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 one

were pressed

I’ll take that as an agreement.” Yasmine couldn’t

to sit on the couch

as Boyd

glance and left the director’s office with

cold, and her nerves were

under her breath, her first ever encounter with

crisis.

glanced outside at the

to resolve this once

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

was still visible, but now the

rain began to

with a hint of concern,

heavier.”

from the couch, “I need to

The police are up there,

any help.”

Yasmine turned to the director to borrow

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

spend the night

“I’ll fetch it.”

let Bryson know she’d handed those bracelets over

She was annoyed enough

in

it.” She didn’t elaborate,

to stop her. “I told that guy to give that

kid up the mountain, so it’ll

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

a bit of sense, or if you

be alright

might be

team, so you probably won’t stop

was speechless. Staring at the girl who barely reached

grasp the

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

her thought processes – none of it resembled what one would

she was backing down,

flair.

he trust

too sharp for her

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

situation yourself? You could drop me off

Or are you worried you can’t keep me

reverse psychology won’t

“Suit yourself.”

past him and stood at

umbrella.

too well. He shot the officer a

before hurrying over to

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

and fetch her myself.”

a frown fleeting across her brow. She turned

officer. “There’s a little girl up there, about my

ran into

drained from the

crackled to life at that moment, and from his one-sided

criminal had been

the top of a steep incline

small for an adult, and from the sound of it,

wouldn’t bear an adult’s weight either. With

swaying fiercely. And knowing Serana’s timid

to the branches and crying her heart out, she

officer confirmed there was still

rain-shrouded mountain, and

slowly, “I’ll go.”

was genuinely upset. What a mess

turning out to be.

excuse to go up

with all this mess

should never have come here today, getting herself into

bad luck.

—

When

she mentioned reclaiming

more, but Yasmine had no

Yasmine saw the thug with a gunshot

even more so than when she had seen him down

mountain.

body trembled slightly, and a faint smile stretched across her

turned her gaze to the continuous

imagined what the scene looked like when

The tree roots had grown out of a

out from the rock gap, and

the

she had been told, the crevice was narrow, and

brittle.

the rain against her face, stinging a

suddenly screamed, mixing with her

ropes they had found on the spot.

only manage