Together Apart: Her White Moonlight Has Returned Too-Chapter 189: I Will Protect Her

Winston Valentine pressed his still trembling right hand, his expression cold, "Hughes, did I give you face?"

Jasper Hughes heard Winston Valentine’s voice, and the wound on his body seemed to hurt more. He pointed at Chelsea Valentine.

"What’s wrong with me fooling around with a woman outside? I’ve been wearing a green hat for so many years! Can you only allow your officials to commit arson and not allow us commoners to light a lamp? Yes, your Valentine Family is amazing, but you can’t bully people like this!"

Winston Valentine looked at him coldly, "Coward who hits women." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Chelsea Valentine looked at Winston Valentine, and spoke wearily, "Winston, take Vera Yves back first; I’ll handle this myself."

"If he dares to lay a finger on you again, call me." Winston Valentine tossed out the words and left the hospital with Vera Yves.

Although it was Winston Valentine who hit people, his strike was so harsh that the skin on his left knuckle broke. Sitting in the car, Vera Yves disinfected his wound and then put on a band-aid.

"You have one good hand and it’s still not behaving. Haven’t you thought about what if you can’t win; wouldn’t that be embarrassing?"

Winston Valentine grasped her small hand, "Even with one hand, I can protect you."

"Did Jasper Hughes hit Big Sis’s face?"

Winston Valentine nodded, "She wants a divorce, but Jasper Hughes doesn’t agree, and Uncle won’t relent either. She came to me hoping I could persuade Uncle."

Vera Yves couldn’t understand, not wanting a divorce yet still out playing around, and then looking so disdainfully at Chelsea Valentine.

Men really do love asking for trouble.

The car stopped outside The Yves Villa.

Winston Valentine leaned towards her, "My left arm hurts. Did the wound open again?"

Logically, after so much time had passed, it shouldn’t have.

"Take off your clothes. Let me check."

"It’s inconvenient in the car; let’s go to your room." Winston Valentine lowered his voice, "It really hurts."

Now you know it hurts? You were really something when you were hitting!

Vera Yves glanced at her phone; it was already past ten in the evening. At this hour, her parents were already asleep, and Mark Yves probably wasn’t home.

After getting out of the car, Winston Valentine followed Vera Yves into the villa. Vera Yves went in first to check around, making sure Hannah Hayes and Harry Yves were asleep, and then she brought him inside.

Vera Yves helped him take off his shirt. The wound was scabbed and had fallen off, so it wasn’t bleeding.

Then, she massaged and relaxed him for a while, and pressed a few acupuncture points.

Winston Valentine initially wanted to pull her into his arms for a kiss, but Vera Yves was prepared. After administering the acupuncture, she slipped away from his embrace, and as if suddenly remembering something, showed him a photo.

"Do you think I look more like my dad or my mom?"

"The photo is a bit distorted. Come a bit closer, let me see."

Vera Yves moved a little closer to him.

Winston Valentine looked at her brows and eyes, "The eyes look more like Mrs. Yves, but the nose... come a little closer."

Vera Yves moved a bit closer again.

"Seems more like your dad, as for the mouth..." Winston Valentine finally grabbed her and held her in his embrace, "I need to kiss it to know."

Vera Yves covered her mouth, "Winston Valentine, I’m seriously asking you."

"I’m seriously answering you." Winston Valentine bent down and kissed the back of her hand, then his lips trailed to her forehead, eyelids, nose tip, and cheeks in gentle kisses.

You don’t need to resemble anyone; you’ll always be my Vera Yves.

Kissed soft and weak all over, Vera Yves hugged his neck, "As your personal doctor, I must remind you, both of your arms need rest."

"Since I can’t do anything, can I stay tonight?"

Vera Yves, gently massaging the back of his head, asked, "If I say no, will you leave?"

"No."

After taking a shower, Vera Yves went through the program notes sent by the crew. The second episode was soon to be recorded.

Winston Valentine had no pajamas. After his shower, he walked over to her with his upper body bare, then pulled her onto the bed, placing Vera Yves’s small hand on his abs, "Feel them, then go to sleep."

Vera Yves retracted her hand, blushing, "Who wants to feel it?"

"Don’t you like it?"

"Who likes it? They feel hard."

Winston Valentine leaned close, whispering in her ear, "You’re taking for granted what you have."

Vera Yves scoffed, "Can you have some shame?"

"Isn’t this shamelessness what you like about me?"

Vera Yves turned her back to him, refusing further interaction, but Winston Valentine wrapped himself around her from behind. The room was so quiet, they could almost hear each other’s heartbeats.

Originally worried he might act out of line, Vera Yves felt him merely holding her, his hand uncommonly behaved, and relaxed, quickly drifting into a dream.

Staring at the framed photo on the nightstand, Winston Valentine’s eyes were dark. He kissed Vera Yves’s hair, knowing he would never let her go again.

Early the next day, as Hannah Hayes exited her bedroom, she saw a tall figure walking out of Vera Yves’s room.

Winston Valentine held his coat in his left hand, his black shirt barely buttoned. One glance and you could tell what happened last night.

Really now, doing such things right under her nose! Did they think Hannah Hayes was that easy to fool?

Just as Hannah Hayes was about to explode, Winston Valentine made a shushing gesture, whispering, "She’s still sleeping, don’t wake her."

Hannah Hayes led him to a small sitting room on the first floor, sarcastically saying, "President Valentine is truly considerate."

With sincerity in his eyes, Winston Valentine said to Hannah Hayes, "Mrs. Yves, I am serious about Vera Yves. I want to remarry her."

"You want to remarry?" Hannah Hayes crossed her arms, "What if another Sylvia or Isabella shows up? What do you plan to do with Vera?"

"I assure you, no one will ever come between us again."

"How much is a man’s promise worth?"

"I will sign an agreement. If I betray her, all my assets will unconditionally go to her, and I’ll have nothing."

Hannah Hayes looked at him in surprise. In the future, The Valentine Family, The Shelby Family, as well as Imperia’s two business giants would all fall into Winston Valentine’s hands. His net worth would be immeasurable, and he’d willingly give it all to Vera?

"You might be willing to sign the agreement, but The Valentine Family and The Shelby Family may not agree!" Hannah Hayes calmly replied, "If you want to remarry Vera, convince your mother first. I don’t want my precious daughter going back to your family to suffer!"

"This time, I will protect her."

...

The first episode of the show aired as scheduled on TV.

Previously, due to Vera Yves’s scandal, the crew edited the scenes as per the clothing sponsor’s request, with most of her close-up shots being waist-up, and they blurred out her clothes in wide shots.

After the storm faded, the sponsor hoped to capitalize on the buzz for promotion, requesting the crew to air it as originally intended. The crew sought Vera Yves’s opinion, and she disagreed.

In the final broadcast, many of Vera Yves’s scenes were magnified, where she gently and attentively explained, captivatingly lifting the show’s popularity once more.

The day it aired, it trended on multiple top search lists.

Because she and Noah Hayes were positioned closely and were both highly attractive, the screen time favored them together, attracting a small group of couple fans.

Hence, during the recording of the second episode, the crew crafted a dynamic duo image for Vera Yves and Noah Hayes as playful enemies.

Neither Vera Yves nor Noah Hayes wanted to comply with the crew’s arrangement, so Vera Yves deliberately switched places with another guest.

After recording wrapped, Noah Hayes stopped Vera Yves at the studio’s exit, asking, "Avoiding me?"

Vera Yves seriously replied, "I’m afraid my boyfriend might get the wrong idea."

"Boyfriend?" Noah Hayes looked down at her, "Miss Yves, is this another one of your tactics to attract men?"