Love Comes Secretly After Their Contract Marriage novel Chapter 147

"Jealousy, of course." Shane looked over to the ward in disdain.

Yvonne tilted her head. "Jealousy?"

"Yes, she's jealous of you."

"How's that possible!" Yvonne retorted in reflex.

Jacqueline, jealous of her? More like she was jealous o f Jacqueline. After all, she was the woman who had Henry's heart.

Shane suddenly chuckled. "I knew you wouldn't believe it but the jealousy I speak of isn't what you’re thinking."

"Then what is it?" Yvonne looked at him.

Shane prodded his glasses. "I asked Jacqueline's caretaker. The caretaker said that she called Henry before her suicide and she asked him if he'd come to spend her birthday with her. Henry probably rejected her and she left sort of a threat to him, saying that he'd regret it if he didn't come."

There was a slight pause and Shane glanced at Yvonne with a complex gaze before he continued," When Henry came after that, I asked him if that was the case and he admitted it, citing that he agreed to spend it with you instead. That's why I say that Jacqueline is jealous of you and summoned Henry's company by trying to commit suicide." "Ahh... but that’s extreme of her. Even if she's asking for Henry, she doesn't have to resort to suicide, no?" Yvonne’s lips quivered.

A giggle escaped Shane. “That woman is a typical lunatic. What can't she do to achieve her goals? Okay, I’ll stop here and go check on Jacqueline's anesthesia level first."

He then knocked on the ward's door.

Opening the door and still seeing both of them, Henry glowered. "Why are you here still?"

"Please, I'm the doctor. Why do you think I'm here for? I haven't even said a word just now and you locked me outside," Shane grumbled.

Henry let him in with thinly pressed lips.

After Shane entered, Yvonne wanted to follow but Henry stopped her once more. "Why aren't you back yet?”

"Henry, I know what happened with Miss Conrad," Yvonne spoke up.

Henry narrowed his eyes. "And? Isn’t all this thanks to you?"

Yvonne hung her head. "I admit that I called Miss Conrad a homewrecker, but that was on the verge of anger. And it was she who called me repeatedly to badger me and I said it out of frustration. I didn't mean anything else. Besides, the real reason for Miss

Conrad's suicide isn't because of what I said."

"Not what you said? Then, tell me, what is it?" Henry asked icily.

Taking a deep breath, Yvonne replied, "Because she's jealous. She's jealous that I could spend my birthday with you and she tried to kill herself to make you come over."

"Yvonne Frey!" Henry suddenly shouted at her.

Yvonne jolted, looking back at him in confusion.

"Try to find a better excuse, will you? Jackie's a leukemia patient. Do you know what a wound means t o her?" Henry turned to point at the inside of the ward with a frosty gaze. "It means that her blood can’t be stopped. It means that her leukemia will get worse. She likes ballet so much and dreams to perform at the Lincoln Center. Why would she commit suicide for something small like this?"

"But what I said is the truth.” Yvonne clenched her fists.

Henry wore a cruel smile. "So you still think that Jackie tried to commit suicide because she’s jealous o f you?"

Yvonne acknowledged it with silence.

Henry lifted her face up. "Which part of you is worthy o f Jackie’s jealousy? Your looks? Figure? Or your ability?"

His words flustered Yvonne. A sense of humiliation rose within her. She slapped his hand away angrily and stared back at him with red rimmed eyes. "I told you. Miss Conrad is jealous that I'm spending my birthday with you!"

Yes, she lacked so much in comparison to Jacqueline, unable to be on par in terms of looks, figure, or abilities. But did he have to make it so clear! Did he know that his words were basically stabbing a blade repeatedly into her heart?