CHAPTER 152 THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN TWO MEN

"It's nothing, I'm just happy." Yvonne tugged her hair behind her ears.

Henry raised his eyebrows, "Happy? What's there to be happy about?"

"I am happy about your choice," Yvonne said with a smile. "The moment I heard that Miss Conrad was going to have a second operation, I was nervous and terrified. I was afraid that you would force me to donate my bone marrow for her sake."

"Do I give you the impression that I'm such a person?" Henry's face clouded over with displeasure.

Yvonne lowered her eyes and smiled, "I'm just very worried that your feelings for Miss Conrad will impel you to do something like this."

"I'm not that irrational," Henry snorted with a cold expression.

Yvonne touched the tip of her nose. "I know, but I'm just scared."

But now, she was relieved.

"Alright, you should get some rest. I'm going to take a shower." Henry walked into the bathroom.

Yvonne laid on their bed and rubbed her face against a pillow before she fell asleep with a smile on her face.

The next day, Henry brought her to the hospital.

Shane was quite surprised to see both of them. "Why are both of you here together?"

"We're here for a checkup," Yvonne answered.

Shane pushed up his spectacles. "Checkup? What checkup? Could you be..."

Before he finished speaking, Joe suddenly knocked on the door, "Mr. Lancaster, I've made arrangements at the Obstetrics and Gynecology department. Both of you can go over for the checkup anytime."

"Obstetrics and Gynecology?" Shane stood up, taken aback. He looked incredulously at Yvonne. "You're pregnant?"

Yvonne smiled as she touched her abdomen. "Yes, it's been two months."

"Oh?" Shane's gaze deepened, he clenched his fists in frustration, hiding them within the pockets of his white coat.

A cold smile hung at the corner of Henry's lips," Shane, you don't seem to be very happy for me."

"Of course, I'm happy for you. Congratulations, Henry. You're going to be a father," Shane smiled as he

congratulated Henry, but that smile didn't reach his eyes.

Henry straightened his cuffs. "Thank you, but I hope your congratulations is sincere." 1

Yvonne listened to their conversation and felt that there was some subtle hostility between them.

She wasn't sure if she was mistaken, but there seemed to be some hostility between these two people.

But was that possible? They were best friends. How could there be this hostility?

She probably misunderstood something.

With that in mind, Yvonne decided not to dwell on the issue and looked at the man beside her. "Henry, TH go over first."

"Go ahead, call me after the checkup," Henry answered indifferently.

Shane frowned. "Henry, your wife is going for a maternity checkup. As her husband, shouldn't you accompany her?"

Henry lifted his wrist and looked at his watch, "I'm going to see Jacqueline. I need to tell her something."

"Everything else can wait. There is nothing more important than your wife and child," Shane commented disapprovingly.

Henry looked at him apathetically. He ignored Shane's words and walked out of his office, heading for the hospital wards.

"Henry..." Shane wanted to call Henry back.

Yvonne sighed, "Dr. Summers, let him go."

"You're pregnant, but he does accompany you for your maternity checkup? Instead, he's going to see another woman. Aren't you angry?" Shane looked at her with a strange expression.

Yvonne pursed her lips, "Of course I'm unhappy. But, it doesn't matter. I'm used to it. I'll get going."

"I'll accompany you." Shane took off the stethoscope around his neck.

Yvonne blinked her eyes in surprise, "You're accompanying me?"

"Well, I'm quite familiar with the Obstetrics and Gynecology department, they'll finish the checkup quicker if I bring you over." After Shane said that, he walked out of his office and took the lead.

Yvonne had no choice but to follow behind.

To protect her, Shane didn't walk in front of her. He walked beside her and let her walk close to the wall to reduce the risk of her colliding with passersby. This belongs to .

Yvonne was slightly touched when she noticed his attentiveness. "Thank you, Shane."

"You're finally willing to call me by my first name," Shane smiled.

Yvonne explained, "Henry heard me calling you by your first name, and he requested for me to stop, so...'

"I know. It's a man's ego at work and his possessiveness." Shane interjected.

Yvonne smiled wryly, "Is he possessive of me?"

"You're his wife after all."

"Yes, but in his heart, as his wife, I'm far less important than his first love," Yvonne said, sighing despondently.

Shane suddenly stopped. "Right, speaking of Jacqueline, you know she's going to have a second surgery. Do you have any plans? Do you remember what I said last night?"

"You want me to leave Henry?" Yvonne clenched her fists.

Light reflected off Shane's spectacles. "Yes, I have no intention to make both of you break up. I just want to remind you that you can't donate your bone marrow anymore. Not to mention, you're pregnant now. If you donate your bone marrow, you will definitely lose your child. Considering Jacqueline's importance to Henry, h e will not give up on saving her. So..."

"I understand what you mean. But, it's unnecessary now," Yvonne smiled with her eyes closed.

Shane raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

"I told Henry everything last night. I even gave him a choice. I asked him to choose between the baby and Miss Conrad. He chose the baby so I don't have to donate my bone marrow." Yvonne touched her abdomen and smiled sweetly.

A hint of perplexity fleeted across Shane's eyes. "He

really said that? So, he's not going to save Jacqueline?"

Even though Henry might not have the same feelings for Jacquline, Jacqueline definitely held a significant place in Henry's heart, so it was impossible that the man would wash his hands from her affairs.

"No, he wants to save her. As for how he wants to go about doing that, I'm sure he'll talk to you." Yvonne lowered her hand from her abdomen.

Shane contemplated for a few seconds before he finally said, "Alright, then I'll wait for him to talk to m e. But I still have one more question I want to ask you."

"Ask away." Yvonne looked at him.

Shane fell silent for a few seconds before he spoke, "If Henry didn't choose this child and still insisted that you donate your bone marrow to Jacqueline, what would you do?"

Yvonne didn't expect him to ask this question. After she hesitated for a moment, she replied, "I'll tell Grandpa. Grandpa has been looking forward to the child in my belly. If I tell Grandpa that I'm pregnant, but Henry insists that I donate my bone marrow to Miss Conrad, Grandpa will definitely step in to protect me."

"But Henry would resent you. Wouldn't you be worried about that?"

"It's okay, this child is the most important," Yvonne said, unfazed.

Henry's resentment might be hard on her, but if she lost this child, she'd regret the outcome of her whole life.

"So that's your standpoint. I understand more or less. Therefore, you won't listen to me and leave Henry, right?" Shane's fists tightened a bit in his pockets.

Yvonne shook her head.

"Well, this may be for the best." Shane lowered his eyes, hiding the complicated feelings behind his eyes.

After a while, he took off his glasses and wiped them before he wore them back on. He had returned to his usual carefree, frivolous manner. "Let's not talk about that. Since Henry has decided against the idea of asking you to donate your bone marrow again, that's a good thing. Let's go, we're almost at the OB-GYN department."

"Okay." Yvonne nodded her head.

With Shane accompanying her, Yvonne's checkup went smoothly without a hitch. The results came out i n less than two hours.

If she were on her own, she wouldn't even have known initiate the checkup.

"How's the result?" Shane asked her the second she stepped out of the doctor's office.