Honey, You're a Billionaire?

Leonard's question soon received a cold and brutal glare from Jonathan, as if saying, "Whoever dares to bring up last night again will be dead meat!"

Leonard trembled and quickly dismissed his curiosity. "Okay, I'll stop."

Perhaps he had lost his bearings from Jonathan's intense glare, so he started buttering Jonathan up. "You're amazing, sir. You effortlessly resolved an issue that took others months to achieve! You're so wise, sir. And..." He thought his words would ease Jonathan's anger, but he saw Jonathan's gloomy expression intensifying.

"Sir..." Leonard became anxious and mindful.

"You seem to have too much free time on your hands." Jonathan stared at him with intensity.

Knowing that his fawning attempt earlier was a flop, Leonard dared not say anything more. "I'll... go follow up with the project."

He immediately disappeared from Jonathan's sight for fear of being in the presence of this furious man.

Finley, watching from the side, accidentally burst into laughter. When Jonathan glanced over, Finley concealed his smile and reminded him of his schedule for the day.

"Sir, I received a call from Finch Manor ten minutes ago. Mrs. Finch Senior stressed your attendance for tonight's banquet."

A reminder... It seemed that Eleanor still held a grudge. Jonathan glanced at the document in his hands and answered, "Got it."

He was confident that the collaboration between the Finch and Lerain Groups could stop Eleanor's will to see Rose.

...

At the Young Family Hospital...

After visiting Ezra yesterday, Rose felt relieved. She was ready to see Yvonne after a good night's sleep. When passing the emergency fire door, she heard a woman weeping behind it. Who was crying?

Rose frowned and immediately heard the woman begging in between sobs. "Evo, Eve is fine now. It won't take you much time to go through with the wedding in Aquastead." It was Dawn and Eva.

"Evo, you promised me. The wedding is in two days. I've already booked the flight tickets. Please return to Aquastead with me. Okay?" she sobbed.

Rose recalled the last time Dawn requested her to advise Evan not to postpone the wedding, which she refused. Was their wedding just two days away?

"We can postpone the wedding. You know Eve. She's not exactly out of the woods." Evan sounded impatient.

Dawn had always been kind and generous. Yet, when it came to Yvonne, she was overly indifferent.

Although Yvonne had kept her life, her shattered limbs, plastered in casts, and her bandaged face made Evan feel terribly sad for her. Nevertheless, Yvonne always forced a smile to console everyone, while Dawn only cared about her wedding and disregarded the former. "Evo..."

"I promised I'll marry you. I won't renege on my words. If only you could give me more time and wait for Eve to get better...

"Miles has arranged a villa for you to settle and nurture yourself during your pregnancy. There will be professionals looking after you. Just stay there so you don't have to go back and forth between the hospital and the hotel. "I can't leave Eve alone in the ward. I'll head back in now."

Evan had been mentally and physically exhausted lately. At that moment, he was suppressing his impatience while consoling Dawn.

Outside the fire door, Rose snapped back to reality. If she got caught eavesdropping on content she shouldn't have known, it would only make the situation awkward.

Almost reflexively, she turned around and retreated to the turn, hiding herself with the wall.

After hearing the retreating footsteps, she waited another moment before turning the corner. Assuming they had left, she was surprised to see Dawn standing by the fire door.

Startled, she soon locked eyes with Dawn who had turned around. The atmosphere turned strange. Recovering quickly enough from the awkwardness, Rose revealed a smile and casually greeted her.

"Hey, Dawn. You're here."

During every shift change with Evan, Rose would see her beside him. She resembled a devoted wife who was always caring for him.

Dawn, regaining her composure, quickly wiped the tears off her face. While doing that, she smiled contently.

"Oh, Rose, this is embarrassing. I heard that pregnant women tend to have emotional fluctuations. I don't know what just happened.

"All I thought about was how my baby would call me Mommy and Evo Daddy, and I just..."

Rose stayed quiet. Was that really what happened though? Both parties were trying their hardest to hide something, so Rose naturally wouldn't expose her.

She chuckled. "Congrats to you. I'm relieved to see you this happy." She truly wanted Dawn to find the happiness she desired.

Dawn stroked her tiny bump. "I am happy now."

The situation made Rose feel eerie. As such, she excused herself by saying she had to change shifts with Evan.

Unbeknownst to her, the smile on Dawn disappeared as Rose passed by her. Instead, it was replaced with coldness and darkness.

"She heard us!" Dawn thought. She scoffed, and humiliation ignited within her and gradually engulfed her being. At some point, her nails had dug into her palms.

"She heard it! But she pretended she didn't. She must have been mocking me when she congratulated me," she thought.

As for Evan, she deemed his explanation a lie. It wasn't that he wanted to stay for Yvonne but because of Rose! How could she know what he secretly felt?

He had always been in love with

Rose since young. Had it not been for Dawn's calculated trick that got herself pregnant, she wouldn't have gotten the chance to marry Evan.

She watched her wedding, which was supposed to be in two days, get postponed right under her nose.

How could Evan do that to her? It had to be because of Rose that he refused to marry her! All of that was Rose's fault.

Dawn pondered about what she could do. She stood still for a long time and only left the hospital dejectedly after a long while.

What could she do then? Rose had Miles and Evan's protection, while she watched her wedding and position as Mrs. Spencer slipped away through her fingers.

If she did anything impulsive to Rose and was caught, she would gain nothing and even lose Evan for good. There was nothing she could do!

She couldn't help but feel extremely aggrieved. As she arrived by the roadside, she was pulled back to reality by a blaring horn.

Dawn turned to the luxury car, inches away from her, and apologized in a panic. "Sorry! I'm so sorry..."Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.