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 me

pressed into a thin

an

sit on the couch by the

this count as Boyd

Yasmine a glance and left the director’s office with an icy

were cold, and her nerves were still on

her first ever encounter

crisis.

at the

it out. I came here to resolve this once and

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

was still visible, but now

began

of concern,

heavier.”

and stood up from the couch, “I need to go

immediately objected, “No way. The police are up there,

any help.”

Yasmine

need to get something from

to spend

“I’ll fetch it.”

know she’d handed those

fit. She was annoyed enough as it was and

in the

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

stop her. “I told that guy to

to agree. He’s taken a kid up the

bit, but there shouldn’t be

bit of sense, or if you guys

be

worst, she might be scared out of

in your team, so

was speechless. Staring at the girl who

grasp the

nothing like a ten-year-old. From

thought processes – none of it resembled what one would expect

ten-year-old. And now, even when she was

flair.

he trust his team?

too sharp for her

the go-ahead, so you can’t

out the situation yourself? You could drop

Or are you worried you can’t

officer chuckled, “Young lady, reverse

“Suit yourself.”

brushed past him and stood at the doorway,

umbrella.

too well. He shot

before hurrying over

the rain to ease up.

and fetch her myself.”

frown fleeting across her brow. She

the officer. “There’s a little girl

ran into that

drained from the officer’s

radio crackled to life at that moment, and from

gather that the criminal had

to the top of a

gap was too small for an adult, and from the

adult’s weight either.

were swaying fiercely. And knowing Serana’s timid nature, aside

the branches and crying her heart out, she wouldn’t dare

confirmed there was still no

glanced at the rain-shrouded mountain, and

slowly, “I’ll go.”

be reckless!” Bryson was genuinely upset. What a mess of a day this

turning out to be.

an excuse to go up the mountain.

all this mess once and

here today, getting herself into

bad luck.

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lived halfway up the mountain. When they got there, she was

reclaiming her bracelets. Ava

but Yasmine had no time

thug with a gunshot wound in

even more so than when she had seen him down

mountain.

body trembled slightly, and a faint smile stretched across

her gaze to the continuous crying

what the scene looked like when the

tree roots had grown out of a rock

from the rock gap, and below wasn’t quite

the slope was

told, the crevice was

brittle.

the rain against her face, stinging

with her sobs,

had found on the spot. Given

only manage