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Yolanda was still tucked under the blankets, worried that Charles might suddenly pop back in for another
ambush.
lan couldn't help himself; seeing her flushed checks, he reached out and pinched her face. “Can't | even let my
mind wander?”
Yolanda went quiet, then leaned down and kissed the bruised skin in front of her. “Stop being silly. Once your
fever’'s gone, we can go home. Staying here just feels weird.”
He hummed in agreement, leaned back, and closed his eyes.
Yolanda threw off the covers, quickly locked the door, and started gathering up all of lan’s things, stuffing them
into a nearby tote.
Once everything was packed, she put on her hat and mask. By then, it was already 6:30 in the evening.
Her phone buzzed on the pillow, but she didn’t hear it-she was in the bathroom, gathering up toiletries like face
wash.
lan picked up the phone and saw a message from an unknown number.
[Been wanting you for years, you little bitch. Remember Uncle Mark?] -
lan’s eyes narrowed, a cold gleam flashing beneath his lashes.
When Yolanda cout of the bathroom and saw him holding her phone, she sounded a little annoyed. “Why
are you messing with my phone again?” Yolanda said.
She reached for it, but lan dodged easily. “Who's Mark Long?” he asked.
Yolanda’s expression changed instantly. “Screepy old guy. Back when | first got taken in by the Grant Family,
he and my dad were good friends. He always tried to get close tofor sshady reason, and | hated it so
much I'd hide in my older brother's room. Haven't seen him in forever, but he just keeps finding new numbers to
sendgross messages.”
“I see,” lan said.
He still didn’t give the phone back. Instead, he asked, “Yolanda, what's your phone unlock code?”
Yolanda frowned, seeing how unfazed he looked.
“Don’t you think this is kinda over the line?” she protested.
“Over the line? Sure, it’s my bad-1'm always here making you feel good, never asking you to define us, and still
have to watch you cozying up with your husband every single day, choking back the jealousy like it’s all my fault.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtNow | just wanna check your phone. Or-are you hiding someone else from me?” lan shot back.
Yolanda was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.
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lan instantly flopped onto the bed, turning away from her. “I'm not leaving-I'll just rot here. Just leave me
alone.”
Yolanda took a deep breath; she'd never seen lan throw such a fit before.
“The password is my birthday,” she said.
lan didn’t hesitate at all. He sat up, typed in her birthday, and unlocked the phone.
Yolanda’s eyelashes fluttered. ‘He really remembers my birthday that clearly?’ she thought to herself, a little
surprised.
lan replied to the message, sending over the location of a remote hotel.
[Uncle Mark, chere.]
After sending it, he deleted both messages so she wouldn't have to see that disgusting crap.
Yolanda watched as lan skillfully browsed through her photo gallery and Twitter. Her heart gave a nervous jolt.
She'd posted several sweet wife-life updates on Twitter lately, but guilty as she felt, she’d made sure lan
couldn't see them.
Sure enough, lan noticed her activity and quickly switched to his own Twitter. When he looked at Yolanda’s
profile, he realized those posts weren't visible to him at all.
Just as lan was about to lose his cool, Yolanda cupped his face and kissed him hard.
He froze up, almost dropping the phone.
Yolanda kissed him hard, her tongue curling around his, eyes growing darker by the second. He forgot all about
the phone, pressed his hand against the back of her head, deepening the kiss.
They kissed for several long minutes, and by the tthey finally broke apart, the phone was already in
Yolanda’s hand.
“Charles's first love just cback to town. Those posts? Totally on purpose-just trying to provoke her. If she
doesn’t take the bait, Charles keeps coming hand | have to deal with all his . It’s tiring,” Yolanda
sighed.
lan wiped his lips with his thumb, undisguised possessiveness flashing in his eyes, though he didn’t seem to
notice it. His mood instantly improved. “Really?”
Yolanda nodded, setting the bags she'd packed down. “Alright, let's head home. | ordered sfood-it should
get to our place in a couple hours.”
lan cast his eyes down. “You go first. | just remembered | gotta go see a friend about something, so I'll pass on
dinner.”
“What could be so urgent that you can’t even eat before you go?” Yolanda asked.
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“Yolanda, I'll cback tonight and eat you up,” lan teased, flashing a wicked grin.
Annoyed, Yolanda spun on her heel and stalked off. “You're getting more shameless every day.”
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She tugged her mask higher, opened the door, and walked out-only to bump right into May and Charles waiting
outside.
May was getting discharged too, and when she spotted Yolanda, she instantly pegged her as the girl who'd been
up to no good with sguy in the room earlier. She let out a chilly snort. “Who even knows where you came
from. Shameless! If your mom saw you fooling around with a man in a hospital room, she'd probably cback
from the dead just to yell at you.”
Yolanda went rigid, cold sweat trickling down her back. She stumbled a step backward and bowed her head,
wishing she could just disappear.
With her totally different outfit and that hat and mask hiding her face, nobody would believe she was the same
well-behaved Yolanda from before. Not even Charles picked up on it.
Charles simply patted May’s shoulder. “Mom, that’s not our concern.”
Charles didn’t care about anyone else's business. He picked up the pile of expensive gift boxes people had
brought for May and walked straight towards the elevator.
May snorted. “I just can’t stand women who sink so low-it makessick.”
She went into the elevator with Charles.
Yolanda lingered in the hallway, staying outside.
The moment the elevator doors slid shut, Yolanda hugged her arms, goosebumps prickling all over from sheer
fright. Her heart thudded so wildly it felt like it was lodged right in her throat.
She drew in a shaky breath-her lungs felt like they were burning, and her scalp prickled so bad it was like all her
nerves were on edge.
At that moment, the elevator stopped and a socialite who often gossiped with May stepped in. Her eyes lit up
when she spotted May.
“May, look at you! Fancy running into you here!” the lady said.
May grinned, “Mrs. Lawson, what a coincidence! You still not feeling well?”
Mrs. Lawson fiddled with her ears, showing off her brand-new white jade earrings-she looked every inch the
wealthy socialite. “I'm here to look after my mother-in-law. She won't stay in the room anymore; says the young
couple next door are way too into each other. Honestly, they don’t even bother to sneak around-just flaunting it
for everyone to see! Nobody can get any shut-eye with all that going on.”
The two ladies just ate up all that gossip. May scrunched her nose in disdain-after all, this was a luxury hospital
run by the Sinclair family, and only the rich chere. “Seriously, whose kids are pulling these wild stunts?”
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Mrs. Lawson gave a sly laugh. “I didn’t bother looking into it. Honestly, | thought my mother-in-law was making
a fuss, but | totally heard it too. They didn’t even bother shutting the door-all cracked open for the whole hallway
to hear! The nurses were mortified and tried to tell them off, but the couple just called us a bunch of old relics.
Young people these days really don’t care who's watching.”
May nodded in agreement. “Shere-the neighbors in my ward? Couple of youngsters. The girl was... well,
let's just say she was taking real good care of him. | was dying of embarrassment just seeing it. Girls now don’t
have an ounce of self-respect. They chase thrills while they're young, and then, when they get older, can’t even
find anyone to actually care about them.”
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