When Xavier woke up, he moved his hand a little and realized someone had been holding it the whole time.Yvette immediately opened her eyes. "Xav, you're awake!"When he heard her voice, he gripped her hand tighter. "Yeah. It feels like I've been sleeping for a long time."She got closer to him and hugged him with her other hand. "You didn't just sleep for a long time. You almost died!"After all, one of his arteries had been injured, and the amount of blood he'd lost had been terrifying.When she hugged him, his body tensed up. He slowly lifted his hand and gently patted her back. "Don't worry. I'm fine now, aren't I?"She hugged him tighter, and it felt like her entire face was buried in his chest. His shirt was soaked with her tears.His heart tightened as he said, "Don't cry."Yvette took a deep breath. "I'm not.""Are you hungry?" After asking that, she looked at him again. "Oh, since you're awake, I should call Tristan over now. He can check on your current condition."
Yvette was still thinking about how Xavier kept saving her again and again. When she heard his question, she was amused and pinched his arm. "What a silly question!"Before she could answer him, her phone suddenly rang and interrupted their sweet conversation."Who is it?" he asked.Yvette took a look at her phone and saw that it was Claude. So, she answered him truthfully, "It's Claude."Like a jealous teenager, he said, "Put him on speaker. I want to hear why he's calling."Although Yvette had just been acting the previous day, Xavier had gotten jealous when he'd noticed how in sync she and Claude had been. Feeling helpless, she answered the call and placed it on speaker. "Hey, Claude," she said."I called Ray yesterday, and he told me what happened. Are you alright now?" asked Claude."Yeah, I'm fine now," she answered.Then, he added, "Good. What I said yesterday was true. If you want, I can send someone to pick you up now. I'll make sure no one hurts you again when you
Jeremiah's gaze turned cold, but he still didn't say anything. After taking a few bites of his breakfast, he stood up."Mom, I'm done eating. I'll be heading to the company now.""Are you still working today?" asked Shannon."Yeah. I won't be able to help out at home anyway." After he was done talking, he turned to Zoey. "Since you're at home, help Mom out with the event. Don't appear in public again unless it's necessary."He said that because of how she'd accused Yvette of plagiarism a few days ago and gotten exposed for it. Zoey unwillingly stopped talking and just said, "Alright."Since what had happened had caused a huge commotion, she didn't dare to be angry at him over his words.After Jeremiah went out, he took out his phone and saw a few missed calls from Trevor. He called Trevor back, and the call was connected in no time. Then, Trevor's shaky voice sounded. "What should we do, Mr. Jeremiah? Sunny has been taken away by Xavier's men."Jeremiah wasn't surprised to h
Usually, they would make Sunny disappear from the face of the Earth. However, Xavier was worried about scaring Yvette, so he lied. "We'll make sure he doesn't come back to Tirion ever again.""I see," she said upon realization.Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and a bodyguard said, "Mr. Lane, Ms. Jeana says she wants to see you."Xavier frowned; he didn't like Jeana at all. Before he could say anything, she had already barged her way over to the ward's door. "Xav! Are you alright?"She remembered how badly he'd been injured when he'd saved Yvette. She didn't understand why he'd still wanted to save Yvette when she'd clearly betrayed him. Then, she wondered if Yvette really was that likable.The bodyguards stopped her from moving forward. However, since she was Xavier's cousin and was injured as well, they couldn't lay a finger on her."Get out of my way. I want to see Xav."Hearing the commotion outside, Yvette's ears began to hurt. "Let her in."Then, the bodyguards fina
Back in the ward, Xavier reached his hand out toward Yvette. She habitually placed her hand on it. "Does your head still hurt?""Not anymore," he said. "But I still need a hug."She sat on the bed and hugged him. "Let me know if I accidentally touch your wound.""I know. I'm not that dumb," he said with a smile. He hadn't felt so blissful in a long while. They hugged each other for a long time and weren't even done when someone opened the door from outside."Why are you hugging Mom when you're an adult, Dad?" Upon hearing the adorable voice, Yvette looked toward the door. Then, she saw Noah standing there, with Ray holding his hand.Noah was stunned. "Mom, you two are too evil! How could you secretly hug each other at the hospital and send me to school on a holiday?"When Yvette returned to her senses, she immediately let Xavier go."About that…" She didn't know how to explain it. Noah looked into her eyes like he had seen through everything. "I guess I really am an accident
It turned out that Jeana was only acting as a messenger. After hearing the message, Yvette said, "Tell Xavier about it yourself."Jeana didn't think it was a big deal and slowly entered the ward. However, after a while, she looked devastated. When Yvette returned to the ward, Noah was sitting at the side, feeling bored."Noah, your dad needs to rest. So, let's go home now and stop disturbing him, alright?""Alright." He had only come there to see what was up with Xavier, so he'd really felt bored staying there the whole time. He figured it would be better for him to go home and start streaming.Hearing that they were leaving, Xavier said, "I'm heading home tonight as well."His wounds had been stitched up, and it wouldn't be a problem as long as he didn't do anything too intense."But what about your wounds? Will you be alright?" Yvette was slightly worried."Don't worry. I'll be fine. Tristan has said that I'm not in danger anymore." After saying that, he added, "I'm planning t
Once the call ended, Tristan finally felt relieved. He asked Kiki, "Where shall we go later?"She was feeling lazy and didn't feel like moving too much. "Let's just go to a mall nearby. We can have a meal and rest there. If Grandpa asks about it, we can just say we're watching a movie. What do you think?"Although Tristan didn't really want to do it, that was the best thing they could do. So, they went to the mall together.At that moment, there were a lot of people at the mall. Kiki had accidentally bumped into Tristan and fell into his embrace multiple times because there were too many people shoving around. So, he had no choice but to protect her."What's so fun about this place anyway?" He didn't understand the appeal of the mall at all.Since they were already there, Kiki figured they wouldn't know where else to go if they left just like that. She noticed there was a seafood restaurant that specialized in grilled fish nearby. There wasn't a long line there either."Let's go
"Where are you going?" asked Tristan.When Kiki noticed that he was no longer on his phone, she said, "Don't you see the guards are telling us to get out?"He helplessly said, "They're just telling everyone else to get out, not us."She was a little confused, so she listened to his explanation. "I just called the person in charge of the mall earlier. I told him to escort every irrelevant person out of the building," he said.At first, he hadn't cared about whether there were a lot of people. However, after seeing Leonard and Camila, he'd had the urge to chase everyone out.Kiki finally understood what he had done and thought it sure was great to be wealthy. Since Tristan had made everyone leave the mall, he'd have to take care of every bill in the mall, and that couldn't be cheap."Man, what a waste! You could've just given me the money…" she mumbled to herself.Tristan didn't hear what she said and asked, "What are you mumbling about?"She immediately shook her head. "Nothing.
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