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."

she was five years ago. Following Henry like

sparkled with life; now, they were hollow, as

assist Jasmine, but he hadn't. Part of him... part of

Henry instructed his assistant on the phone before leading Jasmine into a store filled with expensive smartphones. Jasmine lowered

wasn't one to indulge in shopping, rarely stepping out

somehow, Jasmine always proved to

how to use

looked up at him

said, taking

touch with smartphones meant she was likely unfamiliar with their advanced functions-she

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

an infrequent occurrence, but Jasmine had always been the

said, picking up the smartphone and gently pulling Jasmine by the wrist as they

Jasmine wanted to resist.

get used to it?" Henry asked,

Jasmine fell silent again.

called out, "Hey! Isn't that...

as opulent as they come. The attendant, spotting Henry, broke into a blossom of a smile.

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

a ballerina, who after three years with Henry,

momentarily, and he glanced instinctively

met his gaze and swiftly withdrew her wrist from his

needed to keep her wits about her; men of his ilk were all the same. Without

woman was nothing more than

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over her mouth.

as he massaged his temples and settled on a couch,

with this country girl Mr. Patrick brought in today? He never escorts anyone here himself, and he was

so out of place, like she just rolled in

was changing in the fitting room, the women outside gossiped on. The tailor, measuring Jasmine's frame, inquired in a hushed tone, "What's your relationship with Mr.

Jasmine stayed silent.

quite stunning; stand tall and confident," the tailor encouraged with a smile. "Mr. Patrick is drawn to girls with grace; the ones who've danced since they were

lost

three years, and he's dropped that haughty princess for

down on her. What concerned her was whether her presence would cause someone

room in a white dress the attendant had chosen, Jasmine caught Henry's

held

from her reflection,

recognize the person staring

was unfamiliar and

"Okay," Henry finally nodded.

scurried off to gather more outfits for Jasmine and gestured for

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