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.

doesn’t concern me

pressed

take that as an agreement.”

and moved to sit on the couch by the

this count as Boyd skipping

Yasmine a glance and left the director’s office with

and her nerves were still

under her breath, her first ever

crisis.

outside at the quickly

here to resolve this once and for all. I

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

was still visible,

rain began to

with a hint of concern, “Looks like the rain’s going

heavier.”

the couch, “I need

immediately objected, “No way. The police are up

any help.”

I was going to help?” Yasmine

something from Ava. The

spend the

“I’ll fetch it.”

she’d handed those

enough as it was and didn’t

nagging in the

didn’t elaborate, instead focusing on

to stop her. “I told that guy to give that kid a good

taken a kid up the mountain, so

get roughed up a bit, but there shouldn’t be any

she has a bit of sense, or if you guys

should be alright by

be scared out of her

confidence in your team, so you probably won’t stop

was speechless. Staring at the girl who

grasp

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

thought processes – none of it resembled

And now, even when she was backing down, she did

flair.

trust his team?

too sharp for her own

haven’t received the go-ahead, so you can’t go up

going to check out the situation

way. Or are you worried you can’t keep

“Young lady, reverse psychology

“Suit yourself.”

and stood at the doorway, popping open

umbrella.

well. He shot the

before hurrying over to her

for safety’s sake, let’s wait for the rain to ease up.

and fetch her myself.”

the rain outside, a frown fleeting across her

“There’s a little girl up there,

into

drained from

at that moment, and from his one-sided

that the criminal had

a steep incline and was wedged in

small for an adult, and from

an adult’s weight either. With the rain and wind,

And knowing Serana’s timid

and crying her heart out, she wouldn’t

was still no foolproof way to

mountain, and after

slowly, “I’ll go.”

Bryson was genuinely upset. What a mess

turning out to be.

excuse to go up the mountain. Saving

ties with all this mess

come here today, getting herself into this

bad luck.

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up the mountain. When they got

reclaiming her bracelets.

say more, but Yasmine had no

thug with a gunshot wound in his

so than when she had

mountain.

trembled slightly, and a faint smile stretched across

Then, she turned her gaze to the continuous crying

what the scene looked like

roots had grown out of a rock

the rock gap,

but the slope

like she had been told, the crevice was

brittle.

brought the rain against

suddenly screamed, mixing with her sobs,

cobbled together some ropes they had found

only manage a single