Chapter 24

Chapter 24

After scrutinizing Yasmin for a while, Blake said, “You got what you deserved.”

This set Yasmin alight. “I got attacked for nothing, and you think I deserved it?”

“You deserved it because you didn’t even think about retaliating despite them ganging up on you.”

Yasmin was taken aback. “I did fight back. There were just too many of them. Besides, they’re all

socialites and daughters of affluent families. I’m a nobody. How could I go against them?”

“Just go all out. I’d like to see whether any of them would dare to come after you.”

This stunned Yasmin into silence. What did Blake mean by that? Would he protect her? She

couldn’t understand what he meant, so she looked at him.

Blake’s face was devoid of emotion. He tilted her head up and applied some ointment on her face.

The cooling sensation of it soothed the sting from the slaps.

Yasmin was finding him harder and harder to read. He kept saying that he despised her and the

Starr family, but he actually treated her pretty well. In truth, he’d been quite gentle with her for some

time after they’d married.

Around half a year after they’d married, Yasmin was no longer satisfied with them just being a

married couple on paper. To change that, she’d taken to hiding by the staircase and waiting for him.

As soon as he appeared, she would pop her head out and say sweetly, “Mr. B!

Then, Blake would say coldly, “Don’t call me that.”

Yasmin would beam at him. “Got it, Mr. B!”

She always promised to change but never followed through. She would cling to him and call him Mr.

B all the time.

As time passed, Blake would stop bothering to correct her. When he’d seen that she didn’t have

many clothes, he’d even given her his supplementary card so she could get whatever she wanted.

Yasmin had been delighted. “Thank you, Mr. B!”

Her face had been red, and her eyes had been wide with delight as she looked at him with a

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mixture of shyness and boldness. Blake had reprimanded her in a low voice, saying, “Don’t look at

me like that.”

Despite the countless occasions that Blake had told her off, Yasmin had never given up. She would

always cling to him. Later, she’d even seduced him and dressed skimpily on purpose.

Blake had been a tough cookie, though. No matter what Yasmin did to seduce him, he would.

remain composed. But everything changed the night she’d begged him to buy the villa at Newphoria

Bay. That had been Blake’s first time accepting her. From then on, he’d treated her pretty well.

Amidst Yasmin’s reverie, someone’s camera flashed in her face.

“Did you see that? That’s Blake Ford, the president of Windmere Group!”

“There’s a woman in his car!”

“She doesn’t look like Giselle O’Shea. Hurry up and get a photo of them. This is a big scoop!”

Yasmin was shocked when she heard these words. She subconsciously said, “Mr. B!”

Blake grunted in acknowledgment, then pulled her into his arms and crouched below the seat.

“Drive faster, Malcolm.”

“Yes, sir!” The car sped up.

Yasmin was still afraid and didn’t dare to look up from Blake’s arms. “Have we shaken them off?”

“No, they’re still following us. Don’t move.” Blake pressed her head to his chest.

Yasmin kept her head bowed. She couldn’t help feeling uneasy, though. Blake was close enough to

her that she could feel his warm breath fan over her neck. His arm was also tightly wrapped around

her waist. The weirdest thing about all this was that his body was heating up.

Yasmin subconsciously tensed. She twitched a little. “Are we in the clear yet?”

“No.” Blake’s voice was deep and ho ar se. As the car sped forward, he would occasionally bump

into her as the car passed over some potholes. It made Yasmin’s face turn crimson.

“Are the pap ara zzi gone yet?” Sweat started to bead on Yasmin’s dainty nose. She felt flustered. 2

They were in such an amorous position now.