The Seventh Miserable Bride

Chapter 222

"What happened?"

Yasmine Taylor asked worriedly. Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

"Let's talk about it when we meet. When are you free?"

"I'm free today at five. We both get off work at the same time. Let's meet at the cafe across your school."

"Alright."

Yasmine did not think much about it after hanging up the phone. She just thought that Lily had a fight with Scott. As soon as she finished her work in the afternoon, she packed her things up and was prepared to leave. Without informing Sebastian, she drove directly to the coffee shop opposite B High School.

Lily Adams was not there yet when she arrived. She sat in the corner of the cafe and waited for her. About ten minutes later, Lily rushed over.

When she sat down, Yasmine noticed that her eyes were puffy. She asked hurriedly, "Lily, did you quarrel with Scott?"

Lily shook her head, "No."

"What's wrong with you then?"

Lily paused for a moment, lowered her head, and did not speak. After a while, she raised her head again and said seriously, "Yasmine, I need to ask a favor from you." "What is it?"

"Is Sebastian collecting the evidence of my mother-in- law's tax evasion and her scandals with the officers?"

Yasmine took in a deep breath, "How do you know?"

"Scott told me. He was very moody these days. He was worried that something bad would happen to his mother. He hadn't slept for several nights."

"How did he know?"

Yasmine was in a dilemma.

"My mother-in-law came to us two days ago and said a lot of strange things. She said that if something happened to her, she would let her son take over her company. She didn't want the company to end like this."

"Has your relationship with your mother- in- law gotten better?"

"She still doesn't like me, but she does not object to my relationship with Scott anymore. I have been married to her son for two years. What reason does she have to object now?"

"Then why did you look for me today?"

Lily held her hand suddenly, "Yasmine, could you please persuade Sebastian to let my mother-in- law go? She's so old. She would not be able to survive prison..."

Yasmine shook her head awkwardly, "I'm afraid I can't do anything about it. Your mother-in-law has done a lot of wicked things. She should be punished." "Yasmine, my mother- in- law may be a little too extreme at times, but it was because she was abandoned when she was young. She didn't do anything heinous. If Sebastian handed those evidence over to the police, we all know how serious the consequences will be. I came to you today not for my mother-in-law's sake, but for Scott. I

haven't done anything for him since we were married. I really don't want to see him worry about her every day. He may think about coming to you, but he is a man with dignity. Furthermore, if he were to meet you because of this, it might cause Sebastian to misunderstand. After some thinking, I decided to come to you."

"Lily, it's not that I don't want to help you, but you don't know your mother- in- law well enough. If Sebastian let her go today, she will stab him in the back once she has the chance to."

"No, Yasmine, I promise you that she would not do that again. When my mother-in-law came to us two days ago, Scott had a quarrel with her about the illegal things she had done. She realized that she was wrong. She promised that if she could get through this, she would go back to France. She promised her son and I believe that she would never break her promise."

Yasmine did not speak. Lily thought of how depressed Scott had been these days and burst into tears. "I know I'm putting you in a dilemma. With our relationship, both of us are in a dilemma. This is the first time I have asked you for help. Yasmine, I hope you can help me. I will remember your kindness forever."

"I'll try my best." Yasmine could not bear to turn down her friend's request, so she agreed reluctantly.

When she got home in the evening, Sebastian asked worriedly, "Where have you been? Why did you leave without saying a word after getting off work?"

"I had to attend to some personal matters. It was urgent, so I didn't have the time to tell you."

"Why can't I get through your phone?"

She took it out of her bag and looked at it. She raised her hands innocently, "The battery's dead..."

After dinner, Sebastian went to work in the study. Yasmine struggled in the bedroom for a long time before finally making her way to his study. She knocked on the door and asked, "Sebastian, may I come in?"

"Come in."

He responded gently.

She pushed the door open and walked in. She came to his side slowly and looked at him hesitantly. "Have you collected all the information on Claudine?"

"Soon."

"If you hand in all the information, what will the result be?"

"She will either be sentenced to death or she would going to be imprisoned forever. The amount of tax evasion is too huge."

Yasmine fell silent for a moment. Sebastian was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Could you not hand in all of them? Could you only hand over half of it, for example, only the part where she slept with the officials? So that she would not receive such a heavy sentence?"

Sebastian was surprised. "Why are you speaking up for Claudine all of a sudden?"

"Lily came to me in the evening,."

Sebastian's face darkened, "Did you tell her about it?"

"No, I didn't. Claudine found out about the matter and told Scott and Lily about it."

"Are you helping Lily to convince me then?"

"Claudine is, after all, her mother-in-law. She is the mother of the man whom Lily loves deeply. Even if no one asks her to do this, she will do it for the sake of the man she loves."

Sebastian snorted sarcastically, "What a selfless love, but it's impossible."

"Why not?"

"Do you still need me to tell you the reason? Claudine is my number one enemy. Don't you know that?"

Yasmine bit her lip, "I know you hate her, but it is all in the past. When will the hatred end? I am pregnant now and we are happy together. I don't want you to live in hatred. Isn't it good for us to enjoy the joy of being together?"

"Do you think that the others will think so, too? Claudine won't be grateful to you. She will only laugh at you for being a fool."

"That is because you have been clouded by your emotions. If you hand in all the information, Claudine will definitely die. If you hand in only a small part of it, it will be enough to render her out of B City. That's good enough already. There's no need to force her into such a desperate situation."

"Even if she can't gain a foothold in B City now, what about in the future? What if she comes back again? We can't give her the chance to do that,"

"She is already so old, how could she fight with you in the future? Lily told me that as long as you let her go, she and Scott will ask her to return to France to settle down and never come back here."

"Do you really believe what they say? Whose side are you on? You either stand by my side or theirs, and nothing in between!"

Sebastian was getting irritated.

"I know very well that I am on your side, but it is precisely that I'm advising you not to do that. Think about it, if you send Claudine to prison, Scott will certainly hate you to the core. Lily is his wife, how could she continue being my friend in the future? Is our long-term friendship going to end because of your affairs?"

"Why are you making so much effort to plead for Claudine? Are you doing it for Lily, or are you doing it for Scott?"

Yasmine was stunned. All of a sudden, she pushed him furiously. "What do you mean? If you are not willing to do it, then fine. Don't make any wild guesses!"

She went out of his study annoyed and knew that he had misunderstood her intentions. Yasmine asked Lily out the next day and told her helplessly that she had tried her best, but the result was very regrettable.

Lily was silent for a long time. Finally, she got up and said, "Okay, I understand. Thank you."

From the beginning to the end, she only said one sentence. After that, she got up and left.

Across the transparent window of the cafe, Yasmine stared at her back as Lily walked farther and farther away. She felt very incredibly uneasy.

Yasmine was walking on the street in a daze. Suddenly, a person came up to her and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Yasmine looked up immediately and saw the person standing in front of her. She shouted in surprise, "Ethan?"

"It's my honor that you still remember me," Ethan Zordan bowed playfully.

Yasmine did not expect to meet him here. The haze in her heart disappeared in an instant and she said in excitement, "Flow could I forget you? We are good friends, plus we have become relatives. I will never forget you."

"Let's go. I'll treat you to dinner."

Ethan was still as handsome as he was two years ago. He carried a guitar on his back, but his hair was a little longer, which made him look even more charismatic than ever.

"Where have you been over the past two years?" Yasmine could not wait to ask. "I'm just wandering around all over the world."

"Have you been singing?"

"Yes."

"Have you gotten married?"

"No."

"Have you gotten a girlfriend then?"

"No."

There were a lot of things she wanted to talk to him about, and she could not possibly finish them within a day.

"You're not going to leave this time, are you? You're not young anymore. I heard that your father was extremely furious because of you. You're the only son in the family, but they don't even know where you were."

"We'll see. I'm used to wandering around outside, so I can't stay still at home."

Yasmine then asked a sensitive question carefully, "Are you... still in contact with Abigail?"

A trace of sadness flashed in Ethan's eyes. He shook his head, "No."

"Do you know where she is now?"

"I don't know," He added, "I've lost touch with her for a long time."

"Do you still like her?"

He smiled in self-depreciation, "I like the girl whom I met the first time. She had completely changed and I don't like her since."

Yasmine sighed, "What was Abigail like in the past? How could she fascinate you and Sebastian?"

"I could tell you in just one sentence."

"Which is?"

"She used to be an angel, but now, she is a demon."

"It's not easy to transform from an angel to a demon. I wonder if she'll be able to return to who she was before."

"She can't."