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.

—

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.

Boyd offered a second glass, she wasn’t as desperate.

brushing her hair behind her ear, his voice tender, “Lie back. I’ll get

Yasmine remained silent.

stood by her

expression eased

doctors were about to

caught the hem of

baby,” she whispered,

expressions stiffening in that moment. They all looked up at Boyd. The doctor paused, then looked at

one asking the questions. Why are you all looking

in the chest and stabbed in the lower back. Both wounds were close to vital organs, but you were lucky. Saving you was nothing short of a miracle. However, the heavy

spoke, silence

a weak smile, “My injuries were to

shook his head, “Miss, there are many reasons a

her throat,

she

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

much, never sought favors from

decades of having no desires, why

had stood at Johnson’s son’s grave, vowing to give her child everything. What others

the translation team by reading the original content on Noveldrama.com. She had pitied Johnson and his son, but now,

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

a vice around her heart, making breathing feel

was she reduced to a state worse than

but she managed

lingered on her expression, witnessing the regret and

closed her eyes, listening to the last person close

walked slowly to the bedside, his gaze lingering on her still form, her eyes closed, her pallor a stark contrast to the sterile white of the hospital sheets. His heart clenched at the sight of her calmness—a tranquility that seemed so

an insurmountable chasm had opened up between them, as vast as the

weight of it all became too much

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

expression for some sign of emotion, but her face remained an unreadable mask. “She’s… she’s fine,” he managed to

in a faint, almost imperceptible smile. “I

was silent for a long moment, struggling with himself before he managed

decide to shoot me in the moment I raised my hand against Serana, or had you made your choice long before that?”Books Chapters