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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.

the orphanage, and put their hearts into teaching every girl there, just

And

the one

swirling emotions. When she and Charles were on the way back home, she

at the pitch–black

company executive. He

hair getting tousled by the night wind, but he still had that air of elegance about him. “Alright. I’ll come

hung up and turned to Yolanda. “One of the company execs was just admitted to the hospital. It’s at one of

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Group’s senior management were Charles’s trusted allies, while the

brewing underneath. At such a critical moment, if anything happened to one of the higher–ups, it could throw everything into

wasn’t interested in any of that. Instead of heading home, she drove for an hour straight to

in the yard for William to come back. When they saw Yolanda, they

said, “Ms. Grant, is Mr. Bennett still sick? We’re really worried about him. We made these paper

to check if you’re all getting ready for bed. Hurry up and wash up. Otherwise, he

they ran, “We’ll go

time, we’ll

for

hung the string of

saw all the kids already tucked into bed, sweetly saying goodnight to her. After closing the door, her phone

surgery soon. You- Before he could finish, his phone buzzed with another call. “Hold on, I need

for half an hour, but he never called back. She tried calling him

doctor had been William’s main physician for a long time. He was a good man and wouldn’t joke about something like this.

on his nose, looked at her with a flicker of surprise in his eyes, quickly replaced by shame. “Ms. Grant, why

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