Natalie represented Yvonne's most cherished college days.
She did not want to taint the memories of the good old days, still pure as snow. Naturally, it was unbearable and impossible for Yvonne to tell her at all.
"My schedule has been quite tight lately, so the company will arrange a place for me to stay." Yvonne hedged, uttering her words with care.
"Doesn't this mean we can no longer rent this place?" Natalie sighed with a tinge of regret.
Yvonne shook her head, "No, we can still get together occasionally. It'd be nice to have a place where we can meet and cook meals together."
Upon hearing Yvonne's reassurance, Natalie lightened up once again.
She hugged Yvonne and beamed, "That's great. Yvonne, we must meet often."
Yvonne nodded forcefully, "Sure."
Yvonne and Natalie had a heart-to-heart chat all the way until nighttime.
Originally, Natalie had wanted to sleep in the apartment with Yvonne. But Hayden called her and said that he wanted Natalie to put him to bed, claiming that she had not accompanied him to sleep for the past two nights.
Natalie had no choice but to return to the villa.
Yvonne was a little confused as she watched Natalie's departing figure.
Was that child, Hayden, Natalie's?
Just as she was mulling it over, she received a phone call.
"Yvonne, I've gotten word of Jenkins's schedule. He's free tonight and will be at his home." It was a call from Penney.
Yvonne's heart skipped a beat.
During that period of time, she had made up her mind to marry Jenkins.
Unfortunately, Jenkins had not contacted her since their last encounter.
It made Yvonne doubt whether she had just solely hallucinated what Jenkins had said to her.
Jenkins was a busy man, to even meet with him was an arduous task itself. Now that he was at home, Yvonne simply could not miss the opportunity.
Intentionally changing into a form-fitting bodycon dress that showed off her curves, Yvonne hurried off to the Quartley family's house.
The butler opened the door.
Seeing Yvonne, he asked stiffly, "What is it?"
Yvonne smiled and said, "Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Quartley."
The butler gave Yvonne one last glance before going off to report her arrival.
After a while, the butler returned and called her in.
Even though she had already been there once, Yvonne still felt nervous.
Upon entering the living room, Yvonne saw Jenkins.
The man was standing in front of an oil painting, his back radiating a sense of loneliness.
Yvonne stepped forward and called softly, "Sir."
The man did not look back at her nor did he speak.
But Jenkins must have heard her.
Yvonne stood at the side, waiting.
After a long time, Jenkins finally turned around.
His cold gaze swept over Yvonne, "It's you."
Yvonne felt as if all the air was knocked out from her lungs. She tried to breathe as normally as she could.
Every time she saw Jenkins, she would still feel unnerved and intimidated.
Having been in this line of work for so long, she had met many big shots, but Jenkins's daunting aura was a class of his own.
She had only seen such formidability in two men her whole life.
One was Jenkins, and the other was Tobias.
But unlike Tobias, Jenkins emitted an even stronger air of coldness, so icy that it could make someone's hair stand on end and curdle their blood.
The man could literally be the ruler of the underworld.
"Sir, it's me." Yvonne forced a smile, repeating.
"Is something the matter?"
"Sir, I've thought about what you said last time, and I've decided to marry you." Yvonne said.
Jenkins's lips curled up coolly. "Okay."
He spared her all the unnecessary talk and simply cut to the chase.
After that, Jenkins asked Yvonne to go with him to register their marriage.
Yvonne was startled for a second and could only blink in response.
How could they register their marriage in the middle of the night?
When they reached the registration office, she was surprised to find that the staff were still around.
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