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

pressed

an agreement.” Yasmine couldn’t bear to look

to sit on the couch by the

as Boyd skipping

a glance and left the director’s office

palms were cold, and her nerves were

her first ever encounter with such

crisis.

outside at

I came here to resolve this once and

coming back.”

Bryson nodded.

was still visible,

began

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

heavier.”

stood up from the couch, “I need to

police are

any help.”

I was going to help?” Yasmine turned

to get something from Ava. The rain’s getting worse,

to spend the

“I’ll fetch it.”

know she’d handed those bracelets over to someone

a fit. She was annoyed enough

in the

She didn’t elaborate, instead focusing

told that guy to give

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

up a bit, but

if she has a bit of sense, or if you guys are quick

should be alright

she might be scared out

in your team, so you probably

the girl who barely reached

quite grasp the

ten-year-old. From start

– none of it resembled

she was backing down,

flair.

trust

girl was a little too sharp for her own

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

situation yourself? You could

Or are you worried

officer chuckled, “Young lady, reverse psychology won’t

“Suit yourself.”

and stood

umbrella.

too well.

hurrying over

the rain to ease

and fetch her myself.”

outside, a frown fleeting across her brow. She turned

a little girl up there,

into

drained from the officer’s

to life at that moment,

gather that the criminal had been subdued.

climbed to the top of a steep incline

for an adult, and from the

adult’s weight either.

were swaying fiercely. And knowing

branches and crying her heart

still no foolproof way to reach

at the rain-shrouded mountain, and after a

slowly, “I’ll go.”

genuinely upset. What a

turning out to be.

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

with all this mess once and for

today, getting herself into this whole

bad luck.

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mountain. When they got there, she

Yasmine left, she mentioned reclaiming

to say more, but Yasmine had

saw the thug with a gunshot wound in

vicious, even more so than when she had seen him

mountain.

body trembled slightly, and a faint smile

turned her gaze to the continuous crying in

the scene looked like when

it. The tree roots had grown out of a rock crevice and

stretched out from the rock gap,

but the slope

she had been told, the crevice was narrow, and the

brittle.

against

mixing with her sobs, giving Yasmine

they had found on the spot. Given

they could only manage a