Chapter 55

Ivan noticed it. He gave her a gentle smile and said, “Sorry, I was too close, wasn’t I?”

Yasmin replied, “No worries. You don’t have to apologize.”

She believed that it wasn’t intentional.

Ivan helped her sit down in the consultation room.

When the doctor asked her questions, she answered them meekly and obediently.

She was a woman who left a great first impression upon first sight. She was pretty, but not

threatening.

Ivan observed her from the side. Once the doctor was finished with the report, he went over and

helped her up. “Ms. Starr, I’ll walk you to the X–ray room.

“Thanks,” Yasmin said. Ivan grabbed her bag and casually looped it around his arm.

Yasmin was slightly taken aback but said nothing. She went to the X–ray room with him.

There was a queue for the X–ray machine. Ivan sat down next to her. He pierced the box of

strawberry milk with a straw and held it to her lips. “Have some milk.”

“Thank you.” Yasmin took the milk and sipped at it quietly. Her long hair cascaded over her

shoulder, revealing her beautiful side profile.

Once she was done, she turned her head to ask Ivan, “Mr. Burke, are you really my blind date?”

She was afraid that she’d gotten the wrong person.

Ivan smiled. “That’s right, I am. However, at the start, Mrs. Ford actually wanted to introduce one of

the executives at my company to you. But when he heard that you were in an unhappy marriage, he

was reluctant.”

It was normal for executives who earned millions of dollars annually to not want to marry a

divorcee.

It was simply a fact of life, so Yasmin nodded in understanding. “So why did you accept?” “I grew up

abroad. There, this notion is unheard of. Besides, I think women who have the courage to get

divorced are braver. Thus, I wanted to meet you, Ms. Starr.”

“How did Mrs. Ford introduce me to you?” Yasmine was worried that Annalise had oversold

her.

“Mrs. Ford explained that you are her niece. Two years ago, something happened in your father’s

company, so he went to jail. Before he went in, he entrusted your care to a man.

“However, that man doesn’t like you, so you spent two years in a loveless marriage. She truly felt

bad for you, so she wanted to find you a partner that you could rely on.”

Yasmin didn’t expect Annalise to say that about her. Furthermore, it was very much to the point.

Yasmin laughed. “Yes, that’s my life story. My father went to jail, and now I have no one to depend

on. As for my career, I opened a studio with my friend. I’m sure you know it. It’s the brand,

‘Erinnyes.”

Erinnyes was the combination of hers and Eunice’s names.

Ivan nodded. “Yes, I know about that.”

Yasmin glanced at him. Since he knew everything, did he really not mind a single thing about her?

She wasn’t an heiress anymore but a broke socialite. How could she be together with the president

of a hundred–billion–dollar company?

The X–ray showed that Yasmin’s arm was fine, just that it was sprained. All she had to do was put

some ice on it when she got back.

The two of them left the hospital.

Downstairs, they ran into Giselle. Her manager was helping her with her bags as she was being

discharged from the hospital.

“Ivan? Yasmin?” Giselle was shocked to see them. “What are you two doing at the hospital?”

“Yasmin hit her arm hard, so I brought her here to get it looked at.” Ivan had addressed her by her

first name with a hint of affection in his voice.

Giselle could sense it. She asked Yasmin kindly, “Yasmin, is your arm alright?”

“It’s fine.” Yasmin lifted her swollen wrist.

Giselle said in a gentle voice, “Be careful when you walk. It would hurt a lot if you landed on it.”

Yasmin found her so fake. She was always putting on the façade of an understanding older sister.

Yasmin didn’t want to talk to her anymore, so she told Ivan, “Mr. Burke, I’m a little

tired. I want to go back and get some rest.