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..."

I know she won't have any appetite if

removed the cigarette from his lips and crushed it in his grasp. At the end of the day, he could not be cruel to the woman who was devoted to him. "You should stay and take care of Carrie.

sentence

remorse washed over Yasmin, she shied away from

sir. It

in matching pajamas with Carrie, reviewed files on the sofa under the

was not a workaholic like Justin. However, he was

hit me! Don't hit

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

to the bed. He scooped her up by the waist and pulled her into his arms.

her tight, his palm running down her drenched

abruptly opened her eyes and gasped for air as sweat soaked

on you, Carrie? Tell

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

dreams came from

happened for

from harm. Yasmin stuck close to

"N-No one."

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

picked

nightmare. All she wanted to do was forget about the past and pretend like nothing ever happened. Besides, her

and she did not want to

Ryan kissed her forehead. His lips were cold from

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