Chapter 8

It was just that he wouldn't get back until 9 o'clock in the evening. Yvonne Lane was worried that something would happen, but he didn't have a mobile phone so she couldn't even make a phone call to contact him.

Yvonne Lane went out of the rental apartment and then to the entrance of the residential community. She kept looking around, hoping to find the figure she was hoping to see as soon as possible.

After God-knows how long, she finally saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

"Julian!" Seeing him approach, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Julian Youngblood looked at the figure that was rushing towards him and could not help but be slightly startled.

He looked at her as she ran over to him. She was panting slightly, her face completely red from the cold, and yet her Almond Eyes were bright.

"Great, you're finally back," she said.

"Sister, are you... waiting for me?" he looked at her and asked. He gently touched her cheeks, and the coldness seeped into his fingertips. It seemed that she had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Yes, I was so worried because you hadn't come back yet and it's so late. Fortunately, you've come back safely," she said with a smile.

He rolled his eyes slightly. She was worried about Julian instead of Julian Youngblood from the Youngblood Group. However, if she found out that he was Julian Youngblood in the future, would she still worry about him so much?

Raising the corner of his mouth, he said, "I finished handing out the flyers a little late. Your hands are cold. I'll help you warm them up." As he said this, he held her cold hands in his palms. Taking the same action as last time, he rubbed the backs of her hands with his palms.

Yvonne Lane felt her hands gradually warm up. It was such a cold day, but... it felt so warm.

"Julian, it's so good to have you," she muttered in a low voice.

His lips curved into a smile. "I'll keep that in mind, Sister. I hope you won't regret saying that in the future."

"I won't regret it," she said. "Well, my hands are warm now. Let's go back to the house and I'll heat up the food." She pulled him into the complex and did not notice a black car parking at the corner of the street just outside.

Meanwhile, in the car, Colin Graham couldn't believe what he was seeing. Young Master Youngblood must have just been... warming the hands of a woman...

He had never seen Young Master Youngblood do this to any woman. Even Blossom Hall, who had once been Young Master Youngblood's fiancee, had never been treated this way.

But now, Young Master Youngblood was doing this to Yvonne Lane. This Yvonne Lane was the cause of Blossom Hall's car accident!

Recalling the scene of Young Master Youngblood going to the club and picking up the drunk Yvonne Lane at the door, Colin Graham felt that his brain was not working properly.

What was on Young Master Youngblood's mind? Had Yvonne Lane taken up space in Young Master Youngblood's heart?

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The next day, in the CEO room, when Colin Graham reported on Julian Youngblood's schedule and work, his gaze could not help but turn to Julian Youngblood's hands.

Julian Youngblood's hands were very beautiful. His fingers were long and slender, and the joints of his knuckles were clear. Even Colin Graham, who was a man, felt that his boss's hands were really beautiful.

Colin Graham had seen this pair of hands choking someone without mercy, almost taking that person's life. He didn't care about getting his hands bloody, and the thought of it could make people shiver and give them goosebumps.

However, he had never seen this pair of hands being used to keep another person's hands warm, let alone those of a woman who had been locked up in prison.

"What's wrong with my hands?" Julian Youngblood's voice suddenly sounded in Colin Graham's ears.

"Ah, nothing." Colin Graham came to his senses and quickly turned his eyes away. He handed an invitation card to Julian Youngblood. "This is the Hall family's invitation. The Hall family and the Shaw family are connected by marriage. In two weeks, Maya Hall and Zachary Shaw will get engaged. Chairman Hall hopes that you can join."

"Engagement?" Julian Youngblood glanced at the invitation card.

Of course, he understood the intentions of the Hall family in sending this invitation. After all, Blossom Hall, the eldest daughter of the Hall family, had once been his fiancee. However, Zachary Shaw and Yvonne Lane, who were involved in the accident, had once been a couple. The Hall family wanted to see his attitude. "Then let's go and have a look."

Colin Graham kept it in mind.

In the afternoon, Colin Graham accompanied Julian Youngblood to a private hospital in the city. Those who could enter this hospital were usually either rich or noble.

Colin Graham stood outside the ward. Julian Youngblood pushed open the door and walked in slowly.

Colin Graham clearly knew that the old man in the ward had once dominated the world. In Shen City, he could control the wind and the rain, but his only son had run away from home for a woman.

Many years later, the only things that would come back to the Youngblood family were a handful of ashes and a child.

In the ward, Julian Youngblood looked at the old man in the hospital bed. This man, who deserved to be called his grandfather, was dressed in a hospital smock with a needle in the back of his hand. His body was getting weaker and weaker day by day, and he looked a little thin.

Master Youngblood looked at his only grandson and said, "You're here."

"Yes, I'm here," replied Julian Youngblood.

The grandfather and grandson quietly faced each other. The two of them seemed to be extremely familiar with this kind of silence.

After a long while, Master Youngblood broke the silence. "I heard from my secretary that the Hall family and the Shaw family are going to join forces through marriage?" Even during the old man's hospitalization, his secretary would still report some important things to him every day.

"They're getting engaged in two weeks, and they've already sent us the invitation," Julian Youngblood said.

"You're going?"

"Why shouldn't I go?" he asked back.

Master Youngblood suddenly stared at the grandson in front of him. After a long time, he suddenly laughed and said, "Good, good, you're not like your father."

Since the death of Blossom Hall, his grandson had not been in contact with any woman for three years. Master Youngblood had once worried that his grandson would turn out to be like his son, who had been deeply trapped in his love for a woman and unable to accept the union of the Hall family and the Shaw family.

After all, Zachary Shaw's ex-girlfriend was the one who had killed Blossom Hall.

Julian Youngblood naturally understood what Master Youngblood meant by saying 'You're not like your father'. He replied, "No, I am not him, and neither will I be like him."

Master Youngblood suddenly grabbed hold of Julian Youngblood's wrist. His wrinkled old fingers seemed to have used up all of their strength. "Remember what you have said today. Do not act like him. If he was willing to listen to me back then, he would not have..."

Master Youngblood gritted his teeth as a trace of hatred flashed through his eyes. His fingernails sank into Julian Youngblood's wrist, producing deep red marks.

Julian Youngblood acted as if he could not feel the pain at all and a mocking smile slowly rose from the corners of his lips. He would never give up everything for a woman. He would never do something like groveling at her feet until there was nothing left of him.