CHAPTER 282 MORTAL ENEMY

Henry pursed his lips. "I can't tell you now. You’ll come to know about it eventually. Hurry up and get some rest after you're washed up."

He turned and left the room after he spoke.

Although Yvonne did not know if Henry had told the truth or not, her heart felt a little better.

She even thought to herself that if Henry sent Jacqueline away tomorrow, she would not mind about the care he had for Jacqueline tonight.

When she was done, Yvonne went back to the bedroom.

The lights had been turned off, and only a bed light remained lit.

Yvonne looked to the bed and saw that Henry was fast asleep.

She was not surprised at how quickly Henry had fallen asleep. He had stayed awake for a full day. He was obviously exhausted.

Yvonne sighed before tiptoeing to her side of the bed and laid down after opening up the blanket.

What she did not expect was for a hand to grab her waist and pull her into his arms just as she got into bed.

"Aren't you asleep?” asked Yvonne in surprise, her body remained still.

Henry replied without opening his eyes, "Almost."

His voice sounded so lazy it was obvious that he was going to fall asleep soon.

Yvonne noticed this and whispered, "Oh, then I won’t disturb you, get some sleep."

"Ok," said Henry. He fell silent after that.

Yvonne stayed tucked in his arms without moving. Her eyes were wide open, blinking occasionally.

Not long after that, a rhythmic breathing sound could b e heard from above her head.

Yvonne silently lifted her head to look at the man who was sound asleep.

The man's face was so perfect-even the dark circles beneath his eyes and the light green circle below his lips did nothing to ruin his handsomeness. Instead, they made him look even more attractive.

Overall, this man could be referred to as God's masterpiece. He always looked charming and attractive no matter what situation he was in.

That was how she had fallen in love at first sight with that face of his.

Therefore, as she saw how exhausted his face was, she wasn't able to keep a grudge against his actions tonight. She even felt sorry for him as she wondered if he had managed to resolve the issue he had at work.

As she thought of this, Yvonne let off a wry laugh and mumbled quietly, "You really are my mortal enemy..."

She was destined to lose to him the moment she had fallen in love with him at first sight. "There was a myth that the person who falls in love first is the loser. It seems that the myth was true..."

As for what was going to happen in the future, she did not dare to think about it, not since Jacqueline's appearance at the charity gala.

At that moment, her heart began to dance around as her thoughts went wild, even her eyes showed her uncertainty for her own future. All those emotions entwined together had affected her sleep. She woke u p the next day early in the wee hours, much earlier than Henry.

Sue couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Yvonne walking down the stairs. "Madam, why are you awake so early?"

Yvonne yawned and replied, "I can’t sleep, so I might a s well wake up. How’s that person?"

She pointed at the guest room upstairs.

Sue pursed her lips. "I checked on her this morning, her fever's subsided, yet she’s still not awake."

"I see." Yvonne nodded in acknowledgment.

Sue poured her a glass of warm water. "Is sir still asleep?”

"Yes, he hasn’t had a good night’s sleep for a full day. Let him sleep a while longer,’’ replied Yvonne as she received the glass of water.

Sue felt sympathy for Henry and sighed. "That’s true, the Lancaster Group is so large. Sir has had to wake u p early daily and rarely gets to sleep for more than seven hours. I feel sorry for him."

Yvonne laughed and drank her glass of water without replying.

Sue sat beside her and said, "Now that I think of it, did you ask sir when he was going to send the girl away?"

"No, but he did mention this himself last night. I suppose he'd be sending her away today," said Yvonne, unsure of what she just said.

Sue, however, believed this and nodded in satisfaction. "That's good. I do not wish to have that girl here for another day. The air stinks every minute that she's here."

Yvonne couldn't help but laugh at what she had just heard. "You're so cute, Sue."

"Thank you for the compliment madam. Now then, you wait here while I go fry some eggs for your breakfast," said Sue with a smile. She then got up and went into the kitchen.

Yvonne finished her water and placed the glass on the coffee table, then picked up the remote control and turned on the television before lying down on the sofa and silently watching a show.

After a while, the doorbell rang.

Yvonne muted the television and got up to answer the door.

It was Joe outside their door.

Joe raised an eyebrow in surprise when he saw that it was Yvonne who had answered the door, but quickly returned to his straight face and greeted Yvonne politely, "Good morning madam.”

"Good morning.” Yvonne nodded before turning sideways to let Joe pass. "Please come in."

"Excuse my interruption.” Joe nodded, then he took off his shoes and wore the guest slippers before entering the villa.

Yvonne poured him a glass of water. "Are you here to look for Henry?”

"Yes.” Joe thanked her and received the glass of water from her hands. He then asked, "Is Mr. Lancaster still asleep?”

"Yes, I'll go and call him up if you have some urgent business for him,” said Yvonne, ready to get up and head upstairs.

Joe stopped her and said, "It's alright madam, it's not that urgent, I'll wait for a while.”

"Alright then.” Yvonne sat back down.

She had wished for him to say no.

She had intended for Henry to sleep a while longer in the first place.

Joe couldn't help but twitch his lips as he saw how readily Yvonne was to give up on waking Henry up." Madam you... are a truly straightforward person." exclusive content.

"Didn’t you just say there was no need to? Were you lying to me?” Yvonne shot a look at him.

Joe coughed awkwardly. "Of course not, I wasn't lying t o you. I just wanted to know how much longer Mr. Lancaster was going to be asleep. I do not want him to miss his flight..."

"Hold on, did you say flight?" interrupted Yvonne. "Are you saying that Henry is going overseas?"

"Didn’t Mr. Lancaster tell you?" Joe was startled.

Yvonne shook her head. "No, he didn't. What's going o n here? Can you tell me Joe?"

"I-I... I can't say, if Mr. Lancaster hasn't told you yet, it's not in my place for me to overstep him. So..."

"There's nothing that can't be said, just tell her." Henry's voice came from the stairs, still croaky from having just woken up, but extremely charming it almost melted Yvonne.

Yvonne shook off her feelings and looked at him." You’re awake."

“Yep," answered Henry, walking down the stairs as he rolled up his sleeve.

Joe immediately got up and offered his seat when he saw Henry approaching.

After Henry sat down, he said, "I'm going overseas for a while. I was going to tell you about it last night, but too many things happened so it slipped my mind."

"It's alright, but why are you going overseas?" asked Yvonne.

Henry squinted his eyes. "I'm going to see Shaw Taylor personally."

"Do you mean you intend to ask him personally if Elliot is your long lost brother? Yvonne's eyes gaped open.

Henry gently shook his head. "No, he wouldn’t answer that question so willingly, so this would only be a simple visit to get a grasp of his character. I'll test him a little bit while I’m at it."

"I see," replied Yvonne. She was slightly worried.

Henry looked at her and asked, "Is there something wrong?"