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 weekter, when Sebastian Simons was about to take action on udine Tucker, he realized that
the ount 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 ount book?"
Yasmine Taylor red 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 ount 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 ming 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 ount 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
ufortable. She felt that it was unnatural.
He no longer mentioned the ount 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 pping 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 ount book, didn''t you? Is that what you think of me? It''s true that I
have a good rtionship 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 ufortable too."
"How should I vent my anger now that you''re pregnant? Do you want me to shout at you?"
"Compared with your previous nonchnt 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
ount 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 ount 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-inw 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 woulde to the front and admit to it willingly. We would not me 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 me 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 red 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 wille 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 definitelye out by
tomorrow morning."
N?vel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
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 iprehension..."
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, "udine, do you think that I had no other
ways to deal with you after you bribed our housekeeper and stole the ount 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 mypany''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 youpany till the very end!"
After udine hung up the phone, Sebastian asked Yasmine toe into the room.
Yasmine entered the President''s office, "What''s wrong?"
"Ask someone to install a camera in my officeter," "Why do you want that?"
Yasmine was confused.
"Do you think that udine only bribed Butler Alfred? How was she so sure that the information is
at home?"
"Are you saying that there are also spies in thepany?"
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 hisp. He said regretfully, "I thought that I would
definitely be able to pull udine down this time, but I did not expect something to go wrong. Since
I had alerted her, udine will definitely be more vignt 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 udine."
"Why?" Yasmine felt that Sebastian''s hatred for udine 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 cor 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-w 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 thepany 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 pleasee 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!"