"Speaking about love, I really need to ask you a thing or two, Ms. Clarke. Back when Stephen was blind, you left just like that. Now that he can see, you cling to him for dear life. Can you call your behavior love? It feels more like taking advantage.""Y—you know nothing!" Ariel panicked. "I was forced to leave Stephen back then.""So, I can read it as you backing out of an unideal situation?" Yvonne wasn't interested in their past, nor did she want to listen to Ariel's explanation. At that moment, she was just very unhappy. "Ms. Clarke, stop making excuses for yourself. It barely holds any weight. Perhaps you would dare to swear in front of everyone?"Yvonne spoke on a whim. "Do you dare to swear that the reason you left without any contact for so many years had nothing to do with Stephen being blind?""I …" Ariel's guilty conscience weighed on her. She stuttered for a long time but couldn't find her words.Yvonne sneered. "Don't just assume that pursuing Stephen after you've we
Elizabeth returned home filled with fury and regret. If she'd known earlier, she wouldn't have arranged that meal!Hazel noticed that something was off with Elizabeth. Before she could ask her about it, Elizabeth stormed upstairs. Hazel could only turn to Philip in confusion. "What's going on?"Elizabeth had left the house in a good mood earlier. She'd even said that she wanted to show the Clarkes how sincere they were. Had the Clarke family rejected her?Philip sighed and said, "Old Jim's disciple turned out to be Yvonne.""What?" Hazel couldn't believe it. "Yvonne? Isn't she just an uncultured country bumpkin? How could she possibly know about medicine? Did Old Jim do this on purpose to make Mother unhappy?"At that, Philip furrowed his brows even more. Everyone in this family was blind and didn't recognize talent."Hey, Father, where are you going? Tell me, I …" Hazel saw Philip going upstairs and swallowed the rest of her words disdainfully. It looked like Philip was under Yv
Yvonne's assistant hesitated for a while before saying, "We came in last and got eliminated."Yvonne's gaze darkened. "Impossible!"She'd personally edited Nicole and her team's design. Yvonne knew that in this competition round, from final 10 to final 5, no matter what, they should come in third! How could they come in tenth?"Wait for me right there. I'll come over now!" Yvonne hung up and quickly left the airport, driving to the competition venue.When she reached there, her assistant was waiting for her outside. She quickly went up to her, saying, "Ms. Miller, quickly go have a look. Nicole and the others aren't happy with the result, so they are in an argument with the organizers now!"Yvonne immediately strode into the venue when she heard that, with her assistant at her heels. The moment she entered, she heard Nicole's choked-up voice. "Open your eyes and have a look! How is our design not as good as the top five? You're being unfair! Did you make a deal behind everyone's b
Half an hour later, Yvonne came out from backstage. Nicole and the rest immediately swarmed to her. "Ms. Miller, what happened?"Looking at their hopeful gazes, Yvonne's heart sank. However, that man didn't seem like he'd been lying. The person who'd influenced the results of the competition was very likely not here. She couldn't give them an answer.When she saw Yvonne's lack of response, the light in Nicole's eyes went out. She lowered her head helplessly. "If even Ms. Miller can't handle it, we'll just have to give up …""Why would this happen? Who's behind this?""We worked late for the past two weeks just for this competition. How could we lose just like that?"The team members complained.Yvonne took a deep breath and said, "Your efforts won't go to waste. I really like the design this time. We can use this as the foundation and work on it for our new series for the season." This decision did indeed comfort them. As fresh graduates, getting their designs chosen for the main
When he heard what Xavier said, Arthur's expression turned ugly. "Are you trying to stand up for her?""I'm only asking you if all the things you've taught me all these years—are any of them true?" Xavier enunciated every word. "You've been in this industry for so long. You always stick to the rules. Why did you interfere with a competition this time?""Even if I didn't interfere with the competition, those brats in Miller Jewels wouldn't win anyway! I'm only helping them face reality sooner."Arthur continued, saying, "You, on the contrary. You should pay attention to your own status. Your marriage with Kayla has been set. The entire Northerna City knows that you two are getting married soon, yet you're here standing up for another woman. You can't even do a simple thing like not getting involved in other people's affairs."Arthur sneered and said domineeringly, "It looks like my decision to kick Yvonne out of the competition was correct. I don't believe you'll be able to behave y
Xavier lazily leaned back on the couch. "Miller Jewels joined a jewelry competition. Grandpa used his connections and did something behind the scenes to have them eliminated.""Oh?" Caleb's interest was piqued. "Why did he do that?""He looks down on Yvonne." Xavier smiled bitterly. "He's definitely going to regret it a lot in the future."No matter how hard Caleb tried to pry, Xavier said nothing anymore. The latter soon hugged the empty beer bottles and fell asleep on the couch.Caleb spent a huge effort getting Xavier into the room. He stood by the side of the bed and placed his hands on his hips, panting. "He might look skinny, but who knew he was so heavy?"When all was quiet, he remembered what Xavier had said to him and thought that perhaps Yvonne should know about it too.…The next day, Caleb left Xavier at home and headed to Miller Tower. Once he told them who he was, Yvonne's assistant came to greet him and told him that Yvonne was still in a meeting. She led Caleb to
"I think someone called Sarah Thompson?" Caleb hadn't paid much attention to her name, so he was a little doubtful about it.Yvonne immediately realized that it was a senior staff member. She'd joined the competition with Nicole and the rest, so Yvonne still remembered her. Since she was a senior staff member, it was even more important that she wasn't let off the hook for making such a careless mistake. Yvonne told her assistant to have Sarah come over.Soon, Yvonne's assistant arrived with Sarah. Sarah saw Caleb, and her eyes immediately sparkled. "You were looking for me?""I was looking for you," Yvonne said with a slightly darkened expression. "Do you know who he is?""He …" Sarah secretly gulped and said softly, "He said his name was Michael, and he's here looking for a friend." Seeing Caleb sitting there, Sarah slowly realized that the friend he'd mentioned was Yvonne. Yvonne was so furious that she laughed. "You don't even know his real name, yet you already told him th
At night, Yvonne returned to Miller Villa.Andy raised his phone at her and smiled at her. "Howard, you see?"Yvonne noticed a familiar face on his phone was smiling at her. She smiled and greeted him. "Hi, Howard.""Ms. Y!" Howard exclaimed. "So, it's really your instructions. I thought Andy was pulling my leg."Howard had received a message from Andy telling him to stop collaborating with Robinson Jewels. Robinson Jewels was a big client of the A112 mine. Both parties had almost settled on a deal. Stopping at that moment didn't seem like what Ms. Y would do."Ms. Y, the Robinsons want the entire green agate mine. They offered a high price. If we were to—""I know," Yvonne said casually, "I've seen the gems from that mine—excellent color, nearly flawless. No one would be able to find another mine like that. Which is why I'm increasing the price. The Robinsons can buy it if they want. If not, they can just leave. There are many queuing up for this.""Increasing the price at the