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.”

He had

plans to visit Greenfield Village. Herschel had arrived early

she finished watering the plants, she returned to the house to find an uproar upstairs. She

pale-faced maid beside her,

“I… I’m not sure.

Yasmine’s eyes

out of the study with two shrinks. All of them looked a

Herschel’s cheek was swollen.

emerged from the bedroom just in time to run into him. He looked at her, impeccably dressed,

have a

“With whom?”

twitched. “A

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 push both of you into a dead end? Are you really willing to waste time like

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

his temples with two 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

Yasmine’s expression darkened sharply.

out? If it weren’t for the fear that his return might make you think he’s fighting for custody, if it weren’t for the fear of you hating him even more, do you think your daughter would have her life today? Married to Damon, with two

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

hadn’t lost the baby, would you choose to forgive him? I think not. But what do you really want? Did you want him to choose to shoot another

Herschel, “So, holding onto the past is my fault, and his choice is the correct one. I am the one who is

“In his current state, do you

Yasmine’s body stiffened abruptly.

and live the life you think is happy? Or, like him, choose to

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 went

eyes flickered

his life. “That’s all I’ve got. If I’m out of line, I

that, he

walk over to the couch, her legs almost giving way Herscheleath her. Steadying herself on the armrest, she slowly sank down onto the cushions. Her

turned into a weapon of revenge against Boyd, sharp and relentless. Now that someone else had spelled it out, it seemed she was

always one with a laundry list

down from the upstairs study, his presence commanding

He still had a handsome and elegant

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

reached out to