The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Yasmine narrowed her eyes, fixing him with a frosty stare before finally letting

out a derisive chuckle. “Took you long enough to figure it out. Not easy, was it?”

Boyd watched her smirking, the kind of smirk you’d see on someone without a

care in the world. It was chilling. “Didn’t you ever stop to think that if something

really happened to Serana, you wouldn’t feel the slightest bit of unease or guilt?”

Serana felt a chill run through her body and glanced out the window. Dusk was

approaching, and the temperature was dropping. No wonder she felt cold. She

picked up her mug and took a couple of sips.

“Why would I feel uneasy or guilty? It’s not like I killed anyone. Is it my job to feel

bad every time somebody bites the dust?” she said, laughing softly. “What do

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you think I am, some kind of saint?”

“Because of your selfishness, you let them take her away. If something

happens, isn’t your inaction just as bad as pulling the trigger?”

There was a loud “thud,” and the atmosphere in the director’s office instantly

froze. Everyone present was stunned, unsure of how to react. Yasmine’s mug

flew straight from her hand to smack Boyd squarely on the forehead.d2

The lukewarm water from the mug trickled down his face, mingling with a

noticeable streak of red. Some papers on the desk got soaked, and the glass

mug shattered on the floor.

Yasmine remained seated, her expression icy. “So what? Anything that happens

to Serana is my fault? Looks like I don’t even qualify as a stranger anymore,

huh?”

She pushed herself out of the chair, frowning as she felt the armrest, and then

hopped down.

She walked directly up to Boyd. She was still shorter than Boyd. Looking at him,

she could only tilt her chin up, but her eyes were colder than ever.

He never saw her as the naive, cheerful kid she was supposed to be, but now,

this was a side of her he couldn’t have even imagined.

“So I just can’t get away from you people, can I? No matter what I do, it’s wrong,

right?”

Yasmine’s gaze was unwavering. “Would you be completely satisfied if it was

me who was taken away today instead of her?”

Boyd furrowed his brows, “You’re being ridiculous.”

“So what’s the point of all this ranting? Just spouting nonsense at me?”

Boyd’s face twisted in anger, clearly more affected by her words than the gash

on his forehead from the mug.

“Why don’t you tell me right now how to truly, completely shake you two off my

back?” Her eyes tracked the blood dripping down Boyd’s face, void of any

warmth.

Boyd was silent for a moment, and the director finally snapped out of his daze.

“Yasmine, this is not the time for arguing. Boyd needs to attend to that cut on his

forehead.”

“He won’t die.” Yasmine cut in sharply, maintaining her gaze on Boyd. “Not

talking, huh? Fine, I’ll speak. If Serana really died today, you’d probably chase

me for life for retribution, right? Seems like even if Serana’s out of the picture, I

still can’t shake you off, can I?”

She chuckled bitterly, “What kind of karma is this? Even if Serana dies, I can’t

live in peace because of her. It looks like I’ll only have some peace if she stays

alive.”

The office remained silent, all eyes fixed on Yasmine’s slender figure.

“Alright, Boyd, let’s make a deal. If Serana comes out of this unscathed, you –

and she – better stay out of my life forever. We’ll be strangers from now on.

to you doesn’t concern

were pressed

that as an agreement.” Yasmine couldn’t bear

longer and moved to sit on the couch by the

as Boyd

left the

and her

her breath, her first ever encounter with such

crisis.

Bryson glanced outside at the quickly darkening

wait it out. I came here to resolve this once and for all.

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

the sunset was still visible, but now the weather had

rain began

concern, “Looks

heavier.”

couch, “I need to go up

The police are up there,

any help.”

help?” Yasmine turned to the director to borrow

get something from Ava. The rain’s getting worse, and

spend

“I’ll fetch it.”

handed those bracelets over to

was annoyed enough as it

nagging in

it.” She didn’t elaborate, instead focusing on a nearby

that guy to

a kid up the mountain, so it’ll buy

bit,

Of course, if she has a bit of sense, or

should be alright by

she might be scared out of

your team,

at the girl who barely reached his waist,

quite grasp the

was nothing like a ten-year-old. From start to finish, her words,

her thought processes – none of it resembled what one would expect

ten-year-old. And now, even when she was backing down, she did it

flair.

he trust his team?

little too sharp

so you can’t

to check out the situation yourself? You could drop me off

way. Or are you worried you

lady, reverse

“Suit yourself.”

him and stood at the doorway,

umbrella.

too well. He shot the officer a

hurrying over

safety’s sake, let’s wait for the rain to

and fetch her myself.”

rain outside, a frown

a little girl up there, about my

ran into

drained from the officer’s

radio crackled to life at that moment, and

the criminal had been

of a steep incline

an adult, and

either. With the rain and wind,

And knowing Serana’s timid nature, aside

the branches and crying her heart

officer confirmed there was still no foolproof way to reach

mountain, and after a moment,

slowly, “I’ll go.”

was genuinely upset. What a

turning out to be.

mainly want an excuse to go up the

with all this mess once

today,

bad luck.

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mountain. When

Yasmine left, she mentioned reclaiming her bracelets.

to say more, but Yasmine had no

the thug with

even more so than when she

mountain.

a faint smile

gaze to

imagined what the scene looked

roots had grown out of a

limbs stretched out from the rock gap, and below

the slope

she had been told, the crevice was

brittle.

against

screamed, mixing with her sobs,

ropes they had found on the spot.

only manage