Love After Marriage: Mr. Lancaster's Hidden Wife novel Chapter 93

"Yes."

"So Miss Conrad’s the one looking for me?" Yvonne tightened her grip on the handset.

The caretaker replied, "That's correct. Miss Conrad would like to talk to you, Miss Frey. Please hold on."

Soon, the person on the other end of the line was switched to Jacqueline. In contrast to the gentle and soft girl in front of Henry, Jacqueline currently sounded biting and frosty. "Yvonne Frey, it's me!"

"I know," Yvonne spoke faintly, "I remember that Miss Conrad has my number. Why didn't you call my mobile phone?"

"Your mobile phone was switched off," Jacqueline replied coldly.

Yvonne was taken aback before she smiled in realization. "I see. Is something the matter?" "Was it you last night!" Jacqueline questioned.

Yvonne furrowed her brows in perplexity. "I don't understand where you’re coming from, Miss Conrad."

"Of course I'm talking about Henry. Henry promised to keep my company in the hospital last night but he later called me and said that he couldn't come. Was it you who stopped him from going out?" Jacqueline was obviously getting emotional now.

Yvonne rolled her eyes. "Miss Conrad, you’ve gotten it wrong. It wasn't me who stopped Henry from going out. It was Grandpa."

Speaking of which, Yvonne should thank Sue for last night. If the latter did not stop Henry with his grandfather as the ultimatum, Henry and Jacqueline would have... Yvonne suddenly felt a wave of nausea thinking about it. It repulsed her.

"Grandpa Lancaster?" Jacqueline was stunned.

Yvonne hummed. "Yes, it’s Grandpa. So ask him if you have any issues. It's no use for you to come to me."

The other end went silent. It took a while before Jacqueline spoke again, "Okay, I won’t intervene since Grandpa Lancaster was involved but I won't let it slip a s easily the next time."

Yvonne felt absolutely ridiculous. "Miss Conrad, you're calling me to ask if I made Henry stay?"

Jacqueline scoffed, "What else?"

Her self-righteous attitude peeved Yvonne and her tone stiffened. "Miss Conrad, can I ask you a question?"

Jacqueline became more alert as well. "What do you want to ask?"

Yvonne took a deep breath. "I want to ask Miss Conrad, what identity are you using to question me about making Henry stay? An ex-girlfriend?" "What do you mean?” "I mean, if you’re questioning me as an ex-girlfriend, Miss Conrad, then aren’t you stepping over the line? A n ex-girlfriend is the past. I'm Henry's wife now. Don’t you think that you, an ex-girlfriend, are shameless in questioning me, a current wife?" Yvonne stated flatly.

Jacqueline's call today was no doubt a provocation to Yvonne. She could not compare to Jacqueline's significance in Henry's heart, but that did not matter. She was his wife now. As long as Henry did not divorce her, she was the legitimate spouse! She was docile, but that did not mean she was a doormat. When she was pressed, she would retaliate too.

Yvonne called Jacqueline shameless, sparking the latter's rage as she bellowed, "How dare you scold me, Yvonne Frey!"

"I'm not scolding you. I’m just stating the fact. Do you think that I'm mean in what I say, Miss Conrad? I think you're mean in what you do too. As an exgirlfriend, you question me if I asked my husband to stay. It’s not just mean, it's immoral," Yvonne countered calmly.

"You... you...” Jacqueline was at a loss for words.

She was an upper-class girl who was brought up with tender loving care, even her speech was trained. She could not handle Yvonne who grew up in ordinary society.

Realizing this, Yvonne blinked and continued. "Miss Conrad, you're my husband's ex-girlfriend. My

"Madam, you..." Sue, who had been silent, stared at Yvonne with a dropped jaw.

Yvonne put down the handset. "What?"

"Madam, what you said to Jacqueline just now...”

Yvonne rubbed her nose in embarrassment. "Too much?"

"No, that's not it." Sue waved dismissively. "It's just that you're always gentle and now you're suddenly so aggressive. It surprised me, but you were right. I've never seen a debutante rushing to become someone's love affair."

"I can't help it. Jacqueline is forcing me to a corner. I could only counter her with words. Besides, I got framed by her for a few times previously. I couldn't help blurting out what I did." Yvonne chuckled bitterly.

Sue patted her shoulder. "I think you were right in what you said, madam. You should tear off that woman’s fake fagade."

"That's true, but I’m scared that she’ll tell Henry." Yvonne looked worried.

She felt gratified when she jabbed back, but she also felt the lingering fear now. She was already warned by Henry last time when Jacqueline twisted the truth and complained to the man. Now that she had rebuked her so severely, who knew how pained Henry would be for her?

"Let her be. If sir really justifies the case for her, tell him the truth. I don’t believe that sir won't be able to distinguish who's right and wrong. If sir still sides with that woman after that, I'll inform the master." Sue consoled Yvonne to stop her from worrying. 1

Yvonne sighed. "It's better that I come clean to him."

As she said that, she fished out her phone to call Henry.