The Seventh Miserable Bride

Chuck Lorris hung up the phone. Yasmine Taylor sighed at the phone and was feeling doubtful about her uncle's words.

During dinner, she asked her mother-in-law timidly, "Mom, when are you guys flying back? Could I come along with you guys?"

Madam Simons shook her head, "No, your husband wants you to give birth here in Vienna before going back."

"Isn't it the same if I give birth back at home? He's just afraid that I will be kidnapped by Claudine again, isn't he? Don't worry, I promise you that I won't go out or meet anyone until I give birth." "Yasmine, it's no use for you to make this promise to us."

Tiffany Simons shrugged helplessly. "We are not your husband."

"Then, why not just bring me home with you? I'll explain it to him when I get back."

"Don't even think about it. You're seven months pregnant now, and this is when premature labor is most likely to happen. If you happen to give birth on the plane, my brother will skin me alive." "No way that'll happen. It can't be that coincidental. Mom, please let me go back, please..."

Yasmine pleaded with Madam Simons and Tiffany for a long time, but they stood firm. She placed her fork on the table and said angrily, "Whatever the case is, I have made up my mind to return home. Regardless of your agreement, I will fly home tomorrow!"

The next morning, Madam Simons had just gotten out of bed, and she saw Yasmine coming out of her bedroom with her luggage in hand. She was surprised and she walked to her, "What are you doing?" "I already told you last night. I'm going home."

"You can't go back."

"My legs are on my body. If I want to go back, no one can stop me."

Yasmine went downstairs stubbornly. Tiffany was awakened by the commotion outside of her room. When she came out of her room, she saw that Yasmine was about to head out of the house. She said in a hurry, "Mom, it seems that we have to tell her the truth..."

"Yasmine "

Madam Simons called out to her daughter-in-law.

Yasmine turned around and looked at them, who were standing at the stairs.

Tiffany rushed in front of her first and said lowly, "Yasmine, we'll be honest with you. My brother has recently encountered some trouble."

She knew it! "What kind of trouble?"

"He's... he's.."

"What? You better spit it out!"

Yasmine was anxious. She was very displeased when she saw Tiffany still hesitating at this point.

"He has been suspected of murdering Claudine....."

"Claudine's murderer? Claudine's dead?" Yasmine was shocked, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"Yes."

"What the h*ll is going on?"

Yasmine was about to collapse. She thought of what Sebastian had said to Claudine Tucker on the roof of the Pegasus Corporation the day before she went abroad. "Just you wait." Her heart was filled with icy chills...

"It's a long story."

Yasmine grabbed Madam Simons' hand anxiously, "Mom, why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you tell me that he was in trouble?"

"He didn't want to worry you. However, don't worry too much. We have already got everything under control, there won't be too much of a problem."

"Claudine's dead now, how could I stay calm? I'm leaving now. Are you guys coming?"

Yasmine was determined to return home as soon as possible. No wonder her eyelids kept twitching over the past month.

When the plane landed in B City, Tiffany called her brother immediately as she got off the plane. Sebastian Simons rushed to the airport as soon as he received the call. Of course, when he saw Yasmine, he pulled a long face.

"Who asked you to come back?" He questioned madly. "You're already involved in a lawsuit. How could I not come back?!" "What's the use of you coming back?" He glared at his sister, apparently blaming her for not being able to keep the secret. Tiffany interrupted innocently, "It's not my bloody fault. We were forced to tell her. Yasmine was determined to come back." "We'll talk more when we get home!"

He opened the car door and pulled Yasmine in.

When they arrive in the Mansion House, the servants were surprised to see Yasmine. Before they could get the chance to talk to her, she was instantly dragged upstairs by Sebastian.

"Tell me, why did you come back? Did I say that you could come back?"

"Well, tell me, what exactly happened to Claudine?" Oh God...

Sebastian rubbed his temples, "Your due date is around the corner. You shouldn't care about this."

"Why should I not? You are my husband!"

"It's no big deal. Don't ask about it anymore."

"Then I need to know the truth. I'm back anyway."

Her stubbornness left him with no choice, so he had to tell her what had happened. "Claudine showed up at my office on the 19th of last month without prior notice. At that time, she had nowhere to go. The anti-corruption commission had already issued an arrest order. When she came to my office, she began to provoke me. Seeing me gnashing my teeth in anger, she suddenly took out a gun from her pocket and placed it in my hand. She asked me to shoot her. She kept on provoking me. Part of me really wants to shoot her. When she saw me hesitating, she immediately reached over and pull the trigger. She was shot dead right in front of me."

After Sebastian finished, Yasmine was indignant "Since she shot

herself, why are you the murder suspect? Is it because she died in St

your office? Are those people stupid or what? Who would commit a murder in their own place? This doesn't make sense, does it? Also, Claudine was the one who pulled the trigger. Weren't her fingerprints on the gun? Besides, didn't you already install a camera in your office?"

Sebastian sighed, "Speaking of this, I was too careless. At that time, I didn't notice Claudine was wearing a pair of black gloves. She went to the office to frame me. Not only did she not leave any evidence, she even recorded our confrontation. Iso happened to be heard saying, "Do you think that I don't dare to kill you?". Immediately after that, she pulled the trigger. I have no evidence to prove that I am innocent."

"What about the camera? The camera should have recorded the entire confrontation."

"The camera has stopped working. The video that we retrieved from the camera was from three months ago. Everything after that was just blank."

Yasmine rubbed her temples and thought, this really was big trouble...

"Who discovered the phone recording?" "I told you that she came prepared. Before she came, she had already written the last note to her ex-husband and told him that I had always wanted her dead. If one day something were to happen to her, I must be the one who did it. The recording so happened to have omitted her provocation. It only started when I pointed the gun at her."

"Then why did you point a gun at her?"

"Who would have thought that she would pull this kind of stunt on me?"

Yasmine was speechless. She gnashed her teeth and said, "This d*mned woman, she wants to drag you to h*ll with her even though she is already dead. What a b*tch!"

"But honey..." She paused for a moment, "It wasn't you who pulled the trigger, right?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Sebastian's eyes. He asked incredulously, "Yasmine, what are you talking about? Do you also think that I have something to do with Claudine's death?" Yasmine knew that she had poked his sore spot, so she explained, "That is not what I meant. It's just that at that time... in the Pegasus Corporation..."

"I almost pushed her down, didn't I?"

Sebastian's gaze turned cold. "It seems to me that you do not believe me."

He turned around and left in disappointment. Yasmine grumbled with grievance, "No, that's not what I meant..."

Sebastian left the house and did not come back even when the sky had turned dark. Yasmine sat anxiously in the living room and waited for him with her mother-in-law.

"Did you call him?"

"I did, but his phone is turned off."

"Maybe he's not angry with you. He probably has a business meeting."

"I don't think you need to turn off your phone in a business meeting."

"Then maybe his phone is dead."

"He never lets his phone battery run out."Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Madam Simons did not speak anymore. Yasmine bit her lip, "Mom, it must be very difficult for Sebastian now, isn't it?"

She didn't expect Claudine would choose to frame Sebastian when she was in such a hopeless situation.

"Of course, all kinds of unfavorable evidence are directed at him. How could he not feel pressured? Fortunately, Master Blaine and Old Mr. George have some connections in the political circle. They have been helping to clear his name ever since that day."

Yasmine waited for a long time before Sebastian came back. By that time, her mother-in-law had already fallen asleep.

He glanced at her indifferently and did not speak. She knew that he was still upset about her unintentional accusation.

"Honey, where have you been? Why did you come back so late?"

"I have waited for you for a long time. Don't come back late next time. Pregnant women shouldn't stay up late."

"I'm sorry about what I said this afternoon. I didn't mean to doubt you. I just couldn't accept that Claudine would do something as extreme as this."

"So, are you accusing me of murdering her?"

"No, that's not it. I swear. I just want to be 100% sure and let myself accept the facts."

"Fine then. I'm feeling very annoyed right now. I don't want to continue with this conversation. Could you please give me some space?

She hugged him tightly, "I won't leave you anymore. I don't care how diligent Claudine had planned it, there must be a flaw. I will definitely help you find that flaw."

"How are you going to help me? Don't forget that you are a pregnant woman who is due soon."

"So what if I'm pregnant? I have been thinking about it for the whole day. I think that Claudine has planned well, but there must be a loophole, and I suspect we would be able to find it on someone."

"Who?"

"Her son, Scott Jules."

"Why do you think so?"

"According to my intuition, if Claudine was planning on committing suicide, she would have definitely met up with her son one last time. She'll probably tell him something or say something strange to her son. There's no way she'll abruptly leave him."

"That was what I was thinking earlier as well." Sebastian took off his coat and sat down on the couch. "I have already brought my lawyer to visit him. I was hoping that he could provide some clues about his mother's death. Unfortunately, he did not offer anything, and his attitude to me was quite cold."

"Scott was very close to his mother. Claudine's sudden death must have been a great blow to him. But he is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong. Maybe we should give him some space for now, I believe he will be more rational once he calms down."