Wed to the Billionaire Brother of My Spouse by Doris

Chapter 56

Chapter 56 Patience

Henry understood and then leaned back in his seat with a chuckle. "Get in. Don't make me ask a third time."

Jasmine's fingers were almost raw from nervous picking. She looked down at her clothes to make sure they were clean before carefully opening the rear car door.

"Sit in front," Henry motioned.

After a pause, Jasmine decided to sit in the passenger seat.

Henry said nothing as he drove Jasmine

the mall.

"Get out," Henry instructed.

Jasmine stayed seated, unmoving.

After a long moment, she finally spoke. "I...I want to go back."

"You think signing on with me for three years means being a nanny or a housekeeper?" Henry couldn't help but feel amused.

Jasmine still said nothing.

"Get out. Whether I go for the paternity test or not depends on your cooperation," he resorted to a threat, now the only tactic that seemed to work against her

stubbornness.

Reluctantly leaving the car, Jasmine followed Henry.

Taking her into an elevator, Jasmine instinctively retreated to the furthest corner, facing

away from Henry and staring at the elevator walls.

When they stopped on the first floor of the mall, a crowd started to enter.

Henry reached out, pulling Jasmine in front of him with a slight frown.

Jasmine stood rigid amid the crowd, a flicker of terror across her features.

Crowded places had always unnerved her...

During her years behind bars, Jasmine suffered severe psychological trauma. A person, hit with such crushing blows, would inevitably fall prey to stress reactions.

She was claustrophobic and anxious in crowds, afraid of being squeezed among strangers. Her breaths became labored, and sweat began to bead on her forehead. Henry glanced down at Jasmine. Towering over the others, his head and shoulders were easily spotted, while Jasmine could be easily swallowed up by the sea of people.

"Let's go."

become much more compliant than she was five years ago. Following Henry like a soulless marionette, she trailed behind him without

epiphany striking him about how Jasmine had changed. Once, her eyes sparkled with life; now, they were hollow, as if her spirit had been siphoned away, leaving only

years ago, he'd had the means to assist Jasmine, but he hadn't. Part of

phone plan with your ID and have it sent to IF," Henry instructed his assistant on the phone before leading Jasmine

shopping,

proved to be

you know how to use this one?" Henry's voice

distance, Jasmine looked up at

said, taking a

Henry, edged closer. Five years out of touch with smartphones meant she was likely unfamiliar

pointing instead to a simple, more affordable model marketed to seniors. "I can use...

an infrequent occurrence, but Jasmine

up the smartphone

Jasmine wanted to resist.

get used

Jasmine fell silent again.

a voice called out, "Hey! Isn't

ushered Jasmine into a swanky boutique where the fashion displays were as opulent as they come. The attendant, spotting Henry, broke into a blossom of a smile. "Mr. Patrick, where's Melissa

former small-time starlet lavishly kept by Henry in her early years, was a well-known figure

ballerina, who after three years with Henry, strutted

expression darkened momentarily, and

swiftly

her; men

woman was nothing more

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mortified attendant clapped a hand over

massaged his temples and settled on a couch, casually flipping through a

country girl Mr. Patrick brought in today? He never escorts anyone here himself, and he was even holding her hand," whispered an

she just rolled in from the sticks. Is Mr. Patrick

The tailor, measuring Jasmine's frame, inquired in a hushed tone, "What's

Jasmine stayed silent.

smile. "Mr. Patrick is drawn

lost

Mr. Patrick for three years, and he's dropped that haughty princess for a maid?" The chatter from the other girls

wasn't bothered about others looking down on her. What concerned her was

Jasmine caught Henry's attention. He was silent for a while, not uttering a word. Honestly, the difference in

held

from

person staring back

unfamiliar

"Okay," Henry finally nodded.

more outfits for Jasmine and gestured for her

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