CHAPTER 145 YVONNE’S AFFECTION

Yvonne pursed her lips and remained silent.

Elliot took a glance at her and walked towards the door. "I just have to say this: he doesn't love you. That's why he's not accompanying you on your birthday. If he loves you, even if it's a contract that’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars, he'd put it off. Don't you think so?"

Yvonne did not say a word.

Elliot understood how Yvonne felt and he remained silent. Then, he switched off the lights in the ward.

The room darkened instantly and a source of light from the bedside was the only thing that was bright in the room.

Yvonne turned her head over and realized that Elliot had actually lit a candle on a cake for her.

"You..."

"Shh!" Elliot raised a finger and motioned for her not t o speak.

Yvonne closed her mouth in surprise as Elliot walked towards her with the cake and sang a birthday song.

He had a really gentle voice and when he sang the birthday song, and Yvonne was soothed by his voice even more.

Yvonne’s surprise gradually turned into affection with tears overflowing in her eyes.

When Elliot noticed her tears, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He then approached her with his good-looking face that every woman admired. "Are you crying?"

Yvonne turned her head away. "No.”

"I saw that. You were crying." Elliot smiled.

Yvonne snorted. "When I say no, it means no."

"Don’t deny it. I saw you wiping your eyes. Are you touched?"

This time, Yvonne did not deny it anymore. She looked into his eyes and said, "Yes, I was really touched by you. I've never thought that you'd be the one who would accompany me on my birthday."

She didn't understand why Elliot was always so nice t o her.

But at this moment, she was really grateful to him.

Elliot didn’t expect Yvonne to pour out her feelings to him. Initially, he only wanted to tease her. However, now that she admitted to it, he felt embarrassed.

"Uhm." Elliot coughed twice, quickly regathered his thoughts, and handed the cake to Yvonne. "Make a wish."

Yvonne was amazed looking at the firelight. With Elliot's encouragement, Yvonne closed her eyes to

make a wish.

She made three wishes. The first wish she made was that she hoped what Elliot said wasn’t true. She didn’t believe that her bone marrow donation was the reason why Henry had kept it a secret from her.

Secondly, she wished for Henry to be separated from Jacqueline as soon as possible and return to the family.

As for the third wish, she hoped that the child in her belly would be born safely.

After making the three wishes, Yvonne opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Elliot's eyes, which were as black as jewels.

"Are you done with your wishes?” he asked.

Yvonne nodded.

"What did you wish for?"

"I’m not gonna tell you," Yvonne said playfully.

Elliot stared at her for a while with his flickering eyes. Then he kept his calm. "Forget it. Just blow out the candles.”

"Alright,” Yvonne responded and gently blew the candles off.

Elliot cut a small piece of cake for her. "You're still on drips now, so you can’t eat too much. Just a little bit will do. Open your mouth."

Yvonne did not reject Elliot. She opened her mouth and took a bite of the cake.

"How does it taste?" Elliot put the rest of the cake aside.

Yvonne licked the corner of her mouth. "It's delicious."

"That's good." Elliot smiled.

Yvonne looked at the drip irrigation equipment at her bedside. "Can I be discharged after this infusion?"

"Why, do you want to be discharged?"

"Yeah, I can't stay in the hospital all the time. Sue will be worried if I'm still not back yet."

"Then just call to inform her." Elliot handed Yvonne his phone.

Yvonne thought for a while and felt that it was time to call Sue anyway.

After all, she hadn't gone back after being out for so long. Sue must be very anxious.

Yvonne took the phone and looked at the time. She realized that it was almost nine o'clock.

It was so late already and Sue would surely be anxious by now.

Yvonne quickly looked for Sue's contact number and made the phone call.

Soon, the phone was connected. Sue’s worried voice could be heard from the other end of the line, "Madam, where have you been? Why are you not back yet at

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"Sorry, Sue. I... I'm at a friend’s place," Yvonne apologized.

When Elliot heard this, he looked at her and smiled.

She turned her head away and did not dare to look into his eyes.

On the other end of the line, Sue breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh madam, you made me so worried. Why didn't you let me know that you were at a friend's place?"

"Sorry..." Yvonne apologized once again.

Sue was slightly angry, but she was also glad that Yvonne called. "It’s alright, madam. I'm not blaming you. I just hope that you won’t forget to let me know next time."

"It won't happen again,” Yvonne assured her.

"When will you be back, madam?” Sue asked.

Yvonne looked at the drips again. After a while, she replied, "It may take some time. My friend is asking m e to stay a little longer so I can't leave yet."

"Alright then. Give me a call when you’re coming back." Sue asked.

Yvonne hummed and ended the call.

"Why did you lie?" Elliot folded both of his arms.

Yvonne sighed. "Honestly, Sue will rush over immediately if I tell her the truth. She's getting older and I don't want to worry her so much."

"Don’t you think that you are being too kind that you'll suffer by yourself?" Elliot looked at her.

Yvonne smiled. "Well, I am only kind to the people that I care about. They won't make me suffer anyway.”

"This is not necessarily true. You care about Henry so much, but what does he give you?" Elliot curled his lips.

Yvonne pinched her lips but didn't answer.

Elliot wanted to say something more after seeing Yvonne in this condition. But the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He frowned and held back what he was about to say. H e then took his phone out.

When he saw the caller ID, his eyes became serious.

"I'll pick up the call first," Elliot said to Yvonne and he walked out of the ward.

After a couple of minutes, he returned to the ward.

Yvonne looked at him. "Are you leaving?"

"How do you know?" Elliot was shocked.

Yvonne smiled. "I can tell from your face. You’re showing me an apologetic face, so it's not that hard to guess." "You're quite attentive. But yeah, my father is looking for me so I can’t keep you company for now. But I've talked to the nurse, and you can ring the bell in case you need anything," Elliot said.

Yvonne understood. "I will. Go ahead and be careful on the road."

"Goodbye!" Elliot turned away and left the ward.

The ward was left with only Yvonne herself and it felt really quiet.

"Ah..." She sighed for a long time, raised her eyelids, and stared at the ceiling until her eyes felt a bit sore. Then she blinked her eyes again.

Soon, it was ten o’clock and the drip had finally finished.

Yvonne called the nurse to remove the needle from her hand and got herself ready in the washroom, preparing to be discharged.

She went to the front desk of the hospital for checkout and found out that Elliot had paid for the charges on her behalf.

Yvonne put her credit card away and smiled helplessly.

She not only owed Henry, but she also owed Elliot now.

However, she felt relieved that the money she owed Elliot was not much. She could still return the money when they met up next time.

Yvonne walked out of the hospital and took a cab.

After getting into the cab, she called Sue to let her know that she was going back.

Sue wanted to pick her up, but Yvonne refused.

Before she hung up the phone, she asked Sue if Henry was back.

But Sue's answer made her feel cold.

'He hasn't gone back yet?'