The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 159

It was already one o'clock in the morning but Sebastian Simons had not returned home yet. Yasmine Taylor stood at the door of the living room, patiently waiting for him with her arms crossed. As time went by, her parents- in- law took turns to persuade her to go back to her room and rest, but she insisted on waiting for Sebastian to come back.

At 2 o'clock, he finally came home. When she saw the familiar car light shining straight at her, her worried heart finally relaxed and she hurried out to meet him. Unexpectedly, Sebastian treated her like a stranger and walked past her without a second look.

Yasmine stood there in a daze with unspeakable sadness in her heart, but she consoled herself, "It doesn't matter. As long as he comes back, it doesn't matter if he treats me as a stranger or not."

In retrospect, she was actually more worried that he would never come back again.

For the next few days, Sebastian ignored Yasmine. He spent the whole day at the company, and when he returned home at night, he would lock himself in the study. He would not enter the bedroom until Yasmine had fallen asleep. Yasmine knew that he was purposely avoiding her. In order to keep him from working late every night, she would pretend to sleep early even when she wasn't really asleep.

The moment she had been dreading finally arrived. One evening, Old Master Simons handed her a stack of photographs and said with sympathy, "Yasmine, these are all professional surrogate mothers. Pick one you like, and I'll set a time for you to meet her."

Yasmine took the pictures with trembling hands and looked at it blankly. When she realized that one of these women was going to sleep with her husband soon, her heart almost started to bleed.

"Have you already made your choice? Who do you prefer?"

Titus Simons asked in a low voice. He knew that it hurt his daughter- in- law to look through these pictures, but for the sake of the situation, only Yasmine could pick someone who would suit his son best.

"This one."

Yasmine was not in the mood to pick from the photos at all. She randomly took one out and handed it to the Old Master. Then, she went upstairs, dejected.

After walking around the room a few times that evening, she went downstairs to cook some tomato soup and brought it into the office. They haven't spoken for a few days. She looked at Sebastian leisurely and said, "The weather is getting warm. You should drink some tomato soup to cool down."

Sebastian ignored her, but she persisted and stood by his desk.

"Just leave it there."

Sebastian was indifferent. He didn't even raise his head, indicating to her that she should leave.

"Are you going to keep ignoring me like this?" Yasmine finally couldn't take it anymore.

Sebastian's long eyelashes shook slightly. He looked up at her and said, "I heard that you have chosen the woman you would like me to sleep with."

Yasmine's heart ached and she didn't deny it. "Yes, I did."

"I see. In that case, I'm relieved. No matter what kind of woman you have chosen, she should be my cup of tea."

Yasmine's nails dug into her flesh. This had become her habit. Every time she felt sad, she would abuse herself like that. She couldn't feel the pain anyway.

"Get out. I still have something to attend to."

Yasmine turned around dejectedly and walked out of his office with heavy steps. The moment she closed the door, two streams of tears slipped down, but she quickly wiped them away with her hands.

There was no soft spot in this harsh reality. Life was never fair, and it would not be complete without sadness.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. After that day, Old Master Simons did not mention the surrogacy again. Yasmine couldn't help but ask her mother- in- law euphemistically, "Mom, is everything settled?"

Madam Simons looked at Yasmine with a distressed look and shook her head with twinkling eyes. "Not yet."

Yasmine's heart inexplicably relaxed and she no longer dwelled on this topic. Although she knew that it was inevitable, she felt better if it was delayed.

However, she didn't know that Old Master Simons had already arranged everything. Madam Simons hid it from her so that she won't be sad.

Nevertheless, she learned the truth from her sister-in-law.

She had been waiting in the room that night for a long while but Sebastian had not returned. Just as she was getting anxious, she heard footsteps outside the door. She ran to open the door happily, but when she saw her sister-in-law standing outside the door, there was disappointment in her eyes.

"Yasmine, do you want me to spend tonight with you?"

Tiffany Simons looked at her sympathetically. Yasmine couldn't help but ask in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Sebastian will not be coming back tonight, so you must be sad..."

"Where is he going tonight?"

Tiffany realized that she might have said something that she shouldn't have. She asked in a panic, "Didn't anyone tell you?"

When Yasmine saw the panic in Tiffany's eyes, she had a bad feeling. "No, tell me. What's going on?"

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Tiffany didn't dare to say anything.

"Tiffany, please tell me. Please!"

Yasmine shook Tiffany's shoulders hard, tears rolling from her eyes.

"I overheard Dad's conversation. Sebastian will meet the surrogate mother tonight at the Royal Hotel."