Love After Marriage: Mr. Lancaster's Hidden Wife

Chapter 31 He Could Actually Smile

"No.” Shane shook his head, then readjusted the expression on his face with a smile. "Our nurse just made a mistake in the data and didn't know how to rectify it, so she asked for help."

"Is that so?" Yvonne knitted her beautiful eyebrows, unable to shake off the feeling that there was something wrong with his words yet she couldn't quite put a finger on it. 1

"Of course. If there was really something wrong with your blood test, I couldn’t possibly hide it from you as a doctor." 1

Yvonne thought that it made sense, so she said nothing and quickly calmed down.

She was glad to hear that her blood test went well.

"Well, it's almost time. Let's go sis-in-law, I’ll take you t o the CT scan room to check your heart," Shane changed the subject calmly.

Yvonne hummed and followed him to the CT scan room.

When they were halfway there, Shane suddenly turned around. "By the way, you mentioned that your mother is biased to her son right?"

Yvonne nodded, "Yeah, I did. What's the matter?" "Just a random question." Shane turned back as his eyes turned dark. "I'm just wondering why she favors her son more.” 1

"Does anyone need a reason for that?" Yvonne felt that Shane was asking a dumb question. She curled her lips, "Because only the son can carry on the family’s name!"

Light reflected off Shane's glasses. "Although this has always been the case since ancient times, there are always some exceptions..."

"What do you mean?" Yvonne tilted her head in confusion.

"Nothing!" Shane smiled, then took out a card from his pocket and tapped it on the reader. "We’ve reached the CT scan room, come in."

"Alright!" Yvonne went in with him.

By the time they completed the physical examination, two hours had passed.

Yvonne came out of the washroom while pounding on her lower back, then rested on a lounge chair in the corridor and rested. Shane offered her a cup of water from the pantry. "Here, drink up."

"Thank you." Yvonne accepted the cup with both hands.

"You don't need to thank me. Henry handed you over t o me so naturally, I’ll have to look after you during this period." Shane winked at her.

Yvonne's face turned red. She quickly lowered her head and tried not to make eye contact with him.

Shane was greatly amused by her shyness and awkwardness. 1

Although this woman wasn't a beauty, she was quite adorable when blushing from her shyness.

It was a pity that she had married Henry. Otherwise, Shane would have definitely tried to go out with her. After all, he had never dated this type of girlfriend yet. 2

Shane coughed twice and suppressed the inappropriate thoughts. He took a glance at his watch. "Sis-in-law, there’s still some time before we get the results. Why don’t you rest in my office? Henry should still be there. I'll come look for both of you when I get the results.”

"Sure." Yvonne finished the remaining water in the paper cup and returned to Shane's office.

Aside from another nurse who was sorting out the patients' medical records in his office, Henry was nowhere to be seen.

Did he leave?

Yvonne looked around and her eyes dimmed. "Excuse me, have you seen a very tall and good- looking gentleman?”

"You're referring to Mr. Lancaster?" the nurse asked her.

Yvonne nodded quickly, "Yes, do you know where he went?"

"Mr. Lancaster went to see Miss Conrad in the special private ward."

"Miss Conrad?" Yvonne was slightly taken aback.

Could it be Jacqueline Conrad?

"Which floor is the special private ward on?”

"The ninth floor."

After asking for Jacqueline Conrad's ward floor and room number, Yvonne took a deep breath and decided to meet her.

She was really curious about Jacqueline Conrad.

She was curious to know what she looked like and was even more curious about the relationship between Henry and her.

Yvonne wasn’t a fool either. Henry was willing to risk his wife suffering from long-term side effects for Jacqueline rather than giving up on the idea of making her the bone marrow donor. It was

evident that Jacqueline and he weren't just simple friends!

Ding!

The elevator arrived on the ninth floor.

Yvonne walked out of the elevator. After searching for a while, she finally found the room that the nurse mentioned to her.

"This is it." Yvonne looked up at the ward number and then at the ward door.

The door was shut. Instead of knocking, Yvonne stood outside and looked through the glass on the door. Due t o her limited field of vision, she could only see half of the patient bed and Henry who was sitting next to the bed, but not the person lying on the bed.

Yvonne was a little disappointed but was soon shocked by the faint smile on Henry's face.

He smiled?

He could actually smile?!

Yvonne looked at the man inside in disbelief. After staring for a long time and nearly piercing the palms o f her hand with her nails, she finally came back to her senses.

She now finally understood that it wasn't that Henry didn't know how to smile.

It just so happened that she wasn't the one who could make him smile. 1

Yvonne bit her lip at the realization. Tears began to well up in her eyes as feelings of self-mockery and denial welled up in her heart.

Brrr!

The phone in her bag suddenly rang.

Yvonne dropped her bag on the ground in shock.

Henry heard the commotion in the ward and turned his head to the door, just in time to catch a glimpse of Yvonne's panicked face.

Why was she here?

The smile on Jacqueline's face faded when she noticed the frown on Henry’s face. "Henry, are you alright?" she asked in concern.

"I'm fine." Henry retracted his gaze, then tucked her into the bed. "Shane is outside. Get some rest first, TH g o out and have a look."

“Why won’t you let Shane come in?" There was some confusion in Jacqueline's sunken eyes.

Henry's averted his gaze, "No need, he'll just disturb your rest. I'll just head outside."

He got up and walked toward the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Yvonne running toward the elevator.

"Yvonne Frey, stop right there!" Henry shouted coldly.

Yvonne stopped in her tracks and turned around to look at him. She quickly lowered her head fearfully, acting as though Henry was some raging beast.

Henry walked up to her unhappily. "Why are you running away?"

Yvonne stared at her toes and remained silent.

She didn't know what she was running away either. 1

She just instinctively thought of escaping without getting discovered by Henry.

Little did she expect that he would discover her.

"Are you done with the physical examination?" Henry asked.

Yvonne responded with a soft hum.

"What's the result?"

"It's not ready yet."

"Then why did you come here?" Henry narrowed his eyes at her. "How did you find out about this place?"

The questioning tone in his voice made Yvonne feel a little uncomfortable and she replied glumly, "I didn't see you after the physical examination, so I asked the nurse. She told me that you were here. Is that... Jacqueline Conrad inside the room?"

She glanced at the ward behind him like she wasn't bothered.

Henry pursed his thin lips and didn’t answer, so Yvonne took it as a silent admission.

"Can I go in and visit her then?" Yvonne squeezed the chain of her bag tightly and looked at Henry nervously.

Henry immediately refused with an unpleasant expression on his face. "No!"

"Why not?"

"No particular reason. You can’t meet her. Anyway, you should return to the company now. I'll pick up the results later."

After saying that, he left Yvonne and returned to

Jacqueline's ward.

"Did you finish talking with Shane?” Jacqueline closed the book in her hands and smiled at Henry weakly when he came in.

When Henry saw her leaning against the head of the bed in only a thin jacket, his stern face showed a little dissatisfaction. "Why are you sitting up? Didn't I tell you to lie down?"

"I’ve been lying down every day and my body is already getting stiff. Can’t you just let me sit up for a while?" She grabbed his arm and shook it while whining adorably.

Henry couldn't stand her doing that the most. He took a careful look at Jacqueline. Since she indeed seemed to be in good condition today, he stopped forcing her t o lie down and allowed her to sit.

"Put this on and don't catch a cold,” Henry picked up a thick jacket and passed it to her.

Jacqueline obediently accepted it and put it on. "By the way, Henry, what did you talk about with Shane? Why did you guys have to talk so secretly outside?"Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.