The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Serana’s head felt like it had exploded after the barrage of words from Yasmine. Despite everything she had done, pushing everything to the extreme, Yasmine still maintained such a resolute attitude.

“Just giving up like that? What does Boyd even mean to you?” Serana struggled to keep her voice steady, her whole body tense with emotion.

“My man. But am I not allowed to choose to cut ties with a man who’s been nothing but entangled with another woman all his life besides me?”

“You… how can you be like this.”

“This is how I am. Is this news to you?” Yasmine didn’t want to hear another word. “I don’t know how much you think you know me, but you really got on my last nerve. You say you love him, you scheme to stay by his side, and you expect me to just accept you. Do you seriously think I’d want to stay with him after that? Go grab any woman off the street and ask her if she’d stick around for this mess. You win. I can’t play this game with you.”

“I’m not like that!”d2

Yasmine shot Serana a cold glance, her face set, and turned to leave without another word. She opened the door of the hospital room, and her assistant immediately approached. “Ms. Yasmine.”

“Where’s Boyd?”

It was rare for her to ask Mr. Boyd’s whereabouts, though she looked upset. After a few seconds of shock, the assistant quickly said, “Mr. Boyd is at the office. He’ll probably come over once he’s done there.”

Yasmine let out a scoff. With his precious Serana suffering in the hospital, how could he not come to take care of her personally?

“Ms. Yasmine, why don’t you wait here for him.”

“No need, I’ll find him.” She had no patience to stay with Serana any longer.

As she looked ready to leave with a particularly sour expression, the assistant, fearing a direct confrontation at the office, quickly caught up. “Ms. Yasmine, Mr. Boyd has arranged for so many people to be here with Ms. Serana because the criminal who kidnapped her years ago was recently released from prison. He’s worried the guy might still hold a grudge and come after her.”

Yasmine stopped in front of the elevator, and the assistant hurriedly pressed the button for her. “Don’t bother with that. Boyd always has a pile of justifiable reasons for whatever he does.”

As the elevator doors slid open, Yasmine stepped in without hesitation, and the assistant hesitated for a few seconds before joining her just as the doors were about to close.

Yasmine frowned, but she didn’t say a word.

“Ms. Yasmine…”

“If you followed me to sing praises of your Mr. Boyd’s chivalry and deep affection, save it. I don’t want to hear it. Even if you paint him as a saint, it’s pointless.”

The assistant’s face twitched with embarrassment. Ms. Yasmine might have been beautiful, but her personality and temper was offputting. What was Mr. Boyd thinking, insisting on having such a firecracker by his side?

The assistant didn’t know what to say and stood awkwardly next to Yasmine.

“But…” Suddenly, Yasmine spoke, and the assistant quickly focused on her. “I suppose that man probably hates me even more.”

The assistant blinked, “Uh?”

Yasmine didn’t respond and walked out of the elevator as the doors opened.

The assistant followed. “Ms. Yasmine, shall I arrange for someone…”

“No need.”

The assistant slowed to a stop, watching her disappear around the corner to the underground parking garage, shaking his head helplessly before stepping back into the elevator. As the elevator doors closed, he heard the sound of a car unlocking from the garage.

Then his phone rang. Serana had passed out in her room.

arrived at the room, doctors were bustling around. After a quick examination, they concluded that Serana’s heart condition had flared up. Fortunately, it wasn’t serious, and after emergency treatment,

her condition

now with a pregnancy,

he arrived with quick strides. “The situation has stabilized, but the doctors are advising against continuing the pregnancy. The baby is fine this time,

she have

“Uh…” The assistant paused.

and Boyd

came by just now.”

brow furrowed.

Serana asked her

asked and she just showed up?” Boyd was puzzled.

assistant shook his head awkwardly. Boyd clearly knew what kind

—

weakly at Boyd as he entered. “I’m sorry for making

a stern face, scanning her body before finally speaking. “We

whatever color was left as she shook her head, her lips trembling,

narrowed with an unmistakable warning. “Serana, this child isn’t worth risking your

as she laid all her cards on the table. “Boyd, I’ve done so much to stay

honest with you, and you know it. So, for a while, I thought she was just making a fuss over nothing. But now, you’re really making me feel like I should be keeping my

you, Boyd. Yasmine wouldn’t even entertain the thought. With the way she is, even if you two stayed together, you’d always have to tiptoe around her, afraid to make her

be willing to

struck Serana

her with me, not ready to die for me. If she ever thought like that, I’d be better off letting her go sooner rather than later. As for her temper, she was my

how to

being willing to die for someone no longer considered a grand gesture

wanted Yasmine to live as well. What a rare

fall once more. “So, offering you

wave of fatigue wash over him. “Your life is more important than anything. You have to take responsibility for your own life.

this him drawing a final line

before she finally said, “Can we… can we pretend

gave her a flat look. “We can pretend, sure.

a little, will you? It’s been

just now. Aren’t you curious what we talked about? I don’t think

moments, then, with a resigned sigh, he unbuttoned his suit jacket and sat down

been so protective of me all these years. She keeps thinking this child is yours, and even when I tell her it’s not, she doesn’t seem to believe me. She also said that if she believes it, she has

about her visit to the office, and now he knew why

so determined just

—

in a past life, because it seemed like the universe had sent her to settle the debt in

opened her car door, a knife suddenly pressed against her waist, and a

overwhelming urge to tear Serana apart. Serana had just shared her “woe is me” life story, and Boyd’s assistant had explained the heavy

to be just a story was now holding a knife to her side made her want to curse the absurdity of the

person you’re looking

against her waist, and a sharp pain shot

Yasmine’s hands and shoved her into the car. He then jumped into Yasmine’s vehicle, started it

seat, Yasmine suppressed her fear and observed Johnson as

who came out with you was constantly hovering outside her

clenched her teeth. “What kind of logic is that? Can’t a man

up! I won’t believe you. You look