The Seventh Miserable Bride

The next day at noon, Yasmine Taylor went to Lily's school. She called Lily Adams and asked her out.

They met up in a cafe right opposite the school. Lily was surprised that she had suddenly returned. "Why did you come back so suddenly?"

"Why didn't you tell me the truth when I asked you if anything had happened to Sebastian?

Lily looked a little taken aback. "He told me not to tell you. He was afraid that you would be worried."

"What the h*ll is wrong with Claudine? Why did she choose to kill herself?"

"The result isn't out yet, so we can't be sure it was suicide..."

"Lily!" Yasmine was shocked. "Do you also think that my husband has something to do with Claudine's death?"

It was not until she repeated Sebastian's words that she realized how hurtful this sentence could be.

"Yasmine, I trust you, but it doesn't mean that I trust Sebastian. You are my friend, but he is nothing to

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me.

Yasmine was upset. "The reason I asked you out today is that I want to know whether Claudine had looked for you guys before she died. Did she say anything to you?" "No, she never met with me." "What about Scott?"

"I'm not sure about that."

"Did you ask him?"

"He's pretty upset about everything that has happened. How could I bear to ask him such a question?"

Yasmine frowned. "Could I come over to your house tonight? I want to talk to Scott. He's not answering any of my calls right now."

"He asked me not to contact your family a few days ago. I'm afraid..."

"Lily, you are the type of person who chooses rationality over emotions right?"

Lily bit her lip and pondered for a moment. "Well fine, I won't tell him. You should just come over tonight. If I inform him in advance, he will definitely refuse to see you." "Thank you..."

At seven o'clock in the evening, Yasmine asked the driver to take her to the Jules' family after dinner. Lily had already received her call in advance, so she stood at the door and waited for her. She got out of the car and walked straight to her friend's side. She asked quietly, "Is he home?"

"Yes. Come with me."

She followed Lily into the living room and made a turn into Scott's study. Lily knocked on the door and said, "Scott, there's someone here to see you."

She winked at Yasmine, "You can go in."

Yasmine pushed the door open and walked in. She glanced at the man sitting in front of the laptop. She hadn't seen him for months and he looked very haggard. She couldn't help but sympathize with him. Claudine's death was indeed a great blow to him.

"What are you doing here?"

This was the first time Scott Jules had spoken to her in such an indifferent and cold voice.

"You know why I'm here."

"If you want me to provide evidence that would help your husband to get rid of the suspicion, I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"I'm not asking you to give me anything. I just want to tell you that you can't bring a person back to life. You can't just hate someone just because you can't accept some facts. Yes, Sebastian forced your mother to a dead end. But have you ever wondered why Sebastian fought against her? Do you know what your mother has done? Honestly speaking, she deserved to die. From what I understand, she was not killed, nor did she kill herself. She used death to atone for her sins because that's the only way she could erase all the sins she had committed. However, it is regrettable that she still managed to push all the blame to Sebastian even though she is dead."

"Get out," Scott ordered with a pale face.

"You better think about it. I believe you are a rational person."

She turned around and walked out of the study. The moment she closed the door, she heard the sound of Scott smashing a cup. She and Lily, who were standing outside the door and waiting, were shocked. Lily said anxiously, "I'm screwed. Scott will definitely vent his anger on me later."

"I'm sorry for dragging you into this."

"Oh, no worries."

Lily shook her head dejectedly. "By the way, could you hold on for a minute? I've prepared a gift for your babies. I planned to give it to you when you're back in the country. Since you're already back now, I'll give it to you right away."

She went into the bedroom, took out a red brocade box, and muttered, "Your family doesn't lack money, so I think this is an appropriate gift for your babies. I hope that you would like it."

There were two pieces of high-grade jade in the brocade box. One was the shape of a star and the other was the shape of a moon. The two pieces of jade were put together like a complete sky, with stars and

moon...

"Thank you, I like it very much."

Yasmine's gaze shifted to her friend's abdomen. "Lily, are you pregnant?"

Lily nodded, "Yes, I am."

"That's wonderful! Congratulations!" She was genuinely happy for Lily.

"Alas, it's pretty unlucky for me I would say. I found out I was pregnant on the day after Claudine died. It was great news, but because of her death, the rest of the family were immersed in sadness and completely ignored me and the baby."

"Don't worry, he may be in a bad mood now, but when he gets over it, he will love you and your baby." "Okay."

Lily walked her out of the door. The driver opened the car door for her. Before Yasmine sat in, she grabbed Lily's hand and said, "I'm sorry that my relationship with you is so complicated now. It must be difficult for you to be sandwiched between me and Scott."

"Don't worry about it and don't blame yourself. It will not affect our friendship no matter if Claudine had committed suicide or if she was murdered. You are just as precious to me as Scott is to me. You mean a lot to me..."

Yasmine was touched. She hugged her friend, "Lily, thank you very much. I am really happy that I could have Sebastian's love and your friendship in this lifetime. Both of you are also very important to me. We will be best friends for life!"

"Best friends for life."

Lily patted her on the shoulder and watched her get into the car as the car left.

On the fourth day, Yasmine finally met Sebastian's defense attorney, Attorney Quelch. Sebastian did not go to work that day, so Attorney Quelch came to the Mansion House and took out some information from his briefcase. He huffed, "Look, these are all the details of Claudine's phone calls and text messages on the 7th of last month. One of the text messages she sent to her son was, 'Scott, I love you. I'm sorry, please take care of yourself in the future.' It's obvious that she was saying goodbye, but Kurtson ignored it and handed the case over to the court. As a father, shouldn't he ask his son about the text message?"

"A text message is not enough to prove that Claudine wanted to commit suicide. We still need more conclusive evidence."

"We could only get that from Scott."

"We've already looked for him. That guy is very stubborn. It's not easy to get any information from him."Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Yasmine, who was sitting by the side, interrupted, "I think there is one more person who can."

"Who?"

Attorney Quelch asked curiously.

"Vincent George."

"Him? Is there any special relationship between him and Scott?"

"No. It's just that Scott respects him very much, and Old Mr. George is good in psychology. I think that if you could arrange Old Mr. George to talk to him, Scott may be willing to reveal the truth." "Do you want to have a try on it?"

Sebastian asked Attorney Quelch, and he also agreed with Yasmine's suggestion.

"We will have to try everything we can. I think you have two days before the authorities summon you over for investigation. We have to hurry."

That night, Yasmine followed Sebastian to Vincent's residence. It had been a long time since she last saw him. Old Mr. George's health didn't seem to have improved. He was coughing throughout the entire conversation.

After Sebastian stated the purpose of their visit, Old Mr. George agreed readily, "Well, I'll invite him over tomorrow and see what I could get out of him."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. That's what I should do."

After chatting for a long time, the two of them got up and left the George Mansion. True to Attorney Quelch's words, two days later, Sebastian received a notice to assist in the investigation.

Old Mr. George had already had a good chat with Scott, but the result was still pending. However, what worried her was that at this critical moment, there was negative news on the Internet that was very unfavorable to Sebastian.

The news was provided by an

anonymous person. It was about the

events that had happened on the roof of the Pegasus Corporation two months ago. Sebastian almost.

pushed Claudine off the solne

Although he didn't really push Claudine down at that time, it

seemed to portray that Sebastian

seemed to have the intention to kill

Claudine.

This piece of news was enough to prove that Sebastian wanted to murder Claudine two months ago.

The Simons family were all worried about the bad news because it only added fuel to the fire.

A month later, the case became

even more complicated and

confusing. Yasmine's expected date

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of delivery was fast approaching. Sebastian did not want to stress her with whatever was going on with the investigation, so he proposed to send her to Vienna again to give birth there. However, Yasmine refused.

If he wanted her to avoid Claudine's evil intentions, she would have listened to him and went to Vienna. However, things were different now that Claudine was dead and Sebastian was involved in the lawsuit,

so she had to stay with him no matter what, even if she could not help him.

On this day, while she was taking a nap at home, she suddenly received a call from Sebastian.

"Hello, honey?"

"Yasmine, I have good news for you. We finally have a result in Claudine's case. The judge said that I am not guilty of murder."

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you?" Yasmine got up from the bed excitedly.

Sebastian seemed to be excited as well. "Yes, I have just received the news from the lawyer, and you're the first person whom I've told."

"That's really great. You should come home early tonight. We have to celebrate."

"Alright!"

As soon as Sebastian returned home that evening, he saw a big brazier at the doorstep. He asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

"Hurry up and walk over it. This way, we can burn away all the unlucky things."

Madam Simons urged him happily. Sebastian walked over and said grumpily, "So superstitious."

"Honey, come on, tell us, how did we manage to win this case?"