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 into

response? I’ll take that as an agreement.” Yasmine

to sit on the couch

as Boyd skipping

left the director’s office

cold, and her nerves were still on

her breath, her first

crisis.

at the

I came here to resolve this once and for all. I don’t plan

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

still visible, but

rain began to

peered outside with a hint of concern, “Looks like

heavier.”

the couch, “I need to go up the

The police are up there,

any help.”

said I was going to help?” Yasmine turned to

from Ava. The rain’s

spend

“I’ll fetch it.”

know she’d handed

was annoyed enough as it was and didn’t

nagging in the

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

that guy to give that

agree. He’s taken a kid up the mountain, so it’ll buy some

roughed up a bit, but

course, if she has a bit of sense, or if you guys

should be alright

might be scared out of

your team, so

the girl who

grasp

a ten-year-old. From start to finish, her words,

thought processes – none of

now, even when she was backing down, she

flair.

trust his

little too sharp for her own

received the go-ahead, so you

to check out the situation yourself? You

worried you can’t

reverse psychology

“Suit yourself.”

and stood at the

umbrella.

knew Yasmine’s temperament all too well. He shot the officer

hurrying over to

let’s wait for the rain to ease up.

and fetch her myself.”

rain outside, a frown fleeting across

the officer. “There’s a little girl up

ran into that

drained from the officer’s

that

that the criminal had been subdued. However,

climbed to the top of a steep incline and

an

an adult’s weight either. With

fiercely. And knowing Serana’s timid nature,

branches and crying her

still no foolproof way to

glanced at the rain-shrouded mountain, and after a

slowly, “I’ll go.”

What a mess of a day

turning out to be.

excuse to go up the mountain. Saving Serana is

cut ties with all this

should never have come here today, getting herself into this whole

bad luck.

—

halfway up the mountain. When they got there, she

Yasmine left, she mentioned reclaiming her

but Yasmine had

thug with a

more so than when she had

mountain.

trembled slightly, and a faint smile

her gaze to the

have imagined what the scene looked like

had grown out of a rock crevice

out from the

the

told, the crevice was narrow, and the

brittle.

brought the rain against her face, stinging

with her sobs, giving Yasmine

cobbled together some ropes they had found

only manage a