Chapter 173 A Check from Dominic Conrad

Henry’s heart ached even more at the thought of this. He couldn’t bear the pain and grabbed onto his shirt tightly, beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He looked extremely pale at the time.

He held onto the villa’s walls as he entered. Sue, who harbored resentment towards Henry, immediately became worried as she saw him and asked, “Are you alright, sir?”

Sue hurriedly helped him onto the sofa and poured a glass of water for him.

Henry pushed away the glass of water and asked with a pale face, “Sue, why am I in so much pain?”

“Where are you in pain, sir?” asked Sue, even more nervous now.

Henry pointed at his chest, “Here!”

“Here?” replied Sue in awe, “How could you feel pain here?”

“That’s what I want to know as well. I was in so much pain all of a sudden,” said Henry in a croaked voice as he raised an arm to cover his eye.

Sue asked in a worried voice, “Should I call Dr. Summers, sir?”

“No need.” Henry rejected it with his other hand.

Sue was still worried. “But your chest is in pain sir.”

“I’m only in pain when I think about Yvonne,” said Henry in a low tone.

Sue was stunned. “Madam? What’s it got to do with her?”

Henry put down the arm that was covering his eyes, his gaze fixed at the kettle on the table. “It’s got nothing to do with her, but my chest was in pain all of a sudden after what you said to me just now.”

Sue was shocked upon hearing this. “You mean you only started to feel the pain after what I said?”

Henry nodded.

Suddenly, Sue started to laugh, “Sir, do you feel sorry for madam?”

“I feel sorry for her?” asked Henry as he looked at Sue.

Sue nodded. “A person only feels sorry for another when they truly care for them. Now that you feel pain at the mention of madam, that would mean you truly regret how you have been treating madam for the past three years and feel sorry for her.”

“Is that it?” asked the startled Henry.

It was true that Henry realized he was wrong to have treated Yvonne so coldly, but that couldn’t have meant that he cared for her.

“Yes sir. If you didn’t care for madam, you wouldn’t have realized your mistake at all and you wouldn’t have felt any pain. Sir, have you fallen for madam?”

Sue was testing Henry to see how he felt.

Henry’s pupils dilated. “Me, falling for Yvonne?”

Another person was now saying that he had fallen for Yvonne.

First was Shane, followed by Jacqueline, then Dominic Conrad, now even Sue said that he had fallen for Yvonne.

Could it be true?

“I’m not too sure myself, hence why I’m asking you again sir. Now that you’ve seen madam in this state, do you feel pain for her?” asked Sue with a serious face.

Henry’s lips twitched, “I’m not sure.”

“Sigh, how could you not know if you have feelings for madam? How could you be so…” Sue sighed as she shook her head, speechless.

Henry saw the frustrated Sue and helplessly kept his head low. “I only know I don’t want to divorce.”

If it were three years ago, he would have agreed to the divorce in a heartbeat and set her free.

But now things had changed.

Especially when Yvonne first mentioned the divorce, Henry had instinctively rejected her without thinking. In his heart, the thought had never entertained him once.

“But madam has already set her mind to do it, so what will you do now sir?” asked Sue nervously as she held her hands together.

Naturally, she did not wish to see the couple separating.

Henry raised his head to look at the stairs, “She won’t be able to divorce as long as I reject her.”

“Are you sure? But I’m still worried that…” sighed Sue.

Henry pursed his lips and went deep in thought, then got up to walk upstairs.

“Yvonne.” Henry opened the door and saw the woman sitting on the bed. He started to mutter, “We need to talk.”

“There’s nothing for us to talk about.” Yvonne was only looking at her phone and ignored him.

Henry felt uncomfortable as he was ignored yet again. “We need to talk about us.”

“I said, there’s nothing for us to talk about. Of course, if you would like to discuss our divorce, then I’ll be willing to discuss it with you.” Yvonne finally looked at Henry in his eyes.

But her eyes were so cold. Henry gulped as he saw them.

However, he managed to gather himself momentarily and said in a low voice, “I’ve already said that you can forget about the divorce, I will never accept it.”

“Then there’s nothing more to discuss, unless…” Yvonne’s eyes lit up as she dragged her sentence.

Henry looked at her. “Unless?”

“Unless you avenge my child and send Dominic Conrad to prison, then I’ll be willing to discuss more with you, maybe even forgive you,” said Yvonne coldly.

Henry had never expected her to say this to him. At that moment, he held his fist so tightly and said, “You know very well I can’t do that. I’ve already promised Jacqueline that I…”

“So it’s a no?” mocked Yvonne. “I was right about you, even your own child can’t be compared to an outsider. I was stupid enough to think there was a chance even when I knew what type of person you are!”

She mocked at him unforgivingly — her words stabbed at Henry’s heart continuously like a sharp blade.

Henry gulped a few times as if he wanted to say something but couldn’t muster up the voice for it.

Yvonne saw that he wasn’t reacting and thought she had hit the nail in the coffin. She felt even more disappointed in her heart. “Mr. Lancaster, you are a really forgiving person, to be able to even forgive the person who has murdered your own child. You are truly a spectacular person!”

Yvonne gave him a thumbs up. But at the same time, she was completely disappointed in him.

She had already taken a step back by only mentioning Dominic Conrad instead of Jacqueline, yet he still wouldn’t avenge their child.

Truly, she had given up completely this time!

“Mr. Lancaster, please leave me, I would like to be alone now.” Yvonne shut her eyes to shoo him away.

Henry ignored her request and just stood there, his gaze fixed at her.

She noticed this and decided to let him be.

Gradually as Yvonne fell asleep, Henry walked towards her bedside and slowly got down on one knee.

“I’m so sorry…” said Henry as he reached out to caress her face.

It wasn't that he didn’t want to seek revenge. In fact, he wanted to.

But the moment he did that, Jacqueline would kill herself.

Dominic was the only relative she had left. If he were sent to prison, who would take care of Jacqueline? He would’ve to wait until Jacqueline recovered before he could seek revenge.

Thinking of this, Henry closed his eyes and removed his hand from Yvonne’s face. He walked to the balcony and took out his cellphone.

He was making a phone call to Dominic, and Dominic was shocked as he picked up the call. “Henry? What makes you call me at this hour?”

“You said you would compensate Yvonne. Do you still mean it?” said Henry expressionlessly.

Dominic was startled and immediately nodded. “Yes, of course, I remember.”

“Then send over your compensation, I hope it isn’t a small amount,” said Henry. He hung up the call when he finished.

Two hours later, Dominic’s compensation arrived. It was a check of seven hundred thousand dollars.

Henry looked at the amount and was satisfied with it.

“Sir, are you really going to give this to madam?” asked Sue when she saw Henry holding the check.

Henry nodded and replied, “Is there a problem?”