"Oh. I thought all women fell for that line," Bet replied with a smile.


    The car had already left the city and finally stopped near the military base.


    Bet: "I was hoping to go back to Cherry Bay to be with Yvonne, but you dropped me right at the base gate. Are you trying to rush me back to work?"


    "Enough with the smart remarks. Be careful at work. As long as you''re safe, Mom can rest easy," Emma said, holding Bet''s hand.


    "Okay," Bet nodded with a gentle smile and said to the driver, “Martin, drive carefully on your way back."


    "Don''t worry, sir. I''ll take good care of Madam," the driver said, nodding eagerly with a smile. He then turned to Emma, “Madam, you see how much the young master cares for you."


    "Yes. Let''s go," Emma said, her lips curving into a warm smile.


    After Emma and Bet left, the vast Thompson Manor felt empty once again.


    Frank sat alone on the sofa in the living room, a solitary figure.


    An assistant walked in and stopped beside Frank.


    "What is it?” Frank asked, ncing at him.


    The assistant nodded and continued, "There''s been another incident with Mr. Monroe."


    "What now?" Frank asked impatiently.


    "Mr. Monroe was caught in bed with another woman by Ms. Walker. The Walker family is in an uproar, and Mr. Walker called, hoping you would go over," the assistant said cautiously.


    Frank frowned upon hearing this and replied directly, “Tell him I''m out of the country and will be back in a week."


    The assistant was taken aback for a moment before nodding immediately. He always followed orders without asking questions.


    The assistant bowed respectfully and was about to turn and leave when he heard Frank add, "From now on, don''t bother me with his affairs."


    "Understood," the assistant replied.


    In high society, illegitimate children were never treated with much tolerance, Besides, Carol had schemed against Frank to have the child. There were no feelings involved; if Carol hadn''t diedearly, Frank would have torn her apart.


    Frank felt he had already done more than enough for Eden.


    But in Frank''s heart, there was only one son and one heir: Bet.


    With Bet''s safe return, Eden, the illegitimate son, was knocked back down to his original status. He would always be just an illegitimate son, never the heir.


    Coundless people were undoubtedlyughing at him behind his back now.


    The sycophants who had been fawning over Eden recently had all scattered.


    Eden had been in a foul moodtely and had no desire to cater to Ynda and her princessplex.


    So, Eden had to find his own


    entertainment. This time, he was with a moderately famous model. She was decent-looking with a smoking hot body and she was wild in bed.


    Just as Eden was getting into it, Ynda, the princess herself, burst in with a group of people, nearly scaring him limp.


    "Who let you in!" Eden demanded, wrapping a sheet around himself as he got out of bed, ring at Ynda and the people she''d brought.


    But Ynda was unfazed. In fact, having caught him red-handed, she was even more imperious.


    “Eden, if I hadn''te in, how would I have known you were cheating on me! And with such trash!"


    "All of you get out. I''ll exinter Eden said. Standing there naked


    huddled under the sheets with the woman white being stared atby a crowd, was utterly humiliating.