Lola Gold was trembling with anger; she hadn’t expected everything to turn out this way.
Sunny Coldson was too terrifying. Lola couldn’t imagine how many tis she had been sched against by her.
The tension between Christopher Coldson and Adam Sterling was palpable, and neither was willing to back down.
"Dr. Sterling," Lola no longer wanted to stay, tugging at Adam’s sleeve, "let’s go."
Adam nodded, "You go first."
At that mont, Yolanda Greenwood and Noah Coldson arrived.
Seeing Lola’s pale face, Yolanda instantly realized sothing was wrong. She quickly approached, "Lola, what happened?"
"Let’s go ho and talk," Lola’s voice was shaking.
"Okay, okay," Yolanda nodded and half-carried Lola outside.
Noah approached and patted Adam on the shoulder, "You take them ho first; I’ll handle things here."
Adam also decided to leave.
Christopher was furious to the point of madness and wanted to follow, but Noah held him by the shoulder, immobilizing him in an instant.
Seeing Sunny sitting on the ground, soaking wet, Noah lowered his voice, "Uncle, stop it, let’s take Auntie ho first."
It seed that Christopher finally rembered that Sunny was still drenched.
Gritting his teeth, he said, "Tell that guy Sterling, this isn’t over between us."
Noah frowned. Since Christopher was his elder, he didn’t say much.
The drama finally ended, and on the way ho, Lola ntioned how Sunny had frad her but didn’t bring up the incident where Sunny had instigated Ethan Taylor to coerce her.
Even so, Yolanda was quite shocked.
She had never liked Sunny but had never thought she could be as mad as lissa Greenwood.
"Dr. Sterling," rembering what had just happened, Yolanda thanked Adam, "Thank you for helping Lola today; it was very troubleso of us."
Adam looked indifferent, "Sotis, understanding the diversity of humanity helps with my work."
Yolanda and Lola exchanged a smile.
"Today, I indeed saw another side of Dr. Sterling," Lola said with a smile. "Thank you so much."
Adam shook his head, "Let’s just say we both got what we needed."
After Noah returned, he was also very shocked upon hearing the news, especially because he had left ho early and always thought of Sunny more as a caring sister.
"However..." he suddenly rembered sothing, "Cooper and Auntie don’t get along well; he must know sothing."
The others nodded.
"Big brother, after the prenatal checkup tomorrow, I want to visit the old house," Yolanda ntioned, recalling what Cooper had said that day, "I want to see Grandfather."
"Good, I was thinking the sa; Grandfather has been asking about you," Noah agreed.
That night, Yolanda and Lola slept at ho, while Noah took Adam to a hotel.
After washing up, the two n drank a bit too much at the bar in the hotel.
"About today, I apologize on my uncle’s behalf," Noah was the first to speak.
"It’s actually a pity there was no fight," Adam chuckled softly, his finger tracing the rim of his glass, "It’s been a few years since I last fought."
Noah shook his head, "If you want to fight, I’m always here."
"My captain," Adam scoffed, "I just wanted to test my strength, not die."
Noah pulled a face but looked at Adam seriously, "What do you think of Lola?"
"Lola?" Adam pondered, "Brave to love and let go, clear-headed, a very charming girl."
"Want to try?" Noah’s voice was filled with anticipation.
"Try? and Lola Gold?" Adam looked back into Noah’s eyes.
Under the bar lights, his gaze was as gentle as water beneath his gold-rimd glasses.
Noah suddenly found it unbearable and looked away first.
But Adam patted him, gesturing to co closer.
Although Noah was sowhat resistant to whispering between n, he was grateful to Adam for his help that day and had drunk so, so he obediently leaned in.
He heard Adam say in a low voice, "Boring."
Noah frowned, "Didn’t you just praise her to the skies, and now she’s boring?"
Adam matter-of-factly responded, "Both are too rational; naturally, it’s boring."
He then looked at Noah, "So, Lola Gold and Yolanda can be friends, and you and I... could be half-friends too."
"What do you an by that?" Noah protested, "Are you saying that Yolanda and I aren’t rational enough?"
"What do you think?" Adam simply countered.
Noah fell silent.
"Don’t be discouraged, buddy," Adam stood up, patted Noah’s back, "All great love stories in the world have nothing to do with rationality."
He waved his hand and walked out, "I’m tired, goodnight!"
"I’ll go back too," Noah put down his drink and quickly followed Adam.
The next morning, Adam returned to camp first, while Noah and Lola accompanied Yolanda for the prenatal checkup.
Arriving at the Won’s Maternity Hospital, Noah looked back.
"What’s the matter?" Yolanda asked, looking around, but seeing nothing.
"Nothing, probably just my occupational hazard kicking in," Noah smirked, "I always feel like soone is watching."
Lola also looked around but saw nothing.
The three then went inside together.
anwhile, lissa Greenwood quickly received a set of photos showing only Noah and Yolanda with the Won’s Maternity Hospital sign very visible.
She transferred one hundred thousand yuan, satisfied.
It was worth having soone watch the place for over a month to finally get a useful photo.
After several unsuccessful attempts, lissa had given up the idea of getting rid of the baby. Since this little creature had a tough life, she decided to let it help her out.
Yolanda’s prenatal checkup went well. The baby was a bit smaller than others of the sa age, but healthy with no problems detected.
Dr. Hall prescribed so dications for stabilizing the pregnancy and gave various instructions. Although the first trister was over, they still couldn’t be complacent.
"Thank you, Dr. Hall; it’s New Year’s Day today, and I appreciate you waiting for here."
After leaving the hospital, Lola left on her own as she wanted to spend the holiday with her mother, while Yolanda and Noah returned to the Coldson family’s old house.
On the car ride, Yolanda couldn’t help but inquire, "Grandfather’s illness..."
Noah sighed deeply, "It’s not looking good, the doctor said... he might not make it through the winter."
He had been afraid to ntion it before, given Yolanda’s poor state, but now, he couldn’t keep it from her any longer.
A pang of sadness struck Yolanda’s heart; it seed she truly would see Grandfather less and less.
She sniffled and turned her gaze out the window.
In this world, there weren’t many who genuinely cared for her – Grandfather Coldson, Gemma Morgan... Gemma was already gone, and if Grandfather were to... her tears uncontrollably began to fall.
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