James acted as if he didn’t hear her, clinging to her without letting go.

They were in the lobby of the hotel, with guests constantly coming and going. Many people started looking at them because of their intimate behavior.

Yvonne could only feel her face burning.

She thought, "As a man, how could James not feel ashamed to lean against her in public?"

Finally, she couldn’t take it any longer. And she said, "Stand still first. And we’ll discuss it."

Hearing her words, James stood up straight.

Although Yvonne was very angry, she just wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. She said irritably, "You will sleep on the sofa tonight."

After saying that, she stormed into the elevator.

James flashed a triumphant smile.

In the evening, when Yvonne went back to the bedroom to sleep, she found that the sofa that had been placed in the living room had moved to the bedroom.

She was shocked. "Why did you move the sofa here?"

James explained, "I don’t feel comfortable sleeping in the living room. I can’t fall asleep."

"That won’t do. Move the sofa out of here right now." Yvonne ordered.

"You only said that I should sleep on the sofa before, but you didn’t say that I couldn’t sleep on the sofa in the bedroom."

Instead of listening to her words, James defiantly lay down on the sofa.

"You..."

Yvonne was speechless with anger. She had never met such a shameless person.

She gritted her teeth. As she was about to rush over, she tripped over something and almost fell. She looked down and found that it was a durian which she had carried back during the day.

When she walked out of the hotel, she met a hooligan on the street, so she bought a durian to protect herself as she passed by the fruit stall.

At that time, when Janice asked her about it, Yvonne was too embarrassed to tell Janice the truth.

At this time, when Yvonne saw the durian, she suddenly came up with an idea.

Thus, she gave up the idea of arguing with James. And then she held the durian in her arms and walked out.

In the middle of the night, while James was sleeping, he was awakened by a pungent aroma. He got up from the sofa, narrowed his eyes, and sniffed around for the source of the odor.

"What smell is that? It’s awful."

He followed the scent and looked over. And he saw that not far away, under the dim yellow lamplight, Yvonne was still sitting there and focused on cutting something with a shining fruit knife in her hand.

He frowned and walked over.

"What are you doing?"

Hearing his voice, Yvonne looked up and smiled eerily. "I’m having surgery."

As she spoke, she scooped out a piece of durian with a fruit knife and handed it over to him.

James felt creepy. He quickly covered his nose and took a step back. "I didn’t expect you to have such an acquired taste for durian of all things."

Yvonne calmly clapped her hands and said, "You just found out. Not only do I have a weird taste, but I also have the habit of sleepwalking."

As she spoke, she held the fruit knife in her hand and played with it.

"As a doctor, I can’t help wanting to cut something when I see such a sharp knife. You see how sharp the blade is. When I just cut the durian with it, the flesh of the fruit popped right out. It felt so good..."

Yvonne said as she gestured with that knife towards James’ body before stopping at a certain spot.

James felt his crotch tightened. And then he swallowed his saliva and said, "This is not a joke."

"Of course, I’m not joking. But I do sleepwalk."

She said as she raised her fruit knife and gloomily looked at him.

The look in her eyes was the same as when she looked at that durian.

James felt his pores were open all over his body. He hurriedly said, "I... I remember that I like to sleep in the living room after all."

...

As James spoke, he turned around and pushed the sofa toward the living room.

He moved as fast as he could, as if he were running for his life. He didn’t even forget to turn back and take the fruit knife from her hand.

The layout of the bedroom had finally returned to its former appearance. When Yvonne watched her bedroom return to its previous state, she couldn’t help sneering. She thought, "Can’t I deal with you?"

She could finally lie in bed at ease.

However, the room smelled a bit stinky.

She could still accept the taste of durian.

She finally closed her eyes with some peace of mind.

The two of them spent the night respectively and peacefully in the bedroom and living room.

Early the next morning, Yvonne got up in high spirits while James had dark circles under his eyes.

Yvonne felt that it was funny.

She finally figured out that James was a bully.

If Yvonne didn’t teach him a lesson, he wouldn’t learn not to mess with her.

However, the reason why James did not sleep well was not that he was afraid of her sleepwalking at night. And Yvonne didn’t know about it.

It was because he couldn’t sleep in an unfamiliar environment. And he was quite picky about the bed.

Moreover, that small sofa couldn’t accommodate his tall figure at all.

"Don’t look at me like that. You promised to join me for volunteer work today."

At breakfast, James reminded Yvonne.

Yvonne was stuffing a sandwich into her mouth. When she heard him mention it, she angrily shot a look at him.

It seemed as if she owed him big time.

After Janice returned to Tomaville, she sent a WhatsApp message to Joey.

She told Joey that she had to go back to Tomaville first, and Rob was still there. If he needed any help, he could go to Rob.

At that time, Joey only replied, "Okay". And there was no more news heard from Joey.

Janice was still not relieved. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Joey. Instead, she felt insecure.

After all, he had spent three years with Anna. And he could tolerate not admitting her as his daughter.

His willpower was impressive.

If he really intended to keep it a secret until the end, he would not give up so easily.

Naturally, she wouldn’t think it was her words that moved him.

However, as for why he suddenly changed his mind, only he knew.

Hence, with such concerns, Janice called Rob.

She had specifically asked Rob to keep an eye on Joey’s mood swings in the past few days.

She had just put down the phone when Christopher came downstairs. Seeing her putting away the phone, he frowned.

"Who did you call?"

After a brief pause, Janice frankly replied, "Rob. I’m just asking about the situation over there."

Christopher could tell what she was thinking and asked, "Are you worried about Joey?"

"I don’t know him very well, and I can’t fully trust him." Janice decided to be upfront with her thoughts.

Hearing her words, Christopher walked over, reached out, and stroked the top of her head. He said, "I know Joey. Since he has promised you, he will not go back on his word."

"Is that so?"

Janice was confused as to why Christopher was so sure of him.

Christopher knew that she had some doubts, so he was not in a hurry to explain. He asked, "Do you know why he lied back then?"

Janice shook her head.

"Because of Sophie. Joey has liked her since he was a kid. He always listened to whatever she said. I guess the reason why he lied at that time was because Sophie threatened him."

"Since you knew that, why did you still help him conceal it?"

Janice had always had a question about this. Although she knew that Christopher valued friendship, there was no need for him to care about people like Sophie.

...

Christopher was not surprised by her question. He only said in a deep voice. "Uncle Charlie has been serving the Bateman family for many years. Joey has been with me since I was a boy. We played together and went to school together. Apart from the fact that we are not related by blood, we are no different than siblings."

"But in my father’s eyes, Joey will always be a servant’s child, and that will never change because of his relationship with me."

Janice had a deep understanding of this.

Nathan had a strong sense of class consciousness.

She knew it very well.

"My father has always considered Sophie as his own daughter. And he would never allow a servant to tarnish her reputation. Although Joey was accidentally drunk at the time, as long as Sophie insisted that Joey had raped her, my father would not spare him. And that was also the reason why I chose not to expose him."

After hearing his explanation, Janice finally understood that Christopher did it to protect Joey.

"Since he didn’t want to admit it three years ago, why did he admit it now?" Janice didn’t understand it.

Christopher said, "Maybe only Joey knew about it. But don’t worry. As long as he promised us, he won’t go back on his word."

Hearing Christopher’s words, Janice gradually felt relieved.

"Well, don’t think too much about this kind of thing in the future. For me, nothing is more important than you and our child."

Christopher wrapped his arm around her shoulder as he said in a deep voice. Janice knew that Christopher didn’t want her to take this risk. She listened to his words and said, "I got it. I won’t do it again." Hearing her words, Christopher gently stroked the top of her head. "Are you hungry? I’ll make breakfast for you." Janice nodded.

After hearing Christopher’s words, she was relieved. She hoped that as Christopher had said, Joey was a man of his word.

At the same time, in the Bateman family’s old mansion.

Sophie had been feeling ill at ease these past few days.

Nathan had mentioned several times that he would bring Anna back.

She was afraid that Christopher would take the opportunity to propose a paternity test, so she asked Joey to take Anna back to her isolated hometown to hide.

However, she didn’t expect that Anna would fall prey to her illness again after returning there.

She thought in her heart, "What a troublesome child she is!"

But then Sophie thought that since Anna was sick, it would be an opportunity to bring her back.

After all, the reason why Nathan did not do the paternity test was that he found out that Anna had leukemia since she was born.

Out of pity, Nathan determined from the bottom of his heart that Anna was a child of the Bateman family.

Could she have taken advantage of Anna’s illness to avoid Christopher’s paternity test?

With this in mind, Sophie called Joey.

In the hospital, Joey had just fed breakfast to Anna when his phone rang. He glanced at the screen and saw that it was a call from Sophie. He paused, then got up and walked out of the ward.

"Joey, how is Anna?"

Sophie’s voice came from the phone.

If she had called him to greet him before yesterday, he might have been overjoyed.

But at this time, he felt calm inside his heart.

"She’s doing much better."

He replied calmly.

On the other side of the phone, Sophie paused for a moment and said, "Well, you can bring Anna back home. I’ve already talked to my dad about it. When Anna becomes a family member of the Bateman family in the future, he will hire the best doctor to treat her."

When he heard Sophie say this, Joey closed his eyes and asked, "Sophie, I’ve always wanted to ask you a question."

"What is it?" Sophie said.

Joey’s grip on the phone tightened.

"Do you really plan to never let Anna recognize me for the rest of your life?"