CEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery novel Chapter 1185

Yvonne scolded sharply, "What are you doing? Haven't you caused us enough harm already?"

Her words froze Joe in place. He stared at her, stunned, as if he couldn’t process what she had said.

Nigel, adding fuel to the fire, pretended to wince in pain. "Ow, it hurts, like a needle stabbing me. Yvonne, can you check if something's wrong with my legs?"

Joe immediately pulled the blanket over Nigel’s legs and scoffed, "Nigel, let me call a doctor. Yvonne doesn’t know about these things."

"None of your business," Yvonne snapped, not giving Joe any kindness. She stood up and began to carefully examine Nigel's legs, as if handling something precious.

Watching her tender care, Joe felt a crushing pain inside, like his heart was being twisted apart. His anger turned to Nigel, who was looking at him smugly, clearly enjoying the moment.

Joe clenched his fists but knew he couldn’t lose control. If he did, he would only make Yvonne hate him more.

After a long pause, he managed to calm himself and spoke with a forced smile. "Yvonne, I need to talk to you. Come with me."

"If you’ve got something to say, say it here," Yvonne didn’t even look up, busy peeling an apple.

"There are others here," Joe tried to find an excuse.

Yvonne glanced at Nigel, a small smile tugging at her lips. "Nigel isn’t ‘others.’ Who else would risk their life to save me? He’s not an outsider to me."

Both Joe and Nigel were stunned by her words.

Nigel, now visibly moved, raised his hand in a vow. "I promise, nothing like that will ever happen again. I’ll always protect you."

Joe let out a mocking laugh.

"Yes, he saved me. And what’s wrong with that? Not only are we together, but I’m going to marry him. So, Joe, stop bothering me."

Yvonne practically shouted the last part, then went back to peeling the apple, refusing to even glance in Joe’s direction.

She didn’t even notice when Joe left. It wasn’t until Nigel sighed and pointed out, "If you keep peeling like that, there won’t be any apple left."

Yvonne looked down and realized she had nearly peeled the entire apple away. Embarrassed, she whispered, "Sorry."

That simple apology carried so much meaning.

Nigel chuckled softly. "I know it’s bad timing, but Yvonne, if I proposed to you right now, would you say yes?"