The assistant smiled calmly. “Mr. Collins, I haven’t been notified of that arrangement. If there are any personnel changes, the human resource staff will contact you.”Mr. Collins’s face was pale, and he left looking defeated.The assistant looked away dully and thought, ‘Luckily, I’ve been on Yvette’s side!’Lance pulled Yvette back into the office. Yvette’s struggle was futile, so she became a little impatient.Once they were inside, she broke away and rubbed her wrist with one hand.Yvette thought, ‘My poor wrist! It was crushed twice today!’She looked at Lance with dissatisfaction. “What are you doing? Did you take the wrong meds today?”Lance stood there with his fists slightly clenched.“Why didn’t you discuss with me first?”He was referring to the business trip to Cali.Yvette’s expression was dull as she raised an eyebrow.“This is a company issue, so it should be discussed in the office. Why should I discuss it with you first? It wasn’t too late to let you know ju
After all, if Yvette had a fallout with Lance, why would she still be in the mood to care about the company’s stock?Yvette silently looked at the door and retracted her smile.After some thought, she called her mother to tell her about this matter.Mrs. Quimbey hesitated for a full minute before she asked, “Do you really want to go?”Yvette responded. “I’ll never be able to stand on my own if I don't go. I can’t live under your wing and the Sheldon family’s wing for the rest of my life, right?”Mrs. Quimbey sighed. Yvette probably gave this some thought.“You can go, but you must pay attention to the dangers there. Although I want you to grow up, I don’t want anything to happen to you. Got it?”Yvette’s eyes were sore as she answered.“I know, Mom. But Lance won’t let me go. Can you tell Aunt Fiona about this? If she agrees to it, then it’ll be much easier to convince Lance.”Mrs. Quimbey paused. “Okay, I’ll tell her.”After a few seconds, Mrs. Quimbey continued, “I heard th
Lance did not stand up for Yvette when he was talking to Whitney at the stairway that day. Yvette ultimately felt that it was not worth it.She thought, ‘What’s the point of feeling sorry for myself? What’s the use of caring about other people’s opinions? I’ve loved frankly, and even if it doesn’t end well, at least it was still a blast!’In the first half of her life, Yvette had taken her relationships too seriously.First Sean, then Lance.Lance did not do anything wrong. He was actually quite innocent.However, Yvette just had an epiphany.The honeymoon stage of their marriage was a great memory, but she could not be immersed in bliss forever.Yvette was just incompetent. She would always be known as Mrs. Sheldon, and other people only addressed her as “Vice President” out of respect for Lance.She seemed to have nothing to complain about.Once she thought it through, those awkward situations did not matter anymore.Yvette took a deep breath and began to prepare the materi
Lance’s eyes visibly darkened.Yvette’s reaction was not what he had expected.She was upset.If it was before, Yvette would have been happy as hell, but now, there was no joy to be seen.His heart skipped a beat.“Yvette, are you still blaming me?”Yvette lifted her eyelids. “What exactly are you referring to?”This meant that Lance had already done quite a few things that made her upset.Since their marriage, the two of them had never encountered such a big disagreement.Lance pursed his lips and looked at her, not letting go of a single emotion on her face. “Whitney’s matter.”Yvette smiled indifferently. “It’s all in the past, isn’t it?”Lance rubbed his temples.“You can tell me if you’re upset about anything.”Yvette said, “I knew of her existence before we got married, and she’s not a threat to me, so I’m not upset. I also have exes, so I understand. You don’t have to explain yourself so many times because of that.”At the mention of her ex-boyfriend, Lance felt hi
In the afternoon, Lance and Yvette went to Fiona’s place. Yvette had already prepared a gift for her.Lance got the driver to pick them up and drop them off at his mother’s house.Thus, he and Yvette sat in the back, but the two of them did not speak for a while.The driver felt a little uncomfortable.In the past, Yvette would always chatter non-stop. Although Lance listened inattentively, he still answered her questions and responded to everything she said. They were all used to it.Suddenly, they were so quiet, so the driver was not used to it.Since they did not speak, the driver also dared not say a word.They arrived at Fiona’s house like that.It was a small villa that was not too big with a front and back garden and a good view.Lance bought the villa here back when this plot of land was first developed. It was very expensive.The nanny smiled and came over to open the door.“You’re finally here! Madam has been busy around the house all day.”Lance nodded and took Y
Fiona saw that Yvette did not have much of a reaction, as if this was just a trivial matter.However, Lance and Yvette’s interaction was obviously not the same as before. They were a lot more distant.In particular, Yvette’s gaze when she looked at Lance was not as bright as before.As someone who had been through this before, Fiona understood what that meant.“Right, but she showed up again with ulterior motives. Even if she’s not worth anything, it’s better to keep your guard up. It wasn’t easy for you to be together, and I don’t want you two to misunderstand each other because of her.”Lance said, “Mom…”Fiona shot him a look, signaling him not to interrupt her.“I disagreed when you first got together with Whitney back then, and it’s not because our family backgrounds didn't match. To be honest, our family’s standing was not that great at that time. We were in such a precarious situation, so we can’t really pick on her either. But this woman used your contacts to achieve her
Fiona sighed. She solemnly looked at Yvette.“Whitney’s return must have caused you a lot of damage. I want to apologize to you for this. When she left back then, she was the one who came to me and asked me for a sum of money, saying that she was going abroad for further studies. I didn’t give it to her, but she offered to break up with Lance in exchange for the money. I thought that she wouldn’t come back again. I didn’t think that she would be so jealous of your happiness, so much so that she deliberately came back to stir up trouble. Clearly, she succeeded, didn’t she?”Yvette was slightly stunned. She pursed her lips and unconsciously clenched her fist.She did not know what to say.It turned out that Fiona had long noticed that something was not right between them.Lance calmed down after a while. His voice was deep and raspy with such strong resentment. He gritted his teeth and said, “You should’ve told me earlier.”Fiona looked at her son. Her eyes gradually reddened.“Ba
Yvette did not refuse. She was now at an impasse with Lance not because of Whitney. It was because of the Cali business trip.However, Lance liked to mix up the two matters.Lance’s office.Lance sat on the sofa and pointed to the opposite side, looking like he was ready to negotiate.“Let’s sit and talk.”Yvette sat there, but she did not start the conversation.The assistant outside sensed a cold tension between Lance and Yvette. Out of curiosity, the assistant brazenly went into the office to deliver coffee.The originally calm Lance suddenly had bloodshot eyes. He coldly yelled, “Get out!”The assistant was so scared that he left in a hurry.Yvette looked at Lance, who rarely loses his temper, and suddenly laughed.Lance looked at her coldly.“What are you laughing at?”Yvette said, “You wanted to yell at me instead, right?”Lance wrinkled his eyebrows. Yvette did not give him a chance to speak.“I really want to go, and it’s not because I’m mad at you. I want to try