Love After Marriage: Mr. Lancaster's Hidden Wife novel Chapter 285

"It's nothing," replied Yvonne as she waved.

Sue looked behind curiously. "But I heard some commotion a while ago. Could it be that you were arguing with that girl? Where is she by the way?"

"I've thrown her out,” explained Yvonne.

Sue was flabbergasted. "Thrown out?"

"Yeap." Yvonne yawned and went back to the sofa to sit down.

Sue was still in awe. "Madam, how did you throw her out? Didn't she retaliate?”

"She did, but she was no match for me. I grabbed her dress and threw her out of the exit,” answered Yvonne.

Sue twitched her lips. "That was very brave of you madam, I'm impressed. However, you should ask me t o do it instead of doing it yourself next time, in case she manages to harm you."

"It's fine, I can take care of her myself.” Yvonne shrugged her shoulders as if it was not a big deal to her.

Sue looked at her in disagreement. "Taking care of her yourself is another matter, but what if she came at you with some underhanded tactics? You know that woman isn't as simple as she seems."

"Relax Sue, I know what I'm doing. What happened to you though? It took you so long to come down, I thought Jacqueline had harmed you.” Yvonne checked Sue for any injuries out of concern.

Sue scoffed and adjusted her grip on the basket she was carrying. "There is no way she could harm me. I was just cleaning up the room and changed the beddings. I don't want to leave any of the beddings that she slept on in the room-it's disgusting. In fact, I don’t even wish to clean it. I might just throw it out later."

"Alright, go ahead and throw it out then.” Yvonne did not have any objections.

Sue held onto the basket and walked towards the exit. "Then I'll go and throw this out now. I’ll check and see i f the girl has already left on my way out."

"Ok." Yvonne nodded her head.

Shortly after, Sue had returned with an empty basket i n her arms.

Yvonne put down the remote in her hands and turned to look at Sue. "Has she left?”

"She's gone,” replied Sue gleefully.

Yvonne gave a sigh of relief. "That’s good, I thought the girl would try to harm herself again. How annoying."

"You think too much madam. Sir's already gone overseas, so who would she put up a performance

for?” scoffed Sue.

Yvonne agreed with Sue after thinking for a while." Alright then, you carry on with your work Sue, I'm going to head upstairs and take a nap. I didn't sleep much last night."

"Ok, I'll wake you up when it's time for lunch then madam," replied Sue as she waved at Yvonne with a smile.

Yvonne stood up from the sofa and massaged her stiff neck before walking upstairs.

The next day, Yvonne went to the family residence to attend Henry's parents' memorial alone.

Henry had informed the old man about his absence, hence the old man did not ask Yvonne anything when he saw her approaching. Instead, he told Yvonne some stories of the past.

It was on that day that Yvonne learned much more about Henry’s parents and had an image of what they were like.

She did not have any idea of what Henry's parents were like when they were alive since Henry had never mentioned them before. All she knew was that his parents were deeply in love with each other...

That night, Yvonne had stayed at the old residence instead of going back to the villa.

The next day, she had her breakfast and bid the old man farewell before heading to the office.

When she arrived at the office, she received news of Henry’s return.

She had wanted to run to him so badly to ask how his trip was and if there was any news. However, it was during her working hours and she could only resist her urge before getting back to work.

When work was over, Yvonne rejected Lynette as she always did and went up to the top floor alone.

"Madam," greeted Joe with a smile when he opened the office door to see her standing there.

Yvonne smiled and asked, "Is he in?”

"Mr. Lancaster is here, please come in." Joe shifted his body sideways to let her pass.

Yvonne thanked Joe before walking into the office.

Yvonne saw that Henry was occupied with a phone call and lightened her footsteps as she walked into the room, not wishing to disturb him.

Yvonne reached out her hand and gently placed it on Henry's back to try and console him.

Henry glanced at her hand and grinned. With a swift movement, he grabbed onto her hand and pulled Yvonne directly into his arms.

"Y-you..." Yvonne was so startled her eyes had opened wide as she tried to speak.

Henry lifted a finger and pressed it against her lips." Shh, don't say anything, just let me hug you for a while."

He squeezed his arms and hugged Yvonne even tighter.

Yvonne did not know what had gotten into Henry to cause him to hug her so suddenly, but she did not struggle and quietly laid in his arms.

After a while, Henry let go of his arms and said," Alright, it's almost time, you should head back first."

"Ok." Yvonne nodded her head and got up from his arms. She looked at him for a moment before she turned and left his office.

Back at her department, Yvonne could hear a very soft sob nearby as she sat down at her seat.

She turned her head towards the sound and saw that Lynette was crying with her head on the table.

Yvonne was shocked at the scene and it took her awhile before she could gather her thoughts and reach her hand out towards Lynette. "What's wrong Lyn?"

Lynette heard her voice and raised her head to look at her. "Yvonne..."

"Yes it’s me, what happened to you?" Yvonne was clearly anxious.

Lynette pursed her lips and rushed into her arms and weeped even louder.

Yvonne grew even more anxious and helpless as Lynette kept on crying without saying anything. She put her hand on Lynette's back to calm her down and said, "Alright alright, calm down and stop crying, everyone's watching."

Hearing this, Lynette toned down her volume and it turned back into a soft sob, her head still deep in Yvonne's embrace.

Yvoone pulled out some tissues and passed them to Lynette. "Tell me what happened Lyn, you're only making me even more worried if you don’t tell me.”

"Yvonne..." Lynnette was shivering vigorously. "My dad, H-he...he's in trouble."

"What happened to him?" Yvonne's expression turned stiff.