It was 8:00 pm when the plane landed at Sootfort City. The painkillers that Lexi took made her feel sleepy. She fell asleep not long after takeoff.Claude saw that Lexi had fallen asleep. Worried that she would hurt her injured arm again accidentally while she was sleeping, he held onto her fingers. That way, he would be alerted if she moved. She was still sleeping when their plane landed. Claude carried her off the plane carefully. Two rows of bodyguards stood outside. Milo walked over respectfully. He lowered his voice and said, "Boss, Mr. Denver sent some people to Sootfort." Claude's gaze was calm. "Okay." Milo didn't dare turn behind to look at the car's back seat. Instead, he raised the privacy divider. In the back seat, Claude had Lexi sit on his lap as he held her in his arms. In actual fact, Lexi had stirred slightly when she was carried into the car. Her head still felt heavy, so she didn't open her eyes. "Go ahead and continue sleeping. I'll let you kn
"It's the last time," Lexi said, putting her phone down. Claude used something else to divert her attention. He caressed her hair relaxedly. "I'll wash your hair for you tonight." Lexi took a doubtful glance at him. "It's alright. Just get another woman to help me with it." She didn't quite believe that he would know how to wash a woman's long hair. She was afraid that she'd be the one being miserable in the end. "Do you not trust me, Lex?" Claude raised a brow. He rolled up his sleeve and made himself look like he would take her to have her hair washed right at that moment. "I'm great at washing long hair." "Do you always help other women with washing their hair?" Lexi had a suspicious look in her eyes. Otherwise, why would he be great at it? Claude tapped her head with his index finger. While giving a half-smile, he answered, "Stop overthinking. I used to wash my dear Callie's long hair.""You have a younger sister? What a good older brother you are." Lexi wished t
"Are you really not curious about how Claude and I are related?" Gwen asked a helper to get a glass of fruit juice for her. The helper responded to her with a respectful attitude. Lexi took note of the helper's posture. "In that case, who are you to him?" Lexi asked with a brow raised. Gwen saw that Levi was not getting angered no matter what she did. She gloated, "You're not getting jealous at all. If a woman isn't jealous, that proves she doesn't love him. Poor Claude." "I'm secretly jealous," Lexi responded callously. Claude just walked in when he heard Lexi's statement. He walked before her. He leaned forward and lifted her chin. "Is it true that you're secretly jealous?" he chuckled.He knew that it wasn't true. She might have liked him but had not yet fallen in love with him. Once Claude came in, Gwen began to behave herself. Claude held onto Lexi's hand. She tried to free herself from his grasp, but he held her hand firmly in his.He patted her hands as he
Lexi was outside the hospital room, asking a doctor about Cade's recovery post-surgery. Gwen was in the hospital room. Her eyes were fixed on the gray-haired man on the hospital bed. Cade felt a little helpless. It wasn't his first time being stared at like that. "Would you like some fruit, Mdm. Smith?" Gwen came back to her senses. She couldn't believe that she daydreamed while looking at a man. Feeling embarrassed, she replied, "I'm good, thank you." After asking about Cade's recovery, Lexi returned to the hospital ward in a good mood. "Cade, the doctor said you can be discharged soon." Cade smiled warmly and responded, "Thank you, Lexi." His gaze landed on the splint on her arm. He had seen the news. He knew how her arm injury had come about. That made him think about the earlier news relating to Zachary and Yvonne. "Mdm. Smith, I'd like to have a word with Lexi. Would that be okay?" Gwen looked at him shyly. She might be naive, but she wasn't stupid. She nodde
"Yvonne is pregnant. It's time for you to leave the Jenkins family soon." After staying at Claude's place to rest for a week, Lexi received this message from Mary. Mary had sent several consecutive messages expressing her glee over Lexi's misfortune. Even so, Lexi simply sent a nonchalant one-word reply, which was "Congratulations." She didn't expect that Yvonne would get pregnant. Lexi smiled slightly. That was pretty good.Mary harrumphed coldly when she saw Lexi's concise message. She looked toward Yvonne. "Have you told Zach that you're pregnant, Yvonne?" Yvonne caressed her belly. Her eyes were filled with gentleness and agony at the same time. "Zach has been busy with the issue with Gem City's factory. I don't want to bother him at this moment. Plus, Mary, I cannot keep this child." Upon saying that, tears started streaming down her face. Mary was shocked. "Why not?" "It was my mistake. This shouldn't be happening. Zach and Lexi are husband and wife, no matter
Claude replied, "Sure. That'll be my privilege. Did you take your meds on time today?" Lexi didn't like taking medications, so she often procrastinated taking them. At this point, Claude would always check up on her to see if she had taken her medications. She answered, "I have, Mr. Quall." "Wrong. You can call me Casanova or Claudius. Or, Claude. Pick one." His casual tone sounded stern.Lexi burst out laughing. She opted for something different intentionally. "Uncle Claude, I… will be going back to Flowerhill Estate the day after tomorrow." As Yvonne was expecting, Lexi couldn't be sure what would happen when she went back there this time. "Are you feeling down?" Claude could hear the frigidity in her voice. He flicked his cigarette. "Are you feeling unhappy? Shall I cheer you up?" He sounded extremely gentle when he asked if she wanted him to cheer her up. Lexi's heart skipped a beat. She furrowed her brows slightly and explained, "Yvonne is expecting. You don't
On the day of Zachary's return, Lexi went back to Flowerhill Estate too. Everyone was in the living room. Yvonne sat in her wheelchair, feeling a little uneasy, while Martha looked upset. Yvonne didn't know how things would unfold. Bella picked up her cup and took a few sips calmly. Mary, on the other hand, was tempted to speak up. However, Bella shot her a look to silence Mary. Zachary massaged the area between his brows. He really never thought that Yvonne would get pregnant."Grandma." "What are you going to do about this?" Martha looked at Zachary calmly. "I'll leave this to you to decide this time. I won't interfere. After all, I can't watch over all of you for much longer." Yvonne looked pale. She glanced toward Zachary with her reddened eyes, bit her lip, and didn't make a sound. Lexi was undisturbed, considering how she was already divorced from Zachary.She hoped that she would no longer be associated with Zachary and Yvonne from today onward. Zachary t
Martha couldn't figure out Claude's true motives for coming here today. As such, she decided to be frank. "They were talking about the shares that I gave to my granddaughter-in-law." At the mention of this topic, any sensible person would know not to continue probing about someone else's family matters. However, Claude was here today to back Lexi up. Naturally, he was going to poke his nose into it. Ever since he saved Lexi from Xavier's hands, he had been wanting to take Xavier down. Not only that, but he wanted to teach Zachary a lesson, too. At that time, he took Lexi's feelings for Zachary into consideration. So, he didn't take action. Claude turned his head toward Lexi. With a loving smile on his face, he remarked, "I'm here. Why haven't you said hi to me, Lex?" That was an affectionate remark. Every single person in the room looked at Lexi in shock. Lexi froze. What in the world was he trying to do? Cheekily, Claude tapped his leather shoe against Lexi's shoe