"It's nothing," replied Yvonne as she waved.
Sue looked behind curiously. "But I heard some commotion a while ago. Could it be that you were
arguing with that girl? Where is she by the way?"
"I've thrown her out,â explained Yvonne.
Sue was flabbergasted. "Thrown out?"
"Yeap." Yvonne yawned and went back to the sofa to sit down.
Sue was still in awe. "Madam, how did you throw her out? Didn't she retaliate?â
"She did, but she was no match for me. I grabbed her dress and threw her out of the exit,â
answered Yvonne.
Sue twitched her lips. "That was very brave of you madam, I'm impressed. However, you should ask
me t o do it instead of doing it yourself next time, in case she manages to harm you."
"It's fine, I can take care of her myself.â Yvonne shrugged her shoulders as if it was not a big deal to
her.
Sue looked at her in disagreement. "Taking care of her yourself is another matter, but what if she
came at you with some underhanded tactics? You know that woman isn't as simple as she seems."
"Relax Sue, I know what I'm doing. What happened to you though? It took you so long to come
down, I thought Jacqueline had harmed you.â Yvonne checked Sue for any injuries out of concern.
Sue scoffed and adjusted her grip on the basket she was carrying. "There is no way she could harm
me. I was just cleaning up the room and changed the beddings. I don't want to leave any of the
beddings that she slept on in the room-it's disgusting. In fact, I donât even wish to clean it. I might
just throw it out later."
"Alright, go ahead and throw it out then.â Yvonne did not have any objections.
Sue held onto the basket and walked towards the exit. "Then I'll go and throw this out now. Iâll check
and see i f the girl has already left on my way out."
"Ok." Yvonne nodded her head.
Shortly after, Sue had returned with an empty basket i n her arms.
Yvonne put down the remote in her hands and turned to look at Sue. "Has she left?â
"She's gone,â replied Sue gleefully.
Yvonne gave a sigh of relief. "Thatâs good, I thought the girl would try to harm herself again. How
annoying."
"You think too much madam. Sir's already gone overseas, so who would she put up a performance
for?â scoffed Sue.
Yvonne agreed with Sue after thinking for a while." Alright then, you carry on with your work Sue,
I'm going to head upstairs and take a nap. I didn't sleep much last night."
"Ok, I'll wake you up when it's time for lunch then madam," replied Sue as she waved at Yvonne
with a smile.
Yvonne stood up from the sofa and massaged her stiff neck before walking upstairs.
The next day, Yvonne went to the family residence to attend Henry's parents' memorial alone.
Henry had informed the old man about his absence, hence the old man did not ask Yvonne
anything when he saw her approaching. Instead, he told Yvonne some stories of the past.
It was on that day that Yvonne learned much more about Henryâs parents and had an image of what
they were like.
She did not have any idea of what Henry's parents were like when they were alive since Henry had
never mentioned them before. All she knew was that his parents were deeply in love with each
other...
That night, Yvonne had stayed at the old residence instead of going back to the villa.
The next day, she had her breakfast and bid the old man farewell before heading to the office.
When she arrived at the office, she received news of Henryâs return.
She had wanted to run to him so badly to ask how his trip was and if there was any news. However,
it was during her working hours and she could only resist her urge before getting back to work.
When work was over, Yvonne rejected Lynette as she always did and went up to the top floor alone.
"Madam," greeted Joe with a smile when he opened the office door to see her standing there.
Yvonne smiled and asked, "Is he in?â
"Mr. Lancaster is here, please come in." Joe shifted his body sideways to let her pass.
Yvonne thanked Joe before walking into the office.
Yvonne saw that Henry was occupied with a phone call and lightened her footsteps as she walked
into the room, not wishing to disturb him.
Henry hung up the phone soon after and said, "You're here."
"Here I am," replied Yvonne.
Henry got up from his chair and walked towards the rest area.
Yvonne followed behind him. "Did you manage to meet with Chairman Taylor during your trip?"
"Yes." Henry nodded his head.
Yvonne asked in reply, "Did you manage to find out anything?"
"No!â Henry pursed his lips, his face was rather unhappy. "I can't figure out if he's hiding a much
deeper secret, or if he really doesn't know anything. Anyhow, the trip was a complete failure.â
"How can this be?" Yvonne was shocked.
Henry passed her a set of cutlery. "Whatever it is, the fact is that there's nothing that I could
discover. It seems there is only one way to find out for sure if Elliot really is Hayden. We must do a
DNA test."
"But you would need Elliot's hair to be able to do that," said Yvonne as she received the cutlery.
Henry nodded his head. "That's correct. I asked Joe to take care of it a while ago,and I believe we'll
be able to get it in a matter of time."
"I see, is there something that I can do to help?" Yvonne looked at him.
Henry slightly raised an eyebrow. "You?"
"Yeah."
Henry chuckled and said, "You just have to be a good girl and eat."
Yvonne pouted her lips and kept quiet.
After that, the couple silently ate their food without saying another word.
It wasn't until they finished eating that Yvonne told Henry about the memorial.
Henry had not commented much, but Yvonne could tell that he was not in a good mood.
She supposed that it was understandable since on the day that his parents died, he had gone out to
look for his little brother. Yesterday he had done the same on their death anniversary.
Therefore, be it his parents' death anniversary or his brother, neither would reap any results for
Henry. And hence there was no way he would be in a good mood.
Yvonne reached out her hand and gently placed it on Henry's back to try and console him.
Henry glanced at her hand and grinned. With a swift movement, he grabbed onto her hand and
pulled Yvonne directly into his arms.
"Y-you..." Yvonne was so startled her eyes had opened wide as she tried to speak.
Henry lifted a finger and pressed it against her lips." Shh, don't say anything, just let me hug you for
a while."
He squeezed his arms and hugged Yvonne even tighter.
Yvonne did not know what had gotten into Henry to cause him to hug her so suddenly, but she did
not struggle and quietly laid in his arms.
After a while, Henry let go of his arms and said," Alright, it's almost time, you should head back
first."
"Ok." Yvonne nodded her head and got up from his arms. She looked at him for a moment before
she turned and left his office.
Back at her department, Yvonne could hear a very soft sob nearby as she sat down at her seat.
She turned her head towards the sound and saw that Lynette was crying with her head on the table.
Yvonne was shocked at the scene and it took her awhile before she could gather her thoughts and
reach her hand out towards Lynette. "What's wrong Lyn?"
Lynette heard her voice and raised her head to look at her. "Yvonne..."
"Yes itâs me, what happened to you?" Yvonne was clearly anxious.
Lynette pursed her lips and rushed into her arms and weeped even louder.
Yvonne grew even more anxious and helpless as Lynette kept on crying without saying anything.
She put her hand on Lynette's back to calm her down and said, "Alright alright, calm down and stop
crying, everyone's watching."
Hearing this, Lynette toned down her volume and it turned back into a soft sob, her head still deep
in Yvonne's embrace.
Yvoone pulled out some tissues and passed them to Lynette. "Tell me what happened Lyn, you're
only making me even more worried if you donât tell me.â
"Yvonne..." Lynnette was shivering vigorously. "My dad, H-he...he's in trouble."
"What happened to him?" Yvonne's expression turned stiff.