The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 140

She curled up, got into Sebastian's warm embrace, and closed her eyes.

After a moment of silence, Sebastian turned off the bedside lamp. Then, Yasmine suddenly asked, "Sebastian, may I ask you a question?"

"Hmm? What is it? Go ahead and ask."

"Do you like children?"

Sebastian's body suddenly stiffened. After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "Why do you ask me this?"

"It's just a casual question. So, do you?"

"I don't hate them."

"Then do you want a child of your own?"

Yasmine knew Sebastian's answer without even thinking about it. How could he not want a child? Even when he had no feelings for her, he suggested that they have a child.

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

"Of course."

"I don't want one."

Yasmine was shocked. She suddenly sat up straight in the dark and asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, I don't want one."

She couldn't describe the conflicted feeling in her heart at this moment. She asked in a trembling voice, "Why?"

"Because your focus won't be on me anymore if you have a child. Whether it's real life or those dramas that Tiffany watches, once a woman has a child, she will neglect her husband and focus all her energy on the child."

"Are you serious?"

Yasmine's voice sounded choked, but she tried her best to hold back her tears. If she cried during such an ordinary conversation, it would seem odd.

"Not sure if you're telling the truth."

He pulled her back into his arms angrily and said with his arms around her, "As long as I have you, Yasmine, I don't need anything else."

Yasmine bit her lips hard. Tears gathered in her eyes and she forced them back.

"I thought that you, Sebastian Simons, like every other successful man would want a child of your own."

"I don't think of myself as successful, so I'm different from other successful men. You could say that I'm selfish or ruthless, but I really don't want a child now."

Yasmine's tears finally slipped down her cheeks, but Sebastian did not notice.

Although his words were cruel, for some reason, Yasmine felt much better.

It was as if there was a mountain in her heart, and Sebastian had suddenly moved the mountain away, giving her a chance to breathe. That night, she slept very well. At dawn, when she opened her eyes, there was a thin and long stream of sunshine shining through the window and right onto her body.

She stretched out her palm and the sunshine passed through her fingers. She clenched her fist, and the sunshine seemed to have been grasped in her palm. She got up and decided to face the sun. From today onwards, she would return to her original self. She would be like a cockroach, difficult to defeat.

After breakfast, she went to school in a good mood. Lily Adams had been discharged from the hospital, and they had plenty to say to each other when they met. Looking at the scar on the back of her friend's hand, Yasmine was distressed, but Lily didn't take it seriously. She said happily, "I should celebrate with champagne."

After a couple of classes in the morning, Lily suddenly came to her in a hurry and said in a low voice during the lunch break, "Yasmine, turn on the computer."

"What's wrong?"

"Turn it on and you'll know."

Yasmine had a bad feeling. She quickly turned on the computer and Lily clicked on the local news. A big title flashed across the screen, 'Gold Digger Abandons Mentally Challenged Fiancee to Get Married in a Wealthy Family'.

There was a loud bang in her head and she almost fainted. With anger and shock in her heart, she quickly browsed through the content of the news report. She didn't know which evil person had discovered the agreement between herself and Richie Lind. Many words were contrary to the fact. According to the report, she promised to marry the mentally- challenged son of the Lind family after receiving a favor from them. However, she didn't abide by the agreement when she became an adult. In order to be married to a wealthy family, she resolutely ignored the engagement and married a rich man instead. The article portrayed the Lind family as the victims and described her as a shameless whore. Yasmine was angry. She smashed the mouse and ran from the office.