CHAPTER 599 SULFURIC ACID

Yvonne's eyes flickered and she replied, "I went outside to answer a phone call and when I saw Frederick holding Theo, I approached them."

Her answer seemed justifiable, and Henry couldn't tell whether she was telling the truth or not.

After he nodded slightly to imply that he understood, h e stopped asking. He stepped forward to take Theo away from her arms and said, "The party has begun. Let's go."

"Okay." Yvonne stood up and tried to straighten out the wrinkles on her dress. After talking to Frederick, she followed behind the father and son to go back to the banquet hall.

Henry held Theo as they went up to the stage.

On the stage, the lights came down, and their figures were illuminated brightly. It looked as if they were glowing.

Henry took the microphone from Joe and began to introduce Theo.

Actually, everyone knew about Theo's identity already as it was clearly written on the invitation. Even if it was not written on the invitation, everyone could probably guess from Theo and Henry's resemblance.

They were curious about Theo's mother.

However, Henry didn’t plan to tell them. After introducing Theo, he asked Joe to hold Theo.

"Now, I want to talk about something else." Henry held the microphone and suddenly looked in one direction.

The lighting engineer followed the direction he was looking toward and turned the lights.

Yvonne was in the spotlight as she pursed her red lips.

She knew what Henry wanted to do.

Frederick had told her earlier.

This party was not just to introduce Theo, but it was also a banquet where Henry had planned to confess to her.

To be honest, when she first heard about it, she was really surprised and conflicted. Content © 2024.

This was because if Henry had the courage to confess his feelings for her in front of so many people on an occasion like this, any woman would be moved.

But she knew exactly what she wanted. She might feel his sincerity through the confession, but she wouldn't accept it.

Sure enough, Henry walked towards Yvonne with a bouquet of bright red roses in his hands.

He stopped in front of Yvonne and handed the roses to her. "Shan, didn't you ask me why I wanted to pick you up personally when we were in the car earlier? The reason is..."

"What are you talking about, Mr. Lancaster?" Yvonne suddenly interrupted him.

The way she called him 'Mr. Lancaster’ made Henry frown.

He looked at her and suddenly felt that she was different.

"Shan..."

"Are you trying to confess to me, Mr. Lancaster?" Yvonne interrupted him again with a playful tone.

After seeing this side of her, Henry was completely certain that she had become a different person.

Although he was aware of this, Henry still nodded. " Yes."

"Haha..." Yvonne reached out and fiddled with a rose i n front of her, but did not take the bouquet. She let him hold it, and said with a sneer on her face, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lancaster. I won't accept you."

When she said that, it caused a commotion.

They didn't understand how and why would this woman reject Mr. Lancaster.

Even if Mr. Lancaster had two previous marriages, he was still Mr. Lancaster after all, the head of the Lancaster family.

If she married into the Lancaster family, she could easily enjoy all the glory and wealth.

Henry didn't know why the woman in front of him refused to accept him. He put down his hand that was holding the rose bouquet and his face turned gloomy.¹ Give me a reason."

"The reason is that I don't like you, Mr. Lancaster," Yvonne looked at him and smiled coldly.

Henry's pupils shrank.

She didn't like him?

That was impossible!

If she didn't like him, why did she make it seem like she did? When she got drunk that day, why did she lead him on and make him feel like she wanted to be with him?

"Shannon, do you know what you’re talking about?" Henry put down the roses and looked at Yvonne with deep eyes. The emotions in his eyes were incomprehensible.

Yvonne trembled and avoided his gaze. She sneered again, "Of course I do. I always know what I'm talking about, Mr. Lancaster. To tell you the truth, I never liked you, so I can’t accept your confession." 1

After she said that, she turned around and left.

At this moment, a figure suddenly squeezed through the crowd and ran towards her while holding a transparent glass bottle filled with clear liquid in his hand.

When the man ran in front of them, he held the glass bottle up high and stared at Yvonne with eyes that were obviously unfocused. He suddenly screamed, "Go to hell!"

Right after the man said that, he threw the glass bottle at Yvonne.

Yvonne didn't expect this person to be coming at her, s o she was just stunned and forgot to react.

When the glass bottle was about to hit her, a big hand suddenly stretched out and pulled her back.

Shatter!

The glass bottle smashed into an empty spot and shattered to pieces as it fell on the ground. The liquid inside splashed everywhere.

The ground stained by the liquid sounded like it was corroding.

When everyone saw that, they all gasped and their eyes were full of fear.

"Sulfuric acid. This is sulfuric acid!" someone shouted.

When everyone heard it, they started screaming.

Henry's expression was extremely dark as he shouted, "Get him!"

Soon, the bodyguard caught the man who threw the sulfuric acid.

It was strange because after the man threw the bottle o f sulfuric acid, he didn't try to run away immediately. Instead, he stood there and looked around blankly as i f he didn’t understand what just happened or where h e was.

Even when he was restrained, he didn’t struggle either. He smiled, which was obviously abnormal.

Henry tightened his arms around Yvonne. When she heard someone saying that it was sulfuric acid, she broke out in cold sweat.

That turned out to be sulfuric acid!

Sulfuric acid could actually burn someone alive!

Had it not been for Henry who pulled her away in time, she would have been burned by the sulfuric acid already. It would be the third time that she would experience the feeling of getting burned again.

Yvonne was terrified by the thought of it. At the same time, her feelings for the man who was holding her became a little more complicated as well.

She just rejected him and she did it in front of so many people. It must have embarrassed him, but he saved her.

"Are you okay?" Henry noticed the woman in his arms looking at him. He lowered his head slightly and asked her nervously.

Yvonne shook her head. "I’m fine. You can let go of me.

"Okay." Henry let go of her.

After Yvonne was free, she turned her gaze to the person who had thrown the sulfuric acid at her, and her heart sank as she watched that person become more and more abnormal.

Yvonne pointed to the person and said, "That person doesn't seem to be crazy or stupid. It looks like he’s on something and he's losing his mind."

Henry said, "I think so too, but we’ll talk about that later. I'll send these guests out first."

After he said that, he left temporarily.

After he had almost sent all the guests away, there were only a few of them left in the banquet hall.

Frederick and Joe also heard about what happened in the banquet hall, so they came over.

"Who would dare do this?!" Frederick knocked his walking stick on the ground angrily.

Yvonne’s eyes flickered as she stared at the sulfuric acid that was being cleaned.

Henry came and said, "He was coming for you. You know who did it, right?"

Yvonne looked at him, "Yes, it could only be her."

"Your enemy?"

"Yes!" "Mr. Lancaster." At this moment, a bodyguard suddenly stepped forward and interrupted Henry before he could ask more questions. "Mr. Lancaster, w e searched the entire residence but there are no other suspects. We’re not sure how this person got in."