The Enticing CEO's Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1885

Serana bit her lip, hands clenched so tight her knuckles were white. "I never did anything to her. Why does she hate me so much?"

Boyd shut his eyes, a heavy sigh escaping him. "There's no reason. She never thinks about 'why'. She does not need reasons to do things."

And if there was a reason, it was all in her head.

Serana shook her head.

"I don't know, but I can't believe she doesn't have a reason to hate me. Maybe... maybe..."

Boyd looked up, watching her struggle to find the words, then paused. "Maybe what?"d2

Serana finally found her voice, though it was tangled up with her anxiety. "Maybe it's because of you."

Boyd was taken aback for a moment, and Serana quickly shook her head, "I... I'm not blaming you, I mean..."

She stopped, taking a deep breath, "Boyd, are you... are you really upset about Yasmine leaving? You two were the closest at the orphanage. You used to hang out all the time, and then there was me, always causing trouble that you had to fix. You even said some harsh things to Yasmine because of me."

Boyd's body stiffened, surprise written all over his face.

Serana was a bit scared by his reaction, "Yasmine only had you as a friend. Maybe that's why she resented you looking after me so much."

Boyd's expression grew serious, "So she's holding a grudge against me."

Serana pressed her lips together, not saying another word. That was probably it.

Boyd stood up, silently grabbing a shovel and replanted the young sprout that had been uprooted.

Serana watched him, "Maybe when the flowers bloom, we can tell Yasmine to come back and see."

Boyd didn't respond.

After transferring to a new school, Yasmine was still a loner.

Life droned on uneventfully, and the orphanage seemed to have become an insignificant part of her past that she never mentioned.

When Bryson decided to take Yasmine out of the orphanage, he nearly drained his savings to make the down payment on a house.

A little over two months after Yasmine left the orphanage, Bryson's company managed to sign a good deal for the time and got a little well off.

On a Friday night over dinner, Yasmine suddenly said she wanted to visit Angel's Haven Orphanage.

Bryson was taken aback. "Is there something you need to do there?"

Yasmine put down her fork, "I need to see Ava. Now that I have some money, I want to get my stuff back. I just feel like something bad will happen if she keeps them."

Not knowing that Yasmine had given Ava her bracelets, Bryson asked, "What stuff?"

Yasmine hopped off her chair and stayed silent. She didn't remember much from her past. Bryson had filled in some blanks. She only knew her background was complicated, and she was sternly instructed never to take out those bracelets, let alone give them away.

Those bracelets were worth a fortune. She had given them to Ava out of necessity, to help with family troubles, and it had been weighing on her mind ever since. Now that she had some money, it was time to reclaim them.

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Returning to the orphanage, the kids seemed surprisingly happy to see her, as if the cold and intimidating Yasmine they knew was just an illusion.

Standing by the garden bed she used to tend, the garlic sprouts were long gone, replaced by what looked like spinach.

Yasmine couldn't help but chuckle, "Really turned this place into a vegetable patch, huh?"

She glanced at the nearby lilies, noticing they were flourishing, buds ready to bloom any day.