The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

Ryan returned to the living room dejected. After putting Carrie to bed, Yasmin descended the stairs.

As Ryan looked up, their gazes met, and Yasmin put her head down in fright.

"Any lower, and your head will hit the floor. Are you an ostrich?"

With his brows furrowing in annoyance, Ryan went to the sofa to sit down. He took out a cigarette to hold between his lips, only to remember that Carrie did not like the smell of tobacco. In the end, he did not light the cigarette.

Yasmin kept her head down throughout.

The usually callous and unapproachable woman was now timid with guilt.

"Come here."

Yasmin took a few steps to get to Ryan, but the silence felt like a lifetime.

"Is Carrie asleep?" Ryan's voice was husky.

"She's asleep."

Yasmin hung her head low, her voice trembling. "I'll pack my things and leave right away. I won't get in your way."

"You can stay." Ryan's icy words granted Yasmin a pardon.

"B-But you said..."

"You are close with Carrie. I know she won't have any appetite if she loses you."

to the woman who was devoted to him. "You should stay and take care of Carrie. Even though you're clumsy with laundry and cooking, I won't feel any better leaving Carrie's care to someone else. This cannot happen again, or I won't just

sentence

remorse washed over Yasmin, she shied away from his gaze and

sir. It

in matching pajamas with Carrie, reviewed files on the sofa under the soft

he was too distraught to

Don't hit

sleep and wrangled around as if she were pinned down. She let out a frantic scream. "I'm a dummy! I'm an

up and ran to the bed. He scooped her up by the waist and pulled her into his arms. "Don't be scared. I'm here. Don't be scared."

drenched back. "Who

gasped for air

Carrie?

eyes turned red, and his tone was stubborn and ruthless. "I'll kill

dreams came from thoughts during

for

good job of shielding Carrie from harm. Yasmin stuck close to Carrie at school, so no one would have gotten close to

"N-No one."

her arms around

closed eyes. "I guess it was quite a fright this afternoon, so I had

one picked

a nightmare. All she wanted to do was forget about the past and

than water, and she did not want to put

Ryan kissed her forehead. His lips were

It was just

With apple. "Come on,

her eyes, Carrie kissed

Ryan's