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.

happens to you doesn’t concern

were pressed into a thin

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

longer and moved to sit on the couch

count as Boyd

and left the director’s

cold, and her

her

crisis.

Bryson glanced outside at the quickly

to resolve

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

moments ago, the sunset was still visible, but now the

rain began

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

heavier.”

stood up from the couch, “I need to

“No way. The police

any help.”

I was going to help?” Yasmine turned to the director to

something from Ava. The

to spend the

“I’ll fetch it.”

handed those bracelets over

fit. She was annoyed enough as it was and didn’t

in the

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

that guy to give that kid a good scare, and

agree. He’s taken a kid up the mountain,

get roughed up a bit, but there shouldn’t

she has a bit of

should be

might be scared out

in your team, so

officer was speechless. Staring at the girl who barely reached

grasp

ten-year-old. From

processes – none of it resembled what one would expect

even when she was backing

flair.

he trust his

a little too sharp for

you can’t go up the mountain just

you going to check out the situation yourself? You could drop

worried you can’t keep me

lady, reverse psychology won’t

“Suit yourself.”

stood at the

umbrella.

all too well. He shot

over

let’s wait for the rain to ease up. Otherwise, I’ll head

and fetch her myself.”

rain outside, a frown fleeting across her brow. She

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

ran into

drained from the officer’s

that moment, and from his one-sided

that the criminal had been subdued.

of a steep incline and was wedged in

an adult, and from the sound of it,

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

fiercely. And knowing

branches and crying her heart

there was still no foolproof way

glanced at the rain-shrouded mountain, and

slowly, “I’ll go.”

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

turning out to be.

an excuse to go up the mountain. Saving Serana is the

all this mess

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

bad luck.

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lived halfway up the mountain. When they got

Yasmine left, she mentioned reclaiming her bracelets. Ava seemed

more, but Yasmine had no time

Yasmine saw the thug with a gunshot wound in his

eyes were vicious, even more so

mountain.

and a faint smile stretched across her

to the continuous crying in the

imagined what the scene looked like when

tree roots had grown out of a rock crevice and

the rock gap,

the

like she had been told, the crevice was

brittle.

against her

screamed, mixing with her

cobbled together some ropes they had found on the spot.

could only manage a single