Chapter 285


    Yuliana seemed as if she was stuck in a nightmare, unable to wake up.


    Not long after she settled down, she mumbled and wept. Yuliana would cry loudly, sometimes quietly.


    In the middle of the night, she began to have a fever.


    Christopher took a thermometer to take Yuliana’s temperature. Since the fever was not severe, and it


    was the middle of the night, he did not summon Isaac over. He only got some cooling patches for


    Yuliana and wiped her body with a wet towel.


    When it was almost dawn, Yuliana’s body temperature returned to normal, and she finally slept


    soundly.


    Christopher had stayed by the bed all night. Only after Yuliana settled down did he lie sideways beside


    her, wrap his arms around her, and close his eyes to sleep.


    At dawn, Yuliana opened her eyes.


    She did not move or speak but looked out the window until the sun shone brightly.


    Christopher woke up after he had only slept for two hours.


    Since Yuliana had her back against him, he did not notice that she was awake.


    He picked up his phone and checked the time. It was already past seven o’clock. Then, he reached out


    and touched Yuliana’s forehead to see if she still had a fever. When the edge of his palm touched her


    eyes and his palm gently brushed across her eyshes, he stopped his hand.


    Shortly, he touched Yuliana’s forehead again and whispered inwardly, “It’s colder than my palm. The


    fever should have subsided.”


    He withdrew his hand before he asked gently, “When did you wake up?”


    “It has been a while,” Yuliana replied indifferently. After a while, she asked, “Have you found Roe?”


    Christopher turned silent for a moment. “Not yet. But don’t worry. I can assure


    that Roe wille back soon, Ana.”


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    Yuliana did not react too much to his words, as if she had already expected the


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    Silent ensued in the room for a moment. With tears flowing from the corner of her eyes, she said


    calmly, “I had a lot of dreamsst night. I dreamt that Roe was lying quietly in the crib, and his body


    was cold. No matter how I called out at him, he wouldn’t respond. Later, I dreamed of someone hurting


    him, and he was covered in blood. He kept crying until his voice cracked, but I couldn’t find him, no


    matter how hard I tried…”


    Christopher felt his chest tighten. He hugged Yuliana tightly from behind and


    said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry about that. Roe will surelye back to us safely.”


    Yuliana took a deep breath and choked with sobs. “Why Roe? He’s just a baby!”


    Christopher did not say anything but only held her in his arms.


    After a while, a knock came on the door.


    Christopher got up to open it and saw Joyce standing at the door with a bowl of oatmeal.


    “Joyce…”


    “Is Yuliana awake?” Joyce asked.


    “Yes,” Christopher replied.


    Joyce said, “I’ve asked the kitchen to prepare some oatmeal. Please get Yuliana to have some. She


    hasn’t eaten anything since yesterday morning. Her body will not be able to stand it.”


    Christopher took the oatmeal and expressed his gratitude.


    Joyce said nothing much. As a mother, she could understand Yuliana’s feelings at that time.


    If the same thing happened to Alex, she would also break down.


    Christopher returned inside the room with the oatmeal and saw no one on the bed. Although, there was


    a subtle noiseing from the bathroom.


    He put down the oatmeal and waited for a while. Soon, Yuliana came out after washing up.


    Christopher asked cautiously, “Joyce asked the kitchen to prepare the oatmeal. Would you like to have


    some?”


    He had asked Yuliana to eat something the day before. Yuliana barely swallowed it, but soon vomited it


    all out.


    Thus, he did not dare to force her to eat anymore.


    Yuliana brushed the hair off her face, went to the couch, and sat down. She picked up the oatmeal on


    the table and ate it. However, she ate too fast and almost choked after a few mouthfuls.


    She finished the oatmeal rather quickly.


    When Christopher saw that she could finally eat normally, he felt a little relieved. “Do you want more?”


    he asked.


    Yuliana shook her head. “I’m full. I’ll go and get changed first.”


    She put down the bowl and headed to the walk-in wardrobe.


    Christopher frowned slightly, followed behind Yuliana, and grabbed her arm. “Ana, please rest at home.


    You had a feverst night, which didn’t subside until the morning. You should rest at home and leave


    Roe’s matter to me.”


    “Are you asking me to sit at home and wait for the news?” Yuliana stared at him with her clear eyes.


    “Roe is my son, and he’s missing now. Do you think I can have a good rest at home?”


    Christopher did not want Yuliana to make useless efforts, as she would never find Rowan even if she


    searched every corner of Juxshire.


    However, there was no way he could tell Yuliana that, and he tightened his grip on Yuliana’s arm


    unconsciously,


    Yuliana nced at his hand holding hers and then at the expression on his face. Suddenly, she


    became suspicious and asked, “Do you know where Rowan is?”


    As she thought about it, Yuliana found things were getting strange.


    Since Rowan went missing the day before, Christopher’s reaction was unusual. Although he had


    apanied her to find Rowan’s whereabouts, he did not seem anxious. She thought it should not be


    his normal reaction, at least.


    “Ana.” Christopher fixed his gaze on her and said in a low voice, “Let me handle Roe’s matter. I’ll make


    sure hees back safely, okay?”


    In the next few days, problems were found in several projects Logan was in charge of, and Christopher


    highlighted andmented on them during the high-level business meeting. He showed no mercy and


    decided to demote Logan. He then handed over the projects to another project director of thepany.


    The project director was also a Sce. He was not directly rted to Zavier but a distant rtive.


    Technically speaking, he was promoted by Zaiden.


    Immediately after, irregrities were found in the coborations between Sce Corporation and the


    family of Josie, Logan’s wife, and the coborations were suspended in the end.


    In truth, issues or problems would always exist in such coborations between family businesses. As


    long as it was not fatal, everyone would always turn a blind. eye to such a thing.


    Otherwise, Kendrick would not have ignored that.


    However, thepany run by Josie’s family had been relying on several orders from Sce


    Corporation to survive in recent years. Once Sce Corporation called off the coboration, it would be


    a fatal blow to them.


    Josie’s parents flooded her with calls every day. They wanted Josie to ask Logan and find out why the


    coborations were suddenly terminated.


    Although Josie was annoyed by her own family, she was still concerned about them. Even if she knew


    Logan was in a bad mood because of the demotion and


    vented his anger on the children, she still tried to get information from him.


    After Logan showered and went to bed at night, Josie put down the tablet, kneeled behind Logan, and


    massaged his shoulders.


    “Honey, have you offended Christopher recently?” she asked.


    Logan’s face darkened at Josie’s words. He pushed her away and red at her coldly. “Just get


    straight to the point, and don’t beat around the bush.”