The emotion he showed felt like what she saw last night.
He was also feeling afraid last night.
Last night, she convinced herself that he was afraid of other things and it could not be because of her, but she could not lie to herself any longer. He was worried for her safety.
"Why bother?" Yvonne sighed when Henry did not answer her.
Henry continued to hold her in his arms and finally said, "Since you escaped the fire, why didn't you come back? Why didn't you contact me? I hadn’t brought Jacqueline back to the villa at the time."
"I lost consciousness after being washed away in the lake, so how could I contact you? When I woke up, I heard that you two got very close already," Yvonne said blankly while looking in front of her.
Henry was silent for a while before he asked, "Who saved you?"
"My brother did."
"Sam?"
"Yes!" Yvonne nodded.
Henry's eyes flashed.
No wonder Sam was so concerned about her at the beginning. He even went to see him at the Lancaster villa. He must have gone there to get information for her.
Although he felt uncomfortable about it, Henry was still very grateful that Sam appeared in the industrial area and saved Yvonne in time.
"What about the second fire?" Henry let go of Yvonne a little and looked at her cold face.
Yvonne lowered her eyes and sneered, "The second fire was on the day you brought Jacqueline back to the villa. When I found out about what you did, I went back to the villa to see you, but I ran into Jacqueline. I was knocked unconscious and she locked me in an abandoned building in the suburbs. She poured gasoline all over me to burn me alive. Luckily, Sam appeared again, so I managed to survive."
Henry's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard that.
It turned out to be that day!
"Although I didn't die, I was disfigured by the fire."
After Yvonne said this, she pushed him away and pulled up her shirt in front of him. She pointed to the large scar on her waist and abdomen as she said coldly, "Do you see this scar? This is what the fire left me with. If it weren't for Dr. Peter, my face would look like this ugly scar and I wouldn't be able to meet anyone."
Henry felt his head buzzing as he stared fixedly at the scar on her waist and his eyes turned red.
It was shocking to see that huge scar. He couldn't imagine the fire that engulfed her body, and how desperate and painful it must have been when she was burned by the fire.
When she was burned by the fire, he was not by her side. The most ridiculous thing was that he was the one who sent the arsonist to her.
If he had not brought Jacqueline to the villa that day, she wouldn't have fallen into Jacqueline's hands and been burned again.
It was him. He was a murderer too!
No wonder she hated him. She should hate him!
"I'm sorry, I really didn't know!" Henry squeezed his fist and the blue veins on the back of his hand bulged. He was obviously very emotional at this moment.
Yvonne pulled down her shirt indifferently. "You know now, don’t you? I swore to myself that as long as I survived the fire, I would definitely make those who caused me pain pay for all the suffering I went through. That includes you, Henry, but I changed my mind after that. For the sake of being the father of my child, I won’t seek revenge against you, but..."
Her eyes darkened. "But I also want you to lose your pride and understand what it's like to be abandoned. However, it seems like I didn't do enough last night. I could not bring myself to be mean to you, but I also came to terms with it. Since you've helped Theo get better, I won’t seek revenge against you. From now on, we no longer have anything to do with each other."
"Are you cutting me out of your life?" Henry narrowed his eyes.
Yvonne looked at him. "Of course. Do you think we can still go back to how we used to be?"
"Why not? I've always loved you. During my marriage with Jacqueline, I never ever touched her. You’ve always been the only one," Henry grabbed her shoulders and said anxiously.
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