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
"Jeana!"Zoey caught up with the limping Jeana in no time. The latter stopped walking and looked at her, "What's up, Zoey?"Because of Jeremiah, Jeana was a little afraid of Zoey as well."Nothing. I just wanted to talk with you. Where are you heading now? Why don't we take a walk together?" said Zoey.Jeana was afraid of rejecting her. So, they both headed to see Clifford together.Zoey couldn't help asking, "Do you dislike Yvette a lot?"Jeana was stunned. When she returned to her senses, she quickly denied it. "No, I don't." There was no way she would admit to hating Yvette."Oh, alright. I thought you'd be like me and think there was something wrong with her." Zoey sighed.When Jeana heard that, she asked in confusion, "Do you dislike her too, Zoey?"Zoey nodded. "Not only that, but I really hate her. She's a two-faced woman. Do you think she's satisfied with only being Xavier's wife?"Jeana looked at her in anticipation of more gossip."She's interested in Jeremiah as w
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
The corners of Jeremiah's lips curled into a faint smile. "It seems like things aren't looking good for him."Tristan was immediately infuriated upon hearing those words. He grabbed Jeremiah by the collar and demanded, "What nonsense are you spouting?"Jeremiah looked calmly at him and said, "You're not very good at lying."Tristan was indeed that kind of person—he had no hidden agendas or schemes."You're Xav's own brother. Do you really hate him that much? Do you want him to die?"After hearing this, Jeremiah's expression remained unchanged. "You and Xavier are supposed to be best friends. Can you guarantee that you're not jealous of him and have never thought about making him disappear?""Of course not," Tristan affirmed confidently.When he was younger, he indeed felt jealous of Xavier and was unhappy about always being overshadowed by him. But as he grew older, he realized that everyone had their own strengths and that there was no need to compete with others over everythin
The members of the Cadwell family looked at each other in confusion, and then they began to apologize to Yvette and Kiki."Yvette, I'm sorry. Please forgive us. We're old and unwise.""Yes, yes, we're unwise. We're sorry.""Miss, please forgive us. We'll cover all your medical expenses."They all apologized at once, but only they knew how sincere the apologies actually were.Kiki tugged on Yvette's hand and asked, "Yvvy, what do you think we should do?"Yvette had already figured out how to deal with them. She said, "Since they already realized their mistake, let's just let it go.""Okay." Kiki, seeing that Yvette wasn't bothered by it anymore, agreed as well. "Just make sure you don't bully others by abusing your power in the future.""Right. Yes."Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had narrowly escaped a crisis. They didn't realize that Yvette had already planned on how to deal with them.This was, after all, a funeral parlor, and some media reporters would s