"She's still there. Ms. Conrad has been living in the Conrad villa and hasn't left since," replied Joe.
Yvonne raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "Thatâs strange."
"Why's it strange?" Henry looked at her.
Yvonne explained, "Why would Jacqueline still be in Vancouver when Dominic's already left? The
Conrads have already become enemies with the Lancasters. Now that Dominic's left, isnât
Jacqueline afraid of the Lancasters looking for her?" 1
"Madam's quite right." Joe adjusted his glasses.
Henry murmured, "It doesn't matter what her reason for staying here is. As long as she's in
Vancouver, you are to surveil her at all costs. Sheâs Dominic's only daughter. He will contact her for
sure and she will lead us to him as long as we keep an eye on her."
"Yes sir." Joe nodded his head.
Henry waved his hand. "That'll be allâyou may leave now."
"Understood." Joe turned and left.
Only the couple was left in the ward after Joe left.
Yvonne opened her mouth to try and say something but decided not to in the end.
Henry helped cover a blanket over her. "Say whatever you want to say."
"Erm... Itâs nothing actually, I only want to say that Jacqueline is not Dominic's only daughter. She
still has an elder sister," said Yvonne.
Henry squinted his eyes. "Where did you hear that?"
How could he not know that Dominic had another daughter?
"From Elliot," answered Yvonne honestly.
Henry's face darkened when he heard that name. " When did he tell you this?"
"Just a few days ago."
"You mustn't believe him!" groaned Henry coldly.
Yvonne pondered for about two seconds before saying, "What if he was telling the truth?â
"Even if it was the truth, what's it got to do with us?" Henry casually picked up a magazine and
began flipping through the pages.
Yvonne thought about it and agreed with him, then stopped commenting further and began closing
her eyes with a yawn.
Henry glanced at her and noticed that she was getting sleepy. He stopped flipping the magazines
and put them away after waiting for her to sleep. He then got u p and quietly left.
Soon, a week passed by in the blink of an eye.
Yvonne's injuries were mostly recovered, the bruises o n her face and neck had healed, and there
was not a scar to be seen.
Only her ribs needed a longer time to recover. She was advised to continue resting for a while for it
to heal.
"Are you done packing madam?â Sue walked into Yvonne's ward with the discharge documents in
her hands.
Yvonne was changing into her new shoes. She answered as soon as she heard Sue's question,
"Iâm done."
"Then letâs make a move." Sue picked up the luggage that was next to Yvonne.
When both of them left the ward, Shane was walking i n their direction.
The first thing Shane saw was Sue carrying a luggage bag and then his gaze was fixed on Yvonneâs
gaunt face. A saddened look was reflected behind Shane's glasses as he said, "Are you sure you
want to be discharged?"
"Yes, thereâs no need for me to take advantage of the hospital's resources anymore now that I am
able to get out of bed myself," joked Yvonne with a smile.
Shane sighed and said, "Alright then, I wonât comment any further since you have already made
your decision. I was actually planning to ask you to stay here for a few more days." "I can't bring
myself to like the smell of disinfectant in the hospital." Yvonne twitched her nose. "So I think I'd
better leave now."
Shane smiled as he heard Yvonne's joke. "I suppose you'd be right to return home, but you mustn't
move about and focus on your recovery back at the villa. Things aren't as peaceful as they used to
be at the Lancasters."
"I know, I don't want to bring any trouble to Henry.â Yvonne stroked her short hair.
Shane's expression turned serious. "I'm asking you to take care of yourself."
"I suppose thereâs no need for you to remind me about that." Henryâs cold voice suddenly appeared
from behind Shane.
Yvonne put down her hand from her hair and turned t o look at Henry walking towards her with his
long slender legs.
"I'll be the one to protect my wife. There's no need for you to worry about that," said Henry with a
cold voice a s he walked towards Yvonne and stopped next to her before grabbing onto Yvonne's
shoulder.
Shaneâs tone was equally cold as he replied, "I really hope you are capable of protecting her. You'd
better not go back on your words and hurt others in the process."
Henry raised an eyebrow. "Are you finished?â
Shane did not answer but turned to look at Yvonne. His voice immediately turned gentle as he said,"
Remember to focus on your recovery when you get back. You can call me anytime when you feel
unwell."
"Ok.â Yvonne nodded.
Shane gave her a few other instructions before he turned and left the couple.
Yvonne had a puzzled look on her face as she watched Shane leaving. "Have the two of you been
arguing? Something seems to be off between you two recently. Has something happened?â
Henry pursed his lips.
Yvonne knew she had hit the nail on the head when she saw that Henry did not answer and said,
"What caused the two of you to argue? Havenât the two of you always been good friends? What...â
"Alright, this isnât something that you should be worried about. Let's go home," interrupted the
slightly unhappy Henry before he turned around and walked towards the elevator.
Yvonne couldn't understand why Henry was suddenly so mad and shrugged her shoulders. She
suppressed her curiosity and followed behind him.
Two hours later, they arrived at the villa.
Henry helped Yvonne towards the sofa and walked away when he received a phone call.
He had left in a rush as if it was an urgent matter.
Yvonne did not hear what the issue was and did not have enough time to ask him as he had already
left the villa.
"Have some milk, madam.â Sue brought out a glass of milk from the kitchen and passed it to
Yvonne with both hands.
Yvonne took the glass and said, "Thank you, Sue.â
"Youâre welcome." Sue chuckled and scanned the area. "Whereâs sir?"
"He's left.â Yvonne drank the milk.
Sue was startled. "Gone already? He hasn't even eaten yet."
"Itâs fine, Joeâs with him," said Yvonne calmly.
Sue sighed. "Sir has been very busy for the past few days. He hasnât been able to eat properly.â
"It canât be helped. He's off to look for the Lancastersâ enemy," said Yvonne as she rolled the glass
between her hands.
Sue pouted her lips in contempt. "Who is this old man? How could he have harbored so much
hatred against the Lancasters?"
"You're right. His hatred runs rather deeply." Yvonne nodded in agreement.
Sue was worried. "That old man dared to badly injure you, so I'm really worried that sir will..."
"He won't." Sue held onto the glass tightly. "Heâll be fine, I believe in Henry." 1
Sue smacked her forehead as she realized that she had mistakenly said the wrong thing and
quickly corrected herself. "Look at me, blabbering about here. You're right madam, sir will definitely
be alright."
"Yes." Yvonne forced a smile.
She knew clearly that she was merely consoling herself when she said that Henry would be fine. In
truth, she was terrified. The old man already said that he would take whatever measures necessary
to bring the Lancasters to their end.
That meant that Henry was in a perilous situation since all the old man needed to do was bring
Henry down and the Lancasters would be in danger, seeing that Henry was the current head of the
family.
Yvonne couldn't help but imagine that if Henry had been kidnapped just as she had been previously,
he would most definitely be killed instead of being tortured.
Yvonne trembled at the thought of what might happen and she couldnât conceal her terror any
longer -fear was written all over her face.
Sue noticed this and asked her worriedly, "Are you alright madam?"
Yvonne took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down and to stop thinking too much. "I'm fine, I
just happened to think about some terrifying stuff." "What kind of terrifying stuff?" asked Sue
curiously.