Serana's head felt like it had exploded after the barrage of words from Yasmine. Despite everything she had done, pushing everything to the extreme, Yasmine still maintained such a resolute attitude.
"Just giving up like that? What does Boyd even mean to you?" Serana struggled to keep her voice steady, her whole body tense with emotion.
"My man. But am I not allowed to choose to cut ties with a man who's been nothing but entangled with another woman all his life besides me?"
"You... how can you be like this."
"This is how I am. Is this news to you?" Yasmine didn't want to hear another word. "I don’t know how much you think you know me, but you really got on my last nerve. You say you love him, you scheme to stay by his side, and you expect me to just accept you. Do you seriously think I’d want to stay with him after that? Go grab any woman off the street and ask her if she'd stick around for this mess. You win. I can’t play this game with you."
"I’m not like that!"d2
Yasmine shot Serana a cold glance, her face set, and turned to leave without another word. She opened the door of the hospital room, and her assistant immediately approached. "Ms. Yasmine."
"Where's Boyd?"
It was rare for her to ask Mr. Boyd’s whereabouts, though she looked upset. After a few seconds of shock, the assistant quickly said, "Mr. Boyd is at the office. He'll probably come over once he's done there."
Yasmine let out a scoff. With his precious Serana suffering in the hospital, how could he not come to take care of her personally?
"Ms. Yasmine, why don’t you wait here for him."
"No need, I'll find him." She had no patience to stay with Serana any longer.
As she looked ready to leave with a particularly sour expression, the assistant, fearing a direct confrontation at the office, quickly caught up. "Ms. Yasmine, Mr. Boyd has arranged for so many people to be here with Ms. Serana because the criminal who kidnapped her years ago was recently released from prison. He's worried the guy might still hold a grudge and come after her."
Yasmine stopped in front of the elevator, and the assistant hurriedly pressed the button for her. "Don't bother with that. Boyd always has a pile of justifiable reasons for whatever he does."
As the elevator doors slid open, Yasmine stepped in without hesitation, and the assistant hesitated for a few seconds before joining her just as the doors were about to close.
Yasmine frowned, but she didn’t say a word.
"Ms. Yasmine..."
"If you followed me to sing praises of your Mr. Boyd’s chivalry and deep affection, save it. I don't want to hear it. Even if you paint him as a saint, it’s pointless."
The assistant's face twitched with embarrassment. Ms. Yasmine might have been beautiful, but her personality and temper was offputting. What was Mr. Boyd thinking, insisting on having such a firecracker by his side?
The assistant didn’t know what to say and stood awkwardly next to Yasmine.
"But..." Suddenly, Yasmine spoke, and the assistant quickly focused on her. "I suppose that man probably hates me even more."
The assistant blinked, "Uh?"
Yasmine didn’t respond and walked out of the elevator as the doors opened.
The assistant followed. "Ms. Yasmine, shall I arrange for someone..."
"No need."
The assistant slowed to a stop, watching her disappear around the corner to the underground parking garage, shaking his head helplessly before stepping back into the elevator. As the elevator doors closed, he heard the sound of a car unlocking from the garage.
Then his phone rang. Serana had passed out in her room.
When he arrived at the room, doctors were bustling around. After a quick examination, they concluded that Serana's heart condition had flared up. Fortunately, it wasn't serious, and after emergency treatment, she regained consciousness quickly.
The assistant sighed in relief. After confirming her condition with the doctors, he remembered to call Boyd.
Serana had rarely suffered such episodes, and now with a pregnancy, Boyd put work aside and came straight to the hospital.
The assistant waited for Boyd at the hospital entrance, following him as he arrived with quick strides. "The situation has stabilized, but the doctors are advising against continuing the pregnancy. The baby is fine this time, but there’s no guarantee she'll be lucky again if another episode occurs. And we can't predict if her condition will worsen during childbirth seven months from now."
Boyd’s expression darkened, "Why did she have an episode all of a sudden?"
"Uh..." The assistant paused.
The elevator doors opened, and Boyd glanced at him sideways.
"Ms. Yasmine came by just now." The assistant said with caution.
Boyd's brow furrowed. "She came? Why?"
"Ms. Serana asked her to come."
"Serana asked and she just showed up?" Boyd was puzzled. "When has she ever been so accommodating?"
The assistant shook his head awkwardly. Boyd clearly knew what kind of person Yasmine was but still insisted on clinging to her?
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Serana was awake, her complexion pale and spirit weary. She smiled weakly at Boyd as he entered. "I'm sorry for making you worry."
Boyd approached her bed with a stern face, scanning her body before finally speaking. "We cannot keep the child you're carrying. I've confirmed a time with the doctors."
Serana's already pale face drained of whatever color was left as she shook her head, her lips trembling, unable to speak. "No. I don't want to!"
Boyd's eyes narrowed with an unmistakable warning. "Serana, this child isn't worth risking your life over."
"But you are!" Serana said through tears, looking up at him boldly as she laid all her cards on the table. "Boyd, I've done so much to stay by your side, I would even give up my life..."
"Serana," Boyd's voice came down like a cold, hard hammer, "Yasmine gave me no end of grief over you. I've been nothing but open and honest with you, and you know it. So, for a while, I thought she was just making a fuss over nothing. But now, you're really making me feel like I should be keeping my distance."
Gradually, Serana calmed down. "I could die for you, Boyd. Yasmine wouldn't even entertain the thought. With the way she is, even if you two stayed together, you'd always have to tiptoe around her, afraid to make her the slightest bit unhappy. Don't you find that exhausting?"
"Why should she be willing to die for me?"
Boyd's words struck Serana silent.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride
did it really end this way. can I have the rest of the book ending??...
So, all of them were basically forced into sexual acts by their partners the first time, then their partners wanted to seclude them from everyone. On top of that, all of are jealous of their own children. The only couple that seem to have it good were Azriel & Phoebe. This book was honestly quite sickening & there’s no way anyone should find this romantic...
These typos are so annoying..can't even understand a single word...
Some chapters are missing and some of them are repeated..it feels like story takes a jump because of it...
I really like the book but there are a lot of typos which is making it even more difficult to read and stay engaged. Author please do some edits....
Best story ever...
I've been waiting for the wedding of Chloe and Damon until the ending of this novel their wedding doesn't happen at all!......
This novel is not well edited at all.. it's so annoying...
Last 50 chapters ++ all typos that are ridiculous...
Is this even english???...