The Seventh Miserable Bride

He knew that she was hiding from him. He understood the embarrassment and disappointment a woman would feel after her love was rejected by a man. Hence, he wondered how to ease the awkwardness between them.

After careful thought, he sent her a text message, "Do you have time tonight? Let's talk."

After waiting half an hour for her reply, he called her. The call went through, but no one answered it.

He called another four times but Yasmine did not pick up. She did not have the courage to answer it. She was afraid that Sebastian would say, "Since we can't get along with each other as we did in the past, let's split up."

She knew very well how short Sebastian's marriages were, and she was very clear that her marriage with Sebastian had lasted for three months now.

His words on their wedding day still rang in her ears. She did not expect that time would pass so fast. In the blink of an eye, it was time to end the marriage.

"I'll wait for you at 35 Degrees at six p.m. See you later."

After Sebastian sent the second message, Yasmine fell into deep confusion.

At five p.m., after his meeting had ended, Sebastian was getting ready to go to the restaurant called 35 degrees. Before leaving, he called Yasmine, but she still refused to answer.

Fynn pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Sebastian's serious expression, he asked playfully, "You're troubled by love, aren't you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Dare you say that you haven't fallen in love with your new wife? Do you know how long you've been married?" Fynn pointed at the calendar on his table. "It's been three months, and you've broken the record of your previous six marriages."

If Fynn had not reminded him, Sebastian would not realize that he had been with Yasmine for three months. At the same time, he suddenly realized why she did not answer his call.

Fie quickly sent a text message that said, "I have something to talk to you about, but it's not about a divorce."

Fie thought Yasmine would answer the phone after that text message, but she still did not answer when he called her again. In frustration, he threw his phone onto the table.

"There are only two possibilities when women don't answer the phone. One is that they like you too much, and the other is that they hate you too much."

Sebastian did not respond to Fynn.

"Perhaps she hates herself for liking you too much."

As Fynn continued to blabber, Sebastian said grumpily, "That sounds like Romeo and Juliet."

"Then tell me frankly, do you really have no affection for Yasmine at all?"

For the past ten years, Fynn had been working with Sebastian, and they never hid anything from each other.

"You know very well who's in my heart," Sebastian replied bluntly.

"Don't tell me there's nothing at all? Or maybe it's good to have some other feelings, such as family affection or friendship?"

"There are other feelings. But I can't explain clearly."

"What kind of feeling can't explained clearly?"

Sebastian sighed slightly and said, "A little less than love, a little more than friendship."

"That's family affection. There's nothing that you can't explain," Fynn said.

"Maybe..." Sebastian brushed it off.

Fie got up and looked at the watch on his wrist. "I have to go first. Aren't you getting off work?"

"I'm leaving right now."

Sebastian sat in a private room in 35 Degrees, waiting for Yasmine's arrival. Although he knew that Yasmine might not be in a good mood, he believed that she would come, as she was not a person who would run away from reality.

In fact, he knew her well. Yasmine did come. Although she looked well, she could not hide the sadness in her.

"Are you planning to keep avoiding me like this?" Sebastian looked her in the eye and asked helplessly.

"No, I just want to wait until I've completely adjusted my mood before I face you."

"I'm sorry if I made you upset. I'm not a good man, but Yasmine, you're a good woman. I don't deny that I have some feelings towards you, but it cannot be the reason I accept you. Because in my heart, Abigail has never left. It'll be unfair for you if I accepted you, and it'll also be a burden to me. It's impossible to have two people in my heart at the same time. I believe you won't want me to act as if I love you when I actually love someone else."

"Yes, I understand."

Yasmine suppressed the great sadness overwhelming her and forced a smile. She said, "Let's order something to eat. I'm hungry."

"Okay."

Sebastian knew that she was very upset, but he could not comfort her. If he comforted her, it would be very hypocritical.

He had ordered a lot of sumptuous dishes. Yasmine smiled bitterly with a fork in her hand. "I guess you really don't like me. You ordered so many things I don't fancy eating."

Sebastian felt a little awkward and said, "Then I'll ask them to change the dishes."

"There's no need for that. Let's just finish them together."

During the meal, the two of them ate in silence. Occasionally, they would look up at each other, but immediately shifting their eyes away. "So close yet so far.." Yasmine thought. They were looking straight at each other, but there were no words between them.

"What are you going to do in the future? Will you stay in our house?"

"If you don't drive me away, I'll stay."

"And it's okay if there's no love between us?" Sebastian asked cautiously.

"There wasn't love in the past three months, but here we are anyway."

She was right. Not every married couple stayed together because they loved each other. Yet there were people who got married after a blind date, and stayed together.

Among all married couples, how many were really in love with each other? Some got married because they tolerated each other, but most of them did because they thought the other person was appropriate to be married to.

It was not a bad thing to be together just because it was appropriate to do so. Life would still go on. Perhaps they would only regret in their later years, for not waiting for their true love... "Do you want to go home?"

After getting out of 35 Degrees, Sebastian asked Yasmine, who was beside him.

"No, you can go back first. I have something to do."

"Should I give you a lift?"

"No, you don't need to see me off. It's not far."

Sebastian nodded and said, "Well alright, be careful on the way."

When his car gradually disappeared in the distance, Yasmine walked to the nearby cinema and watched a film she did not understand. She looked around and found that the other spectators were immersed in the film. Then, she suddenly felt a pang of loneliness.

Three months had passed, but Yasmine was still the young madam in the Simons family, which dispelled the rumors of the devil Sebastian's marriages only lasting less than three months. Seeing this, Linda's heart burned with jealousy, and she decided not to wait any longer. She would expose Yasmine's lies no matter what.

After thinking for a while, Linda decided to start with the fool, Leighton. However, Leighton's father was obviously in cahoots with Yasmine. It seemed that Linda had to think of another way, but who could she look for? Linda crossed out a few related characters and she finally locked on Chuck Lorris.

Chuck, of course, knew of Linda, but he had never had any interaction with her, so he was very surprised by her sudden invitation.

"Why do you want to see me?"

His tone was full of hostility.

Linda smiled and said, "Why are you so cold to me? Although I have no blood relationship with you, I have a relationship with your niece. For Yasmine's sake, you should not be so cold to me, right?" "Humph, for the sake of my dead sister, I don't think I should be kind to you, I should be even more hostile!" Chuck retorted. "Auntie Tanya died of illness, and it has nothing to do with our family. Why are you so fierce to me?"

Chuck slapped on the table and shouted angrily, "You're still young, so don't say words that go against your conscience. Be careful that you might be punished by God!"

Linda was frightened by Chuck's crudeness quickly nodded. "Alright, alright! I won't say such things. Let's get back to the point."

"The reason why I asked you out this time is to talk about Yasmine. How did you sell her back then?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I sell her?"

"That fool named Leighton Lind. Didn't you sell Yasmine to his family for a hundred thousand dollars?" Chuck was shocked and frowned. "How did you know about this?"

"So, it's true?"

"I don't know!"

Linda had already figured out the truth from Chuck's surprised eyes. Seeing that he did not admit it, she sighed and said,

"Don't hide it from me. Yasmine told me that you did it on your own accord. I really didn't expect that you were so heartless. You sold your perfectly normal niece to a mentally- challenged fool and yet, you shamelessly bring up your sister Tanya. How could Auntie Tanya rest in peace when you did such a thing?"

"You're the one who has no conscience. If it weren't for your mother and your father's ruthlessness, how could Yasmine be forced to do this? It's your family that ruined her life. My dead sister will one day become a malicious ghost and avenge for herself and her daughter!" Chuck defended himself.

"Oh, Uncle, why are you so fierce? I'm here to discuss with you how to annul that marriage. Although Yasmine and I are half-siblings, I can't bear seeing her marry a fool."

Linda called the waiter and said, "Serve the dishes and bring us some wine."

Chuck said with a gloomy face, "I'm not in the mood to eat with you."

"You still have to eat even if you're not in the mood. Let's not talk about other matters today, but try to solve the problem between Yasmine and that fool?" Linda probed.

"Don't pretend to be merciful. You care about Yasmine? I don't believe it!"

"My relationship with Yasmine is not as bad as you think. If we were not close, how would I know about Leighton? Yasmine is in a dilemma. One is a fool, Leighton, and the other is a lunatic, Sebastian. She can't afford to offend either of them, and her life with either of them would be horrible."