CHAPTER 174 HE FAILED AS A HUSBAND

"No problem," said Sue as she shook her head. "The Conrads should compensate madam for what she has gone through, but I think madam would not accept it."

"What would I not accept?" Yvonne's voice came from the stairs.

Before Sue could finish her sentence, Henry held the check and walked towards Yvonne, "This is for you."

Yvonne glanced at the check in his hands. Without reaching out for it, she said, "What's the meaning of this?"

"This check is for you from the Conrads to compensate for what they did," explained Henry.

Yvonne tightly grabbed the banister, "This is their way of compensating?"

"Yes."

"Seven hundred thousand dollars, how generous of them!" said Yvonne sarcastically.

Henry reached out for her hand and placed the check i n her palms, "Take it."

"I don't want it!" shouted Yvonne as she threw the check onto the ground without hesitation.

Henry looked at the check which was now and the ground with his eyebrows raised, "Why don't you want

it?"

"Why would I want it?" asked Yvonne.

Henry pursed his lips, "I told you, it's compensation from the Conrads."

"Compensation?" mocked Yvonne, "This is their way o f tying loose ends, buying off my bone marrow and my child with money in the name of compensation so that they don't look like the villain. How convenient for them."

Henry was unhappy with what he had heard. "Can you stop judging, Yvonne? I was the one who asked the Conrads for the compensation, nothing more."

"You asked for it?" asked Yvonne, her pupils contracted as she looked at Henry.

Henry felt very uneasy with how Yvonne was looking a t him, but nodded and answered, "Yes, I did."

"I see." Yvonne bent down to pick up the check, sarcasm written all over her face. "So you had to ask the Conrads for compensation, which also means the Conrads would not have thought of compensating had you not asked for it, correct?"

Henry stood dumbfounded as if he had just realized what he had done. The color began to fade from his face.

A month ago when he had gone to their villa, Dominic had promised to compensate Yvonne for her loss.

However, there was no sign of any form of compensation from Dominic within that month.

Yvonne was probably right. If he had not mentioned it to the Conrads, they would've probably acted as if nothing had happened.

As he thought of this, Henry clenched his fist. "I'm sorry, I had not thought that much before I acted."

"I can’t accept your apology. What was your intention when you asked Dominic Conrad for the check?" said Yvonne as she held the check in her hand, her eyes leered at Henry. "Did you intend

to buy me off and hope that I would forget about it and leave it in the past including my hatred?"

Hearing this, Henry's eyebrow arched, "You misunderstand, I don't mean it like that."

"It seems to look that way to me. Otherwise, why would you ask for compensation on my behalf all of a sudden? There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Whatever you do now would only seem like part of your scheme, so I do not have any trust in you anymore, Mr. Lancaster." Yvonne slammed the check a t Henry's chest and began to walk downstairs.

Henry caught the falling check and turned around to look at Yvonne's skinny frame. "Do you want the check or not Yvonne?"

"I told you, I will not accept the money that is being used to buy off my bone marrow and my child's life. Let me ask you in return then Mr. Lancaster, would you accept money that has your own blood stained all over it? What's more, the so-called compensation was not given willingly!" said Yvonne in a cold voice as she shook her head.

Henry's expression changed and he slowly retracted the hand that was holding the check. His throat was dry. "Alright, I'll hold onto the check on your behalf for the time being. Come find me when you need it."

"Do as you wish." Yvonne turned her head and walked away without looking back.

Henry saw Yvonne walking towards the exit and asked immediately, "Where are you going?”

Yvonne ignored him and continued to move towards the exit.

Henry's face fell. He kept the check in his pocket and walked towards her and asked again, "I'm asking you again, where are you going?"

"It's none of your business," replied Yvonne expressionlessly.

Henry grabbed her arm. "Tell me and I'll send you there.”

"No need, I can get there myself.” Yvonne shook her arm to release herself from his grip.

Instead of releasing her, he lowered his head and moved even closer towards her, "Tell me, where are you going?"

Yvonne looked away and said, "I'm going out on some errands."

"What errands?" asked Henry.

Yvonne closed her eyes, slightly impatient. "What has i t got to do with you?"

"I am your husband!" said Henry word for word as he stared at her.

Yvonne laughed as if to ridicule him, "Husband? Are you sure you are my husband Mr. Lancaster? What kind of husband leaves his wife to live alone for 3 years, a husband who would allow someone to forcefully take his wife's bone marrow for his exgirlfriend, and a husband who won't even seek justice when the life of his child is lost!"

The continuous barrage of questions left Henry speechless.

But Yvonne was not going to let him off so easily. After taking a deep breath, she said, "For the past three years, you have neither asked about me nor what I've been doing. Don't you think it's too late to start doing it now? I don't need your care anymore!"

She pushed him away with all the strength she had, changed her shoes, and left the villa.

Henry did not chase after her this time. He just stood there and watched her leave in awe.This belongs to .

Sue could not hold herself and said to him, "Sir, whatever madam said just now, she was not wrong. You have failed as a husband, and now madam is dead set on having a divorce with you and yet you are not willing to let her go. Are you two going to live on begrudgingly forever?" 1

The question had put Henry on the spot. "Grudge?"

"Of course, madam can no longer bear to look at you anymore, let alone talk to you, yet you still do not seem to care for her much. Don't you think the relationship between both of you is somewhat abnormal?"

The wife was completely disappointed in the husband.

Yet the husband, who was clearly aware of this, didn't seem to be taking any actions to amend his mistakes. What would happen if this went on? 1

Sue sighed again before she continued to say, "Sir, I think you should really have a look at your current relationship with madam and see her as your actual wife instead of a total stranger. If you can't do that, then there really is no point in continuing on with your marriage. 1

As she finished, Sue continued on with her work to let Henry reflect on himself.

Henry stood there without moving for a few minutes. He suddenly pursed his lips and left the villa.

He felt the need to have a proper talk with Yvonne.

Except for this time, he won't stop even if Yvonne refuses to talk to him.

He rushed towards the villa’s nearest exit as he knew Yvonne was weak and couldn't have gone too far. He

should be able to catch up to her!

But things were not meant to be. By the time he arrived at the main gate, he saw a luxurious car driving away.