"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
"That's right. I asked Carrington Ventures for help."Yvonne pulled up a chair and sat opposite Rhys. "Claude has passed, but someone needs to manage his assets. If not, the mess might disrupt the harmony at Emerald Group."Rhys snickered. "Well said, but who knows if you're doing this for Emerald Group or if you want to monopolize Claude's assets?"When the other people in charge heard that, they started discussing it among themselves."When Claude was alive, he had grudges against Ms. Y. He has barely entered his grave, yet Ms. Y is already eyeing his assets. How disrespectful.""If Claude is up in heaven seeing this, he would surely not want us to work with her. Claude has taken good care of us for so many years. We can't turn our backs on him at such a time, right?""Luckily, we listened to Mr. Hudson. If not, Claude would be weeping in his grave!"Yvonne knew they were deliberately doing this. She nonchalantly smiled. "I was the one who organized a funeral for Claude. I m
Yvonne gently chuckled. "I'm sorry, I don't think your men will be coming."Rhys was a little baffled. "You …""When I arrived, I noticed a few thugs outside. I got some people to deal with them. I didn't know they were your men."While talking, Yvonne put her hand on Otto's arm. She hinted at him not to worry. Otto returned to his seat.He looked at Yvonne as she approached Rhys. He was still nervous.In the split moment that Rhys charged at Yvonne, before he could see clearly what had happened, Rhys, a fat, 1.8-meter-tall man, had been pinned on the table violently!Otto was stunned. How was Yvonne so strong?Yvonne looked at Rhys' malicious face. "Officer Hudson, it looks like you haven't been training. Why are your reflexes so slow? Are you not afraid you'll die here?""You …" Rhys panicked, but his arms were stuck under her tight grip. If he were to resist, his bones would dislocate!He had been living a good life in the transport company for a long time. He couldn't take
That night, Rhys went to a clinic to get his dislocated wrist fixed. On his way home, the more he thought about what had happened, the more humiliated he felt."Damn it!" He spat on the ground. If he hadn't been living such a good life for a long time, he wouldn't have lost to that bitch tonight!"How humiliating!" Rhys swore while entering his house. When he saw Mark sitting in his living room, he jumped. "M-Mark! You've returned. I was wondering why I didn't see your car at the restaurant."Rhys smiled ingratiatingly and headed over to Mark. "Tonight was a mistake. I never thought that bitch, Yvonne, would be so cruel. Don't worry. Give me another chance. I'll deal with her!"Mark looked up expressionlessly. Rhys' legs turned to jelly.Mark looked away and said coldly, "Don't embarrass yourself.""I …" Rhys was at a loss for words. He lowered his head.He had just witnessed Yvonne's ferocity. He had no qualms bitching about her privately, but he would never dare to face her
"You …" Rhys thought about how his wrist had been dislocated the night before. He was still a little apprehensive.The transport company was his territory. He couldn't be a coward in front of Yvonne. That would be too embarrassing.Standing on the other side, Otto seemed to have read Rhys' mind. He said slowly, "Carrington Ventures is not one to mess with either. I dare you to try."Rhys gritted his teeth. He had almost forgotten that Carrington Ventures was supporting Yvonne!Although this man seemed polite, seeing how he was by Yvonne's side, he surely wasn't an ordinary man. Not to mention how calm he was.Rhys hesitated for a while. He asked, "You wouldn't come for nothing. Is there something you want to talk to me about, Ms. Y?""Not really." Yvonne walked over to Rhys in her high heels. "I only need an answer to one question."Rhys got nervous as he saw Yvonne approaching him. "What is it?""Where is Mark?"Rhys looked surprised for a split second. Then, he immediately