The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Boyd paused mid-stride. “What?”

“Didn’t Serana tell you anything?”

Boyd stared at her for a long moment, a faint smile playing on his lips. “What words of hers are so important to you?”

Yasmine’s cheeks flushed with a touch of anger. “Whatever she said that matters to you, that’s exactly what I’m curious about.”

Boyd’s expression remained cool. “On the contrary, that doesn’t bother me in the slightest.”

Yasmine was at a loss for words. “If you won’t tell me, it means you definitely don’t want me to know, and if you don’t want me to know, then I guess I’m meant to be kept in the dark.”d2

Yasmine pursed her lips, mulling over her thoughts for a moment. “You can’t give me what I really want. I care about those things, sure, but if you can’t satisfy that, it doesn’t really matter.”

Boyd shook his head, not uttering a word. He had said the same thing too many times. There was nothing he could do about the one thing she truly desired.

“Boyd, if I said I’ve let you go, and I don’t hate you anymore, would you believe me?”

She fell silent for a while, then looked up at Boyd’s face. However, there was no surprise, shock, or joy on his face, just a sparse smile after hearing her words.

“I don’t believe you. How could you not hate me? Saying this is just your way of telling me not to make amends and then letting you go, right? It’s right for you to hate me. It makes me feel slightly better inside.”

His punishment deserved to be her hatred. It was the best he could ask for.

Yasmine clenched her teeth, her hands tightly clasped together. A sudden, inexplicable sorrow started to weigh on her heart.

“So what do you really want?” She truly didn’t know what to do anymore.

His obsessive refusal to let her go. His desire to entangle her for a lifetime, yet pushing her to hate him. What was this, really?

How could this toxic relationship ever come to an end?

“Just let it be. You do things that make you happy every day, and occasionally entertain me. That’s for the best,” he said.

Yasmine closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. The two of them were trapped in a cage of thorns. Any struggle would leave them both scarred.

She slowly stood up, tossing her shawl onto the bed and headed toward the bathroom. “Boyd, don’t push me.”

eyes seemed innate. He had no choice but to push her

next day, Yasmine had no plans to visit Greenfield Village. Herschel had arrived early in the morning, bringing

uproar upstairs. She

beside her, she

her head. “I… I’m not sure. But Mr. Boyd

Yasmine’s eyes

come out of

Herschel’s cheek was swollen.

into him. He looked at her, impeccably dressed, every hair in place.

a

“With whom?”

brow twitched.

do as you please. Whether you forgive or not, and how the two of you decide to live most comfortably is up to you. You have him in your heart, and you know how he feels about you, so why

mistake and hurt me? I also think it’s a waste of time. Instead of berating me here, trying to persuade me

fingers. “Frankly, if it were me, knowing Ms. Chloe might be your daughter with him, I would have come back to fight for custody, and you wouldn’t have had to spend all those years comfortably with the

Yasmine’s expression darkened sharply.

you had deceived them? What dignity would you have left in P City if the truth came out? If it weren’t for the fear that his return

when he chose to shoot you to save both of you. And because of

you choose to forgive him? I think not. But what do you really want? Did you want him to choose to shoot another woman who he knew had

face turned pale, and her body was trembling slightly. She looked up at Herschel, “So, holding onto the past is my fault,

current state, do you think he has forgiven himself? He has no

Yasmine’s body stiffened abruptly.

position at that time, what would you choose? Would you choose to sacrifice Serana’s life and live the life you think is happy? Or, like

or angry, you’ve got every right. But honestly… this whole grudge match? It’s just pointless. You’re not only refusing to let each other off the hook, but you’re not giving yourselves a break either. There’s no past so dark that you can’t move beyond it, and if you really want to be together, there’s just no time to waste on whatever

eyes flickered with

having just delivered what was perhaps the most heartfelt and lengthy speech of his life. “That’s all I’ve got. If I’m out of line, I apologize. I

that, he left

to the couch, her legs almost giving way Herscheleath her. Steadying herself on the armrest, she

after the miscarriage, all her grief had turned into a weapon of revenge against Boyd, sharp and relentless. Now that someone else had spelled it out, it seemed she was the one who

with a laundry list of

presence commanding as ever. He rushed over when he saw her state.

looked up at him. He still had a handsome and elegant

overhearing him and Herschel upstairs. Now he looked as dapper as if all that had been her imagination. She brushed off his hand and

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