Chapter 202: I’ll Take Care of Shining
One man got up and kicked her to the ground and then the other men joined him.
Yeliz shuddered and curled up on the floor, her head in her arms, her eyes dull and hollow, like a skeleton.
"You’ll regret. He won’t let you go... He’s my husband!"
"Bah, really?"
The caretaker, who had also been annoyed by Yeliz over the years, grabbed her by the hair and forced her to watch the TV.
"See! That’s Zachary Leinster’s wife! Look carefully. Which bit of your entire body can compare to her?!"
Yeliz was sprawling in a pile of rotten vegetable leaves, her body full of bruises.
With the messy hair, she stared at the TV blankly.
On the TV, Yvonne, whose hair was as black as ink, was wearing a luxurious long dress as well as an elegant and beautiful smile. She was handing a bottle of mineral water to Zachary who had just finished playing the basketball game.
Yvonne had also changed a lot. She was now more feminine and stunning than before.
Yeliz was once complacent that she looked more beautiful than Yvonne because she was more mature. Yet now, the kind of femininity that Yvonne was exuding had raised her feminine attraction to a new level.
No man could resist such charm, whether he was old or young, docile or domineering.
In the video, Zachary and Yvonne were gazing at each other, their eyes full of nothing but love.
...
After just one glance, Yeliz felt like her heart breaking.
"See? That’s what Mrs. Leinster should look like! Not you, a wretched and smelly lunatic!"
Yeliz was haunted by the words, "wretched" and "smelly".
She used to be an arrogant girl favored by everyone. She couldn’t remember since when she got herself into such a position.
She stopped watching TV and fell to the ground while wailing in a twisted, bizarre and mad-like manner.
...
All what she had in the past had vanished.
She not only failed to get the man she loved and but also made herself ruined.
From this moment on, it was not just resentment, but a real sense of losing something forever forming in her heart.
*
After the video of Zachary playing basketball became a big hit, Yvonne and he dared not to go out for several days.
Now all the people in the country became the fans of this couple.
If they went out together at this time, they would possibly be hounded for autographs and couldn’t get rid of their fans.
Yvonne and Zachary laid low for several day. It was not until the discussion was not very heated that they dared to leave home. They carefully drove to the Taylor Mansion with their kids to visit Frank, Yesmina and Emma.
In the Taylor Mansion.
"Dad, Mom, we’re here!"
"Angela, Daniel, say hello to Grandpa and Grandma!"
"Hello, Grandpa. Hello, Grandma."
In the foyer, the two kids changed their shoes and ran into the room.
Yet this time, Yesmina, who was always fashionable and cheerful, was sitting on the sofa with a frown, looking preoccupied.
Angela had never seen her grandma act like this before, so she was a bit confused and asked, "Granny, what happened? Are you unhappy of something?"
Seeing her cute granddaughter, Yesmina managed a smile.
"No. As long as Angela is here, Granny is happy!"
"Really! Then let me sing and dance for you!"
Angela couldn’t read the mind of adult, but Yvonne could.
Yesmina had seldom acted like this, so Yvonne was sure that something big must have happened.
Yvonne pursed her lips and asked in a serious tone, "Dad, what’s wrong with Mom?"
Frank sighed, "Emma has a fever these few days, so your mother has been taking care of her and has no time to go to the company. No one could expect something big would happen in the company within such a few days!"
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...
In short, Yesmina’s beauty cosmetics company, Shining, had designed a new seasonal cosmetic products of traditional style. A senior executive betrayed the company and sold the design drawings and concept to Shining’s rival company, Fragrance. The two companies had been hostile to each other for years.
Fragrance was also one of the country’s leading cosmetic product companies and had been competing with Shining.
This time, Fragrance stole and plagiarized Shining’s idea. People in Fragrance worked overtime to produce the new products, so they launched them before Shining and the new products became a big hit.
That was why Yesmina got extraordinarily angry.
She had almost invested all Shining’s money in producing these traditional style products.
Now that the idea had been copied, the products would fail to be launched and the investment would be wasted.
Since it was not a small amount of money, the company was now suffering from a financial crisis.
As an iron lady, Yesmina certainly couldn’t sit there and do nothing.
Frank sighed and said to Yvonne, "I really want to help, but you know me. I... I know nothing about cosmetics!"
Yvonne nodded and said, "But, Dad, with the Taylor Group’s capital, it shouldn’t be difficult to fill the gap of Shining’s investment, right?"
The products could be redesigned, but the capital chain couldn’t be broken.
Yvonne knew lately Frank had invested in several fields and earned a lot. Now Frank and the Taylor Family were on a roll, which arose the heated discussion among all the upper class people.
Frank sighed again, "That’s true, but your mother won’t accept it."
Yvonne asked, "Why?"
Yesmina said angrily, "I am an iron lady of the new century! The representative of independence! How can I always ask your father’s help when I’m in trouble?"
"And, I seriously doubt that I have a baby brain. If I didn’t get back together with your dad, I might not be facing bankruptcy. So, I can’t accept the help from anyone!"
Yvonne blurted out, "Mom, that’s not right. You should blame the traitor for the trouble. Why are you blaming Dad? You’re a couple. You ought to help each other."
Frank scratched his head with a hollow laugh but said nothing.
The childlike man had already grown up.
If it was in the past, Frank would directly quarrel with Yesmina.
Yet now, he knew how to care for his wife, so he chose not to argue with Yesmina and make her angrier.
"Anyway, I’ll listen to whatever my wife says. She’s right about everything," said Frank.
Yesmina looked at Frank, knowing that she had accidentally lost her negative temper on him just now.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that." "Hee-hee. It’s okay, honey. It’s because I spoil you!" Yvonne was speechless.
She thought, "Dad, Mom, is it really okay to display public affection when your company is going bankrupt?"
"Dad, Mom." Yvonne looked at them and then at her little sister who was still a baby, and made up her mind, "Zachary and I will take care of Shining for now."
"I know a little about cosmetics business. For those I don’t know, I can learn. Mom, just take care of Emma. Dad, take care of them two."
What Yvonne said didn’t come to her mind all of a sudden.
Her parents were getting older.
Especially after Emma was born, they had to take care of her, so they definitely had much less energy than before.
On the contrary, Yvonne was getting more and more mature.
It was time for her to share her parent’s business burden.
She had already had this idea for a long time. Since Shining was now in trouble, she made it her mission to help it through this crisis.
*
They left the Taylor Mansion.
It was in the Rolls-Royce.
Yvonne was sitting in the passenger seat and carefully reading the documents about Shining given by Yesmina.
The two kids sat in the back seat, not talking.
As the atmosphere in the car was not good, Zachary looked a bit unhappy.
"Mommy..." Angela called Yvonne timidly when she noticed her mother was too preoccupied with the documents and ignored her angry father.
"Hmm? Angela, what?"
In the rearview mirror, Angela fell silent again.
She pouted her little lips as a signal that her father was unhappy.
Yvonne put down the documents and looked at the handsome and peerless man beside her.
"What’s wrong? Not happy?"
While driving the car, Zachary said, "No. Just wondering why you offered to take over Shining when your mother is perfectly capable of taking care of both your sister and the company."
Yvonne laughed. She picked up the documents again and replied, "It’s true that she can make it, but sooner or later I’ll have to take it over, right?
"Honey, you’re my husband. You’re not going to not support me, are you?" Yvonne said while making eyes at Zachary, like a little fox.
She really knew the weakness of Zachary. The latter could only sigh and said, "It’s not that I don’t support you in your career. I’m just worried you’d work too hard."
"People are supposed to work hard. How can we live a better life without working hard?
"Besides, my husband’s so excellent. There’s no reason for me to be lame!" Yvonne successfully persuaded Zachary by showing her softness.
Even though at first Zachary was a bit disgruntled, now he was dying to support Yvonne by sacrificing himself.
"Give me a copy of these documents. Fragrance, right? Let me fix it." That was not Yvonne wanted.
She knew with Zachary’s ability, so making Fragrance bankrupt was not difficult for him at all.
Yet now since Zachary was busy enough, Yvonne was unwilling to bother him again with her parents’ affairs.
"I want you to stay out of it this time. Fragrance and Shining have been hostile to each other. There’s no need to involve the Leinster Group in it."
Yvonne said while gauging Zachary’s mood. Suddenly, she changed her tone.
"But even if I take it over, I can still come to you if there are any difficulties. Don’t you think so?"
Hearing this, Zachary couldn’t help having a soft spot for her.
"All right, you win."
Just then, they arrived at the Lord Villa.
Zachary stopped the car. Suddenly, he stretched out his finger, lifted Yvonne’s chin and kissed her hard on the lips.
"Hum..."
It was a French kiss. Yvonne was blushed.
"Kids are here..."
The two kids in the back seat immediately covered their faces with the hands. Angela yelled, "Oh, oh, oh! Daddy, bad egg!"
While kissing Yvonne, Zachary stroked Angela on her small nose.
"Not if in front of your mommy."
Yvonne was speechless.
She agreed with Angela that Zachary was a real bad egg.