation, his gaze turned cold. "Is that so?" he asked gently.Rick could clearly feel something was wrong, and he said with a smile, "I was just teasing you. Actually, a woman like her is more interesting!"He had always thought that Jeremiah was a humble man who wasn't as cruel as Xavier. That was why he'd spoken without holding back earlier.Jeremiah ignored him and said to Yvette, "You should get some rest, Yvvy."She was confused. "Don't you need me here anymore?""Nah. Go ahead and rest.""Sure." She didn't want to stay there and listen to Rick's disgusting words either. So, she left the scene and went to the lounge. What she didn't know was that shortly after she left, there was a cry for mercy outside the golf course.The people around the scene were blocked off by the bodyguards, and they couldn't see what was going on at all.Meanwhile, Rick was begging for mercy as he kneeled on the ground. "I'm
Yvette got in a cab and told the driver to drive to the hospital as quickly as possible.Meanwhile, Jeremiah didn't return to the company. Instead, he told his driver to follow Yvette in secret. He wanted to see where she was going.Back at the hospital, Zoey was holding onto an agreement as she stared at Yara in the hospital, "What do I have to do to make you agree to sever our ties?"Yara felt excruciating pain in her stomach. However, the physical pain she felt was nothing in comparison to the pain Zoey was causing her at that moment. "Zoey, I'm your biological mother. How could you think about cutting ties with me?"Seeing how Yara wasn't agreeing to it, Zoey grew more frustrated. "I'm begging you, alright? Just forget that I ever existed!"Yara felt devastated, and she still couldn't believe the daughter she'd loved the most would do such a thing to her."If you agree to it, I'll take care of your medical bills and living expenses. If you don't, then don't blame me for bei
Zoey was stunned for a moment. Then, she lied, "Well, my stepmom has cancer, right? I'm here to visit her.""Is that so? Since I'm here, why don't I visit her as well?" Jeremiah wanted to see how she would keep up the act.Zoey immediately rejected the idea. "There's no need for that. She's already asleep now, so let's not disturb her.""Sure." He knew it wasn't time for him to get into a conflict with her yet.The car started moving and slowly drove away from the hospital.…Meanwhile, Yara kept thinking about what Zoey had just said. "I only have one mom, and that's Gemma!"Her mind was a mess. She had never expected her obedient and capable daughter to acknowledge someone else as her mother.When Yvette entered the ward, she saw that Yara didn't look as energetic as she used to in the past. Instead, the latter looked dead.Yvette asked Georgia, "Can you give us the room for a moment?""Sure." Georgia trusted Yvette and left the ward.After she left, the ward became quiete
When Yara heard that, she immediately stopped Georgia. "Don't you dare! If you tell Yvette about it, I'll… I'll end myself right in front of you!"She didn't know how else she could threaten Georgia. This was the only thing she could think of.Georgia was frustrated. "Even so, you can't keep lying to her, right? She's the reason you have all of this now. If you have the slightest hint of humanity left in you, you should tell her the truth."Yara knew Georgia made sense, but she didn't dare to do it at all. "Let's wait until I'm about to die."She looked outside the window and stopped talking.…Yvette's mind was all over the place. When she finally returned to Dewberry Manor, Jeana was back as well. The latter looked completely different from how she'd looked the night before—she was back to her obedient persona. There were still subtle fingerprints on her face, indicating how hard Lillian had hit her the previous night."Oh, you're back, Yvette. I was at my friend's place las
Soon, it was nighttime. Jeana was sleeping peacefully when she suddenly heard a loud ringing in her room. She instantly woke up in shock. When she turned on the lights, the noise was gone."That's weird… Was I dreaming?"After she turned the lights off, she went back to sleep. However, after an hour, the noise came back. This time, she was certain that it wasn't a dream."Where is it coming from? Could it be my phone?"She picked up her phone and turned it off. Then, she continued sleeping again. After a short while, she suddenly heard a weird noise by her side. It sounded like someone was crying. Jeana was half awake, and she felt chills up her spine.After she woke up in fear, she couldn't sleep anymore. Instead, she curled up under her blanket."This place isn't haunted, right?"She couldn't sleep at all.…When Yvette was about to leave for work after breakfast the next day, Jeana was still in bed. She decided to give the latter a taste of her own medicine and took a pictu
It was a dreary day with constant rain.Yvette Snyder stood at the entrance of the hospital, her body frail, clutching a pregnancy report in her thin hands. Three words on the report stood out: "No pregnancy detected"."You've been married for three years. How are you not pregnant?" Her mother, Yara Cadwell, demanded, jabbing a finger in Yvette's face disappointedly. Yara was dressed lavishly and wore high heels. "Why are you so useless? If you don't get pregnant soon, the Lanes are going to kick you out of the family. What's going to happen to our family then?"Yvette looked at Yara blankly. She had a lot to say, but the words were stuck in her throat. In the end, all she could manage was, "I'm sorry.""I don't want you to be sorry. I want you to give birth to Xavier's child. Do you understand me?"Yvette's throat felt tight; she didn't know how to answer Yara.In their three years of marriage, her husband, Xavier Lane, had never slept with her.How could she ever have his ch
Everyone in the private room looked over at the door. For a moment, the room was eerily silent.Yvette immediately caught sight of Xavier in the middle of the room. His eyes were clear and bright. He was clearly not drunk.She knew that she had been tricked by Daphne.When Xavier saw Yvette, his pupils constricted.Everyone else in the room looked awkward, including Tristan, who had been the most vocal in getting Xavier to accept Daphne's confession earlier.Yvette shouldn't have gone there.Daphne was the first to break the silence. "Please don't get the wrong idea, Yvvy. Tristan was joking. Xavier and I are just friends."Before Yvette could answer, Xavier stood up impatiently. "There's no need to explain it to her."Then, he stalked over to Yvette. "What are you doing here?""I thought you were drunk, so I came to take you home," Yvette answered truthfully.Xavier scoffed. "You really didn't retain anything I told you, did you?"Lowering his voice, he said softly so that
Yvette's voice was calm and impassive, as though divorce were a menial matter to her.Xavier's pupils contracted. "What did you just say?"Over the last three years, no matter what he had done, Yvette had never brought up divorce.In truth, Xavier knew that Yvette loved him.Her eyes, which were usually dull and empty, were clear and bright now. "I'm sorry for being a burden over the last few years, Mr. Lane. We should get divorced."Xavier clenched his fists unconsciously. "You heard what I said earlier, didn't you? Snyder Group was already failing; it won't matter whether I buy it or someone else does. What are you trying to do by bringing up divorce?"Is it because you want money? Or a child? Or do you want me to leave Snyder Group alone?" he asked coldly. "Don't forget that I don't love you. Your threats won't work on me!"At that moment, he seemed like a stranger to Yvette. A lump formed in her throat as her ears began throbbing. Even though she was wearing her hearing aids