The Seventh Miserable Bride

Chapter 223

Ethan Zordon sighed, "Maybe others can return to their original self, but she absolutely can't."

After Yasmine and Ethan parted that day, she got home, took a bath, and went to sleep. When Sebastian Simons came back at night, she did not pay attention to him.

A week later, when Sebastian Simons was about to take action on Claudine Tucker, he realized that the account book that he put at the bottom drawer of the desk had gone missing...

He rushed to the bedroom and pushed the door open with a bang. He questioned angrily, "Did you take my account book?"

Yasmine Taylor glared at him grumpily and answered coldly, "No."

"Are you lying?"

"Why should I lie? I already said that I didn't do it! I don't care if you believe me or not!"

Yasmine was a little angry. Did Sebastian have such little faith in her that he suspected her as soon as he lost something?

"You're the only one who has permission to enter my study room and you're the only one who knows where the account book is. If you said that you didn't take it, then tell me who did it!"

"How would I know who took it? There are so many people in this house. On what grounds are you suspecting that I was the one who took it?"

The two of them started quarreling. Sebastian was furious because he had lost an important piece of evidence. He couldn't help speaking in a harsh voice, "I know you are blaming me deep down for not agreeing to your request. Are you satisfied now? It doesn't matter if you were the one who took it, the result is still the one you wanted, isn't it?"

He turned around furiously and left the bedroom. With a bang, he closed the door. Yasmine was so angry that she opened the door and shouted, "I said that I didn't take it. I can't do anything since you refused to believe me!"

Due to the loss of the account book, Yasmine and Sebastian grew apart. However, Sebastian still treated her kindly. He cared about her daily life, but his inexplicable concern made Yasmine feel uncomfortable. She felt that it was unnatural.

He no longer mentioned the account book, and she did not bother to ask. Since they deliberately avoided talking about the topic, they could still get along well with each other. However, they would start to fight the moment they talked about it. She seldom quarreled with Sebastian in the past, hence, she was not used to it when they quarreled with each other this one time.

However, Sebastian's attitude was getting more and more unbearable. It felt as if he was giving her candies after slapping her. Finally, she could not bear it anymore. On this night, she blocked him at the door of the study room. She asked with a straight face, "Do you still suspect me?"

Sebastian replied calmly, "No." "You are. I can tell it from the way you look at me! You still think that I was the one who stole your account book, didn't you? Is that what you think of me? It's true that I have a good relationship with Lily, but will I betray you for her?"

"I know, so I didn't doubt you,"

"Bulls*it. You're not being your usual self. You treated me well for a second, then you started treating me coldly at the next. Weren't you just venting your dissatisfaction at me? Weren't you just trying to prove that even the closest person to you would betray you?"

Sebastian sighed, "Yasmine, I'm not doubting you at all. I've been not enthusiastic enough to you these days because I'm not in a good mood. Could you please be a little more understanding?"

Seeing that there was indeed a trace of anxiety between his eyebrows, Yasmine's heart softened. "If you're in a bad mood, you can vent it out. But you refused to say anything. When you're depressed, you make the people around you feel uncomfortable too."

"How should I vent my anger now that you're pregnant? Do you want me to shout at you?"

"Compared with your previous nonchalant attitude, I'd rather you shout at me,"

Yasmine grabbed his arm, "Let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"We should talk,"

She dragged him into the bedroom, closed the door, and asked seriously, "Have you found the account book yet?"

"Not yet."

"Who else do you doubt apart from me?"

He rolled his eyes at her. "I told you that I didn't doubt you."

"Okay. Tell me then, do you suspect anyone else?" Yasmine asked again.

"No, apart from you, Tiffany and Mom, there are only a group of servants in this house. I don't think that there is such a scheming person in this house."

"Are you saying that a ghost did it?"

"That is also the reason I could not figure this out."

Yasmine frowned, "I think that there is a mole in the house. There are more than 20 servants in the house, including the driver. There must be someone worthy of your suspicion. Mom would never take your things, let alone Tiffany. We should probably rule out the possibility of outsiders sneaking into the house and stealing the book. So, do you still think that the servants are innocent?"

"To be honest, I don't want to doubt them at all. These servants have been working in our house for many years, and they are all trustworthy people."

"However, the point is that the account book is lost. You can't stop investigating just because you don't want to suspect them."

"What do you have in mind then?"

"Leave this matter to me. I can definitely help you find out who the person is."

"Okay." The next morning, Yasmine asked the housekeeper to have the servants to stand in a line outside the living room. Madam Simons and Tiffany Simons were shocked when they went downstairs. Seeing her daughter-in-law walking out with a solemn face, she pulled her son's clothes and asked, "What happened?"

"You'll know once you have a look."

The three of them walked out of the living room and heard what Yasmine said, "I gathered everyone here today because a serious thing had happened at home. An important document in the Young Master's study has gone missing. We don't want to suspect anyone, but it is a fact that the item was lost at home. Outsiders could not possibly steal from our home. So I hope that the one who had made a mistake would come to the front and admit to it willingly. We would not blame you as long as you have the courage to admit it."

As soon as she finished her words, she turned her eyes to the crowd. More than 20 pairs of eyes looked back at her calmly, but no one came out to her.

"Since everyone thinks that they are innocent, I'll buy a polygraph tomorrow. At that time, please don't blame us for not giving you a chance to confess your doings."

Before she dismissed the crowd, she reminded, "I'll give you a day to think about it carefully. If you have thought about it, you may go straight to the study tonight and admit your mistakes. Remember, you only have one day to consider the matter."

When they returned to the living room, Madam Simons had already known what had happened. She was furious and she questioned her son, "I didn't expect that there was a thief at home! Why didn't you tell this to me?"

Sebastian kept silent with his hands in his pocket. Yasmine huffed, "Mom, I was the one being suspected at that time."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Sebastian glared at her.

"Then why didn't you say it?" Madam Simons insisted.

"Who would suspect these loyal servants?"

"So are you saying that you still suspect me?"

Yasmine raised her eyebrows unhappily.

"No, I was just thinking if someone else had sneaked into the house."

"There are several guards at the gate. Do you think they could sneak past them so easily?"

Yasmine rebutted him grumpily, "Alright, let's not make wild guesses before we find the mole. The results will come out tomorrow morning."

"Are you that confident?"

Tiffany asked in surprise.

"Of course, I don't even have to buy a polygraph, and the result would definitely come out by tomorrow morning."

The result was just as Yasmine had expected. The next morning, the housekeeper disappeared, and the truth was revealed. When Sebastian saw that the housekeeper's room had been packed up and emptied, he was furious. Madam Simons was even more annoyed. "Butler Alfred is really old and muddle-headed. How could he betray us after ten years of working with us? It's really hard to guard against people's incomprehension..." Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

After the meeting ended in the morning, Sebastian's cell phone rang. When he saw the unknown caller ID, he hesitated for a moment before pressing the answer button. "Hello? Who is it?"

"Why didn't you report me? Young Master Simons?"

Sebastian's face darkened at once. He gritted his teeth, "Claudine, do you think that I had no other ways to deal with you after you bribed our housekeeper and stole the account book?"

"I'm just repaying what you did to me. President Sebastian, do you think that I will be taken down by you just because you bribed an important staff in my company's finance department? There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by money. Since you can bribe my people to steal for you, I can also do the same."

"In that case, do enjoy the sunny days in peace, because soon, you will see nothing."

"Sebastian, my nemesis had always been your father and him alone. Now that he is dead, I do not want to be your enemy. However, I must warn you, don't push me too much. I am not easy to deal with. If I am cornered, I can do anything,"

"Humph, you don't want to be enemies with me? Do you think that what you did to me could be written off because of these words? The grudge between us is already beyond the point of return."

"Let's take our time then. I'll keep you company till the very end!"

After Claudine hung up the phone, Sebastian asked Yasmine to come into the room.

Yasmine entered the President's office, "What's wrong?"

"Ask someone to install a camera in my office later," "Why do you want that?"

Yasmine was confused.

"Do you think that Claudine only bribed Butler Alfred? How was she so sure that the information is at home?"

"Are you saying that there are also spies in the company?"

Sebastian nodded, "You've finally understood."

"Okay, let me get someone to install it,"

Yasmine turned around and was about to leave when Sebastian stopped her. "Wait a minute."

"What's the matter?"

"Come and talk to me. I'm in a bad mood."

"Why is that so?"

She walked to him and Sebastian sat her down on his lap. He said regretfully, "I thought that I would definitely be able to pull Claudine down this time, but I did not expect something to go wrong. Since I had alerted her, Claudine will definitely be more vigilant and won't be so easy to deal with." "Must you fight till the end with her?"

Yasmine still hoped that he could stop.

"I can let anyone go, except for Claudine."

"Why?" Yasmine felt that Sebastian's hatred for Claudine was beyond her imagination. "What else did she do to you? Was it something that I am unaware of?"

Sebastian shook his head, "No, don't think too much."

He did not want to continue this topic with her. He put one of his hands into the collar of her suit and touched her chest. His Adam's apple bobbed, and his lips moved to her slender neck. He gently kissed her while whispering, "Yasmine, I haven't done it with you for half a month. Do you want to do it?"

Yasmine blushed and shook her head. "No."

He continued to kiss her anyway and unbuttoned her suit skillfully.

"No..."

She struggled for a while and suddenly sobered up because of his words. The doctor had told her that considering she had a poor history of fertility and was pregnant with twins now, it was better not to do anything in the first three months. Her babies were more important to her than her life. Of course, she would not act on impulse because of their physiological needs.

The hot summer gradually passed. Yasmine had been pregnant for almost three months, and her mother- in- law had been talking about doing an ultrasound for the past few days. Madam Simons could not wait to know the gender of the twins.

On an early autumn night, Yasmine dreamed of her mother. When she woke up early in the morning, she touched her slightly- raised belly. When she remembered that she had not told her mother about the news of her pregnancy, she decided not to go to the company that day and went directly to the mountain to talk to her mother.

Just like before, she bought her mother's favorite lilies and brought them with her. She parked the car at the foot of the mountain, then walked up the mountain alone and knelt down in front of her mother's tombstone. She put down the flower and said tearfully, "Mom, I'm pregnant. I've been too excited these days and I have forgotten to tell you that I have finally passed the most miserable stage of my life. Now, I'm very happy..."

"I am pregnant with twins. I am really overjoyed. The twins' father is also very happy and he already named them. They will be called Smiley and Chuckles. He said that I have not experienced a happy childhood, so he hoped that the babies could grow up happily. Mom, you see, he is a good man. Yes, he really is a good man. I did not marry the wrong person. I feel very happy when I'm with him. Mom, you can finally be at ease..."

Yasmine talked with her mother for a long time. It was not until her knees were numb that she finally held the tombstone with one hand and was ready to get up. At this time, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw nothing. There was only a dense forest behind her. When she thought about Richie Lind following her before this, she could not help but feel a little nervous. She took out her cell phone from her pocket and dialed Sebastian's number.

The call was quickly connected, and his voice was very gentle. "Hello? Yasmine?"

"Are you busy, Sebastian?"

"Not really. What's wrong?"

"If you are not busy, could you please come to my mother's cemetery to pick me up? I think someone is following me."

Sebastian immediately became alert and said seriously, "Okay, I'll be there immediately. Be careful. Call me if anything happens!"