CHAPTER 81 GAMBLING

"It’s my younger brother. Recently, he’s been asking money from me frequently saying that he's starting a business. I don't quite believe it, so I was thinking that you could help me check what he's been up to and where he's spending all that money on," Yvonne asked with her hands clasped together.

Henry gave a slight nod. "Okay.”

Yvonne's eyes shone as she quickly stood up and bowed. "Thank you, Henry."

She thought that he would not have agreed.

"No problem." Henry gently flicked off invisible dust o n his patient gown.

Yvonne stood straight with a bashful beam. "I should thank you still. It's a trouble to you."

"Trouble or not, I'll ask Joe to show you the result later,” Henry said flatly.

"Okay,” Yvonne nodded.

In the minutes that followed, the air between them thickened as no one spoke.

Henry got up to go toward his bed while Yvonne quickly followed him and helped him down to a lying position.

"I heard from Joe that you carried me out of the racing ski track?" Henry suddenly asked after pulling the covers.

Yvonne paused from adjusting his pillow before answering with a small smile, "Not really. Mr. Woods got to us before I carried you out of it."

"But you've still carried me, didn't you?” Henry looked at her.

Yvonne gave a small hum.

Henry looked impassive on the outside, but emotions rushed within him. His deep eyes scanned Yvonne’s petite frame again and again. When he woke up from his surgery, Joe told him what happened after he lost consciousness. When he heard that it was Yvonne who had carried him out of the obstacle course, he was thoroughly shocked.

It was hard for him to imagine how a tiny person like her could carry him.

"Why?" Henry pressed his lips together.

Yvonne tilted her head with a confused look. "Why what?"

Henry did not answer her immediately. He spoke after a few seconds of silence, "I heard from Joe that the sun was setting and it was starting to snow. If they didn’t find us, we'd either be buried in the snow or frozen to death. Didn’t you think of abandoning me under those dangerous circumstances?" "Abandoning you?" Yvonne was shocked by his words.

It took her a while to recover and her face was still a little pale. "Why would I have such a preposterous idea?"

"No?"

"Of course not!" Yvonne calmed herself down and poured Henry a glass of water. "You’re my husband. How could I do something like that? Besides, you were the one who saved me. If you didn’t protect me, I'd have been injured. And..."

"And?” Henry accepted the water.

Yvonne shook her head. "Nothing. I’m not someone like that anyway. I can't do something so abominable either. Even if the person with me weren't you and was some stranger, I won't leave him

alone either.

What’s more, you’re my husband."

"Is it..." Henry looked down, hiding the emotions in his eyes, but Yvonne could clearly feel his sadness.

Was he sad?

Yvonne withdrew her surprise and nudged Henry lightly. "What's wrong?"

Henry breathed in tiredly. "Nothing. Just thought of some past.”

"Past?"

"Mm.” Henry rubbed between his brows. Some past that he could not let go of even now! 2

Three years ago, he had saved Jacqueline but

Jacqueline had abandoned him, leaving him there all alone. If it were not for Old Lancaster's men who got there in time, he probably would've died on the spot.

Now that he experienced something similar, the outcome was entirely different. Yvonne did not abandon him. She had even carried him out of the racing track with her petite form...

Henry calmed his inexplicably thumping heart and said his thanks in a low voice, "Yvonne Frey, thank you." i

Yvonne was checking the medication that Henry was supposed to be taking and did not catch what he was saying. She looked over at a loss. "Henry, what did you say just now?"

"Nothing." There was a teeny upward tug at the corners of Henry's lips. His tone was much gentler and less icy too. 1

Since he refused to repeat himself, Yvonne was not going to press it either. She looked back at the medicines and retrieved them according to the prescription recorded, pouring them into a cap and passing it to Henry. "Take your medication, Henry."

"Mm." With a hum, Henry took the cap and chucked all the medicine into his mouth with a tip of his head.

The medication was bitter but he did not even frown a s if he was not taking pills.

"Have some water." Yvonne poured him another glass of water.

Henry drank some straight from her grip. "I'm good."

Yvonne put the glass back. "How's your checkup?”

"It’s fine. I’m checking out tomorrow." Henry picked u p his phone and worked with it a little.

"So fast?" Yvonne was startled.

"I'll recuperate back home."

"But is it okay? Your bones aren’t properly healed yet." Yvonne looked at him in worry.

Henry put his phone down. "It's fine. Shane’s there." holds this content.

Yvonne did not insist when he was so adamant about i t. "Okay then. When are we going back?" 1

"Tomorrow.”

"Alright."

Tomorrow it would be then.

It was also the last day of their team building trip tomorrow.

"Henry, are you hungry?" Yvonne rearranged and put away the bottles of medicine at the bed, realizing that i t was already late when she caught a glimpse of the time on Henry's phone.

Henry picked up the remote to turn on the television i n front of his bed. "No, go eat if you are."

"Okay, I'll be off then." Yvonne rubbed her stomach and got out without much hassle.

When she came back from her meal, there was an additional person in the ward.

"Madam, you're back.” Joe stopped in the midst of his conversation with Henry and smiled at her.

Yvonne nodded. "Hi, Mr. Woods."

"Tell her what you know." Henry pointed at Yvonne.

Joe nodded and started. "Madam, what you wanted M r. Lancaster to investigate is complete." 1

"Really?" Yvonne perked up and spoke impatiently, " Tell me quickly, what’s Jason been up to recently?"

She wanted to know her younger brother's whereabouts and activities as of late. To ask for money from her so often was puzzling, especially that $750,000. What was it spent on? 1

"Madam, I can tell you about it but you have to prepare yourself!" Joe looked at Yvonne seriously.

Feeling a squeeze in her heart, Yvonne asked, "Prepare myself? Has he committed some crime?"

"More or less. Jason Frey got addicted to gambling recently and has been frequenting underground casinos. You understand what I mean, right?"

"Gambling addict - addiction?" Yvonne felt a buzz in her head as blood drained from her face.

Taking in her horrified reaction, Joe sighed, "That is correct. I've looked through it in detail. He's been gambling since last month and has lost nearly $

750,000 now!" "How..." Yvonne stumbled and fell backward.

Alarmed, Henry abruptly sat up from his bed to pull Yvonne’s wrist and caught her back, so the girl collapsed on his legs.

If it were any other time, Yvonne would have blushed s o hard. Now, however, her mind was filled with her younger brother being addicted to gambling. She could hardly notice anything else as she picked herself up from Henry and grabbed Joe’s hands emotionally. "Mr. Woods, tell me this isn't true!"