CHAPTER 296 ELLIOT ISN’T HAYDEN

"Yes." Yvonne clenched the blanket on her bed as she recalled the image of the masked old man, her eyes filled with terror.

The image of the old man was too traumatic for her.

Her heart went cold with fear as she thought of the grudge he had against the Lancasters.

Henry lowered his head to look at her when he noticed that she was acting strangely. "What's wrong?”

Yvonne closed her eyes. "Nothing, I just thought of the old man. Henry, he's the one that has helped Dominic t o appeal in court. He even forced me to sign the settlement papers. The most important part is that he has a deep grudge against the Lancasters and will stop at nothing to exact his revenge.”

"How do you know all this?" Henry's deep pupils flashed in surprise.

"He had told me all this himself," Yvonne recalled the old man’s cold eyes and shivered.

Henry squeezed her palms and said, "Don’t be afraid."

"I'm not, I was just thinking about how many people have grudges against the Lancasters. It feels like a casual bystander could even have a grudge against u s," mumbled Yvonne.

Henry twitched his lips. "The Lancasters do have quite a number of enemies, but most of them have harbored grudges because of business. Aside from the one who kidnapped Hayden, I know most of the enemies of the Lancasters who hate us because of work, and neither o f them is around the same age as Grandpa.”

"Does that mean that this old man is most likely the person who kidnapped your brother?" said Yvonne in shock, but immediately pouted her mouth." Something doesn't add up though, our suspect for your brother’s kidnapping is the Taylors."

"Madam, I actually got ahold of Elliot's hair while you were in a coma for the past two days," said Sue suddenly.

Yvonne quickly asked, "Have you done the DNA test? What's the result?"

Henry nodded, his voice was deep as he could not conceal his disappointment. "Elliot is not Hayden. The Taylors did not kidnap Hayden."

"It's not the Taylors?" Yvonne's eyes were wide open." Could it really be that old man?”

Henry pursed his lips. "It’s likely. I'll head to the family residence shortly to ask Grandpa to see if he knows anything about this old man. As for you, you stay here and recover from your wounds. You shouldn't head back to work even when you’ve recovered temporarily.”

Since Yvonne said that the masked old man would be coming after the Lancasters to no end, her kidnap would most definitely be just the beginning. He was sure that there would be more to come, the next one even more severe than the previous.

Hence it would be for the best if Yvonne had stayed put for the time being.

Yvonne understood Henry’s reason for not letting her g o back to work. Although she was quite reluctant, she still agreed and nodded to Henry.

She thought that it would be best if she did not cause any more trouble for Henry to worry about.

She was also a bit scared after being kidnapped twice i n a row.

"Are you hungry?" asked Henry as he poured her a glass of water when he saw that Yvonne's lips were quite dry.

Yvonne opened up the blanket and placed her hand o n her belly. "A little."

"Alright, I'll ask Shane if you’re allowed to eat."

He got up and left the ward after he spoke.

Shortly after, Henry returned to the ward with a small bowl in his hands, in it was a warm bowl of porridge.

Henry sat by her bedside and used a spoon to stir the porridge as he said, "Shane says you're not allowed to eat anything other than porridge for the next few days." "Only porridge..." Yvonne frowned her eyebrows.

Henry saw her reaction and grinned. "What's wrong? You don't want to?"

“No.” Yvonne shook her head vigorously. A sharp pain hit her as she momentarily forgot about her injury, and she groaned in pain.

Henry saw her in pain and immediately put down the porridge to check up on her. Content is © by .

Yvonne's heart warmed up when she saw Henry's worried look, and the pain on her neck seemed to disappear.

She took out her hand from under the blanket and pulled his sleeve and said, "I'm alright Henry."

"Don't move, just lay down," reminded Henry as he let g o of Yvonne’s neck gently.

Yvonne acknowledged with a hum and laid still.

Henry began to relax his stiffened face as Yvonne obediently did as she was told. He took up the bowl of porridge and scooped up and blew on it before holding it in front of her mouth. "Open wide."

Yvonne was startled as she saw the spoon being held near her mouth.

She never expected Henry to feed her himself.

"Why are you spacing out? Open up!" repeated Henry with a slightly dark face as he saw Yvonne staring at the spoon in front of her and spacing out.

Yvonne came around after Henry called out to her.

She opened her mouth and ate the spoonful of porridge after apologizing.

This was the first time Henry had fed her, and it felt quite good for her.

Even a plain bowl of porridge tasted sweet when Henry was the one feeding it to her.

At the thought of this, she lowered her eyes and grinned.

Henry shot her a look. "What are you smiling at?”

Yvonne kept her smile and cheekily stuck out her tongue and said, "It's a secret."

Henry raised an eyebrow.

This woman was actually teasing him!

However, he decided to pay no attention to it, seeing that she was so active.

The bowl of porridge had warmed her belly and she felt more energetic than before. However, she began to feel drowsy at the same time. 1

Yvonne yawned and looked at the man who was staring at his phone screen. "Aren’t you going back yet?"

"I'll stay here with you for a while longer. Are you going to sleep?" Henry raised an eyebrow and looked a t her.

Yvonne rubbed her eyes. "I'm a little sleepy."

"Then I'll wait till you're asleep before I leave," said Henry as he put his phone away.

Yvonne nodded and rested her head on the pillow as she laid down, her eyes began to shut shortly after.

At that moment, someone was knocking on the ward's door.

Sue opened the door and entered the ward. "Sir, Mr. Woods is here. He says he has something very important to tell you."

"Let him wait outside," replied Henry tunelessly.

Yvonne raised an eyebrow. "It seems like Joe has something important to say. You should go out and meet him, or you could ask him to come in as well."

"How’re you going to sleep if he comes in?" Henry shot her a glance.

Yvonne smiled. "I'm not asleep yet anyway, and I'm also curious to know what this important thing is."

"Alright then, if you say so." Henry raised his chin and instructed Sue, "Let him in."

"Yes sir." Sue went out to call Joe.

Soon after, Joe walked into the ward, and his face looked serious. He spoke directly to Henry without even realizing that Yvonne was awake, and he sounded nervous, "Mr. Lancaster, I've just been informed by the police station. Dominic Conrad has been released!"

"What?" said Yvonne in a startled voice. Her eyes opened wide and her drowsiness disappeared.

Dominic Conrad was released from prison?

"That’s right.” Joe looked at her and nodded.

Yvonne's face turned and looked unhappy.

She had already expected that Dominic would be released when the masked old man had forced her to sign the settlement.

What she did not expect was for Dominic to be released so soon.

"So where is Dominic now?” asked Henry with his eyes narrowed.

Joe lowered his head in embarrassment. "According t o the man that I sent to spy at the police station, Dominic entered a car without a number plate as soon as he was released. Our men followed them but lost sight of them at the city center. We have no idea where they are now.”

"He was most likely picked up by the masked old man,” guessed Yvonne.

Henry's eyes flashed. "What about Jacqueline? Is she still in Vancouver?"