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."

At the end of the day, he could not be cruel to the woman who was devoted to him. "You should stay and take care of Carrie. Even though

sentence

shied away from

sir. It won't

night, Ryan, in matching pajamas with Carrie, reviewed files

workaholic like Justin. However, he was too distraught to sleep, and

Don't hit me! Don't

the duvet away in her sleep and wrangled around as if she were pinned down. She let out a frantic scream. "I'm a

by the waist and pulled her into his arms. "Don't be scared. I'm here. Don't be scared." "Don't hit

tight, his palm running down her drenched

and gasped for air as sweat

Carrie? Tell

was

that dreams came

happened for Carrie to have

did a good job of shielding Carrie from harm. Yasmin stuck close

"N-No one."

put her arms around

shook her head with closed eyes. "I guess it was quite a fright this afternoon, so

picked

than a nightmare. All she wanted to do was forget about the past and pretend like nothing ever happened.

was thicker than water, and she did not want to put her beloved in

nightmare, Carrie?" Ryan kissed her forehead. His

was just a

With apple. "Come on,

her eyes, Carrie kissed

Ryan's

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