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Charles leaned in and kissed Yolanda gently on the cheek. “Don’t worry, William. I’ve always treated Yolandal

well.”

Yolanda gave a small smile and tucked the blanket around William. “Just focus on resting, okay? Stop worrying about the orphanage. I’ll go check on the kids in a bit.”

William closed his eyes, exhaustion written all over his face. “Yolanda, you’ve been working so hard these years and already given so much to the orphanage. If I really can’t make it, I won’t let those kids become your

burden

“There have been people trying to buy the orphanage, but I always refused. The person in charge has a bad reputation, and I was worried she wouldn’t treat the kids right. I-

Yolanda squeezed his hand. “That’s enough, William. If you keep talking like this, I’m going to get mad.”

William smiled and gently patted the back of her hand. “I’m going to get some sleep now. Thanks for coming all the way here so late. You should head home, too. Get some rest before work tomorrow.”

Yolanda felt ashamed inside. Just a few days after she married Charles, Athena had passed away.

Back when Athena was alive, she always told Yolanda that having a pretty face was a blessing, but if girls only played the beauty card, they were doomed.

She told Yolanda to have a job to stand on her own, or else people would just push her around.

At that time, Yolanda had already closed her studio and became a stay–at–home wife. Because she’d gone against Athena’s advice, she never dared to admit it, and ended up hiding it for two whole years.

If William ever found out Yolanda was a stay–at–home wife now, he’d probably be disappointed.

had spent everything they had to take over the orphanage, and put their hearts into teaching every girl there, just hoping they’d study hard

And

as their proudest kid, Yolanda was the one who ended up

she and Charles were on the way back home, she

gazing up at

could finish, Charles’s phone rang. It was from a company executive. He raised his hand to

by the night wind, but he still had that

turned to Yolanda. “One of the company execs was just admitted to the hospital. It’s at one of the hospitals Sinclair Group invested in. I need

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were Charles’s trusted allies, while the rest backed his

might look calm on the outside, but there was a storm of power struggles brewing underneath. At such a critical moment, if

any of that. Instead of heading home, she drove for an hour straight

were still up. All twenty–something of them were waiting in the yard for William to come back. When they saw Yolanda, they all stood

Mr. Bennett still sick? We’re really worried about him. We made these paper cranes. Joey said if

looked at their adorable faces and crouched down. “Mr. Bennett will be back soon. He asked me to check if

“We’ll go to bed now!

Next time, we’ll give you a

for

but smile as she hung the string of paper cranes on

into bed, sweetly saying goodnight to her. After closing the door, her

we’ve found a matching kidney donor. We can schedule the surgery soon. You- Before he could finish, his phone buzzed with

but he never called back. She tried calling him again, but he

for a long time. He was a good man and wouldn’t joke about something like this. Without wasting

looked at her with a flicker of surprise