Outside the mansion, Howard suddenly panicked. He could barely hold onto his flask of hot water, and some of it even splashed to the ground.Curtis immediately passed him some tissues. Unexpectedly, Howard grabbed his hand instead."Curtis, I'm really worried. I feel that something bad is about to happen. Do you think Jade …""Don't scare yourself." Curtis placed his hand on Howard's shoulder. "We're all here, keeping watch. What could happen to her?""But …"Right at this moment, Howard noticed a man driving out of the mansion. He suddenly had an urge. "Curtis, come with me.""What?" Before Curtis could react, Howard had already dragged him onto a motorcycle. He put on a helmet. The next second, the motorcycle flew forward. Curtis instinctively held onto it. He asked Howard, "Why are we following him? We could let the others do it."Howard didn't reply to him. He merely kept looking at the car. At the border, a motorcycle was much easier to get around compared to a car, so
Despite being under the watchful eye of Mark's men, Curtis still managed to secretly send a message to Yvonne.Next to him, Howard was already on the brink of losing it. He hugged his head and ran into the wall a few times.Curtis jumped. He immediately put his phone aside and held on to Howard. "What are you doing? Jade is still in there. Are you planning to join her?"Howard's face was covered in tears. He could barely stand up properly. "Curtis, I'm really useless. I can't even protect my daughter. I deserve to die.""No." Curtis looked at Mark in the distance coldly. He said softly through gritted teeth, "He is the one who deserves to die. Not you."…Jade's surgery went on for eight hours. When the doctor came out, he looked terrible. Using the local language, he asked who the family of the patient was. Howard wanted to run over, but Mark's bodyguards held him back. Mark cast them a glance, asking them to let Howard go. Howard had been living at the border for many yea
Yvonne and Jade entered the operation theater together while the others waited outside.Howard sat on the chair and silently prayed.Curtis and Stephen looked at each other, exchanging silent greetings. They knew that the surgery that day would be a tough one for Yvonne. Everyone was worried for her.As time passed, it got harder and harder to sit and wait. When the lights on the operation theater sign switched off, everyone finally sighed.By then, the surgery had already gone on for 11 hours. Yvonne came out of the operation theater. She hadn't even taken off her scrubs. She was covered in blood, which was a huge contrast to her pale face.She forced a smile at Howard. "The surgery was a success."Howard was so excited that he knelt on the spot. "Ms. Y. You're amazing …""Don't thank me first." Yvonne bent down and said gently, "Jade needs a heart transplant within three months to survive. That's why I plan to send her to Hope Health Services once her condition is more stabl
The flashes of gold went straight into Mark's heart. It felt like an insect bite, but the pain quickly spread through him.Mark gritted his teeth. "What did you do?""Just inserted a few needles into your heart, but I accidentally made it too deep.""How dare you?" Mark furrowed his brows in pain. He was about to pull a gold needle out, but Yvonne reacted quickly. She pushed his hand, and the needle went deeper into his heart."Ah!" Mark yelled. He was instantly furious. He grabbed Yvonne by the wrist tightly, as if he wanted to break it in half, but the pain in his chest was throbbing. Soon, he couldn't exert any strength.He was sweating profusely on his forehead. "Yvonne, have you lost your mind?""I only want you to have a taste of what Jade is going through." Yvonne swept Mark's chest with a cold gaze. "When you locked her up and didn't let her have her medicine, this is how she felt. How does it feel? Does it hurt?" Yvonne sneered."Here I was, thinking that your heart
Ever since returning from the hotel, Yvonne had been very quiet, barely talking at all. Other than going to the hospital to check up on Jade's condition each day, she would be working in the mines.During that time, Yvonne also got Curtis to look into Mark's businesses.A week later, Curtis handed her a document. "This has information on all of Mark's businesses.""Hmm, thank you," Yvonne responded without looking up. She gestured for Curtis to put the document by the side.Curtis placed the document down on the desk but didn't leave. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Yvonne, you can't blame yourself for Jade's incident. You've already done very well—""Curtis," Yvonne interrupted him. Her tone was emotionless. "You don't have to persuade me. I know what I should do.""But …"Curtis furrowed his brows. He heard footsteps from behind him, so he turned around to look.Seeing Stephen approaching them, Curtis nodded at him a little before leaving the study to give them some
"Take a guess. Do you think Claude and Leonard know about Jade's incident?" Stephen asked casually."I guess so, after all …" Yvonne suddenly came to a realization. "You want me to use this opportunity to tell Claude and Leonard about my hatred for Mark so that they will trust me more and perhaps even help me out?"Stephen smiled in response. As expected, Yvonne had understood it immediately.Right at this moment, her phone vibrated on the desk. Yvonne switched modes on her phone and saw that it was a call from Leonard. Her eyes glimmered slyly. "Speak of the devil."Stephen watched on as Yvonne answered the call. She had been smiling a moment ago, yet the moment she picked up the call, her expression darkened. He was shocked at how quickly her expression had changed."Can I help you, Leonard?" Yvonne asked coldly."Uh …" Leonard asked tentatively, "I've heard about what happened to Howard Hough. I never thought that Mark would be so unethical. I'll talk to him.""No need."
"No." Leonard said icily, "She must still be angry. She isn't really too willing to talk to me about working together. I was too impatient."Leonard convinced himself not to get too worked up."Knowing Mark, he would never explain to Yvonne. After all, it wouldn't matter at all. They hate each other no matter what. From Yvonne's tone, I'm sure she thinks that Mark was behind this."Leonard looked at Claude and said curtly, "Don't worry. She won't suspect your precious granddaughter."Claude smiled sheepishly. "Jane is indeed at fault on this matter. I am as well. I should have asked for more details before arranging a team of men for her."He poured Leonard a cup of hot tea. "Luckily, you reacted quickly and settled this matter in time. If not, we would have been in trouble.""Yes." Leonard glared at Claude. "If Yvonne ever finds out that Jane was behind this, she'll come at us instead."Claude nodded fervently. "There is also another thing. Jade has seen Jane before. She …""W
When the plane landed, Jade was soon handed over to the medical staff, who had been waiting for them for a long time.Jim knew that Yvonne must be exhausted from this trip, so he forbade her to come along with him. Instead, he got Stephen to take her home to rest.Yvonne couldn't argue with Jim, so she obeyed.Returning to the mansion, Yvonne took a shower. When she came out of the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel, she heard a knock on the door.She opened the door to see Stephen with a bottle of red wine and two glasses in his hands. She smiled. "How did you know I wanted a drink tonight?""You've just returned to headquarters. Your mind won't rest easily." Stephen entered her room. "You're no robot. You can't switch off whenever you want. If you really went to bed like this, you would be up all night."Yvonne chuckled gently and closed the door. Then, she headed over to Stephen by the floor-to-ceiling window. They sat on the floor with a glass of red wine each.Her hai