"No," said Stephen calmly.

"I was just thinking how disappointed Grandpa would be if he truly had seen Noah back then."

Yvonne was dazed. It was then that she realized she hadn't considered that at all.

She had been too focused on coming up with a plan to deal with Noah.

She couldn't help but feel apologetic when she thought about how smug she had been earlier. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have—"

"It's fine." Stephen cut her off softly.

"Your plan is great. Let's just go with that, then. As usual, I'll look forward to hearing your good news."

Yvonne looked at Stephen for a while before she smiled.

She would certainly deliver a good show for Stephen when the time came.

…

Yvonne went ahead with the plan and didn't contact Katie.

She was swamped for nearly the entire month. While she followed up on the project for Hope, she was also supervising the progress of Miller Jewels' new products.

She was so busy that she almost forgot about Katie.

That was until Katie texted her at no