In the afternoon, Natalie was fully armed as she took a cab to the private hospital, bringing her precious package with her. She had on a pair of kitty earphones and was wearing a satchel as she walked inside with small steps. Nathaniel spoke to her through her earphones. "Natalie, as soon as you're done, remember to come out immediately. I'll be waiting outside, alright?"“Okay, Nathaniel.”Natalie followed the address Nathaniel had given her and rode the elevator upstairs. She arrived outside of Herbert’s ward. “I found it, Nathaniel.”“Hold on.”In under a minute, Nathaniel had shut off the lights for the whole floor. Even the computers at the nurses' station were malfunctioning as chaos ensued.While everyone was distracted, Natalie took out a box from her satchel that contained a snake and threw it into Herbert’s ward. She giggled and escaped through the emergency exit. “I’m done, Nathaniel.”“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”Natalie held on to the wall and walked quickly do
Back in Bryndale, Natalie was standing in front of Nathaniel, who had his arms crossed angrily, with a guilty face. She grabbed onto his shirt cutely. “I’m sorry, Nathaniel. I switched off the earphones because I was just too happy to see Great-Grandpa.”“Do you know how dangerous that was?”“But I’m fine now, aren’t I?”“What if Great-Grandpa recognized you? Mommy wouldn’t be able to return home safely from Jefton State. Do you want us to have to move in with the Jenkins family with Mommy?” Nathaniel asked. Natalie shook her head. “Did you tell Great-Grandpa anything?” Natalie wanted to tell him she only told Great-Grandpa her name. Since there were many people with the same family name, it shouldn’t be a problem. But when faced with her brother, she cleverly decided to shake her head. “Great-Grandpa just thought I was a lost little girl. Nothing else.”"No more going off the rails next time.""Okay. I promise there won’t be a next time. So, did we succeed, Nathaniel?" she
Yvan was livid.Yuna continued, “Mr. Jenkins, were you sitting here and waiting just to tell me this?”Yvan took a deep breath. He couldn’t believe he stepped out of line because of a phone call. He said coldly, “Grandpa has something to tell you. You should see him in a couple of days.”Yuna lowered her gaze at that. “Okay. I’ll find time to see him. If there's nothing else, please leave.”He didn’t say anything else. He turned around to leave with a cold snort.At night, Yuna was about to leave for her meeting with Ashton but was held back by Mayson as soon as she left her office. “Yuna, everyone is waiting for you. Let’s go.”“Go where?” she asked curiously.“Mr. Jenkins’s dinner party. He asked us to attend. Didn’t Rosy tell you?”Yuna was surprised, but it seemed that Mayson was equally surprised at her reaction. “She didn’t tell you?”Yuna shook her head. “What time is Mr. Jenkins’s party?”“It starts at eight.” Mayson thought she was hesitating because of her identit
Donovan was threatened.Mayson pulled him down to his seat, giving him a cautionary look. At the same time, Yvan walked in as the doors to the private room opened, and the atmosphere changed with his arrival.Donovan stopped talking, while Yuna returned to her calm demeanor. When Yvan saw Yuna seated three seats away from the main seat, he frowned slightly. Once he took a seat, Mayson took a seat next to him with a smile.“Let’s start.” On Yvan’s orders, the servers brought in the day’s specials. “Please help yourselves. There's no need to hold back.”Hearing that, everyone forgot about the earlier incident and started to eat happily. Mayson poured a glass of wine and said to Yvan, “Mr. Jenkins, allow me to offer you a toast. I hope our partnership goes well.”Yvan raised his glass in response to Mayson’s, but his gaze was fixated on Yuna. She was on her phone the entire time, and his brows furrowed as he recalled her phone conversation this afternoon. Suddenly, Donavan confro
Donovan's face paled at Yvan’s statement and Yuna watched his face fall with a hint of a smug smile before continuing to eat her meal calmly.Donovan forced a smile and opened his mouth to reply but was cut off again by Yvan’s mocking tone. “Are you only smiling now because I said you looked like you were going to a funeral?” Donovan didn’t know what to say to that so he mumbled apologetically, “I’m really sorry, Mr. Jenkins, it’s my fault. Please don’t hold it against me.”“Get back to your seat. I’m losing my appetite just looking at you,” Yvan replied dispassionately.Donovan gritted his teeth at this but complied silently.Yvan’s attitude towards Donovan made it clear to everyone in the room that he was on Yuna’s side and Donovan, who had returned to his seat, shot Yuna another loathing glare. He never liked her to begin with and now, he detested her wholeheartedly. Despite Yuna being the focal point of that whole commotion, she was still serenely eating her meal. However,
It was Yvan. Yuna frowned and declined his call before continuing her toast with the others. However, Yvan called her again. “What an annoying bastard,” she thought.She ignored his call once again and received a text immediately after.“Come out now if you don’t want me to make a scene at the restaurant.”Yuna really wanted to cuss him out after she read his text.Ashton noticed that something was wrong and asked her, “Is everything alright?”Yuna didn’t know why Yvan was deliberately causing trouble. She didn’t want to ruin the lively atmosphere in the room, so she answered, “Yeah, something happened at work and I need to go to the office right now. Zachary, Lucy, you two aren’t leaving yet, right? I’ll see the both of you again tomorrow.”Both Lucy and Zachary nodded in agreement and Ashton asked chivalrously, “Do you need me to drive you to the office?”“No, it’s fine.”Yuna hastily grabbed her coat and bag to leave and Ashton could not shake the feeling that something te
Ashton’s smile didn’t meet his eyes and he said, “Surra is only your project partner. You don’t have the right to stop her from making friends.”“Then, you chose the perfect time to be friends with her,” Yvan stated coldly.Ashton only shrugged at this and said placatingly, “You’re overthinking it.”“Let’s hope I am.”Yvan turned to get into his car and sped off.Ashton frowned as he watched the car speed away. “So, Surra is Yvan’s ex-wife.” he thought.The car had only been on the road for a short while before Yvan told Michael to pull over. Michael exited the car without needing to be told after he had stopped the car on the side of the road, leaving Yvan and Yuna in the car alone.Yuna was the first to break the silence. “Can you tell me what’s really going on now?”“Since when have you been so easy?” Yvan asked instead of answering.“Easy?”“Do you even know what type of a person Ashton Yale is?” Yvan spat out.Yuna chuckled at this. “Yvan, we divorced seven years ago an
Yuna slumped exhaustedly on her sofa once she got back to her apartment, but she quickly composed her emotions and plastered a smile on her face to video call her two children.It didn’t take long for the children to pick up her call.Her smile widened upon seeing Natalie and Nathaniel’s faces on her screen. As expected, just seeing her children instantly brightened her mood.“Did you miss me?”Natalie nodded her head vigorously. “I missed you, Mommy! When are you coming back?”Yuna was also worrying about that. Right now, she couldn’t determine whether or not Yvan was the one who wanted her dead all those years ago, so now her whole plan had changed. She would definitely have to figure that out before the project ended, but she didn’t know how long that would take because nothing was set in stone yet.She offered the children a gentle smile. “I will try and finish up my work as soon as possible then ask for a month-long vacation so I can be with the both of you.”Natalie clappe