Henry clenched his cheeks together and didn't answer Sue.
Sue understood and sighed, "Sir, why don't you call madam now?"
Henry's eyes moved slightly. He took his mobile phone from his pocket right away.
There was a missed call from Joe. He ignored that. Then, he found Yvonne's number and dialed it.
Hearing the ringtone, Yvonne took out her mobile phone and looked at it. It was Henry calling. She bit her lower lip and hung up after hesitating for two seconds. She then turned off her mobile phone.
Elliot, who was driving, caught a glimpse of her movements. The corner of his lips twitched faintly," Did Mr. Lancaster call?”
Yvonne hummed.
"Then why don't you pick up the call?" Elliot asked knowingly.
Yvonne pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
Elliot shrugged. "It seems that you’ve been affected badly this time. What did you see in Mr. Lancaster's office that made you so upset?"
Hearing this, Yvonne’s eyes sank. She didn't answer
but asked, "Why did you send me that photo?"
"You're talking about the photo of Mr. Lancaster and Jacqueline hugging each other?” Elliot deliberately mentioned the photo and laughed, "Because I don't want you to be kept in the dark. I want you to know what Mr. Lancaster is doing when you're not with him. But it's purely coincidence."
"A coincidence?" Yvonne looked at the perfect side of his face.
He nodded. "Yes, I came to the Lancaster Group for the inventory confirmation from the previous cooperation with Mr. Lancaster. I didn’t expect to see both of them when I got out of the elevator, so I took the photo. It's really surprising that they're still together. Didn’t you say..."
"That’s enough!” Yvonne couldn’t listen anymore and she interrupted him loudly. "Stop talking, okay?"
"Why can't I say it? I'm telling the truth, aren't I? They're being intimate behind your back and obviously, it hurts you,” Elliot remained in his position and continued, "and seeing you run out of the
Lancaster Group with tears is enough to prove that you saw or heard something, right?"
Yvonne bit her lip and put her hand on her leg. She also held on her trousers tightly, as if she wanted to tear off that piece of fabric.
Elliot was right. She couldn't believe what Henry said a t that time, so she ran out.
"Tell me, Yvonne. What did you see and hear?" Elliot looked at her with interest.
Yvonne closed her eyes and leaned her head against the window. Her eyes were extremely dim and she said, "Jacqueline suggested Henry divorce me and marry her."
"Mr. Lancaster agreed to it?" Elliot’s mouth twitched even wider.
Yvonne shook her head. "No, but he said that he could consider it. So I ran out."
If she didn't run, what would she do when they discovered her?
Let Jacqueline make a fool of her?
"Mr. Lancaster has gone too far!" Elliot pretended to be angry for her and slammed the steering wheel."
Yvonne, you did the right thing by running away." 1
Yvonne twitched her mouth. "I'm not sure what’s right or wrong. All I know is that he wants to divorce me."
"So what are your thoughts? Leave him?" Elliot asked while squinting his eyes.
Yvonne’s mouth moved slightly. She wanted to say something but didn't. Finally, she replied, “I don't know
H
She really wanted to divorce Henry in the earlier days, but that was before Dominic went to prison.
Since Dominic was in prison, she gave up the idea of
divorce.
But now that he wanted to divorce her because of Jacqueline’s suggestion, she really didn't know what t o do.
"Well, pretend that I didn’t ask. But I'll support you in everything you do,” Elliot chuckled.
Yvonne opened her eyes and looked at him. "How did you know that I was hailing a cab at the roadside?"
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