Love Comes Secretly After Their Contract Marriage novel Chapter 23

Yvonne left the study, went downstairs to get some cleaning tools, and cleaned up the mess in front of Henry's party before returning to the room.

The next day, she showed up at work looking like a panda. Lynette was shocked when she saw Yvonne. " Dang, what did you do last night? Steal your neighbor's cow?”

"Don't sit here, you'll get into trouble if someone sees you.” Yvonne pushed Lynette off her desk. "I didn’t steal any cow. I just had nightmares all night.” 1

"All night?”

"Yeah. It just repeats over and over again. What torture.” Yvonne yawned, looking listless with her bloodshot eyes. 1

She didn't manage to sleep for almost an entire night. As soon as she closed her eyes, she kept seeing dreams of Henry asking someone to forcefully take her bone marrow when she refused to be a donor.

The dream felt so real and terrifying that she wondered if Henry would really do that to her if she didn't agree to be the donor. 1

"Just what kind of nightmare did you have?" Lynette leaned closer to Yvonne and asked curiously.

Yvonne lowered her gaze. "Let's not talk about that anymore. Why are you looking for me this early in the morning?"

Lynette raised her eyebrow at the change in topic. " Did you forget about the welcoming party?"

"I haven't forgotten it, but that’s in the evening. Why are you telling me about it now?” Yvonne sorted out some documents and replied with little interest.

"Of course I'm asking if you’ve prepared an evening dress.”

"An evening dress?" Yvonne was taken aback and stopped her work.

Lynette winked at her gleefully. "You haven't, right?"

"Do we have to wear an evening dress to the welcoming party?" Yvonne looked at her friend blankly.

Lynette's smile faded as her expression turned serious. "You didn’t know? The secretarial team informed everyone about it yesterday."

Yesterday...

Yvonne bit her lip, feeling a bit angry.

Lynette understood everything the instant she saw Yvonne’s reaction. "They didn’t inform you on purpose?"

"Most likely." Yvonne nodded.

The secretarial team had never seen eye to eye with her since the beginning and even targeted her

yesterday. It was no surprise that they had deliberately concealed the news from her.

"That's too much! I'll settle the score with them! You're all secretaries and you are even Mr. Lancaster’s personal secretary. How dare they treat you like this!" Lynette clenched her fist and gritted her teeth.

She was about to rush outside when Yvonne quickly held her back. "Calm down, Lyn! You can't offend them! They're not worth getting into trouble for!"

"You're letting them slide?" Lynette looked at her with unwilling eyes. 1

Yvonne offered a glass of water to her. "They’re only bullying me because it's my first time being a secretary and I know nothing. They won't dare to do that again once I become fully familiar with my job."

"Oh man, you’re really too soft! Can't you steel yourself up a little?" Lynette poked Yvonne on her forehead angrily.

Yvonne chuckled, then looked at the time on her computer screen. "You should go back to your department - they're about to check up on everyone."

"Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about that. I’ll get going then. Let’s go choose a dress during lunchtime?"

The expression on Yvonne's face stiffened a little when she remembered about her empty wallet. She could feel her heart bleeding. "Okay..." 1 "Then that's settled, bye!"

After Lynette left, Yvonne slumped in her seat and looked at her savings of less than three digits on her phone. She could feel her head spin. "What kind of dress can I possibly buy with this?"

"Dress?” A cold male voice suddenly rang out at the door.

Yvonne quickly straightened up and looked toward the door. Henry was standing there in a silver-gray suit with Joe behind him.

"What dress were you talking about just now?" Henry repeated his question.