At the same time, Otto was browsing through news about Well Spring Pharma on his phone. When he saw Yvonne's photo, he subconsciously stopped scrolling."Your mother just sent me a message …" Kendrick went over to Otto. Halfway through, he saw Yvonne's photo on Otto's phone.He smirked. "Now I know what I should say to your mother."Otto kept his phone aside and swept a cold gaze over Kendrick.Kendrick ignored him and typed while reading it out loud, "Otto's obsessed with someone. He doesn't have the time to return your call."Otto stopped him from typing. "Nonsense!"Kendrick chuckled at seeing Otto losing his temper. "I'm just telling the truth, right? Otto, I have never seen you lay your eyes on any woman, yet you're in a daze over a photo right now."Kendrick squinted his eyes and leaned in closer. "Have you really fallen for Yvonne?"Otto shoved Kendrick's head aside and said curtly, "I'm just reading the news, and I was thinking about something else. It has nothing to do
"How disobedient!"Agatha slapped the table consecutively. "An apple doesn't fall far from the tree! Like mother, like son! Even you are disobeying me!""Have we not been obedient enough all these years?" Edith smiled bitterly. "You have so many grandchildren. Every one of them could marry someone they love, but what about Otto? He's your great-grandson!"Edith continued, "He has been focused on helping out this family's business. Has he not proven himself enough? "You won't even praise him, and now you're even forcing him to marry someone he doesn't like! You're stopping him from becoming the heir. You're clearly casting him aside!"Tears streamed down Edith's face as she recalled all the indignation that Otto had suffered throughout the years. "I have been asking myself this question for a long time. I'm going to get an answer today. What don't you like about Otto? What has he done wrong?""Enough!" Agatha was triggered. She pointed at the door angrily. "Leave right away!"
Once the engagement banquet was over, Otto found out that Edith hadn't attended it either. He immediately called her. "Mom, why didn't you go to the engagement party?"Hearing how panicked Otto sounded, Edith smiled and replied, "You weren't there. Why should I be there? I've said it before. I will always support you. I can't just say it and not take action, right?"Otto furrowed his brows. "Did Great-Grandma make things difficult for you?""No." Edith thought for a while before lamenting, "I only had a fight with her."Otto was stunned. "You two fought?" Edith was Agath's most obedient granddaughter-in-law. From the moment she had married into the family, she had never once raised her tone. Hence, Otto was stunned when he heard that she had fought with Agatha."What?" Edith pretended to be unhappy. "Am I that useless to you? Can't I even help my son?""No …" Otto couldn't form a sentence in retort. He had a lot of thoughts on his mind. Finally, he smiled widely. "Mom, t
"I know you like Otto, but have you ever thought about him? Have you ever asked what he wants?" Edith asked. "Otto …" Ella was feeling a little sheepish. "He wants to take over the Carrington family business."Edith chuckled gently. "So you do know."Ella quickly added, "But with his capabilities, he will take over the business sooner or later. There is no one more suitable in the Carrington family than him. He—""Yes, Otto is capable, but he has no right."At that point, Edith decided to tell Ella everything."Otto's father passed away early. All these years, Otto and I have suffered a lot of indignation in the family. "If it hadn't been for Otto's capabilities, we would have long been kicked out of this family. We wouldn't be living such a good life like we are right now."Edith continued, "Otto has worked so hard and sacrificed so much, yet he still can't be the heir. Everyone knows why. "Otto needs a strong family to back him up. My family can't give that to him. If he
"There are some issues with a few companies in Astertown. Do you want to head over together to deal with them?"When Yvonne received the message from Otto, she was reading a story to Elvin, who was in her arms.Elvin immediately noticed an incoming message appearing on the screen of her phone, so he read it too.Yvonne didn't notice that he had seen the message. She placed the book down and picked up her phone. She replied, "Sure, send me the time and the location. I'll quickly finish up work at Well Spring Pharma."Elvin furrowed his brows and pursed his lips in silence.Yvonne placed her phone down right away after replying to the message. She patted Elvin on the head. "I'll go get you some warm milk. You can head to bed after drinking it.""Let the evil man do it for me," Elvin suddenly suggested.Yvonne was a little surprised. "Why?"Elvin replied seriously, "To give him a chance to prove himself."Yvonne smiled helplessly. "You're such a little adult. How do you know thi
Stephen gave a soft chuckle.Yvonne realized that he was just deliberately messing with her. She pushed him away with all her might and jumped down from the kitchen island. "I'm going to take a shower."Stephen smirked at her as she quickly headed upstairs. It was quite fun to occasionally tease her.Ten minutes later, Stephen entered Elvin's room with some milk. He passed the glass of milk to Elvin while pulling up a chair to take a seat. "You deliberately asked me to bring this for you. Is there something you wanted to say to me?""Yes, I saw Mommy is still in contact with that Carrington guy. They might be meeting each other soon. You should go with Mommy."Then, Elvin awkwardly added, "I don't mean anything by informing you. I just don't like that man.""Why?" Stephen asked rather interestedly. He crossed his legs and placed his hands on the table as if he were waiting to listen to Elvin explain something.Elvin rolled his eyes. "There is no reason. I just don't like him."
A week later, Stephen took the children with him so they could drop Yvonne off at the airport together.Britney held Yvonne's hand longingly. "Aunt Yvonne, come home soon.""I will." Yvonne patted Britney on the head. She turned to look at Elvin. "How about you? Will you miss me?"Elvin put his hands in his pockets. He responded nonchalantly, "I will."Yvonne pinched his cheek. "That's good. You'll have to listen to Jade and Great-Grandpa and also care for Britney, okay?""I got it."Yvonne felt a little strange looking at Elvin's serious gaze. What was going on with him? Why did he seem like he was really against her leaving this time?Stephen placed his hand on Elvin's head and said to Yvonne, "It's almost time. Go.""Okay," Yvonne responded, taking her luggage from Stephen. She smiled at him. "I'll send you a message when I've reached."Stephen hummed in response. He stood in the same spot and watched as Yvonne went through the security gates and vanished from his sight
Otto seemed to have noticed. He asked Yvonne curiously, "Do you know him?""Sort of." Yvonne tapped her fingers on the document. "I remembered that he's one of Mark's men, but I don't know why he's the person in charge of Claude's transport company."Yvonne knew Rhys quite well. She had used to call him Officer Hudson.When she had just joined Emerald Group, Rhys had been Mark's right-hand man. Since Mark didn't like her, Rhys had often bullied her during training.The training had been hell, but Yvonne had soldiered through it all. There had been many times when Rhys had made her train to the point where she was half-dead. Only then did he let her go. After a year of intense training, Rhys had suddenly vanished. No one had known where he had gone. As time had passed, Yvonne had slowly forgotten about him. When she saw his photo once more, she couldn't help but lament about how cruel the time was. Rhys looked completely different. He was so fat that she could barely recogni