Chapter 28

Noah's weak but high-pitched voice sounded from the phone. A young boy identical to Zachary was lying in a hospital bed, looking pallid. He called out to Yvette sweetly.

Yvette's heart melted. "Noah, here's a return kiss."

Noah frowned at her sadly. "Mom, you didn't even call me last night to say goodnight."

Compared to Zachary, who loved to nag at her kindly, Noah was more like the verage child. He was very affectionate but also prone to insecurity. Of course, that was just Yvette's opinion. "I'm sorry, I forgot about it. Here's an apology kiss. Don't be mad, Noah."

Noah had always been sick and had recently been diagnosed with leukemia. So, Yvette was especially attentive toward

him.

Noah pouted. "I'll forgive you this time, but there won't be a next time."

Seeing Noah's cute antics, all the storm clouds in Yvette's mind instantly disappeared. She nodded frantically. Then, she asked, "Where are Grandma and Zac?"

Noah pretended to be furious when he heard that. "If I had known that you would ask about them, I wouldn't have called

Yvette didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Noah could be really sulky sometimes!

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them. It's getting late, so you should go

his face. He gave his twin brother, Zachary,

Mom was drinking again."

choice but

closed his

he would have also wanted to go and

rascals were planning. After

was because the bed felt foreign to her, or maybe it was because she had met Xavier that day, but she slept very poorly. She kept drifting in and out of sleep. When Yvette woke up the

unread message. Claude had arranged for a private bodyguard for her,

returned to your accommodation last night, I noticed that a

message had been sent at 3:00

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it still there?" Yvette

"Yes," Ray replied.

even think, she knew that it was one of

not to worry. After all, she wanted to get close to Xavier. If he was sending people to monitor her, that

Yvette left her home. She asked the driver to take her to Lane

the CEO's office at Lane Group, Xavier held the check for millions of dollars in

for

seemed like she had been living well for the past four

there was

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