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."

the cigarette from his lips and crushed it in his grasp. 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 you're clumsy with laundry and cooking, I won't feel any better leaving Carrie's care to someone else. This cannot happen

last sentence was

washed over Yasmin, she shied away from his gaze and fought back

sorry, sir. It won't

Carrie, reviewed files on the

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

Don't hit

her sleep and wrangled around as if she were pinned down. She let out a

the waist and pulled her into his arms. "Don't

her tight, his palm running down her drenched back. "Who hit you? Tell me, Carrie. Who

and gasped

on you, Carrie? Tell me who hit

turned red, and his tone was stubborn

that dreams came

happened for Carrie to have a

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

"N-No one."

her arms around

"I guess it was quite a fright this

picked

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

did not want to put her beloved

Was it really a nightmare, Carrie?" Ryan kissed her forehead. His lips were

It was

With apple. "Come on,

her eyes, Carrie kissed

Ryan's