Stephen reached out and straightened Yvonne's head. "You're not an old mule. You're the prettiest horse ever."

"And you don't tie me down. You help me roam free," Stephen said seriously.

Right at that moment, Gwen coughed.

Yvonne's ears blushed. She subconsciously pushed Stephen away and turned around to face Gwen. "Gwen, when did you get up?"

"I woke up at a bad time." Gwen looked at Stephen before looking at Yvonne.

"Why is Claude involved too?"

"It's a long story. Why don't you—"

"I want to hear about it now," Gwen interrupted Yvonne. She didn't sound as weak as the day before.

Yvonne explained roughly, "Chuck was someone Claude and Leonard arranged. They intended to get him to trick Mark and find the opportunity to join forces with me to go up against Mark."

At the mention of Mark, Gwen's face paled a little.

Yvonne changed the topic immediately. "No matter who Chuck belongs to, I won't let him off the hook that easily.

"Claude will definitely not let things end just