Richie winked at his wife. So, Madam Lind convinced her son to go upstairs.
"Uncle Lind, what did you want to talk to me about?" asked Yasmine.
"Stay at our house. As you can see, Leighton can't live without you."
Yasmine looked at him in disbelief. Then she said firmly, "You know that's impossible."
"If you insist on being so inconsiderate, then don't blame me for being heartless. Let me put it bluntly: I, Richie Lind, will always destroy what I cannot get. If you don't agree, then I will make sure your reputation is ruined!"
Yasmine sneered and said, "How are you going to ruin my reputation? Let the publicity attack me like the last time?"
"You don't have to worry about such details. I suggest that you consider my request carefully."
"There's no need to think about it. My answer will not change even if I think about it a thousand times." She stood up, picked up the cup of tea in front of her, and drank it up in one gulp. "I've finished the tea. I've also given you what you wanted, Uncle Lind. Therefore, I'm leaving now."
Yasmine walked out of the door with firm steps. However, as soon as she reached the door, her legs suddenly went limp and she fell to the ground. She felt dizzy as she shook her forehead violently. Countless stars shone before her eyes, and her body got weaker and weaker, as if her soul was about to leave her body.
"What's wrong?"
Richie squatted in front of her with a proud look on his face.
"What did you put in my drink?"
Yasmine demanded vehemently, as she stared at the despicable man before her. She now realized that she had fallen into his trap.
"It's a tranquilizing drug. It will cause you to completely lose your ability to resist."
Richie let out an eerie and menacing laugh. At this moment, Madam Lind came downstairs too. She walked towards Yasmine slowly, looked down, and said, "This is the consequence you get for betraying my son and the Lind family."
"What on earth are you going to do?"
Yasmine growled angrily. Although she was weak, she could still talk. If not for the fact that she had high moral standards, she would have already cursed and swore at the two shameless people in front of her.
"What are we going to do? You'll find out soon."
Richie and his wife lifted Yasmine up and dragged her to a dark room and threw her onto the bed. Richie clapped his hands and said to his wife, "I'll leave this to you."
As soon as he left, Madam Lind began to take Yasmine's clothes off. Yasmine panicked and shouted, "What are you doing? What do you want from me!? Don't touch me. Stop touching me!"
Madam Lind turned a deaf ear to her shouting. "Don't blame us for not being nice to you. You asked for it. If you had married my son obediently from the beginning, this would not have happened to you today," she said callously.
Yasmine's tears finally fell. She felt she was like a fish on a chopping board. There was no room for resistance. She could do nothing but watch the butcher slice her into pieces.
"Don't say that I didn't warn you. If you dare humiliate me, Sebastian will make sure that the Lind family is exterminated! He will make sure that you are ruined!" she cried out defiantly.
Her helpless tears did not touch Madam Lind's heart. "Don't pretend to be an innocent girl. Everyone knows that your mother was an escort who slept with men for money. You're a wh*re who is pretending to be pure and innocent. How laughable!" she mocked.
Yasmine's heart ached. She had not heard her mother being humiliated by others in a long time. She once thought that only Linda Taylor and Dorothy Ryles would insult her like that, and she didn't expect Madam Lind to be so rude as well. Anger rose up in her heart, and she couldn't care about her manners anymore. "You d*mned old woman, get out of here. You'll die a horrible death!" Yasmine's screeched.
Slap!
Madam Lind slapped her hard across the face. This was not the first time Yasmine had slapped on her face, but her heart hurt more than it had before because she had been stripped naked by Madam Lind. She would never forget this kind of humiliation in her life.
"Behave yourself, or you'll suffer a lot!"
Madam Lind glared at her fiercely, got up, and left the room. Richie, who stood outside the door, asked in a deep voice, "Is everything ready?"
"Yes. You should go and prepare as well."
Madam Lind arrived at her son's room. As soon as Leighton saw her, he asked, "Mom, where is Yasmine?"
"Yasmine is downstairs. Leighton, mom is asking you a question. Do you want Yasmine to stay with you forever?"
Leighton nodded. "Yes!"
"Okay, then listen to my words. You will do whatever I ask of you. This way, Yasmine will never leave you again, and she will stay with you from now on."
"Really?"
Leighton jumped up excitedly. There was nothing that could make him happier than to keep Yasmine by his side forever.
"Of course, son," Madam Lind replied.
"But what should I do, mom?" The innocent Leighton asked.
Madam Lind cleared her throat and began to instruct him in a low voice, "A woman will only stay with a man under one situation, which is to claim her as yours. You need to have sex with her..."
"Have sex? What does that mean, mom?" Leighton asked again.
"Your dad will teach you this later. You just need to remember what I say. Only if you have sex with her, will she be loyal to you and never leave you. Remember this!"
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