Chapter 58


    Back in the house.


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    Yvonne felt restless after Samuel left. As the hours slowly ticked past, shey on the bed, unable to


    drift into sleep.


    She clutched onto her phone. She watched the seconds trickling into minutes. It turned eleven all too


    soon.


    Usually, she would be asleep by now, since she would go for her morning jog the next day. Why did her


    eyelids refuse to close then?


    At that moment, Yvonne realized that Samuel was a part of her life that she could not lose. Even


    though he only slept on the floor, he held such an important ce in her heart.


    She wanted to call him and ask when he would being back, but he did make it clear that he had


    something to do before he left the house. Yvonne did not want to pester him.


    Just like that, she stayed awake the whole night. The sky just began to break into dawn when Yvonne


    finally heard the clicking of the door. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.


    Samuel had never expected to be held up the entire night. He tiptoed into the room and realized that


    Yvonne was still sleeping. He released a breath of


    relief.


    However, he then noticed that hershes were twitching, and her eye bags had worsened. Dark circles


    also ringed her eyes. "Don''t tell me you were awake the whole night?" he said with a bitter smile.


    A jolt of surprise rang through Yvonne when she heard what Samuel said. She did not want him to


    know about that, so she continued to pretend to be sleeping.


    Samuel knew that she was faking it, but he did not call her out on it. Hey down on the floor mattress.


    "A friend of mine ran into some trouble. That’s why I was out the whole night,” he said, as though he


    were talking to himself.


    Yvonne had the urge to ask what exactly happened, but she was pretending to be asleep. She would


    be caught dead in the act if she said anything.


    "There are some people who are worth sacrificing your life for. He taught me a lesson today. I won''t let


    something like that happen to me," Samuel said softly. The worst decision Manfred ever made in his life


    was t o retire and disappear from his world. He thought that he could live out his days peacefully, but


    he did not know that he could notpletely wash his hands off the world he had once ruled over.


    Yvonne could not rein it in any longer. She put on a haphazard mask of someone who has just woken


    up." I''m still sleeping," she said irritably. "Do you want to b e thrown out of the room, with you yapping


    on like


    that?"


    Samuel held pillows in his arms and looked at Yvonne on the bed. "Take a day off and rest at home


    today," he said gently.


    Shame twanged in Yvonne. Did he already know?


    How awkward.


    "There’s no reason to take leave. Besides, I have an important meeting today. They can''t run it without


    m e. Oh, but I won''t go for the morning jog," Yvonne said.


    Samuel chuckled, then remained silent. If he truly decided to expose her ruse, he would probably be


    forced to sleep on the couch.


    He got up at 8am and made porridge, waiting for it to cool before waking Yvonne up. He wanted her to


    get a s much sleep as she could.


    Yvonne was digging into her breakfast when Lydia walked out of her room. She had wanted to question


    Samuel about the whole car fiascost night, but she and her husband had been caught in a night of


    passion instead. She had no choice but to postpone the questioning.


    "Your uncle and his family areing to Cloud City today, Yvonne,” Lydia said. "Tell your husband to


    take them from the station at three in the afternoon."


    Yvonne shot her mother a testy look. It was not as if Samuel was not right there. Why could she not tell


    him herself?


    "Mom, what are you doing?" Yvonne said.


    Lydia''s attention sidled toward her son-inw, fuming. "I won''t reprimand you about the new car. It''s


    already in the past, after all," she said. "But you''d better go and admit everything to Grandmother


    yourself if she ever finds out about this. Tell her that you forced Yvonne to buy it for you and that it has


    nothing to do with Yvonne. It''s to prevent her from wrongfully punishing Yvonne." "Sure thing," Samuel


    replied.