Yvonne felt uneasy. "What did Chief Frey say?”
"He asked me to take care of you since you are in bad health, hence I cannot leave now!" said Henry as he sat down.
Yvonne stared at him and mocked, "And who was the one who caused this mess?"
Henry was startled as he heard this and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, it won’t happen again..."
"Will there be a next time for us?" said Yvonne as she looked at him with a sad expression. "Do you know how bad my health is currently? I fall sick even when the slightest wind blows, or feel cold throughout my entire body at best. No matter how I try to sleep at night, I can’t seem to feel warm enough. To be honest, I don’t even know how long I have left to live!"
The more Henry heard, the more his heart ached.
He never expected that she would be in such bad health.
"Madam, is this true?" Sue held Yvonne's cold hands and felt even sadder for her. "Sir, madam's hands are very cold. Here, feel them."
She held Yvonne’s hands in front of Henry.
But Yvonne did not want to be touched by him, so she immediately retracted her hands.
Henry's pupils contracted as he saw her pulling back.
Did she despise him so much that she wouldn't even let him touch her now?
"You must come back with me Yvonne!" said Henry firmly while suppressing the discomfort he had in him.
Yvonne took a deep breath and said, "I've told you very clearly Mr. Lancaster, I want a divorce! So what's the point in me following you now? To be treated coldly again? Or to have my bone marrow be given to Jacqueline again?"
Henry felt even more uncomfortable as he heard Yvonne's statement, but most of the discomfort was him feeling sorry for what he had done to Yvonne.
"I swear, it won’t ever happen again," promised Henry.
However, Yvonne shook her head and laughed, "Truly, I don't believe you!"
"What do I have to do for you to believe me then?" Henry raised an eyebrow.
Yvonne looked down on the floor. "I won't believe you no matter what you do, unless you make Dominic Conrad gets what he deserves. Can you do that?"
Henry fell silent.
Yvonne mockingly laughed again and said, "You see? You can't do it, so stop giving me empty promises. You aren't able to give me the security that I need, so
what's the point in me going back with you?" "I'm very sure that you won’t be able to receive the treatment you need to recover here, so follow me back and I'll see to it that you're well treated," said Henry as he pointed at the house.
Yvonne stubbornly turned her neck. "Even so, it's none of your business.”
"What do you mean by it’s none of my business? You said it yourself - I was the one who caused you to be like this, so could you let me take responsibility for it?"
"I don’t need your sympathy!" Yvonne held onto her cell phone tightly and continued with a croaky voice," I will treat this as a lesson for myself. All this happened because I couldn’t see the truth and placed my life in the wrong hands."
"What do you mean?” Henry subconsciously took a step back.
Yvonne coldly laughed, "Don't you get it? I always knew that you didn’t love me and we lived in two different worlds, yet I still feigned ignorance and continued to love you hoping that I could win your heart someday. I can only blame myself for not knowing my place and being ignorant."
"Madam." Sue couldn’t take it anymore. "How could you say this about yourself?"
"Am I wrong though, Sue?" said Yvonne as she pointed at the pale faced Henry, "I've not said anything wrong. This happened all because I had idealized my situation too much. Knowing that we lived in two very different worlds, I still insisted to try and enter his, hence I landed in this mess. This is all my own fault!"
"No madam! You’re not wrong, truly you aren't!” Sue shook her head.
Yvonne looked at the ceiling to hold back her tears." Everyone said that it was wrong for me to marry him. I slowly started to accept this to be true, and even Mr. Lancaster thought so too right?"
Henry's lips slightly twitched instead of replying.
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