Giving in to Her Rebellious Streak

Chapter 98

Erik had made a move that was a double-edged sword.

At first, he could use it to threaten her, but after everything had unfolded, Erik had turned into a traitor to Blake. If he could use it to intimidate her, she could do the same to him.

"All I did was help Blake get rid of you, you cunning woman." Erik glared at her. NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

Yasmin retorted, "Only you know if you did it for him or yourself. You clearly wanted to help Giselle steal Blake away from me, but you hid it under the guise of helping him. Did you ask him if he needed your help? Did he ever agree to any of this?"

Erik was speechless. "Aren't you afraid I'll tell Blake about the agreement with Aunt Anna?"

"Go ahead. At worst, the truth will come to light. None of us will have it easy," Yasmin snorted. Noticing his silence, she slowly removed his hand from her shoulder. "You tricked me once, and I returned the favor with a slap. That's fair."

With that, she hailed a cab and left the city hall.

...

Upon arriving at NAS Group, Yasmin received a call from Annalise. She put the phone to her ear.

"Hello, Anna?"

"Is everything settled?" Annalise sounded through the phone.

Yasmin nodded. "It's done. We filed for the divorce this morning. We'll get the divorce certificate in a month."

"Good." Annalise was pleased. "As soon as you have the certificate, I'll get your dad out of jail. Then I'll give you ten million so that you can be reunited with your family."

"Thank you, Anna."

Yasmin hung up. She concluded that she had gotten the best result.

She took a deep breath and reminded herself that she shouldn't feel pain or distress. She had saved her dad, so she should be happy about it.

Cheering herself up, she turned and saw Ivan standing behind her. She didn't know how long he had been listening to her.

Yasmin gave him an apologetic smile and confessed, "I'm sorry, Mr. Burke. I lied to you before."

Ivan raised an eyebrow. "What did you lie to me about?"

"The truth is, the blind date with you was part of Anna's deal with me. She promised to help get my dad out of jail as long as I divorced Blake."

Ivan was stunned.

Yasmin lowered her head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Burke. I didn't mean to deceive you."

"You didn't have to tell me all that." Ivan looked at her.

"No, I wanted to tell you from the beginning." She clutched her bag tightly. She had hidden too many things and wanted to confess.

Ivan smiled. "Weren't we here today to discuss a collaboration?"

"Mr. Burke, you're not mad at me?" Yasmin hesitated.

"Why would I be mad at you?"

"I lied to you."

"You did it for your dad. You didn't lie to me for my money or toy with my feelings. Why should I be angry with you?"

Yasmin was shocked. After a moment of silence, she let out a smile. "Thank you."

The two then discussed their collaboration in the president's office.

Ivan looked at the sketches she handed him and crossed his arms. He smiled. "Ms. Starr, your designs are impressive."

Their collaboration had been decided.

Yasmin felt lost and a little overwhelmed. She didn't know if it was because of the divorce, but her emotions seemed difficult to lift.

Ivan wanted to take the Erinnyes' staff out to dinner to celebrate the collaboration.

Yasmin said, "Okay, I'll go back and get ready. See you at Maple Tower tonight."

The deal was done, and it was time to celebrate with the staff.