Yolanda sat on the bed, sowhat dazed and at a loss.
When Leah Diaz ca in, she saw Yolanda completely out of sorts, "Yolanda, are you okay? Your complexion looks awful. Do we need to go to the hospital?"
Tears brimd in Yolanda’s eyes as she turned to Leah, "Sister Leah, will my baby... not be able to be born?"
"How could that happen? Yolanda, don’t think nonsense," Leah comforted her from the side. "Or shall we go to the hospital again?"
Yolanda shook her head, for the doctor had made it very clear today that another visit would be fruitless.
After thinking it over, she decided to lay in bed and focus on nurturing her pregnancy.
As Yolanda lay down, she caught a glimpse of a teddy bear on the headboard, the very one Little May had given her.
In an instant, she was reminded of the bear from her dreams.
"Sister Leah, could you please move that teddy bear to the windowsill?" Yolanda asked, her fear palpable.
"Oh, alright, this little bear is quite cute," Leah moved the bear and checked several tis to ensure Yolanda was fine before she left the room.
Downstairs, Brooks Parker had been playing with his phone since he ca back and ssaged lissa Greenwood to hurry up and transfer the money.
But lissa kept making excuses, claiming she hadn’t gathered enough money yet.
"Bitch!" Parker couldn’t help but curse aloud.
Little May flinched at his side; when her father was like this in the past, what followed was him hitting her, and she was terrified.
However, this ti, Parker didn’t hit her; he just looked at her and said, "You’d better not grow up heartless like your mother."
After that, he sent another ssage to lissa.
Upon seeing this, Little May’s eyes suddenly lit up, "I rember where I’ve seen that man before."
"What man?" Parker asked casually.
"The man who ca to see Aunt Yolanda today. I rember where I’ve seen him," Little May pointed at Parker’s phone. "On Mom’s phone."
Parker imdiately beca alert, "What are you talking about?"
Little May then recounted how Cooper Coldson had co to see Yolanda today and also ntioned seeing the man on lissa Greenwood’s phone.
Parker thought for a mont and imdiately asked lissa to send over a picture of Coldson.
[What do you want?] lissa was irritated. [I’ll give you the money I promised, don’t push !]
[Just send it, and maybe after you do, I’ll give you a surprise], Parker pressed her.
Feeling that a picture couldn’t really harm Coldson, lissa found one and sent it over.
Parker showed the photo to Little May, "May, look, is this the man?"
"It’s him," Little May pouted, "And he’s an, May doesn’t like him."
Indeed, it was Cooper!
Parker beca excited, pinching Little May’s cheek a little too hard, "That’s Daddy’s good girl."
He then imdiately called lissa.
It took several attempts before lissa finally answered, speaking in a subdued voice, "Brooks Parker, have you lost your mind? What the hell do you want?"
"I don’t want anything." Parker’s tone was full of mockery.
"Then hang up, I can’t talk right now," lissa was about to end the call.
"Wait a minute." Parker chuckled, "I have so news that I think will interest you."
"News? What news? Brooks Parker, I’m warning you..." lissa could barely contain her exasperation.
"It’s related to the woman upstairs." Parker interrupted her.
Yolanda?
lissa indeed didn’t hang up the phone but asked, "What news?"
Parker laughed heartily, "lissa Greenwood, Cooper Coldson hasn’t really finished with Yolanda, right? Otherwise, why would you care so much about what happens to Yolanda?"
lissa didn’t respond.
"lissa Greenwood, I really despise you. Even back in school, you couldn’t land Coldson, and it’s still the case!" Parker’s words dripped with scorn, "You should just resign yourself to be with soone like ."
lissa was trembling with rage, but she knew that Parker must have found out sothing; she had to endure.
"Brother Brooks, what are you trying to say?" She asked, trying to maintain her composure.
Parker snorted, "It’s about Cooper Coldson and Yolanda, and I guarantee you don’t know."
lissa beca even more curious.
Parker went on to say, "When you send five million first, I’ll tell you then."
This ti, before lissa could speak, he hung up first.
"Damn it!" lissa cursed under her breath.
About ten minutes later, Parker received a notification for an incoming transfer of five million.
In an instant, his eyes glead, and his entire face seed a bit mad.
lissa’s call soon followed, "Can you talk now?"
"lissa Greenwood, you really must cling to this opportunity," Parker started, his voice full of greed, "Whatever help you need, I can offer."
Then he continued, "Today, Cooper Coldson ca here looking for Yolanda. It seems like there was so trouble with her child."
"Cooper went there?" lissa could hardly believe it.
"I have no reason to lie to you. Just now May ntioned a man who ca to see Yolanda, so I asked for a photo to confirm, and it really was Cooper."
Parker narrowed his eyes, "lissa Greenwood, Yolanda’s baby isn’t Coldson’s, is it?"
"Of course not," lissa imdiately denied, but inside she nearly burst with fury.
This morning, Cooper had ntioned he had work and didn’t want her to accompany him—could he really have gone to see Yolanda? How did he know where Yolanda lived?
The more she thought, the more frightened she beca—could it be that Cooper had arranged to et Yolanda a long ti ago?
She couldn’t bear it.
"Really not?" Parker obviously didn’t believe her, "You’d better make sure or you might end up empty-handed, leaving Yolanda’s seed to reap the benefits."
Seeing lissa silent again, Parker taunted, "Don’t forget how much Coldson liked Yolanda back at school."
"Enough!" lissa roared, "I said it’s not, so it’s not. What’s with all your nonsense?"
"It’s not, then it’s not. What’s the hurry?" Parker feigned injury.
"Alright, I’m hanging up," lissa ended the call, still shaking.
She cald herself in the hallway for a good while before changing into other clothes and knocking on Cooper’s door.
They were staying in a hotel, but in different rooms.
Cooper was going over docunts and, at the sound of the knock, got up and opened the door, "lissa? Why aren’t you asleep?"
"Cooper, I’m scared," lissa’s eyes were red; her nightgown half-open, nearly exposing her chest, as she reached out to embrace Cooper.
Cooper, however, stepped back, keeping a distance as he looked at her, "lissa, what’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
"Cooper, are you afraid of ? Or do you not want to touch ?" lissa bit her lip and questioned, "Are we going to have so sort of sexless marriage after we’re wed?"
Cooper didn’t say anything, turning back into his room.
lissa followed, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind, "Cooper, this is so unfair to ."
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