Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 284

After all, she didn't want things to turn sour with Mr. Yale. They had only just met, and even with her connection to The Jagger Family, Willow couldn't afford to overstep.

Moreover, if she were to stubbornly follow them, Mr. Yale would likely view her as unnecessarily aggressive, plummeting his impression of her to rock bottom.

When the time came, Willow would be the one taking the loss.

If she truly allowed Tessa to leech onto Mr. Yale's influence, she would be much harder to deal with in the future.

There was no rush.

Willow repeatedly comforted herself in her mind. Lucian covertly squeezed her fingers, leaning down to whisper by her ear, "Don't worry, Tessa isn't sneaking out of here."

Willow's heart instantly settled. As long as she couldn't slip away and remained within the Yale estate, Willow would absolutely secure what she was after. It was only a matter of time.

*

On the other side of the estate, Mr. Yale handed Tessa over to his assistant for treatment while he personally went to examine Leo's condition.

Half an hour later, Mr. Yale breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was nothing serious. The severe stress and irregular eating habits had merely damaged his stomach lining. Paired with a violent emotional shock, his body simply gave out momentarily, causing him to cough up blood.

He just needed proper rest and recovery.

Mr. Yale felt a weight lift off his shoulders. After all, this was the son of a late friend; he absolutely couldn't allow anything to happen to him under his roof, or he would have no face to meet Robert in the afterlife.

It was just...

Mr. Yale replayed the conversation between Willow and Leo in his head. What exactly had transpired between the Shaw siblings during the time he had been away?

How... had they fractured this severely?

Was it all because of Tessa?

And why was Willow so desperate to find that silver keepsake locket?

Frowning, Mr. Yale gave a low order to his butler. "Look into what's been happening with the Shaw family recently."

The butler nodded in compliance, and Mr. Yale made his way to Tessa's sickroom.

His assistant spoke in a hushed tone, "Mr. Yale, Miss Thorne's physical examination is complete. She is indeed showing signs of a threatened miscarriage. If she doesn't rest properly, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep the baby..."

Laying on the bed, Tessa's eyelashes fluttered frantically as she overheard those words.

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