Chapter 30
He smiled gently and said, “Yvonne, I don’t need a promise from you right now. I know you’ve been through a lot and might be wary of relationships, but I have the patience to wait for you.
“I just hope you’ll give me a chance to be by your side and show you my sincerity.”
Yvonne turned away without a word. She had never planned to stay in Avaloria and didn’t believe Reid’s interest in her would last long.
She was twenty–seven, not seventeen. She had already experienced a heart–wrenching marriage and was well past the age of harboring romantic dreams.
However, she didn’t think it was necessary to tell Reid any of this.
Steven had sent Iona
away. He had thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but to his dismay, troubles seemed to follow one after another.
Tomorrow was the crucial day for his company’s IPO–a matter of utmost importance to him. Every single preparation had to be perfect, and he was very busy, completely frazzled.
Yet even amidst this chaos, Yvonne’s figure would occasionally flash through his mind. He had made up his mind in secret: once the IPO was over, he would find an opportunity to have a serious talk with Yvonne and try to salvage their marriage.
However, Sharon caused
Yvonne had previously reported the loss of several
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taken away by the police from school on suspicion of theft.
1 expensive pieces of jewelry, especially the valuable Emerald Heart.
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Their marital home had not been equipped with surveillance cameras. After Steven’s affair began, Yvonne secretly installed a few hidden cameras in the house.
Sometimes when Steven took Sharon out, he would claim she was his assistant to avoid suspicion.
It seemed reasonable for an assistant to retrieve items from the boss’s home. As a result, the cameras captured Sharon entering the bedroom on multiple occasions.
When questioned by the police, Sharon naturally denied the theft. She insisted that Steven had given the jewelry to her as gifts.
Yvonne, however, presented evidence in the form of purchase records for the jewelry, especially the most recent auction record of the Emerald Heart. This particular piece held special significance for both Yvonne and Steven, and he would never have given it away.
Indeed, Steven had not dared to give the Emerald Heart to Sharon. After winning it back at the auction, he had secretly placed it in Yvonne’s jewelry box, intending to surprise her.
The problem was that Steven had a habit of using jewelry that Yvonne no longer wanted to appease Sharon. Unbeknownst to him, Yvonne had hidden the Emerald Heart at the bottom of another box.
Steven missed it and ended up giving to Sharon along with the others. The police later seàrched Sharon’s dormitory and found all the pieces, which matched exactly with the jewelry Yvonne had reported missing.
When Steven received the police notification to come to the station for a statement, there were only about ten hours left before the company’s IPO. At such a critical moment, he naturally could not openly admit to his affair.
It was then that he realized this was Yvonne’s scheme. Driven by his desire to win her back, he denied any relationship with Sharon without hesitation during the police questioning.
When Sharon learned of Steven’s claims, she was devastated. She had never expected Steven to treat her this way at such a crucial moment.
In her anger, she called Steven a scumbag and claimed she had evidence to prove his infidelity.
However, in the face of the law, emotional entanglements could not disprove her theft charges, as she lacked substantial evidence to show that Steven had given her all the jewelry.
Later, a lawyer met with Sharon. No one knew what the lawyer said to her, but strangely, after that meeting, Sharon admitted to the theft.
The value of the Emerald Heart alone exceeded 3 million dollars. Given the enormity of the theft, Sharon was sentenced to 1
had her personal assets confiscated.
She was only a junior in college, and her life seemed utterly ruined. But that was all for later.
years in
prison and
As for the jewelry, after a round of events, it all returned to Yvonne’s possession. Except for the Emerald Heart, she sold the rest.
