Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 183 Tessa Is Arrested!

Chandler’s question plunged Yvette into deep thought, and for a moment, she didn’t know how to answer. In reality, she didn’t feel any such special connection. She didn’t know where Erin could be right now.

Or perhaps, Erin was already dead.

Of course, Yvette dared not say her hypothesis out loud, as it would invoke his wrath. Even though she herself had lost hope in her heart. she couldn’t dismantle the beliefs and expectations of others.

While Yvette continued to ponder how to cleverly respond to Chandler, he’d already instructed Kyle, who was in the driver’s seat, to drive away. He left without saying a word.

Yvette gazed at the departing Maybach with inexplicable melancholy in her heart. She didn’t anticipate Erin’s return as eagerly as others did, Back then, she should have been happily by her parents‘ side, but fate was unfair to her. She was the one who was sold off to human

traffickers.

Even though Lamar treated her well as if she was his own daughter, it couldn’t discount the fact that he’d bought her from the traffickers. All these years, she’d lived a secluded life in the borders. She’d been so out of touch that after coming to the city, she fell completely in

love with its vibrancy within a month.

Yvette, at a relatively young age, was living the life that others desired. Her biological parents were still alive, she married the man she

wanted to marry, and she had a substantial inheritance.

Steven and Cherry treated her exceptionally well due to overwhelming guilt from being missing in her life. One could say they were spoiling her rotten. Whenever she wanted to eat a meal cooked by her mother, Cherry would be there immediately, like a diligent housekeeper. The first time Steven saw Yvette, he gifted her an apartment in the city that had two bedrooms as a meeting gift.

As for lan, he was even more attentive, treating her with utmost care because of her substantial wealth. He hadn’t even uttered a single harsh word so far. Yvette believed, at least in her heart, that lan had no complaints when she wanted to abstain from sexual activity due to

her pregnancy.

would occasionally buy her a designer handbag, and Yvette readily accepted it without a

family and friends. Sometimes, Yvette would secretly hope that Erin would never return. She feared that with Erin’s return, all the love and affection she currently enjoyed

disappear.

that hinted at her heartlessness flickered in her eyes as she thought. “Erin, you’ve enjoyed Mom and Dad’s love for a whole twenty–five years.

knew that Erin’s ex–husband

would end up being Erin’s

and wanted more than anything for her to secure her happiness. And so, they came up with a cock and bull story that the reason for lan and

a thought in order to compensate for Yvette. However, under Cherry’s repeated pleas, she reluctantly agreed. Yet, she made

couldn’t expect her to readily admit to it

want her younger sister to be happy, and telling

do no harm.

temporary lie to ease Yvette’s mind would

later, early in the morning, Chandler stood in the intensive care unit of Liberty General Hospital for a full

was critically ill once

through. The corridor outside the ward was crowded with people who had come to

unlikely that he would be able to see Gaston before he

Jazzlyn and her family were also waiting outside

Chandler had promised Cherry that he would divorce Jazzlyn, but he couldn’t follow through. Gaston had stubbornly threatened to end his own life if Chandler got divorced, so he

his stand–in to give Jazzlyn at least some perfunctory attention. He left

devices.

extremely unsavory habit–seducing married women from affluent families. Under Chandler’s careful

control and secrelly booked a hotel room with

time, there came the second,

time she stayed over in the hotel with that young male idol Chandler had someone capture the entire process with a camera. Very soon, he’d accumulated a whole box full of photos that