Chapter twenty-nine(miracles exist) Sapphire's Point Of View: My hand flew to my lips immediately as my eyes scrolled through the content, trying to absorb something but the only thing I saw was my age. AGE:23 I gasped as I heard Landon's voice. “What do you think you're doing?!" He spoke, his voice freezing cold. I jerked and stood up straight with the papers in my hand. I watched him descend the stairs, flinching at each step he took. He approached me and asked again but colder this time, “What do you think you're doing?”. My hand shook but I managed to keep calm after swallowing hard. “W-what is this paper?" I asked, briefly flipping the pages of the papers. He took them from me. “I have records of every one of my workers.”. He turned and headed towards the stairs again without blurting out another word. “I don't remember telling you my age or putting it on my resumé!” I said. He halted and turned, a smirk on his lips. "Did you forget the online interview you
Chapter thirty(I'm done) Sapphire's Point Of View: “How dare you?!” I heard a voice that made my blood freeze, from behind me. I spun around to Landon. He had a frown on his forehead. I got up and moved towards him, standing head to head against him. I clenched my fist. “How dare you?! Give it!!" He raised his voice, a storm brewing in his eyes. “What?" I asked, pretending to be oblivious, though I was a very poor actor. “Don't play games with me, Sapphire. Give me the god-damned credit card now or else…” He paused. “Or else what?". “I'll make you regret ever meeting me. I'm not joking here, Sapphire. How dare you use my money behind my back! Why couldn't you provide it yourself? You couldn't afford it because you are clearly POOR, then why think of even saving him when you couldn't afford it,”. His words hit a nerve. “Landon, did you just…..call me poor?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at him as I raised a brow. “Your salary for five years couldn't possibly pay a
Chapter thirty-one(ten billion dollars)Sapphire's Point Of View:"I'm done," I whispered.He smirked before setting his MacBook aside. He then chuckled with his eyes closed.“Princess, you never fail to amaze me all the time. How naive.” He said, his voice as cold as ice.“What do you mean? Is this some kind of joke to you? I'm tired and done. You have no human feelings, how do you expect me to do this? I forgot to prepare my resignation letter,” I retorted.He laughed, pulling out the drawer. He pulled out a cheque book and fiddled with his pen before pressing the pen on the cheque, inscribing something on it. He tore the paper away from the book and placed it on the table.TEN BILLION DOLLARS.“Support your family with it and quit messing around. You think I'd let you go. The debt isn't what bounds us together. It's the contract and you wouldn't dare breach it!” He replied before placing his legs on the desk top, crossing them.“Or what?" I asked.“Wanna see? Then breach the cont
Chapter thirty-two(the dinner with Raphael)Sapphire's Point Of View:'POW!’ Gunshot filled the air, followed by the sound of glass shattering. My head pulled forward as Raphael reversed the car, but my head jerked back, hitting the seat as impact took over as if the car hit something.I titled my neck back and saw a pole behind.Shit!“We just hit a pole. Turn the car around before they block our path again!" I shouted. He drifted the car to the right, zooming off at a crazy speed as the tyres screeched.“Your house, right?” He asked.I nodded, looking behind to see if the car was chasing us, but luckily, it was not.“Those bastards have been after me for some days now. They were the ones who shot Tyler.” I breathed out.“Do you recognize them?” He asked.“No. I don't know them. I only recognize their car. I don't even know what I did to them,".“Damn. Make sure you lock the door when you arrive home. I'll try to dig for information about those assholes, I'm pretty sure they have som
Chapter thirty-three(stepfather)Sapphire's Point Of View:My eyes hit the sunlight as they fluttered open. I groaned, squinting my eyes before flipping over to reach my phone on the nightstand.I grabbed it and fixed my gaze on the screen.10:03AM!!“Oh my! I'm so cooked when I get to work!!” I exclaimed as my eyes landed on Landon's message from 9am, asking where I was.I sprang out of bed and threw my phone on the nightstand, fleeing into the bathroom.It was barely five minutes and I was out of the bathroom again, dashing into my walk-in closet.I grabbed a black trouser and a white long sleeved shirt to match the official dress style.I slipped on my trousers and my shoes next right after buttoning my shirt which looked more like wrinkled toilet paper.I tossed my phone into my bag and found my way down the stairs, my shoes clinking against the stairs.Mum wasn't in the living room as usual today, but that didn't matter, what mattered more was what excuse I would give to Landon.
Chapter thirty-four(All the promise he made)Sapphire's Point Of View:I couldn't just do this anymore, realizing he was my stepfather so Tyler was my stepbrother? How would I be able to do any of this after such discovery.I knew Landon was not old enough to be my father and I didn't care about however he and Mum met. I didn't care if their relationship was an age Gap thing and I didn't care how he had Tyler as his son. All of that didn't matter.What mattered was being free like a bird and getting my life back on track with Tyler by my side.All the promises Landon made could go. His money. Growing my mafia family. Giving me this nice job. Making me popular for being Landon Rykhard's wife.Those high promises that'll make me live a fancy, luxurious, and flamboyant life like a celebrity didn't matter to me. I was so naive. I thought it all would bring me the happiness I deserved.I thought it was only a business deal for six months without anything attached.I wish I had known earlie
Chapter thirty-five(let her go)Sapphire's Point Of View:“Raphael?!” I yelled.They all saw my face immediately. Raphael's teeth gritted as he watched the betrayal written on my face.“Sapphire. Get in. Let me explain." He said in such a sly voice as if he couldn't care less.I shook my head, raising my body fully. "You monster! You traitor!!".One of his men grabbed his gun slowly, thinking I didn't notice it.Immediately, I took to my heels. I wasn't going to be killed, not yet at least.I heard their footsteps behind me. I looked behind me and they were just a few feet apart and my feet were starting to get tired.I wasn't good at sports. I wish I was, in case of situations like this but it was too late to wish.“Sorry!" I shouted to a woman who I just hit in the shoulder.I ran through the crowd on the street. Looking back again, the men were starting to slack behind and I couldn't see their faces through the crowd which meant they couldn't also see me.I used the opportunity and
Chapter thirty-six(April 15th)Sapphire's Point Of View:My eyes widened as I took to my heels.“No!!" I yelled.I expected a loud gunshot but instead, I heard nothing. I immediately halted, looking at the man. He pushed the trigger again but nothing happened.Landon, standing firm, took a step closer to the man.“Rule number one: Never use Eric's gun. He forgets to load it the night before. If you don't know him so we'll, why put your life at risk and work with him?”.The man, in disbelief, stared at the gun with a furrowed eyebrow. He pulled the trigger again.The expression on his face was unexplainable and I fought the urge to laugh out loud.“Run." Landon warned, making way for the man to flee.I ran into his arms, whimpering. “Thank you so much for saving me…" I whispered into his shirt as he stroked my hair. “I don't know what would have gone down if you didn't show up just in time! Those monsters!!”.I pulled away, looking up at his face. “You are my princess. I'll always pro
††032††Jasmine's Point Of View:Damon ran out of the booth.“Emergency!!" He shouted. “Someone is in there, he's not breathing!" He shouted again.Everyone gasped. "Did he kill him?” The murmurs increased.Ah, yes, just what I wanted to hear. Music to my ears.As the murmurs increased and everyone began to have their own belief and choose sides, the emergency of the college came with a stretcher, but the murmurs didn't stop.What we heard next was sirens, they were loud and clear.Damon's face looked confused as he spotted the cops who walked in next. A snitch must have called the cops.The cops walked towards Damon and looked at Dylan's dead body for a while before speaking with Damon, saying they would have to lock him up for the meantime.He tried arguing and refusing but that only made him look guilty.They took him away even though he was ranting and refusing. In the very end, everyone still kept murmuring and I had no choice but to leave.In the next few days, Damon was release
††031††Jasmine's Point Of View:I climbed back into the car, looking directly at the chauffeur through the rear view, our eyes meeting.I crossed my arms, not knowing how I should feel about being busted. I felt like it was a useless plan anyway, it wasn't necessary to make him jealous in this particular way.But at the same time, I was mad that my plan didn't work out just the way I planned it. It was embarrassing for me to have to beg her and get her forgiveness for trying to claim what isn't mine in the first place.“Return us to the hotel." I commanded the chauffeur.He nodded immediately, driving off slowly until we arrived at the hotel. I got out of the car, entering the hotel and making my way into my suite.I let out a sigh, my back hitting the bed. I remained in the position, not knowing when I fell into a deep slumber.It was the buzz of my phone on the bed that woke me up. I squinted my eyes, reaching for the phone and looking at the screen closely to look at the time.It
††030††“Hey, you're back." The man said as he flashed me a smile. "I thought you left the child and we've been planning to put them up for adoption actually.”I nodded, forcing a smile as I didn't even know what to say.“If I may ask, what made you leave that day? I mean you just had a surgery and you left straight up which was bad for your health at that moment in time.”I let out a sigh, shaking my head. "I'm really sorry. Can I just get to the next step now? I just want to do this fast and get out of here as soon as possible. I'm sorry if that actually sounded rude but I had no better way to put it. I just don't have all the time in the world.”He nodded. "I understand. Let me go get the papers for you to sign and claim your kids back since we were initially planning to out them up for adoption after proper maturity,”I nodded, watching him get out of his seat and walk out of the office.I sat there, staring at nothing exactly.In no time, he returned, but without any files in his
††029††Jasmine's Point Of View:"You want your child, huh?" I smirked. “So that's all you care about? That's not going to be a problem, the problem is I'm not giving you the child” I scoffed.He looked at me, pleading with his eyes but I couldn't care less.I jerked my hand away from him, turning to leave immediately with my personal bodyguards.We got outside the place and the shielded me from the approaching fans. Just as I was about to get in the car, I spotted Damon approaching on his wheelchair. I halted, looking directly at him even though this was not the best time for this.I swallowed, narrowing my eyes at him.He got to where my car was but my bodyguards didn't let him get close to me.He looked at me, trying to get past the bodyguard who didn't move an inch.“Let's have a conversation," he said, almost as if he was pleading.I shook my head. "No.” I simply responded.He looked me in the eye. “Why have you been ignoring my calls and everything? You've been ignoring me recen
††028††Jasmine's Point Of View:I began to stay at Dad's place as I couldn't return to Damon's home again. I couldn't stay with someone like him again under the same roof. It was like sleeping in the same room with a serpent, but luckily for me, I discovered the serpent even before he could consider biting me.I need not to tell him right in the face that it was over and I discovered all his schemes for him to know that I was no longer stupid.It took me nothing. Absolutely nothing. And he understithat his plans have been ruined. He tried explaining countless times, obviously to feed me lies and ensure his plan still works one way or the other, but I wasn't going to fall for the same trick twice so I didn't even give him the opportunity to get to me.I appreciated his help so far in helping me build a name in the modelling industry, but at the same time, he could have made it clear if he only wanted to do me a favor. And he could have also made it clear if he was using me. If he ment
††027††Dmitri's Point Of View:I just couldn't believe she could have done this to me. I understood that she hated me, but despite the hatred, I didn't see the need to do this to me.She knew well that my health was on its last legs and I was in pain. No one would be heartless enough to do this to their own father because he put them up for adoption.I thought I heard her mention that it was only an assignment, but that didn't matter.A lot of things have been happening recently and I thought life was only against my wife and I. I never knew it was all orchestrated by my own daughter who I already apologized to. I even went as far as arranging a letter for her, thinking she would understand and forgive me, only for her to send people to burn down my house, the place I've been stuck for months now even though I had more mansions.My health just didn't permit me to be moved here and there anymore. I only remained in one place, traveling from one place to another was stressful for me.B
††026††Jasmine's Point Of View:As I cracked the door open, I heard a high-pitched moan flowing out from inside the room. The moan continued, becoming louder and louder and what followed was the sound of meat slapping against each other.I swallowed, peeking into the mansion to get a glimpse of whatever was going on in the house. Just then, I was met with the shock of my life.There was Damon, thrusting into a woman with pull force and pulling out immediately, grinding in and out of her.That was none of my business, but what shocked me the most was that he was fucking standing which means he…. he was never actually crippled.Damon was able all these while? But he was only hiding it?A gasp fought to escape my throat, but I cupped my mouth immediately, silencing the gasp. I didn't realize tears were welling up in my eyes until it began to prick my iris so badly that I had to blink multiple times to hold back the tears.I felt my heart squeeze in my chest. I didn't know what hurt the
††025††Jasmine's Point Of View:“Where the hell do you think you're going?” The security men asked.I scoffed. “What do you mean?"“You haven't paid for the cleaning if all these. You need to pay the money we would give to our cleaners to clean this mess.”"Do I look like the reason this place was set on fire? I'm sure he was paying several thousands for this place in a year, so why can't you guys take care of little maintenance like this?” I asked, frowning."This isn't a little maintenance. This is a whole lot,”“The money he paid for this year hasn't been exhausted or has it? The year isn't over yet so use the rest. Thank you.” I responded, shoving them out of the way before walking out.I went out of the building and went straight out if the estate the into the car.“Where are we going to, miss?" Rufus asked, tilting his head to look at me.I fastened my seatbelt. “The headquarters. I have something to do there.”"Alright then.” He responded, starting the car and driving away.In
††024††Jasmine's Point Of View:After the man called the firefighters, they arrived in no time with their truck and equipment.As they trooped into the estate, I went in with them too, climbing on their truck with them and allowing them to carry me and the security men back to the burning house.They stepped out of the truck, gesturing for us to get down and move back, away from the fire and allow them to do their job.I swallowed, reluctantly going back as I watched them extinguish the first starting from the gate to cool it down.They then got closer to the gates, breaking it open. They then went in, extinguishing the fire of the whole mansion slowly and steadily until the whole house was safe.The two security men held me back as I tried to run inside, yelling and shouting to go search the mansion myself and see if my father was in the building.I fought hard to escape their grip. But all my attempts were futile as they held me even tighter.“Let me go!” I screamed, but they didn'