CHAPTER 286 HENRY HELPS

Lynette covered her face and replied in despair, "He was taking out the trash this morning on the way out, but he fell from the stairs together with his wheelchair and broke his leg again. All our efforts to help him recover have been in vain now."

"What?" Yvonne gasped. "How is he doing now?"

"I don't know, my mom just called me to say that he's still in surgery..."

"Then why are you still dazing here? Take the day off and go to him." Yvonne pushed Lynette to get her to move.

Lynette bit her lip. "But I still have a lot of work and the deadline's this afternoon."

"Don't worry, I'll do it for you." Yvonne smacked her chest and offered to take up Lynette's work.

Lynette was deeply touched. "Thank you, Yvonne."

"Don’t mention it, family's more important. Now hurry up and go to your dad."

"Alright, I'll get going now." Lynette wiped off her tears and printed out a leave application form before leaving the office.

Yvonne sighed as she watched Lynette leaving. "I hope her dad’s alright."

After that, Yvonne straightened her clothes that had Lynette's tears all over and picked up the documents o n Lynette's desk before beginning to work.

After working hours, Yvonne had no choice but to continue working overtime to complete both hers and Lynette’s tasks.

She was still staring at her computer screen and entering some data when Henry suddenly rang her.

"Hello?” said Yvonne half-heartedly as she placed her phone by her ear and supported it with her shoulder a s she continued working.

Henry replied in a deep voice, "Where are you?”

"I'm still in the office," answered Yvonne.

Henry squinted his eyes. "Still at the office? Aren't you supposed to be off duty by now?”

"No, I'm working overtime. Are you at the car park already?" asked Yvonne casually.

"Mhmm," acknowledged Henry.

Yvonne looked at the time on the bottom right corner o f her screen and frowned. "You should head home first Henry, I'll most likely be here till late. Don't wait for m e."

"How long?” asked Henry.

Yvonne did not quite understand what he meant." What do you mean?”

A vein popped up on Henry’s forehead as he patiently asked again, this time in more detail, "I'm asking you how long will you need before you are finished with your work.”

"So that's what you meant.” Yvonne rubbed her nose i n embarrassment. "I'm not quite sure, probably another 2 to 3 hours.”

"What's with the hold-up?" Henry squinted his eyes.

Yvonne was a rookie in the head office. Logically, she should still be adapting to the office environment and should not have much work to do. Naturally, she should not need to work overtime.

Yet today, not only was she working overtime, but she was about to stay in the office till late.

Could it be that someone was making her life difficult on purpose?

Yvonne had been distracted by Henry and mistakenly entered the wrong data. She grew impatient and grabbed her short hair as she replied, "I'm helping someone with their work. I'll talk to you later Henry, I’m really busy now. You should head home first."

Yvonne hung up the phone in a hurry after she was finished.

Henry looked at his phone and his lips were pursed as he only saw the phone returning to the main menu on the screen.

Was she really that busy that she had to hang up his

call in such a hurry?

"Shall we wait for madam then, Mr. Lancaster?" asked Joe as he turned his head to look at Henry from the driver’s seat.

Henry pressed on his temple. "No need, drive to the villa."

"Yes sir," replied Joe. He turned his head back to the steering wheel.

The car started and they soon left the parking lot.

Back at the villa, Sue was by the door waiting for them as usual. She smiled when she saw Henry getting out o f the car. "You're back sir."

Henry nodded and passed his briefcase to Sue.

When Sue received his briefcase, she looked behind Henry and did not see Yvonne. She then asked curiously, "Sir, where is madam? Isn’t she back with you?"

"She's at the office," replied Henry as he entered the villa.

Sue looked at him unhappily as she followed behind." Then why didn't you wait for madam before you came back?"

Henry raised an eyebrow and instructed Sue without replying, "Go prepare dinner."

"Yes sir." Sue could not comment any further since Henry did not answer. Helplessly, she did as he asked.

An hour later, Sue had prepared and set the dinner on the table.

Henry closed the book he was reading and said, "Pack the food in tupperware, I'll be taking it away."

"Taking it away?" Sue was slightly startled. "Where to?"

"The office." Henry looked at his watch to tell the time.

Sue's eyes lit up. "Sir, are you going to deliver the food t o madam?"

"Yes." Henry nodded his head.

Sue was elated. "Very well sir, I'll pack it up right away."

After that, Sue sprinted to the kitchen.

Shortly after, Sue came back with a huge tupperware.

Henry glanced at the tupperware and left the villa after taking it with him.

When he arrived at the office, he did not leave the car immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and called Yvonne.

Yvonne was still busily working at the time. When she heard her phone ringing, she immediately picked it u p and answered without looking at her screen. "Who’s this?"

"It's me," said Henry.

Yvonne blinked. "Henry?”

"Yep," replied Henry. "Is there anyone else in your office?"

"In my office?" Yvonne did not understand why Henry had asked that question, but she still got up from her chair and looked around.

It was then when she realized that she was the only one left in the office. Everyone else had already left long before she knew it.

"Are you still there?" Henry’s voice suddenly came from the phone. His volume increased a little due to Yvonne’s non-reply.

Yvonne gathered her thoughts when she heard Henry's voice and quickly replied, "I'm still here, and there’s no one else in the office."

"Alright then." Henry hung up the phone call.

Yvonne still couldn't understand why Henry had called her. Without thinking too much, she put down her phone and continued on with her work.

A few minutes later, the sound of footsteps came from behind her.

The footsteps sounded very clear and had some tempo to it that made it seem like every step taken resonated in Yvonne's mind. Soon, she had stopped typing subconsciously and turned her head slowly.

When she saw who it was, her mouth gaped wide open in awe. "Why are you here?"

Henry stopped beside her and said, "Surprised?"

"Yes." Yvonne nodded continuously. "Aren't you back a t the villa?"

“I'm here on delivery." Henry patted the tupperware as he placed it down on the table in front of her.

Yvonne stared at the tupperware, then stared at his face. For a moment, she did not know what to say and her emotions were running wild. "D-did you deliver this just for me?"

"Isn’t it obvious?" Henry glanced at her before asking again, "So, where do I sit?"

Yvonne looked around for a while. She then stood up and cleared up Lynette's desk. "Here, have a seat over here." holds this content.

Henry raised an eyebrow and seemed a little contempt, but he still sat down without complaining." How much more work do you have?"

Yvonne pointed at the stack of documents that was piled up like a mountain and pouted her mouth so much a bottle could probably fit around her lips.

Henry pursed his lips and said, "That much?"

"Yep," replied Yvonne bitterly.

Henry sighed and said, "Let's eat first, I'll help you out later." "You'll help me?” Yvonne was startled.

Henry did not reply to her as he continued to open up the tupperware. He then passed a set of cutlery to Yvonne and said, "Eat.”

Still in a daze, Yvonne looked at the cutlery and asked subconsciously, "What about you?"

Henry held up his set of cutlery.

Yvonne then realized that Henry had planned to eat together with her all along.

Thinking of this, she sucked on her spoon with her head lowered. A slight smile appeared on her face.

Henry noticed her smile. He reached out his hand and lifted her head. "What’re you smiling at?”