CHAPTER 113: CHAPTER 113: ALL RIGHT, I AGREE.

The air seemed to freeze, the ambiguous atmosphere vanished completely.

Renee Winslow pressed her lips tightly, visibly tense.

Jack Yates still wore a smile at the corner of his lips, but his gaze at her was deep.

After a while, Renee Winslow spoke weakly, "If it won’t work, then just..."

She was about to say "just forget it," but before she could finish, Jack Yates smiled and said, "It’s possible."

Renee Winslow was stunned, never expecting Jack Yates would agree, especially so readily, completely beyond her expectations.

She had prepared herself for rejection, and even for Jack Yates getting angry, she had thought of how to cope if that happened, otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to rashly make such a request.

But surprisingly, Jack Yates not only didn’t get angry, but he also agreed.

Looking at her excited eyes, Jack Yates was glad he agreed, otherwise this girl would resent him in her heart again.

Actually, he initially didn’t want to agree. When Renee Winslow made the request, a surge of anger flared up in his heart.

Ha, going out of town for an internship, isn’t The Imperial Capital big enough for a college student like her to intern?

Call it an internship, but she just wants to take the opportunity to leave him, otherwise, why insist on going out of town?

Just thinking about this girl always wanting to leave him made Jack Yates furious.

But eventually, he resisted, forcibly suppressing the anger.

After more than a year of getting along, he had figured out this girl’s temper; she may seem weak, but actually, she is someone who bends to persuasion but not force.

If he were to reject her outright now, she wouldn’t show any dissatisfaction on the surface, but inwardly she’d just hate him more, and again she’d be at odds with him, and the hard-earned tenderness would vanish completely.

Why not agree for now, there’s still a long year ahead.

A year later, whether she goes or stays, isn’t it just a matter of his word?

"Where do you want to intern?" Jack Yates smiled, touching her face, his voice carrying a teasing smile.

Renee Winslow, moved to tears, hugged his neck tightly and nestled into his arms, softening her voice to act coy, "Haven’t decided yet, but still want to thank you, Third Brother, you’re really nice."

Jack Yates kissed her fragrant and soft hair, his voice gentle and low, "Hmm, let me know anytime when you’ve decided."

Having achieved her goal, Renee Winslow smiled delightedly, tilting her head, gently nibbling the man’s earlobe, whispering in his ear, "Your back is injured, can’t do any strenuous activity, later sit on the sofa, I..."

Embarrassed to finish her sentence, she pressed her lips, looking at him shyly.

Jack Yates naturally understood what she meant, curled his lips into a smile, and lifted her up, sitting down on the sofa.

Renee Winslow straddled his legs, holding his shoulders, lifting lightly and placing them slowly.

Jack Yates squinted his eyes, his big hand gripping her waist, pressing down hard.

Meanwhile, at the Yates Family’s old residence.

After Jack Yates left, Caleb Yates inevitably also received a beating.

Russell Yates personally did the beating, though with some leniency, but it was still an actual oxhide whip, and it hurt when it hit, after several lashes, it drew blood.

It wasn’t until Old Mr. Yates voiced to stop that Russell Yates ceased his actions.

Following Jack Yates’s behavior, Caleb Yates was nonchalant after the beating, calmly putting on clothes and returning to his room.

However, once the door closed, he collapsed onto the bed, gasping in pain.

The door was knocked on, the butler’s voice came from outside, "Young Master Sanders, I’ve come to apply medication for you."

Caleb Yates sullenly said, "No need, I won’t die!"

At this moment, Caleb Yates couldn’t help but think of the injuries on Jack Yates’s back, would he let Renee Winslow know? If Renee Winslow knew, would she apply medication for him?

Imagining the scene of Renee Winslow applying medicine for Jack Yates’s injuries, Caleb Yates felt a sharper pain in his back, the burning sensation seeping into his heart, scorching it like fierce flames.

Transforming anger into motivation, Caleb Yates sat up on the bed abruptly, picking up his phone to make a call.

"Mom, I’d like to stay at your place for a few days, please come and pick me up tomorrow."

Caleb Yates’s mother, Connor, was a college classmate of Caleb Yates’s father, Sean Yates. Due to Connor’s good looks, she and Sean Yates were together soon after starting school. At nineteen, she was pregnant with Caleb Yates.

At that time, Connor planned to terminate the pregnancy since she was still in college and couldn’t manage having a child.

However, after Connor’s mother found out, she persuaded Connor to have the child, saying it was her only chance to marry into The Yates Family, as long as she had the child and married Sean Yates, it wouldn’t matter if she didn’t finish college.

Moreover, if she wanted to continue her studies, she could do so after having the child and getting married, considering the background of The Yates Family, in Northcity, any top university would be at her disposal.

Eventually, Connor was convinced; the background of The Yates Family was too tempting for her to resist.

So, she secretly dropped out of school, went home to prepare for childbirth, and informed Sean Yates only after the child was born, on the child’s full month, she stood outside The Yates Family’s gate holding the one-month-old Caleb Yates.

Later, Caleb Yates was brought into The Yates Family, after all, he was Commander Yates’s first great-grandson, The Yates Family couldn’t reject him; however, Connor didn’t get to marry Sean Yates as she wished.

But Connor did receive a large sum of money, which she took to study abroad, returning to the country ten years ago, now owning her own public relations company, recognized as a notable figure in Northcity.

Connor now has money and status, no longer the poor young student twenty years ago longing to marry into a noble family.

At forty, Connor still maintains her charm, moving among various wealthy circles, living in a large villa, driving multimillion-dollar luxury cars, frequenting upper-class social circles, even the top celebrities in the entertainment circle respectfully call her "Connor."

The sole regret Connor has now is her son not being close to her, not blaming Caleb Yates, as she had never taken care of him for even a day.

When Caleb Yates was two months old, Connor went abroad, and upon returning to the country, Caleb Yates was already eleven years old.

The eleven-year-old boy viewed his young, unfamiliar mother with no affection, just resistance and hatred.

Over the past ten years, Connor had always wanted to make up for the lack of care toward Caleb Yates, but she had not even a chance to approach him.

The Yates Family did not stop her from seeing Caleb Yates, after all, she was his biological mother, it was Caleb Yates himself who didn’t want to see her.

Now suddenly hearing Caleb Yates saying he wanted to stay at her place for a few days, Connor joyfully replied, "Oh, okay, I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow."

Caleb Yates said casually, "Mom, I want to go to Maekong for a few days."

Connor still wholeheartedly agreed, "Sure, I’ll call your aunt later and let her know, so she can take care of you when you arrive. With your aunt there, I can feel at ease."

Caleb Yates said, "No need for care, I want to train under Uncle for a few months."

Connor asked, "What are you going to train in there?"

Caleb Yates impatiently replied, "You don’t need to worry about that, just arrange it for me."

Connor didn’t ask further, fearing that asking too much would bother Caleb Yates.

Caleb Yates made another call, instructing with a maturity beyond his age, "Take those two Cathan exchange students Ian Lynch met and bring them to Maekong, softly but firmly."