The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

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..."

with Carrie. I know she won't have any appetite

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. Even though you're clumsy with laundry and cooking, I won't feel any better leaving Carrie's care to someone else. This cannot happen again, or I won't just fire you. I'll

last sentence

Yasmin, she shied away from his gaze and

sorry, sir. It won't

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

not a workaholic like Justin. However, he was

Don't hit me!

pinned down. She let out a frantic scream. "I'm a dummy! I'm an idiot! Just

waist and pulled her into his arms. "Don't be scared. I'm here. Don't be scared." "Don't hit

drenched back. "Who hit you? Tell

abruptly opened her eyes and gasped for air as

picked on you, Carrie? Tell me who

eyes turned red, and his tone was

dreams came from

for Carrie to have

a good job of shielding Carrie from harm. Yasmin stuck close to Carrie at school, so no one would

"N-No one."

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

one picked on

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

was thicker than water, and she did not want to put

it really a nightmare, Carrie?" Ryan kissed her forehead. His lips