My Billionaire Mom
Chapter 588

Betty was shocked. Karen had exceeded her expectations once again. She honestly thought that the Karen she was looking at now was at her peak.

"But won't this hidden family... Won't they start to..." Betty was concerned.

Currently, the dilemma with the Oatker family was yet resolved. To make matters worse, this hidden family wasn't one that the Four Greatest Households could compare themselves to.

"It doesn't matter. No one is allowed to force my son into anything. I'll settle this for him," Karen said.

"Alright then, I'll take Young Master back home later. How should we deal with the Lawrence Family?" Betty asked.

Chuck had been beaten into a miserable state this time round. They had to return the favour back to them tenfold!

"I asked Chucky, but I don't think he knows much about that. Come on, let's head back," Karen replied.

"Oh, by the way, how about the person who has been spying on Young Master all this while? Should we just let him be?" Betty asked in a worried tone.

It was a big issue, wasn't it? If this was to continue on, wouldn't Chuck's whereabouts be known to that woman all the time?

"Just leave it. Don't provoke the Whitlock family for the time being. Let me deal with the affairs of the Oatker family first, and..." Karen suddenly trailed off into silence.

"Is this about Young Master's father, Chadrick?" Betty inquired.

She could feel that Karen was very disappointed.

Karen had planted a tracking device on the bullet and followed it. She must have found something out.

Additionally, Chadrick had not been in contact recently. After all, the news about Karen's break-in into the Lee family household in the middle of the night had already spread throughout the country. It was impossible for him to not know about it at this point.

"Well, I'll figure it out soon. He... Why would he have such thoughts? Chucky is his own flesh and blood, I don't understand why he would do this," Karen said, feeling upset.

She really could not figure it out.

If she did something wrong, he could've told her!

"President Lee, don't overthink too much. The Young Master is still waiting," Betty reminded.

She could feel Karen's evident sadness.

After all, this man who she had been loyal to for so long did not return the favour.

It was too confusing.

Karen grunted softly in acknowledgement. She shook her head and tried to sort out her thoughts.

She then took out her phone and called Black Rose. Black Rose was still in the jungle searching high and low. When her phone started to vibrate, she looked at the caller I.D. and saw that it was Karen. She answered the call straight away.

"Willa has found my son."

Black Rose let out an audible sigh of relief at that. She had spent so many days searching for him, so she could finally rest now.

"I'll send you an address. Come over and have dinner with me," Karen continued.

"I'd better rest up first. I just found a nice tree to sleep on, so I'm going to take a shrt nap."

"Alright, thank you."

"No problem. He... I'm glad to hear that he's alright," Black Rose said, hanging up the phone instantly. She climbed up the aforementioned tree and found a perfect spot to lie down.

It was incredibly comfortable.

She was exhausted. With eyes closed, her thoughts started to wander. "Some green bean cake would be amazing right now..." She thought, licking her lips at the image of the cake she had conjured in her mind.

"Auntie Logan,"

Chuck had wanted to resume his slumber. However, now that he was laying his head on Willa's lap, he couldn't lull himself to sleep.

After hearing what his mother had said just now, he couldn't stop his thoughts from flooding his brain. "What's wrong?" Willa asked, smiling gently. She combed through Chuck's hair with her hand affectionately.

"I can't sleep."

"Do you want to talk then?"

"That would be nice. Hey, Auntie Logan, can I ask you a question?" Chuck looked at her.

"Sure, go for it."

Chuck wanted to ask why Willa never wore short jeans. After all, he really wanted to see how it would look on her. However, he knew that it was too inappropriate of a question to ask her. "What is it?" Willa prompted softly with a smile after Chuck fell silent.

"I... Oh, forget it. I'm going to go back to sleep," He shook his head. Willa had done so much just to replace him. How could he ask her such a silly question after all that?

It would definitely make her feel uncomfortable.

Then, they wouldn't be able to chat regularly afterwards.

"Why? What is it? You know you can ask me whatever you like, I'll tell you anything," Willa said solemnly.

Willa honestly didn't think too much of it. She knew that the question might have been related to her in some ways. Maybe he was curious about what her plans were for tomorrow, or what her hobbies were, or even something else...

She would never have thought that Chuck might ask her about short jeans of all things. It was a bit absurd.

She might even be confounded by the question if he really were to ask.

"Um... Nevermind. I'm going to sleep," Chuck shook his head and continued to sleep.

With Willa so close, he could rest well now.

Willa watched as Chuck slowly fell asleep. She was relieved. However, his unasked question was still bothering her quite a bit.

His evasiveness towards the question had piqued her curiosity.

"You're talking in your sleep again. What are you dreaming about?... Have you ever dreamt of me?"

Willa lowered her voice and asked quietly, not expecting a reply from. After all, Chuck was asleep, he wouldn't be able to hear her anyway.

"I'll sleep for a while too."

With that in mind, she discreetly held Chuck's face in her hands and pecked him on the cheek softly. Then, she closed her eyes and was ready to drift off on the sofa, but...

"Auntie Logan, you..."

An alarmed voice filtered into the room.

It was Yvette. Her eyes were wide with shock as she could not believe her eyes.

She had just received a call from Willa and was told that Chuck was safe. At that time, she had cried with joy in the forest. Without no hesitation, she rushed over. There were so many things she wanted to say to Chuck...

All she wanted was to spend time together with him now.

However, when Yvette arrived and was about to knock on the door, she found that the door had not been closed. She pushed the door open slightly and...

She was met with the scene of Willa kissing Chuck...

Yvette was really astonished.

Indeed, in her absentmindedness, Willa did not close the door properly and had been seen.

Seeing Yvette's shocked expression, Willa's face started to redden from under her stare. She quickly averted her gaze from Yvette and removed Chuck's head from her lap, covering him with a blanket.

The room was dead silent now.

After exactly three seconds...

"Yvette, I..." Willa started to explain. Never in her life had she felt as embarrassed as she was now.

If it had been Karen, she would just feel a bit shy about getting caught. After all, Karen had wanted to set herself up with Chuck at the very beginning anyway.

It wouldn't have been a big deal if it were Karen.

However, this was Yvette. She had been seen by Chuck's wife of all people. Willa was panicked, feeling as though she was going to have a spontaneous breakdown. She felt a flurry of emotions all at once. There was embarrassment, pain, disappointment, and most prominently, guilt.

She didn't know what to do at this point. She would rather Yvette walk up to her and slap her a few times. She wouldn't resist since she was at fault after all.

She knew it was impossible for her and Chuck to be together. She didn't know what came over her that she would be bold enough to kiss him just now. "Yvette, I..." Willa tried to explain. She could sense the change in Yvette's expression.

From astonishment, anger, and then finally frustration and pain.

"Auntie Logan, let's have a chat outside," Yvette said, then walked out.

Willa couldn't get her legs to obey her. She really wished Yvette would come up to her and slap her. It would definitely make her feel better. However, Yvette did not do as she had hoped.

Casting a lingering look back at Chuck who was sound asleep, she strode out of the room, her legs trailing awkwardly behind her.

Once outside, both women looked at each other. Willa had lost her confidence for the first time. She felt really guilty...

She really didn't know what to do now.

"Auntie Logan, when did this begin?" Yvette asked as she took a breath and calmed down.

"It... It started back when you disappeared," Willa confessed. At the time, she had spent a lot of time with Chuck and took care of him when he had been depressed because of Yvette's disappearance. Every night, Chuck would fall asleep on her lap.

Yvette understood in an instant. She was aware that both Chuck and Willa had stayed together when she was gone. Willa must have fallen in love with him during that period. It was no wonder that Willa would come all this way to replace Chuck.

She should have known this long ago, but Yvette had not considered the possibilities in that direction. She didn't think that Willa would actually...

"So... You started to have feelings for him since then...?"

"That's right. I... I'm so sorry. Please, I'll stop myself from now on, I won't repeat what I've just done ever again," Willa bowed her head as she apologised profusely.