Anna stretched out her finger with curiosity.

Seeing this, Joey quickly stopped her and said. "Anna, you can’t do this."

Joey shook his head.

Anna, who had been stopped, could only retract her hand.

"I’m sorry, Mrs. Bateman. Anna is childish." Joey hurriedly explained.

Janice saw everything and said, "It’s fine, it’s not a big deal. Come, Auntie agrees to let you touch it." She looked at Anna with a smile.

After getting Janice’s consent, Anna reached out her hand tentatively and placed her soft little hand on Janice’s belly. Her face was full of wonder.

"How is it? Can you feel it?" Janice asked.

Anna nodded happily.

"It won’t be long before I will have a little baby as cute as you. I’ll invite you to play with it then, okay?" Janice smiled and said.

Anna nodded expectantly..

"Good girl." Janice couldn’t help but reach out to stroke her hair, her face was full of warmth.

Seeing this, Christopher finally heaved a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Joey’s arrival would affect Janice’s mood, but now that he saw her getting along so well with Anna, he could finally be at ease.

He winked at Joey and turned to go out.

Joey understood and followed him.

"Mr. Bateman, tell me what you want to say." In the corridor, Joey said to Christopher.

Christopher did not speak. Instead, he looked into the ward and asked, "Did you really come here just for this purpose?"

He didn’t quite believe him.

Joey stunned for a while and said, "Actually, besides apologizing for my father, I have something else to say."

Christopher’s expression changed.

Joey quickly explained, "Mr. Bateman, please don’t misunderstand. I don’t mean to trouble Mrs. Bateman. I just want to thank her face to face."

"What are you thanking her for?" Christopher frowned.

However, Joey paused and said, "The last time I met Mrs. Bateman and went back, I applied for a medical parole for Sophie. After a period of treatment, she can recognize me and Anna now. Moreover, with Anna accompanying her during this period of time, her mental state has improved a lot. If it weren’t for Mrs. Bateman’s guidance last time, I might still be stubborn, so I came to thank her face to face."

Hearing his words, Christopher was relieved.

"If you can think of it this way, it proves that you have figured it out." Christopher said.

"Mr. Bateman, don’t worry. I won’t be overwhelmed by love in the future. Sophie is indeed wrong, and she should be punished by the law. I have thought about it. In the next three years, I will replace her as a volunteer to make up for the sins she has committed." Joey said.

His eyes were no longer as gloomy as before. Instead, they were filled with hope for the future.

It seemed that he really had figured it out.

Christopher was a little gratified.

"As long as you think it’s worth it, you can do it." He said.

They chatted outside for a while before returning to the ward.

"Anna, we won’t disturb auntie to rest. Say goodbye to auntie." Joey said to Anna.

Before leaving, Anna was still a little reluctant to leave. "Auntie, goodbye."

Janice waved at her. After watching them leave, she looked at Christopher and said, "What did you talk to Joey about just now?"

Christopher replied, "Nothing."

"Really?" Janice found it hard to believe.

Christopher chuckled and went over. "It’s really nothing. He said he was very grateful to you."

Upon hearing his words, Janice didn’t continue asking questions. Instead, she thought of something interesting and smiled meaningfully. "Continue reading."

Christopher had no choice but to pick up the romance novel and read it again.

...

In the evening, Wanda came her and brought nanny Daisy’s nutritious food.

After Christopher fed Janice, she called him out the door and said, "Chris, I’m free now."

About his parent’s divorce, Christopher had heard Rob’s report in the morning.

However, he was a little surprised by the contents of the divorce agreement. After all, he never thought that such a selfish person like his father would afford a large sum of alimony.

It seemed that he had found his conscience back.

He said to Wanda, "Congratulations."

Wanda felt a bit embarrassed. If she could, she was not willing to toss like this in her middle age.

However, it seemed that she had made the right choice to divorce. At least, those messy things would never happen again.

"By the way, when can Janice be discharged from the hospital?" Wanda asked.

Christopher said, "The doctor said that she should stay in observation for another two days. If there’s nothing else, we can go back."

"That’s good. Now we just have to wait for Janice to give birth to the child." Wanda heaved a long sigh of relief.

Yvonne had a bad life these few days. When she was in the company, she realized that she couldn’t help much.

Perhaps because of the professional restrictions, it was very difficult for her to do anything.

James saw it all. He wanted to persuade her to give up before, but he didn’t know how to say it.

At last, on this day, he couldn’t stand it anymore. He pulled her aside and said, "Go, come home with me."

Yvonne was holding a large pile of documents in her arms. These were all things that James usually needed to review.

In the past few days, she had almost taken over all the work of the assistant.

From conveying orders for James to serving tea and water to him, although it was not very handy, she was gradually getting better with it.

"What’s wrong? Everything’s fine. Why do you want to go home?" Yvonne was confused.

James took the documents in her arms and put them on the desk. "You’ve been busy all day. Don’t worry about it."

After saying that, he was about to leadd her out of the office.

Yvonne hurriedly said, "But others haven’t gotten off work yet. It’s not proper for me to get off work first."

"It doesn’t matter. I’ve already told you that you are not my subordinate, so you do not have to follow the rules here." James said.

Without waiting for her agreement, James took her hand and walked out of the company in public.

They got in the car.

James fastened his seatbelt and looked at her. "What do you want to eat tonight? Chinese or Western food?"

Yvonne felt tired and rubbed her shoulders, she said, "Let’s make it simple."

To be honest, she was exhausted after a day’s work, so she wanted to go back earlier and have a rest.

James could tell that she was tired because she was rubbing her shoulders all the time.

He said, "I know a place that’s very wonderful. You can eat and relax at the same time."

After saying that, he drove the car away.

Not long after, the car parked in front of a spa hotel.

"Why do you take me here?" Yvonne frowned.

James unfastened his seat belt and said, "Trust me, the food here is simple and delicious."

Since they had arrived, Yvonne could only get out of the car.

They went in the hotel one after the other. A waiter came to receive them. It seemed that it had been arranged before. Without asking anything, they were taken to an antique room.

"Please wait a moment, the things will be delivered soon." The waiter said.

After the waiter left, Yvonne looked around the room.

She found that it was not like a dining place. Although there were tables and chairs, the furnishings were too strange here.

Just as she was wondering, the door was opened and someone came in with two sets of clothes.

...

"What..."

Yvonne was very puzzled. Weren’t they here to eat?

Why had she been sent clothes?

Two staff members put down the clothes and left.

James then explained, "Let’s have dinner and enjoy the hot spring tonight." Although Yvonne felt that it was troublesome, she still changed her clothes.

The two of them went through a door on the left of the room. There was an entirely different world behind that door.

There was a hot spring through the door.

White steam rose from the water, and they felt warm the moment they stepped through the door.

"You mean we’re going to eat here?"

Yvonne looked at her surroundings and felt that it was a little strange.

James nodded and said, "Do you see the small table over there? Let’s go there."

After saying that, he stepped into the water and reached stretched out his hand towards Yvonne, who was standing on the edge of the pool.

Yvonne glanced in the direction of the fog before placing her hand in his.

Guided by James, she slowly approached the small table in the middle of the pool.

After the two of them sat down, someone came in from another entrance and served them delicious food.

This was Yvonne’s first time experiencing such a novel dining method.

Although she was not used to it, she still decided to give it a try.

On the other hand, James looked very comfortable, as if he often came here.

He glanced at Yvonne, who was not used to it, and said, "Relax. you are supposed to relax at a hot spring."

Yvonne knew that the water of a hot spring could relieve tiredness but she was not used to eating while soaking in a hot spring.

"I may need to get used to it."

She knew that James meant well and did not want to ruin his mood.

James saw that she was not used to it and said, "If you’re not used to it, we can go somewhere else."

"Forget it. Don’t bother. Let’s eat here." She picked up her cutlery as she said.

Seeing that she was getting used to it, James picked up his cutlery as well.

The two of them soaked in the hot spring while eating.

James glanced at Yvonne and saw that her cheeks were gradually turning red from the steam of the hot spring.

After a pause, he put down his cutlery and went to her side. He said, "You go ahead and eat. I’ll give you a massage."

After saying that, he placed his hands on her pale shoulders and began to massage her without waiting for her consent.

Yvonne was not used to it at first. After all, they were in the water.

Although they were both wearing bathrobes, they were still wet.

Just this scene felt quite amorous, not to mention that they were so close to each other.

One couldn’t help but let their imagination run wild.

After being massaged by James for a while, Yvonne finally couldn’t stand it anymore. She said, "Er... You’d better go back. I’m not used to this."

Her neck and ears were all flushed with different degrees of redness.

James did not notice that. He thought that this was a normal reaction when soaking in the hot spring.

He said, "You’ll get used to it soon."

He continued to massage her without any intention of stopping.

Yvonne felt a little helpless, but she did not continue to stop him. After all, he seemed to think that this was all quite normal.

On the other hand, if she kept being stubborn about it, it would make him think differently.

However, she couldn’t eat anymore.

She stopped eating and put down her cutlery, letting him do as he pleased.

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