Ysabelle was pushing Yezoo out of the bedroom on the second floor. They’d just started walking down the stairs when they ran into an angry Juelz.
Juelz disliked his uncle for being so stubborn when it came to marrying Ysabelle when he had always been a gentle man.
If he had never married such a horrible person and allowed Jeremy into their home, then the Sherman family would not be destroyed.
Moreover, Gordan would not fall into such a state as well. He would not end up in such a paralyzed state.
“Yezoo, I need to talk to that woman behind you.”
Juelz had not formally addressed Yezoo as his uncle for a long time, and he had never called Ysabelle formally too.
“Juelz, you are here. Is there any reason you are looking for my wife?”
Yezoo nodded at Juelz with a faint smile.
He had always been a calm and peaceful man. He did not have any intentions of inheriting the Sherman family’s business. He had only ever been stubborn in pursuing Ysabelle, as if he was bewitched by that woman. Apart from her, he would not marry anyone, he would not accept any other woman either.
If Juelz’s parents hadn’t forced Yezoo to a corner, he would never have formed an alliance with Jeremy to take revenge on his parents.
In the end, Juelz’s parents died in a seemingly normal car accident that was actually planned.
In Juelz’s opinion, his parent’s death was more or less a self-inflicted punishment. He did not blame anyone.
However, Yezoo and Ysabelle had allowed Jeremy to harm Gordan. At this moment, this b*tch Ysabelle was actually using Leilani to harm Dorothy. Juelz could not tolerate that at all.
Everyone had their bottom line.
Anyone that went further than Juelz’s bottom line would have to face his rage.
Dorothy was Juelz’s bottom line, and he would not allow anyone to touch or hurt her!
“Is there any reason you are looking for me?”
Ysabelle stared at Juelz coldly. She had never expected her husband, who was sitting weakly in a wheelchair, to stand up for her.
She understood Yezoo’s personality. He was a coward and was afraid of trouble. He was more on the kind and peaceful side, and he liked peacefulness.
However, there were lots of internal fighting in these rich families. If he did not plot against anyone, then he would be the one being plotted against. What was the use of being kind?
If she hadn’t been in a rush to get into the Sherman family to prove her charm to a certain someone, she would’ve never gone for someone like Yezoo.
Ysabelle pressed on the controls of the wheelchair and got Yezoo down to the first floor using a special slide. She walked up to Juelz and proudly held her well-maintained face up, smiling coldly. “Everytime you come here, you’re here to pick on me. Spit it out, then. What have I done wrong this time?”
“I see you’ve changed now that you’ve stabilised your status in the Sherman family. You don’t even call me Mr. Sherman anymore. I still remember how cheap and fake you used to be.”
At the beginning of Ysabelle’s marriage to Yezoo, Juelz had only been about six or seven years old. However, he could still remember how disgusted he’d been with Ysabelle even more than two decades later.
At the mention of her past humiliation, Ysabelle narrowed her eyes maliciously. “Things have changed. The Sherman family has almost been run to the ground by a useless good-for-nothing like yourself. Do you have the guts to answer to me if I were to address you as Mr. Sherman?”
Yezoo was not in good health. When he noticed that the two of them were in a dispute, he coughed intensely. After that, he panted and said, “We are a family. Ysabelle, Juelz, I hope you two will stop arguing for my sake.”
“Yezoo, this doesn’t have anything to do with you! The reason I am here has nothing to do with the Sherman family.”
Juelz ignored him, he continued to stare at Ysabelle coldly. He pretended to speak in a casual manner, “Leilani is your twin sister, isn’t she? More than a decade ago, she was quite desperate. She came to see you several times to ask you for money, but you drove her away ruthlessly.”
“Back then, Dorothy and I were already friends, and you’d seen her before as well. Why did you hide the truth then, and only ask Leilani to suddenly admit that she’s Dorothy’s mother now? Ysabelle, what are you plotting?”
Hearing Juelz mentioning the past, Ysabelle recalled the times when Leilani came to find her. It was true, she had seen Dorothy once. However, back then, her focus was all on winning Yezoo’s heart and being his wife. She was not in the mood to care about anything or anyone else.
A month ago, she contacted Leilani and asked her to find Dorothy. She did have an agenda, but this was a secret selfishness of hers that she had hidden deep in her heart for plenty of years. How could she admit it to Yezoo and Juelz?
“What could I be up to?”
Ysabelle raised her delicate eyes and suddenly smiled. She changed the subject and said, “Dorothy has found her biological mother. Aren’t you happy for her?
“Oh wait, Dorothy had Credence now. He’s so much more outstanding than you are, and you’re just wasting your time running around for her like this.”
“You don’t have to poke your nose into my business.”
Juelz’s face was filled with cold, hard hatred. “You’d better not let me catch your tail this time, or I’ll make sure you regret it.”
After that, Juelz turned to leave. He headed to the door, then turned and said to Yezoo, who’d remained silent, “This is the last time I’m speaking to you as your nephew. Please make sure that you keep your woman on a tight leash so that she can’t go out and bite at other people like the mad dog she is.”
“Juelz, how could you say that?”
Yezoo frowned and stared at Juelz’s back. He shook his head helplessly and sighed, but when he met Ysabelle’s vicious eyes. He was slightly stunned, but his heart ached as well.
So many years had passed, yet no matter how much he cared for her, he could not melt that icy, cold heart of hers.
Was that man who despised and scorned her really that great?
…
After returning to the hospital from the hotel, Dorothy was still in a trance. She was dizzy and was unable to tell if the things that happened a while ago were real or just a dream.
However, the huge diamond ring that was so heavy was definitely real.
Belle had gotten her to fill of good food, and she climbed onto the sofa and sat next to Dorothy. She was extremely interested in the shiny ring.
She reached out her fingers and poked the bright diamond ring with her little finger. “Mommy, it looks so beautiful! Can Daddy give me one as well?”
“No, he can’t.”
Dorothy shook her head and raised her hand to gently pat her daughter’s head. She smiled and said, “If you want this, you need to find a man who will give it to you when you grow up.”
“Who would that be?”
“The person you like, and that same person would like you as well.”
“Mommy, I like Daddy Juelz, and he likes me, too. Can he give me a diamond ring?”
“No.” Dorothy pinched Belle’s restless fingers and said with a serious look, “You can’t accept a gift like a diamond ring until you grow up.”
“Mommy, does that mean you only accepted Daddy’s diamond ring because you are an adult and my mommy?”
Dorothy looked into Belle’s big blue eyes, which were full of desire for knowledge, laughed and said, “Yes, Belle, you are right.”
Belle inherited Credence’s intelligence, but her stubbornness in getting to the end of something was somewhat similar to her.
After Belle finished asking one question, she would continue to ask a different question. She pointed at Dorothy’s abdomen and gently poked it. She blinked her big and beautiful eyes and asked, “Mommy, when will my little brother come out and play with me?”
“That will need some time, you need to wait for at least eight months.”
As soon as Dorothy finished speaking, she suddenly turned her head to the door, as if she had telepathy. She saw Credence standing at the door, still dressed in his formal suit. He gazed at her deeply, his eyes full of emotion.
He fixed his gaze on her, and she did not know how long he had been watching her.
For some reason, Dorothy felt a weird feeling in her heart, and she got angry for no reason.
What did he mean by that?
He did not tell her anything about the marriage proposal. He kept her in the dark and never even leaked a word about it. All he did was ask Jonathan to bring her to a hotel after telling her that he wanted to give her a huge surprise.
And look how things had turned out.
There weren’t any surprises, but there were lots of shocking matters.
This man was always so overbearing and acted on his own will. He did not care whether she was mentally prepared or not, he even knelt down on one knee to propose to her in front of so many rich people.
However, for the sake of his reputation, what could she do?
She could only endure her grievances and accept his marriage and diamond ring with a forced smile.
Now, he was standing at the door, and he did not even come in. He pretended to show a look of grievance for her to see.
Her heart was still filled with anger, and she had not vented it out yet!
Dorothy turned around and pretended that she didn’t see him. She continued to chat and read with Belle.
However, even though she was talking about the story, her focus was not on the story at all.
Belle widened her eyes. “Mommy, you are wrong. The one you are referring to is not the protagonist, it’s her sister.”
She was still in a trance when her daughter spoke. Dorothy felt embarrassed, but she quickly returned to normal. She said in a calm tone, “Belle, you’ve misheard me. I was talking too fast, and I left out the word ‘sister’.”
Credence walked towards Dorothy and Belle. When he heard her quibbles, he chuckled. “Mrs. Scott, if there is anything you are unclear of, just let me know. I will tell you.”
Under the scorching crystal lights, he stared at her and licked his slightly dry lips in a sexy way. His smile got bigger.
Benjamin followed Credence from behind. After receiving a hint from his boss, he quickly bribed Belle with food and drinks, and she agreed to leave with him.
In an instant, the only people left in Belle’s ward were Dorothy and Credence.
Seeing Credence getting closer and closer to her, Dorothy was eventually trapped on the sofa by him. She could not move, nor was there any place for her to go. She could not help but gulp nervously and shouted in a low voice, “Stop, don’t come over! Credence, why are you so close to me? What do you want to do?”
Credence stared at her. After a long time, he suddenly pinched her slender waist and gently placed her on the sofa. After that, he pressed her down with his tall figure. He pressed his lips to her collarbone, his hot breath fanning over her. “Babe, I want to f*ck you!”
After that, he moved his lips and kissed the patch of skin underneath Dorothy’s collarbone…