Chapter 157


    Yasmine Taylor was silent. After a long pause, she finally spoke, "Dad, please give me some time to


    think about this."


    Titus Simons nodded and patted her on the shoulder. "Child, I''m really sorry."


    Yasmine''s lips twitched. She was extremely sad, but she held back her tears. Tears were never her


    weapon. Even if her tears flowed endlessly like a river, her dark life would not be bright.


    After she parted ways with Titus, she returned home with a gloomy expression. She locked herself


    in the room until the sky turned dark. She never stepped out again.


    In the evening, Yasmine forced a smile on her face and headed downstairs. She did not wish for her


    family to see how she was feeling. Sebastian Simons gently reached out his hand and touched her


    forehead. "Are you not feeling well? Why do you look so pale?"


    "I''m fine."


    She tried very hard to squeeze out a smile. She then picked up her cutlery to eat.


    "Have a drumstick."


    Sebastian tore off a big drumstick from the roast chicken that was in the middle of the dining table


    and handed it to Yasmine. "You are too thin. You must eat more meat." Yasmine quickly put the


    chicken drumstick into his te and said, "You should eat it. You have to work hard every day."


    "I''m a man. I won''t copse even if I go hungry for three days. Just eat it."


    He put the drumstick back into Yasmine''s te.


    "You''d better eat it. I''ll just eat the chicken wings."


    "What''s wrong with you? Just eat what I gave you."


    The chicken drumstick was passed back and forth between the two of them, and everyone at the


    table was dizzy. They saw the chicken drumstick got passed from the left to the right, and then back


    from the right to the left, which got them totally confused.


    Finally, Tiffany Simons couldn''t stand it anymore. She reached out a hand and grabbed the chicken


    drumstick, putting it into her te. "Just let me eat it if you are not having it. I''m growing and I need


    the nutrition."


    Sebastian and Yasmine nced at her nkly, and then they looked at each other.


    "I really can''t stand you two. It''s just a chicken drumstick. You make our family seem very poor, as if


    roast chickens are hard toe by."


    Tiffany chided her brother and sister-inw as she ate the drumstick.


    Sebastian red at her, tore off the other drumstick, and handed it to Yasmine. "Eat quickly, don''t


    get robbed by the bandits again."


    "Humph!" Tiffany snorted. "Who''s going to snatch it from you two? Both of you are so lovey-dovey


    that it''s disgusting."


    "You''re just jealous."


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    "Come on, since you have such a good rtionship, why don''t you have a child yet? I''ve been


    looking forward to being an aunt for a long time."


    Tiffany''s unintentional words were like a bomb, letting the atmosphere in the house to its freezing


    point.


    Everyone had different expressions on their faces. Yasmine was speechless and sad, while


    Sebastian was stiff and angry. Titus and his wife were shocked and uneasy.


    "What''s wrong with everyone? Why are you all looking at me? Is there something on my face?"


    Tiffany did not realize what kind of trouble she had caused and she rubbed her face with a nk


    look on her face.


    "Will you die if you don''t talk?"


    Sebastian asked with a sullen face. Tiffany was shocked by her brother''s cold attitude and she said,


    "Did I say anything that was offensive? I just hope that you two will have a baby."


    "Shut up."


    Madam Simons also scolded her with a gloomy face. Tiffany waspletely stunned. "What''s


    wrong? Why are all of you acting like this?"


    She pouted in grievance and crossed her hands in front of her chest helplessly.


    Seeing her sister- in-w''s innocent expression, Yasmine took a deep breath and said frankly,


    "Tiffany, I''m infertile. You''re the only one in our family who doesn''t know this."


    As soon as Yasmine finished her sentence, the atmosphere became more solemn. Tiffany widened


    her eyes in shock and looked at her parents, then at her sister-inw. She got panicked and she


    couldn''t say a word.


    Yasmine slowly got up and politely nodded at her parents-inw. "Mom and Dad, please go ahead.


    I''m not feeling well. I''ll go upstairs and take a rest."


    Looking at her lonely figure, Madam Simons sighed deeply. Sebastian suddenly stood up, rolled his


    eyes at his sister, and then ran after Yasmine.


    Yasmine entered the bedroom. Just as she was about to close the door, Sebastian stood in front of


    her, panting heavily. She looked at him in a daze and was speechless for a while.


    "Yasmine, I''m sorry. Tiffany did not know what she was saying. She didn''t mean to hurt your


    feelings."


    Yasmine chuckled and said, "It doesn''t matter. I don''t me her."


    Yasmine saw that Sebastian''s eyes were full of worry. She took two steps forward and reached out


    to hug him. At this moment, he didn''t need to say much. Just a hug from him was enough.


    What Titus had said to her during the day, plus Tiffany''s unintentional words during dinner, haunted


    Yasmine for the whole night. The next day, she took the initiative to ask her father-inw out and


    told him, "Dad, I''ve thought it over and I agree with your proposal. However, I have a request."


    Titus was stunned. He didn''t expect Yasmine to agree so soon. He nodded and said, "What is your


    request? Just say it."


    "I have no reservations about having someone carry Sebastian''s child, but that woman can never


    be Abigail."


    That was thest and final straw of her dignity.


    Titus fully understood her and he promised right away, "Rest assured. Even if you are willing, I will


    never let Abigail to bear the Simons family''s bloodline. I have already found a surrogate mother.


    Now, as long as you could persuade Sebastian, everything will be settled."


    Yasmine dug her nails into her flesh and said with a trembling voice, "Dad, don''t you think that


    you''re being too cruel to me? It''s hard enough for me to ept that my husband will be having a


    child with another woman, and now you want me to tell him in person? How am I supposed to do


    that to him?"


    Titus closed his eyes painfully and then opened them again. He said helplessly, "Yasmine, I''m really


    sorry. I know that you are upset, but no one can convince my son except you. In other words, he


    only listens to you."


    Yasmine was in total despair. The world had always been cruel, but she didn''t feel it until today.


    She returned home in a daze. In the living room, her mother-inw put one hand on her forehead,


    as if she was thinking of something.


    "Mom."


    When Madam Simons heard Yasmine call her, she suddenly raised her head and said, "Yasmine,


    you''re back." "Yes."


    Yasmine sat next to Madam Simons and said with a nk expression, "I''ve agreed to Dad''s


    proposal."


    Madam Simons'' body stiffened and her eyes blurred in an instant. "I''m sorry, child. I''m really sorry


    for making you suffer so much."


    The tears that Yasmine had been holding back all this while finally flowed freely in front of her


    mother-inw. Perhaps because Madam Simons was also a woman, Yasmine felt that she could


    understand the bitterness in Yasmine''s heart better.


    "It doesn''t matter. It''s my own bad luck."


    She sobbed in a low voice, tears dripping down the back of her hand. Madam Simons hugged her,


    distressed, and said, "Yasmine, thank you for your contribution to our family. We will never forget


    your kindness."


    In the evening, Yasminey in Sebastian''s arms but she didn''t talk about the proposal. She needed


    time to ept and adapt to the idea. If she couldn''t even ept it, how was she supposed to


    convince Sebastian to ept it?


    If this was her destiny, she would ept it. She once stumbled upon a saying in a book that she


    had read: "Don''t try to fight against your fate, because you won''t win."


    Lily Adams'' marriage leave was only one day. When she returned to work the next day, she was as


    indifferent as usual, and she didn''t look as happy as a newly-wed would.


    As soon as she arrived at the office, she could feel that the room was filled with hostility. It was only


    then that she realized that her marriage to Scott Jules was so sudden that almost no one in the


    school knew about it.


    "Miss Adams, I never thought you were much more aggressive than Miss Taylor. How could you


    marry Principal Jules quietly? When we got the news yesterday, we almost broke our sses. We


    couldn''t figure out why Principal Jules would suddenly marry you."


    "Yes, could you tell us how it happened?"


    Lily looked at the two female teachers in front of her and felt a temptation to strangle them to death.


    She replied sarcastically, "I didn''t do anything. Principal Jules proposed to me and I epted his


    proposal. It''s that simple."


    "Principal Jules proposed to you? Are you kidding me?"


    One of the female teachers sneered sarcastically. "Everyone knows that Principal Jules loves


    Yasmine. You thought too highly of yourself, didn''t you?"


    "Are you implying that I did something to force Principal Jules to marry me?"


    "That must be case. Otherwise, how could an outstanding person like Principal Jules suddenly


    marry you?"


    "Since you are so curious, you should ask Principal Jules yourselves. Don''t bother me anymore."


    Lily didn''t want to waste time with them anymore, so she got up and was ready to leave.


    She took only two steps before she heard whispers behind her. "Pfft, arrogant woman. Did she


    really think that we don''t know what kind of person she is?"


    "When a man suddenly decides to marry a woman, there is only one possibility. The woman must


    have used some means to sleep with him..."


    It was intolerable.


    Lily couldn''t stand it anymore. She turned around and rushed to the woman who was whispering


    behind her and pped her across the face.


    "I''m not Yasmine. I won''t tolerate your verbal attacks all day long."


    "How dare you hit me?"


    The female teacher was angry. She grabbed Lily''s hair and the two women began to fight in the


    office.


    When the other teachers saw the fight, they hurried forward to stop it, however they couldn''t stop it


    no matter how hard they tried. The two women were too aggressive. Just as the fight was about to


    take a turn for the worse, Scott arrived and shouted, "Stop!"


    Because Scott was there, they did not dare to continue with the fight no matter how angry they


    were. The two women were about the same height and weight, so the degree of injury was about


    the same.


    "What are you doing? As a teacher, how dare you fight openly in the office? Howwless!"


    "Principal Jules, she was the one who started the fight..."


    The female teacherined tearfully. Another female teacher immediately echoed, "Yes, we can


    testify that Miss Adams started the fight."