My Billionaire Mom
Chapter 371

Yvette was desperate now.

When she came to the plaza just now, she saw how the plaza had changed for the better. She had struggled to start her task. She had been a teacher in the school for so long, and the company had been there the entire time as well. Yvette had seen the development of the plaza with her own eyes.

She knew that this was all made possible by Chuck's painstaking efforts.

If she set the plaza on fire, Chuck's efforts would be gone and she would feel very heartbroken. But Duncan held too much power over her. If she didn't do this, Chuck would not even have a month to prepare himself and Duncan would definitely get him.

But what if Duncan didn't keep his promise? Yvette had taken this into consideration. However, she thought that he was the sort of person to follow the rules of a game.

After being torn in between for a moment, Yvette had finally decided to set the plaza on fire.

When the fire was ignited, she had burst into tears. She saw the fire grow bigger and bigger. It felt like she was burning Chuck's heart instead of the plaza itself. At that moment, Yvette had wanted to put it out immediately but she held herself back.

She suddenly thought of Chuck breaking up with her and the anger she would be faced with. They had been together for so long. It was the last thing Yvette wanted to happen between them. But for Chuck's safety, Yvette was willing to do anything.

Be it scolded or beaten to death, Yvette was willing to withstand anything.

"Honey, what are you talking about?" Chuck felt his heart break at Yvette's distress at the moment. What was the matter with her? Her eyes were so red. Had she been crying for a long time? Chuck reached out to hug her again, but Yvette took a few steps back. She could not bear it any longer.

"It was me..." Yvette eventually got out, after struggling with her words.

"Young Master," Betty took a deep breath as she came over. She was shocked to see the person behind the fire from the satellite image.

She wondered why Yvette had done it.

Just, why?

Betty couldn't even figure it out. After all, she was rather wary of Yvette's presence. But in the past few days, Betty had changed the thoughts she had towards Yvette. She could tell that Yvette was sincere to Chuck. But if she was sincere, why would she burn down his plaza?

"Betty," Chuck acknowledged her, startled. He thought, "Did she replace out who the person behind the fire was?"

"Who set the fire?" The look in Chuck's eyes had turned harsh as he asked. "Find out who did it. I won't let them get away with it!" he said.

Yvette's was shaking.

Betty gave Yvette a cold look. After a moment of hesitation, she decided. "Young Master, I haven't found the culprit yet," Betty lied.

"Well, keep looking. We must replace them, no matter the consequences! Get them to me, quick!" Chuck said coldly.

Betty was silent at that.

"Hubby, there's no need to look for them. It was me who set the plaza on fire," Yvette admitted in a trembling voice.

Chuck was stunned. "What? What is Yvette talking about?" He thought.

Betty stared at Yvette questioningly and thought to herself, "What's your purpose of doing this, Yvette?"

Chuck turned his head away in disbelief. Why would Yvette set the fire? He wanted to make sure he didn't hear her wrongly. "What did you say, Honey?" Chuck asked again.

"I set the fire," Yvette reaffirmed.

Chuck gasped out in shock. Yvette didn't seem to be joking, but what was the purpose of her doing so?

Chuck didn't expect Yvette to be the one who started the fire. When he sent her home just now, they had hugged and kissed each other. What had made her turn around and set the fire in such a short period of time?

"Stop joking, Honey," Chuck said solemnly.

"I'm not joking," Yvette said, her heart ached. She could tell that Chuck was getting angry by looking at him.

"Young Master, she's not kidding. It really was her who set the fire," Betty took her phone out and showed Chuck the screen. It was a satellite surveillance video. The video was not clear, but he could easily tell that it was Yvette in that video.

At this moment, Chuck felt like he got hit in the head by a bat. He was very confused!

"Why did Yvette set the fire?" he thought in exasperation.

Chuck was shocked still. "Honey, why did you set the fire?" he asked, still unable to comprehend.

"I did it without any reason. I just really felt like it," Yvette said as she bit her lip forcefully. The sharp pain would remind her not to spill her secret meeting with Duncan. She was afraid that she would accidentally blurt out the truth.

Yvette could not stand the look in Chuck's eyes at that moment.

"Why?" he asked, tone still riddled in disbelief. He knew that Yvette would never do anything to harm him. He knew this well.

It was impossible for there to be no reason.

"Because your mother killed my father," Yvette replied convincingly. Her voice was cold, but her heart broke as she was speaking.

"So, that's why you started the fire?" Chuck asked as his face was indifferent. When it came to this matter, Chuck could not have any say in it. It really was his fault after all.

"That's right. And I'll continue to set fire to Hotel Luna too!" Yvette added.

"You..." Chuck was taken back by Yvette's bold threats.

At this moment, Yvette saw anger in Chuck's eyes, which hurt her deeply. He was going to break up with her, she just knew it. Well, at least he would be able to prepare for Duncan's attack with the time she had exchanged for.

Chuck, on the other hand, had decided not to blame Yvette for the fire. It was Yvette after all, the woman he loved the most.

The fire had already been ignited, it was useless to wish it otherwise. Chuck decided not to scold her.

However, he had to stop her if she was planning to set Karen's hotel on fire.

"Honey, what do you think you're doing? Don't even think about my mother's hotel!" Chuck warned.

Chuck knew that Karen would not be distressed by the hotel burning down. He was just afraid of what she might do to Yvette after she found out. It might provoke her to deal with Yvette in person and she was a force to be reckoned with.

With his mother's fighting skills, Yvette would be killed just like that.

"What if I want to?" Yvette asked.

Chuck was speechless at that. If Yvette really wanted to do so, he couldn't stop her. What could he even do? Beat some sense into her? Chuck would never dream of laying a hand on her, he loved her too much!

"Honey, let's not think about that. Let's just go home together," Chuck walked up to Yvette as he spoke. She must have been pushed to her limit to even get up to doing such an extreme thing. He thought that she must need comfort at this time.

"No! I'll have Karen wiped off the face of Earth! I swear, I absolutely will!" Yvette promised loudly. "I'll burn everything you own. The plaza, the car, the house, everything!" she continued on in a frenzy. "You can burn any of my things as you like," Chuck said, unmoved.

Yvette was touched by his words. She thought Chuck would be angry with her if she had burnt the plaza, but he hadn't so much as screamed at her.

"But don't touch my mother's things. You can't beat her, do you understand?" Chuck said.

He was caught in a dilemma now. He couldn't let anything happen to both his mother and Yvette.

"But I have to! She killed my father, so I must do the same to her!" Yvette said, her eyes turning cold.

"Then, I will have no choice but to stop you," Chuck replied. This was something he had to do.

"Stop me? Karen is your mother, and she killed my father. I am your wife. Why don't you help me instead?" Yvette roared, outraged.

She was having an emotional breakdown right now.

The suffering, pain, and hatred that she had endured and kept for herself had broken out at this moment.

Chuck was silent. Yvette's roar made Chuck speechless. She made sense. Chuck was stuck in a pickle now, what should he do?

"If I kill Karen, will you kill me?" Yvette asked Chuck as she approached him.

"Don't do that," he said helplessly.

"I want to, and I will!" Yvette yelled back.

"Then, I'd have to kill you." Chuck was annoyed now. If it weren't for Karen, what would he have come to be?

Yvette's tears flowed down her cheeks and she asked weakly, "So, you'd have me killed?"

At this moment, Yvette's heart ached. She had grown up with Chuck and she liked him, but he had just said that he wanted to kill her. She was heartbroken. She only wanted to avenge her father's death. She thought in her heart that she was not wrong, but Chuck wanted to kill her for that.

"Yes, if you hurt my mother, I'll kill you!" Chuck yelled.

Yvette wiped away her tears. Her tormented expression touched Chuck's heart at that moment and he felt sorry for her. What he said just now was a little too harsh. How could Chuck possibly bear to hurt her? What he could do though, was to try his best to stop her.

"I'll definitely kill her! Hubby, no, you're not my husband anymore. Chuck, I guess I won't be seeing you ever again," Yvette proclaimed, tears rolling down her cheeks as she turned around and walked away. Of course, Chuck grabbed at her and didn't allow her to leave. At this time, Chuck could feel that Yvette's emotions weren't stable. She was feeling even more emotional than the day he had killed her grandfather. This time, she might really never see him again.

Chuck wrapped his arms around her then.

"Let go, let go of me!" Yvette demanded.

The sound of a slap echoed.

Yvette had momentarily lost control. She had just slapped Chuck in the face. There was a clear palm print on his face now that stunned even Yvette into stillness. "Did I hit him? I've never hit him the entire time I've known him, how could I hit him today?" she thought to herself in shame.

Yvette's heart ached. At this moment, she really wanted to comfort Chuck and apologize to him, but she bit her lip and resisted the urge. "I said, let go of me!"