Chapter 177 I Will Protect Her

Yvonne pursed her lips without saying anything.

To be honest, she didn’t know if she wanted to greet Henry at all.

From her perspective, she should go over due to her identity not only his wife, but Elliot’s secretary as well.

But in her heart, she didn’t want to cross that bridge.

While she was toying around with the corners of her dress and hesitating, Henry saw them standing there and walked towards the couple, stopping in front of them.

“Mr. Lancaster,” greeted Elliot warmingly.

Henry nodded as if to acknowledge him and looked at Yvonne. “It’s time to come home.”

Yvonne didn’t want to reply — silence became her reply to him.

Henry raised an eyebrow, and his tone became a little more firm. “Come on, I’ll take you home.”

“Mr. Taylor, could you kindly send me home?” requested Yvonne directly to Elliot.

Elliot gladly nodded and replied, “Of course. Well then Mr. Lancaster, I’ll be responsible for getting Yvonne home safely, and you can head back on your own time.”

After that, he walked towards his car.

Yvonne naturally followed Elliot to his car, but soon after, Henry grabbed onto her wrist.

“Yvonne Frey!” shouted Henry, his face filled with anger. “How could you walk away with another man when your husband is right in front of you!”

Yvonne firmly shook away his hands and said, “What do you mean by walking away with another man? All I’m asking is for my boss, Mr. Taylor, to send me back home.”

“Asking him to send you home? Have you forgotten who your husband is?” said Henry as his face turned gloomy as he fought back a tear in his eye.

Yvonne bit her lip and stubbornly replied, “You won’t be for much longer.”

“You…”

“Alright that’s enough,” said Elliot as he clapped his hands to gain their attention, but more importantly to stop Henry from rampaging. “Mr. Lancaster, please send Yvonne home safely, but I would like to request that you do not get mad at Yvonne. After all, you are in no position to be mad at her, especially not after the things you did to her.”

“What I did to her?” Henry squinted his eyes and stared at Yvonne. “What have you told him?”

“Hey, Mr. Lancaster,” said Elliot as he pulled Yvonne to his side. “Are you interrogating a criminal now? Yvonne hasn’t told me anything to start with. Even if she has, what does it amount to? It is merely her clearing off what is on her mind, plus the things you have done to her weren’t too hard to find out.”

“You investigated me?” said the stunned Yvonne. She lifted her head and gazed at Elliot’s back.

Elliot turned his head to wink at her, “I was just curious about what had happened to you, so I did a little investigating. I’m sorry for doing it behind your back.”

“It’s okay,” said Yvonne as she waved her hand. She wasn’t bothered by it at all.

In fact, there was no need to cover up what had happened to her. What’s done was done.

Seeing that the two of them were speaking so harmoniously, Henry’s anger began to skyrocket. “Regardless of what I did, it has got nothing to do with you, Mr. Taylor.”

“Then let me ask you, Mr. Lancaster, is Yvonne related to the Conrads by any means?” said Elliot with his arms folded. He had a sarcastic smile on his face as he looked at Henry.

Henry clenched his fist tightly, “What are you trying to say?”

“What I’m saying is, since you and I are not related, you do not wish for me to meddle in your affairs. But, Yvonne is not related to the Conrads either, so on what grounds did she have to give away her bone marrow and her child to Jacqueline?”

Elliot laughed mockingly as he said this. “Mr. Lancaster you actually didn’t even attempt to seek justice for what happened to your wife. You have really opened up my eyes to what humans are capable of.”

Yvonne started to relive the painful memories of the past. Her eyes were getting wet and her face grew red.

Elliot had very clear moral grounds and knew what must be done during certain circumstances, but her own husband not only failed to do this — he even stabbed her in the back instead.

“Mr. Lancaster, why have you gone quiet?” sneered Elliot to Henry whose face had become dangerously dark. “Cat got your tongue? I suppose I did manage to expose you for who you really are. Naturally, I find it amusing to expand on this topic since it is quite rare to find a husband like you, Mr. Lancaster.”

“Shut up!” Henry’s voice was as cold as ice.

Elliot hummed, “Why should I shut up when you ask me too? That would make me look so weak. Moreover, are you trying to hide something, and hence you’re asking me to shut up? My dear Mr. Lancaster, do you really think you’re qualified to be a husband?”

Henry’s pupils contracted as he recalled that Sue had said the same thing to him as well.

Sue said that he was not fit to be a husband, and now Elliot telling him the exact same thing as well.

Was he truly so unworthy?

The confused Henry turned to look at Yvonne, hoping to see how she reacted to all this.

But Yvonne had turned to look away, obviously avoiding his gaze and declining to react.

Henry instantly felt unhappy and somewhat sour — this was not a good feeling for him.

“Mr. Lancaster, do not take this the wrong way, but as a husband, he should be protecting his wife at all times instead of abandoning her for another woman. But you did just the opposite, hence why I say you are not qualified. That’s why…”

Elliot took in a deep breath, his eyes rolled a few times while he held Yvonne close to him. “That’s why you should file for a divorce with Yvonne. I will care for her in your stead, how about that?”

Yvonne’s eyes were wide open as she gawked, and just as she was about to respond, she saw Henry’s fists rushing towards them through the side of her eye.

Bam!

Elliot was hit and fell to the ground.

Yvonne was utterly stunned and wasn’t able to react.

Henry walked towards Elliot and looked down at him. His eyes were filled with hatred and anger. “That was just a warning punch. The next time I find out you have thoughts that you shouldn’t have, I will come after the Taylor Group with no mercy.”

As he finished, he stormed off and grabbed Yvonne with him, his face completely black.

Yvonne wanted to shake him off to check on Elliot’s injury.

But Henry grabbed her so tightly that she couldn’t even begin to struggle. She could only turn her head to look back at Elliot with a deeply concerned face.

Elliot rubbed the sides of his lips and got back on his feet. Seeing that Yvonne was concerned, he wiped off the blood and smiled, “Don’t worry Yvonne, I’m fine, go home. The next time he hurts you, call me and I will come for you in a heartbeat.”

“You won’t get that chance!” roared Henry coldly. He opened a door, shoved Yvonne into his car, and drove off.

During the journey, Yvonne kept thinking of what Elliot had said to her. Naturally, she was deep in thought and stayed silent.

Henry saw this and was still very angry, but he controlled his anger when he remembered what Elliot had said before leaving.

“Why aren’t you asking me how I knew you were there?” said Henry as he tried to break the icy atmosphere in the car.

Yvonne replied without looking at him, “There’s nothing to ask. You would’ve been able to track me easily with a phone call.”

“If you’re not going to ask me, then let me ask you instead,” said Henry while turning the steering wheel.

Yvonne shut her eyes and said, “What do you want to ask?”

“I’ve told you before not to socialize with other men, especially Elliot. Not only did you ignore my warnings, but you even went out with him. Why?” asked the disgruntled Henry.

Yvonne faintly smiled, “It was simply a free ride and a free meal, so there was no reason not to go for it. As for going out with other men, I did listen to you previously Mr. Lancaster, but did you set an example for yourself?”

“What do you mean?” said Henry as he frowned.

Yvonne started to shrivel from the cold, “Nothing much. I just feel that you, Mr. Lancaster, have double standards in your life. You insist on me not going out with other men, yet there you were having the time of your life with Jacqueline. Did I ever comment on this at any point?”