The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Serana bit her lip, hands clenched so tight her knuckles were white. “I never did

anything to her. Why does she hate me so much?”

Boyd shut his eyes, a heavy sigh escaping him. “There’s no reason. She never

thinks about ‘why’. She does not need reasons to do things.”

And if there was a reason, it was all in her head.

Serana shook her head.

“I don’t know, but I can’t believe she doesn’t have a reason to hate me. Maybe…

maybe…”

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Boyd looked up, watching her struggle to find the words, then paused. “Maybe

what?”d2

Serana finally found her voice, though it was tangled up with her anxiety.

“Maybe it’s because of you.”

Boyd was taken aback for a moment, and Serana quickly shook her head, “I…

I’m not blaming you, I mean…”

She stopped, taking a deep breath, “Boyd, are you… are you really upset about

Yasmine leaving? You two were the closest at the orphanage. You used to hang

out all the time, and then there was me, always causing trouble that you had to

fix. You even said some harsh things to Yasmine because of me.”

Boyd’s body stiffened, surprise written all over his face.

Serana was a bit scared by his reaction, “Yasmine only had you as a friend.

Maybe that’s why she resented you looking after me so much.”

Boyd’s expression grew serious, “So she’s holding a grudge against me.”

Serana pressed her lips together, not saying another word. That was probably it.

Boyd stood up, silently grabbing a shovel and replanted the young sprout that

had been uprooted.

Serana watched him, “Maybe when the flowers bloom, we can tell Yasmine to

come back and see.”

Boyd didn’t respond.

a new school, Yasmine was

droned on uneventfully, and the

part of her past that she never

to take Yasmine out of the orphanage, he nearly

make the down payment on

little over two months after Yasmine left the orphanage, Bryson’s

the time

Yasmine suddenly said she wanted

Angel’s Haven Orphanage.

was taken aback. “Is there something you need to

fork, “I need to see Ava. Now that I have some money,

to get my stuff back. I just feel like

them.”

had given Ava her

stuff?”

and

past. Bryson had filled in some blanks.

complicated, and she was sternly instructed never to take out

alone give them

worth a fortune. She had given them to Ava

family troubles, and

since. Now that she had some money, it was time to reclaim

—

the orphanage, the kids seemed

they

the garden bed she used to tend,

by what looked

chuckle, “Really turned this place into

patch, huh?”

lilies, noticing they were flourishing, buds ready

bloom any day.

were for Serana, and it made sense he’d put

effort.

you’d never step foot here

his voice much.

see him standing there, watching her. She

“You really have a lot of prejudice against

heartless that I wouldn’t feel a thing for the

at

pause, Yasmine shrugged, “Alright, I admit I can be

by here was just

wasn’t sure how to react. He saw right through her,

with her blunt honesty.

side trip… He scoffed to

yet?”

mad? Mad

“Me.”

fully toward him, her gaze serious. “Did you grow

noticed I got taller after just a couple of months?

I’ve been eating well and getting plenty of sleep, so growing a

sense.”

You’re doing well here, so why

alone for two months? I’ve been carefree on

and I plan on living to