Yvonne's head hurt thinking about it. "I don't know either."

She rubbed her temples. "Chuck Jensen is so eager to work with Hope. I think he has other intentions."

Yvonne completely disliked Chuck for what he did.

"But Gwen is with Chuck. If this collaboration doesn't work, Mark might punish Gwen."

Yvonne was torn. She looked at Stephen dejectedly. "What should I do?"

"Will you listen to me?" Stephen asked in retort.

Yvonne immediately thought of what he was going to say. She rolled her eyes. "You heartless capitalist."

Stephen chuckled in amusement. "You have your answer, right? Why do you insist on making me the bad person?"

Yvonne would never be able to leave Gwen alone. That meant that regardless of Chuck's intentions, she would still try to make things work.

She would have to be careful not to let Hope suffer any losses in the collaboration. She would rather put all the risk on herself than let Gwen be in danger.

Stephen had already known Yvonne would choose this. He ha