The Seventh Miserable Bride

Exhausted, Sebastian Simons closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. After two years, he could finally relieve this burden from his shoulders.

At dawn, he turned to the side and instinctively stretched his arm out. He wanted to hold the woman next to him but he could not feel anything. He was shocked and he turned the bedside lamp on hastily. Yasmine was not on the bed and the space beside him was empty.

Sebastian lifted the blanket and got off the bed. He immediately went to Yasmine's bedroom. When he opened the door and took a closer look, he calmed down. He saw a person lying on the big bed in the middle of the room. Her breathing was even and her face was calm...

As the psychological stress that accompanied him for the past two years dissipated, Sebastian felt like a cool breeze. Finally, a relaxed smile appeared on his cold face.

Monday was the launch day for the new products and the employees in Yaslor Corporation were full of delight. The press conference in the morning went smoothly. At noon, Sebastian did not see Yasmine at the celebration party at the hotel.

Confused, he frowned and moved along the crowd with a wine glass on his hand. Noticing his absent-minded look, the leader of the research and development team walked over and asked, "President Sebastian, are you looking for someone?"

"Why isn't Miss Lorris here?"

He pretended to ask casually.

"Oh, Miss Lorris said that she still had something to attend to. She left as soon as the press conference was over this morning."

A trace of uneasiness flashed before Sebastian's heart, but he did not reveal it. He nodded with a smile, "Thanks, I got it."

The party lasted until the evening. As soon as it ended, Sebastian rushed home and ran upstairs. He shouted in a deep voice, "Yasmine? Yasmine? Are you at home?"

There was no response. He pushed the door open but there was no one in the bedroom. He knitted his eyebrows and called her on his phone, only to find that her phone had been turned off. Sebastian felt increasingly unsettled. He went downstairs again and bumped into the housekeeper outside the living room. The housekeeper took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to him. "Young Master, the Young Mistress asked me to give this to you personally."

Sebastian took it in a hurry and tore it open. The letter read, "I don't know if you're anxiously looking for me when you see this letter. Maybe that's not the case, but it was just me hoping so. I'm leaving. After all, you don't need me anymore. I hope you can live a good life in the future because I won't save you again for the third time."

Sebastian dialed Yasmine's number hastily, in which a gentle voice then answered him tirelessly, "The number you have dialed has been switched off."

He hurried to the airport only to discover that the last flight to F City had taken off half an hour ago.

Sebastian's heart sank, and it felt as it had been wrenched out of his chest. He stood outside the terminal for two whole hours, smoking a whole pack of cigarettes.

The next morning, he sped off to the airport again and took the earliest flight to F City.

It was the second time Mindy Yard met Sebastian. Her attitude remained indifferent but she was visibly less surprised compared with the first time she met him. "Aunt, is Yasmine back?"

"No. She's not."

She replied grumpily, showing the obvious dissatisfaction in her eyes.

Sebastian did not believe her. He said in a hoarse voice, "Aunt, I know you have a problem with me, but please tell me where Yasmine is. I have something to say to her."

"I already told you that she didn't come back. If you don't believe me, you may sit here and wait."

Mindy was getting impatient as she spoke. Sebastian really took a seat and waited. Before getting off the plane, he had made a call to the Goldeap Corporation. He had confirmed that Yasmine did not go to work that day.

Sebastian waited for the whole day. Chuck Lorris came back from the docks in the evening. He was visibly upset when he saw Sebastian sitting in the living room. Chuck asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

"Chuck, he's here for Yasmine."

Mindy answered for Sebastian.

"Isn't Yasmine staying with you this whole time? Why did you come to my house to look for her then?" Chuck suddenly came forward and grabbed his collar. "Did you cross the line and drive her away again?" Sebastian did not explain anything. He said calmly, "Please tell me where she is."

"We don't know! Get outta here! Don't you think you've tortured my niece enough?"

Chuck shoved Sebastian furiously out of the house. Sebastian looked at the shut door in front of him but did not feel discouraged. He turned around and left the Lorrises but he did not go too far. Instead, he hid in a small nearby supermarket.

Just as he had expected, after waiting for about an hour, he saw Chuck and his wife exiting the house.

Sebastian hailed a taxi to follow them secretly. The car stopped in front of a complex building after many turns. He stood in the dark, watching as Chuck and his wife step into the building.

He stayed in a hotel that night. At the crack of dawn, he set out and came to the place where he had followed the Lorrises to last night. Pushing the white wooden door open, he went to the courtyard and knocked on a door in front of him.

He knocked on the door for a long time before someone finally opened it. Standing in front of him was the person he was looking for, Yasmine Taylor.

A hint of surprise flashed across Yasmine's eyes, however, it disappeared as soon as it came. Soon, she regained her composure and asked coldly, "How did you find me?"

"If I am serious about finding you, I can still find you even if you hide underground."

"Oh. What are you finding for me for?"

"Do you like running away from home so much?"

Sebastian shot back sarcastically.

Yasmine felt like she had heard a ridiculous joke. "Are you telling me that the Mansion House is my home now?"

"If it's not, what is?"

Yasmine went on, "Is it my home or my husband's home? If it's my husband's home, why is he separated from me? And why does everyone there want to drive me away as soon as they could?" "No one wants you to leave!"

Sebastian growled as he became enraged.

"If I recall correctly, two nights ago, you were still acting stubbornly and you ordered me to stay away from you. You even asked me to go to another man instead."

"That's because you're too close to Gabriel."

"It's not because I'm too close to Gabriel, but because you don't trust me. You don't believe I would not have any intimate relationship with another man except you. But what about me? Even though I do mind about the relationship between you and Leah, I have never crossed the line because I believe there was nothing between you and her. I have never questioned you because I trust you, however, I don't see you reciprocating this. You wouldn't be able to understand the feelings of selfblame and guilt I have in my heart whenever I was with Gabriel. I've become a selfish person because of my feelings for you. My eyes, heart, mind all belong to you. However, despite all these, you still don't appreciate me."

Yasmine's tears fell like raindrops. Only then did she realize that she had felt so aggrieved. She had been occupying herself with Sebastian's situation that she neglected the feelings in her heart. Her tears stung Sebastian's heart. He took a step forward and tried to embrace her but she backed away, "Don't come any closer."

Sebastian felt his heart ache when Yasmine moved away from him. "Yasmine, it's not like that. It's not that I don't appreciate you. I'm just not good at expressing my feelings, but I have never doubted you. I said these hurtful words because I was jealous of Gabriel. When I saw you leaving that night, I completely panicked. The only thought in my mind was that I couldn't live without you..."

"Don't say that again," Yasmine interrupted him angrily. She said, still in tears, "Ever since we met again, I couldn't see just how important I was to you. Instead, I was the one who had been putting you in the center of my life from the beginning to the end!"

She slammed the door shut and did not intend to say anything more to Sebastian. She would rather let some words go unsaid. She knew that saying these words out would not make any difference and that would hurt her even more.

"Yasmine, can't you feel my hidden love for you after we met again? Yes, I ignored you at first because I thought you found a good man. Furthermore, I was in such a terrible state. I didn't want to destroy your happiness, but at the same time, I couldn't hold back my love for you. Every time I told myself not to care about you, I end up doing so. That day, you accused me of playing with your heart in the nightclub. Do you know I was also in a mess at that time? That's why I said that you should leave. I thought I wouldn't feel sad anymore if you left but when you turned around, I could feel my heart being torn apart. That feeling is even more terrible than dying..."

"If I really didn't care about you, why would I be jealous? I always thought that when it comes to love, you and I would get along well, that you'll understand me even if I don't say it..."

"I'm cold and indifferent, and I am not good at expressing my feelings. Even though I really wanted to say to my father that I love him, I could only say it out loud after he died. I am rich and I own many paintings and antiquities. There are many people whom I adore and there are many things in this world that I still want to do. But you were always the most precious above everything else, and you will always be..."

Sebastian's heartfelt words failed to move Yasmine's disappointed heart. In the end, the metal door in front of him did not open again. He stood there for a long time and finally, he left dejectedly. After Sebastian left, Yasmine wept for hours. It was not that she could not forgive him, but just that she could not accept it. Why did he confess to her when times were good and pushed her away coldly when times were tough? Love should not be like this. When one loved the other truly, they would want to share the up and downs of their lives with their loved ones, even though it may not end up well.

Yasmine contemplated for a long time. She then dialed Gabriel's number and told him her address. Not long after, Gabriel came to her temporary residence. "When did you come back?"

As soon as they met, Gabriel asked in surprise, thinking that she was still in B City.

"I came back a few days ago."

Her eyes flickered as she led him into the living room. She pointed at the couch and said, "Please have a seat."

She went into the kitchen and came out with a bowl of instant noodles. Gabriel grinned and joked, "Hey, I didn't say that I was hungry."