Ryan returned to the living room dejected. After putting Carrie to bed, Yasmin descended the stairs.

As Ryan looked up, their gazes met, and Yasmin put her head down in fright.

"Any lower, and your head will hit the floor. Are you an ostrich?"

With his brows furrowing in annoyance, Ryan went to the sofa to sit down. He took out a cigarette to hold between his lips, only to remember that Carrie did not like the smell of tobacco. In the end, he did not light the cigarette.

Yasmin kept her head down throughout.

The usually callous and unapproachable woman was now timid with guilt.

"Come here."

Yasmin took a few steps to get to Ryan, but the silence felt like a lifetime.

"Is Carrie asleep?" Ryan's voice was husky.

"She's asleep."

Yasmin hung her head low, her voice trembling. "I'll pack my things and leave right away. I won't get in your way."

"You can stay." Ryan's icy words granted Yasmin a pardon.

"B-But you said..."

Carrie. I know she won't have any

cruel to the woman who was devoted to him. "You should stay and take

last sentence was

she shied away from his

sorry, sir. It won't happen

pajamas with Carrie, reviewed

was too distraught to sleep, and he needed

hit me! Don't

duvet away in her sleep and wrangled around as if she were pinned down. She let out a frantic scream. "I'm a dummy! I'm an idiot! Just don't hit me!"

ran to the bed. He scooped her up by the waist and pulled her into his arms. "Don't be scared. I'm here.

tight, his palm running down her drenched back. "Who hit you? Tell

abruptly opened her eyes and gasped for air as sweat soaked her

picked on you, Carrie? Tell me who hit

turned red, and his tone was stubborn and ruthless. "I'll

firmly believed that dreams came from

happened for Carrie to have

did a good job of shielding Carrie from harm. Yasmin stuck close to

"N-No one."

her arms around the man's waist and shook her head with closed eyes. "I

one picked

were worse than a nightmare. All she wanted to do was forget about the

not want to put

nightmare, Carrie?" Ryan kissed her forehead. His lips were cold from

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