Lola stared at her in disbelief. What on earth gave her the guts to hit her? Who did she think she was? How dare she bully her like this? She would not let her get away with this!

"Yolanda!" Harry became serious as he quickly grabbed Lola closer to his side and pushed Yolanda away.

With eyes wide open, Yolanda stared at Harry in dismay. Why was Harry protecting Lola? What kind of spell did this wrench cast on him?

Harry gently stroked Lola's pretty face and frowned when he saw the reddish marks left by Yolanda's slap. "I will ask Joey to send you some ice cubes. You return to work first."

Lola nodded in agreement, obviously glad of Harry's unexpected concern.

Harry cast a cold glance on Yolanda and uttered in a cold voice, "Meet me in my office. I need to have a word with you."

The office went quiet again when both of them left. Lola held onto her cheek as it was quite painful.

She thought about her slap on Harry's face. It must be quite painful for him as well.

She calmed down and decided to plan her actions. She did not want Yolanda around, trying to sabotage her plans. She really needed to take advantage of every opportunity she had with Harry. She has to totally sway Harry into choosing her.

In no time, Joey entered the room and gave the ice cubes to her. "Here Miss Newman, please put some on your right cheek. I need to share a secret with you. I overheard her arguing with boss in the office. It was quite fierce and loud. But I am standing firmly by your side. You need to cheer up!" Joey encouragingly showed his support and dashed towards Lola's desk. He acted swiftly and with purpose, just like a true assistant.

Lola laughed and replied, "Fair enough! Thank you for your support. If an opportunity presents itself, I will make sure to speak good things about you in front of the CEO."

Joey nodded in great appreciation. As far as he knew, the CEO always took Lola's words very seriously. If only Yolanda did not get involved, Mr. Lewis would definitely listen to Lola all the time.

Joey returned to the CEO's office and saw Yolanda walk out of the room. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses.

Inside the room, Harry was standing still, seeming looking out the window and deeply lost in thoughts.

Joey silently closed the door left open by Yolanda and returned to his seat at the secretary division to continue his work.


After a heated argument with his fiance, Yolanda returned to Crescent Spring Villa and started packing her stuff.

Rose heard the noise and curiously went out to see what was happening. She caught Yolanda packing her clothes into the suitcase as she was wiping away her tears in great sadness.

She walked up to her and asked her in a calming tone, "What's wrong, Yolanda?"

Yolanda momentarily glanced away from her to wipe her eyes, then turned around and forced a smile. "I am okay, Auntie. Now that my job is done here, I need to leave for Dreles anyway."

Rose looked at Yolanda and noticed that most of her rashes had disappeared. "Then why are you crying? Was it because of Harry?"

Yolanda paused and hesitatingly nodded "Auntie, I am scared that my relationship with Harry is over." The thought almost killed her and she broke down into tears.

Rose quickly pulled her into her arms and said, "Please tell me everything. What happened? I will try my best to help you out!"

She knew it had something to do with that wrench!

Yolanda used some tissues to wipe her teary eyes and carried on, "Auntie, I am really in love with Harry. I have never felt these kind of emotions in my life. I do not what to do if I can't be with him."

"I know. Haven't I told you already... That you must be my daughter-in-law!" Rose brought more tissues to her.

Yolanda tried to calm herself down and was thinking hard on how to explain herself better. "Harry once said that he only agreed to be engaged to me because of you. He also said that I should step away from Lola and avoid having conflicts with her."

She gritted her teeth in great anger as she remembered how cold Harry was treating her lately. With all these harsh remarks, he treated her almost like a stranger!

He was behaving like this all because of that girl!

Rose looked at Yolanda's sad face and felt her pain. However, she did not know what to say to her. She could only threaten her son with her life. But wasn't that too extreme? She had no other solutions.

"The most horrifying thing is that Lola always tries to push me to the corner. She is always testing my limits. I am trying my best to stay away from her. But she would always try to hurt me in any way possible. What else can I do?" With this, Yolanda felt incredibly pressured and wept even harder.

Rose thought about her words and replied, "My dear child, don't cry anymore. If I say you are the daughter-in-law of the Lewis family, then you are! If you are leaving, then I shall be leaving with you. I will go home and tell my husband to arrange a wedding date for you two!"

Yolanda felt relieved inside as she wiped her eyes dry. "Thank you auntie. You are truly nice to me!" She hugged Rose tightly like a little girl.

Rose lovingly patted her on the back while being consumed with mixed emotions.

When she was about to finish her work for the day, Lola dialed Zoe's number.

"Ahem, Boss Dawson, how are you?" She tried to sound serious in the phone as it was always fun to tease him.

When Zoe received Lola's call, he was just sitting anxiously in his office staring at the documents that needed his approval.

On hearing Lola's voice, he felt delighted and quickly forgot about all his worries.

"What boss? Stop it! I am not a real boss. Can't you see that I'm not even busy at the moment. Anyway, why did you call me? You know how rare I receive a call from you." Zoe added.

Lola broke into a smile, "Don't be mad. I was busy myself. How about a drink tonight? It's on me! You know I'm always up for it. Any drink you want!" She patted on her thigh in excitement. "Ouch..." That hurts a lot! She gently rubbed her thigh to ease the pain.

Andrew stepped into the office and happened to see a rare and genuine smile spread over Zoe's face.
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