The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Later, she thought she heard Johnson’s manic laughter ringing through the air.

“Ha-ha-ha, that little bitch and her family, always a bunch of vipers.”

“How can you abandon the woman carrying your baby in her belly? You chose that girl, rejecting your own woman, even willing to abandon your baby. I truly feel sorry for her. Hahaha.”

What happened next, she didn’t know. Her hand rested on her belly, her only thought being that her baby must be safe.

Before she lost consciousness, chaos surrounded her. She was swept into someone’s arms, a voice calling her name that was familiar, the scent in those arms, too, was familiar.

It used to be comforting, even slightly addictive, making her feel safe. Now, she suddenly felt sick.d2

“Yasmine!”

Her eyelids fluttered, but the tears spilled out anyway.

Boyd was in turmoil. He didn’t want to believe Johnson’s words. He couldn’t bear to.

But Yasmine’s tears threw him into a panic. He had never seen Yasmine cry. Not as children, nor when they met again as adults. He never even thought of Yasmine as someone capable of tears.

Tears and Yasmine just didn’t seem to mix.

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When Yasmine opened her eyes again, the brightness overwhelmed her. It took a while for her to adjust, to finally make out the pristine white ceiling above her, her gaze tinged with confusion.

She lay still, staring up, and after a long moment, her eyes flashed with clarity.

Something occurred to her, her eyelashes quivered, and as she attempted to rise, a sharp pain in her chest made her gasp for air.

“Yasmine! You’re awake?!”

A familiar voice sounded, and she realized her hand was being held, a gentle pressure on her shoulder.

She turned to the man leaning over her. His eyes were sunken, his face pale as if he were the one who had been through a grave illness, drained and haggard.

Yasmine tried to pull her hand back, noticing she didn’t have the strength to fight him. “Water,” she managed to say.

Boyd quickly brought a glass to her lips. She didn’t know how long she had been out, only that she was parched, and the glass was soon empty.

a second glass, she wasn’t as desperate.

glass aside, gently brushing her hair behind her ear, his

Yasmine remained silent.

a few seconds before leaving the room. Soon, a team of doctors stood by her bed, examining her.

expression eased

doctors were about to leave,

the hem of the doctor’s coat. The doctor turned back, smiling, “Is there anything else that’s

baby,” she whispered, “is

but it caused everyone in the entire ward to freeze, their expressions stiffening in that moment.

the questions. Why are you all

to vital organs, but you were lucky. Saving you was nothing short of a miracle. However, the heavy blood loss and your weakened condition… the baby couldn’t

silence filled the

weak smile, “My injuries were to my chest and back. They didn’t

there are many reasons a baby can be lost,

a painful lump formed in her throat, and

reactions the moment she asked her question.

a good person, but she hadn’t wronged others. She lived openly, without

for much, never sought favors from any

of having no desires, why

grave, vowing to give her child everything. What others had, or didn’t have,

by reading the original content on Noveldrama.com. She had pitied Johnson and his

had tasted cotton candy and jelly beans, while her child didn’t even know the taste of water. She had no right to pity

intense, like a vice around her heart, making breathing feel

to a

eyes dry, but she managed

doctor lingered on her expression, witnessing the regret and pain, before leaving with his

slowly closed her eyes, listening to the last person close the door behind

pallor a stark contrast to the

chasm had opened up between them, as vast as the distance

it all became too much to bear. He reached out, his voice barely above a whisper,

and slowly, Yasmine opened her eyes to a blank stare at

some sign of emotion, but her face remained an unreadable mask. “She’s… she’s

a faint, almost imperceptible smile. “I have a few questions for you,

was silent for a long moment, struggling with himself before

me in the moment I raised my hand against Serana, or had you