After they packed their bags, they went to Lane Mansion together.It was livelier than ever at the mansion that day. It would never be quiet at a wealthy family's house, especially on a holiday. Even Jeana, who hadn't recovered fully yet, was there as well. She was chatting happily with Clifford. Shannon and Zoey were welcoming the guests, and Gemma was there too. When some of the people who knew Gemma learned about Zoey's pregnancy, they said to Shannon, "Madam Shannon, since Zoey's already pregnant, when is she getting married to Jerry?""Yeah! Have you decided on a date?""Once you have, remember to tell us about it! That way, we can prepare the gifts in advance."Hearing everyone asking about Jeremiah's wedding, Shannon was a little frustrated. She'd talked to him about it as well. However, he'd said he'd prepare for it and told her not to worry about the wedding. So, she'd stopped urging him."It's still up to Zoey and Jerry. They can decide when they want to have the wed
After Yvette took a seat with Noah, they waited for Xavier's return. However, she didn't expect Zoey to approach her with a few cousins from the Lane family. They were all around the same age.Zoey sat next to Yvette on purpose. "Yvette, why are you and Noah sitting in such a secluded corner? I thought you weren't coming."The others took a seat as well, and one of them said, "Yvette, is this your son with Xav? He's adorable! But I've heard that he's terribly sick. What kind of sickness does he have?"They wanted to bring up things that would upset Yvette, so they would use all the ammunition they had.Before Yvette could say anything, someone else said, "I've heard about it from Grandpa before. I think it's leukemia.""What? Leukemia? Isn't it a terminal disease?" another person said loudly."I think so. It's uncurable."They all took turns to say something to provoke Yvette on purpose. She clenched her fists tightly. Noah's illness was the biggest regret she had in her life. W
Shannon was stunned. She couldn't believe someone would dare to say that about Noah.None of the women gathered there knew how to explain themselves. After all, all they'd said was that leukemia was incurable. They'd never said that Noah didn't have long to live. However, Noah was great at acting. He hugged Shannon and said, "Grandma, am I going to die soon? I don't want to die yet!"As he spoke, tears began to roll down his face. If Yvette hadn't known the truth, she would've been tricked by him as well. At that moment, she realized that he was actually quite smart."Oh, why wouldn't you live a long life, my dear child? I'm sure you'll live until you're at least a hundred years old!" Shannon bent down to wipe his tears before coldly looking at the others there. "Which one of you cursed my grandson? Speak now!"At that moment, Zoey wanted to hide badly. The other women were afraid of Shannon as well, and they were trying to avoid her gaze.Suddenly, one of them boldly said, "A
Seeing that Clifford wanted to protect Jeana, Xavier was at a loss for words. "They're mine."Clifford threw his cane at Xavier, and it almost hit the latter's body. "So, you're still unwilling to tell me the truth at this point, huh?"Since it had come to that, Xavier had no choice but to tell Clifford about the crisis they had been in the other day. He also told Clifford how Yvette had done everything she could to buy more time. After Clifford heard the story, he was stunned. He didn't return to his senses for a long time."Does that mean that everything Yvette said was fake?""Of course. Why wouldn't I know whose children she's carrying when they're both mine?" Xavier answered with another question.Hearing that, Clifford could finally relax. "So, that's why! Oh, Jeana… Why didn't you get to the bottom of it first before spouting nonsense to me?"As Xavier had expected, Jeana was the one who'd told Clifford about it. When he heard her name, his gaze turned cold.Clifford
Malcolm had never expected he would be pulled underwater as well when he'd pushed Noah earlier. Although he'd learned how to swim before, the pond was nothing like a pool. Noah was also holding on to him tightly, and he couldn't escape. Malcolm silently cursed in his mind.Suddenly, a person swam toward them. Malcolm thought the person was going to save him. Unexpectedly, Noah was the one being saved instead. When Noah was saved, he finally let go of Malcolm's shirt.In less than a minute, Jeremiah managed to save Noah. It was fortunate that Noah hadn't swallowed any of the pond water. He just looked a little pale.Meanwhile, one of the guards saved Malcolm shortly after that as well.When Yvette arrived at the scene, she saw how Jeremiah saved Noah. She hurriedly ran to them and hugged the boy. "Noah!"The other people in the crowd hurriedly called an ambulance. Thus, the gathering had to end early because of the conflict between the two kids.As a doctor examined the boys at
When Malcolm heard there were surveillance cameras at the banquet, he became scared. However, he still stubbornly said, "Sure."Yvette added, "What if we see that Noah didn't push you and you were the one who pushed him instead? Shouldn't you apologize too?"Malcolm thought it wasn't a big deal, so he agreed with a nod. "Alright."While they were talking, Xavier had already told Luther to take care of it. Shortly after that, they received the surveillance footage from the event.Yvette took the footage and showed it to everyone there. They could clearly see that Malcolm was the one who pushed Noah. The only reason he'd ended up in the water too was that Noah had kept holding onto his shirt.With that, the truth was revealed.Clifford had been on Malcolm's side at first, but now, he was furious. "Malcolm, how could you lie?"It wouldn't have mattered that much if it had been the first time. But Malcolm had lied multiple times. Clifford still remembered how Malcolm had purposely p
Yvette and Xavier were already on their way back to Lane Mansion with Noah. While they were on their way, Noah looked at the marble, which looked rather ordinary."Dad, Mom, is this marble really worth a lot of money?"Yvette nodded. "Yeah, relics like that are precious. So you need to keep it safe."Clifford had also said that a late monk had passed it down, so it truly must not have been easy to get it."Alright." After Noah made that promise, he fell asleep while leaning against Yvette. She held him in her arms and didn't dare to let him leave her sight.When they got back to the mansion, she tucked him in bed before taking a shower and getting ready for bed herself. Xavier had washed up and gotten in bed before her. When they slept together that night, Yvette had a nightmare that something terrible had happened to Noah. She ended up waking in shock."Noah…"Xavier wasn't sleeping deeply. When he heard her voice, he held her in his arms. "Did you have a nightmare?"Yvette
However, that didn't mean they wouldn't say anything about Yvette.The ladies said proudly, "My husband has been working abroad lately. He doesn't have any time to spend with me because he has a lot of business to attend to.""The same goes for my husband as well. He needs to talk about business and meet his clients every day. He didn't even come with me this time.""Let's not talk about this now."Although they sounded like they were complaining about their husbands' flaws, there was nothing bad to complain about in reality. Instead, they were just showing off how capable those men were.Someone even flattered Zoey, saying, "No matter how busy our husbands are, they're nowhere near as busy as Jeremiah. Since Xavier isn't handling things anymore, Jeremiah's the one who's taking care of Titan Corporation. He even has to accompany Zoey while he's at it."Zoey felt pleased and smiled. "Most importantly, Jerry cares about me. No matter how busy he is, he'll always find the time to ac