††008††Jasmine's Point Of View:I let out a sign, my chest heaving as my shoulders dropped, my eyes looking forward with tears welling up as I put each leg in front of the other, walking down the aisle in the elegant white dress that I wore, the white material cascading down my body like a waterfall.My black wavy hair flowed down my back, defining my face which was moulded in a lite makeover. My knees quivered but the dress did a great job in hiding each detail that pointed at nervousness.The guests were seated, watching me in adoration as I walked down the stunning white carpet with red petals lingering scantily on it.The event space was simple yet it gave off an expensive vibe.The floors were white marbles throughout the whole event space, though the carpet on the aisle was a different shade of white, even more stunning than the marble floors.There were silver tables covered with red clothes on top, only the legs were left to be exposed. On the table were white dishes arranged
††009††“Then why?" I asked.A smirk curled on his lips, a devilish smirk at that as his eyes darkened, piercing mine.My heart pounded in my chest as his lips parted, responding to my question. “For revenge, but not against you. You'll be my tool for revenge.”.With my fist clenched and my teeth grinding, my heart shredded into pieces as I heard his words.“Tool for revenge? Against who?”.He chuckled. "You think I just stay indoors for nothing? Or you think I don't let the press access me because of nothing? Of course, I miss my past famous life but I'm staying low-key even though some paparazzi capture me and some managed to expose my wedding with you,”."Why then?” I asked, adjusting myself on the couch to lean closer.“I want to get revenge on my ex-wife.”."You have an ex-wife?” I asked, shocked."Yes. She's the reason I'm crippled.”.I cupped my mouth, unable to believe my ears. "Really? What happened?".“I loved her, but she didn't love me back. She was only after my money in
††010††Jasmine's Point Of View:“Let's try this again, Jasmine! Remember, your face is the last to turn, okay?!” Madam Grace, the woman in charge of training the models, said.I hummed, nodding as I got up on my feet again, balancing myself on the high heels I wore.My dress was ridiculously short so I reached down to hold it down so it would cover my thighs.“Don’t touch the dress! Remember you're wearing shorts under! Let the dress flow, it adds to the show and draws attention, okay?” She commanded."Yes, madam Grace!” I said, nodding as I took a deep breath, looking in front of me at the bottles of water arranged orderly to train us so we would walk through them to learn to maintain a perfect spacing between our legs while the walk.“Nora, hit the music!" She commanded.One of the models, Nora, hit the play button to the spicy music. I navigated my way through the spaces in between each bottle, my leg straight and swift as I looked ahead of me, not watching my steps as I wanted to
††011††Jasmine's Point Of View:"How did you plan all of these?" I asked, glancing at Zephyrine as we both walked side-by-side towards the parking lot.She giggled, cupping her mouth. “Well, I don't even know. I just wanted to surprise you. SURPRISE!" She responded playfully.I smiled, unable to believe that I was now billions richer. It couldn't have been possible without Zephyrine.It's been two weeks since I actually met Zephyrine at that supermarket and I could really say we had this connection and I knew why Jasmine Winter chose her as her best friend.She had the vibe, and her words could light up one’s day. She was really amazing despite the fact that she also had her own personal demons, especially with her husband at home who had a mistress and couldn't care less about her, yet she was a few months pregnant.I thought she was a bitchy type when I got to know her.The next day after the day I met her and the argument between me and my two sisters- Rose and Daisy- was quite he
††012††Jasmine's Point Of View:I ended the call immediately, my eyes widening as my eyebrows sprang up, almost flying off my forehead.“Are you okay?” Zephyrine asked, looking at my face with worry written on hers.My chest heaved up and down as I tried so hard to calm myself down but my heart couldn't stop thrumming in my ribcage as my throat swelled as a lump gathered there.I swallowed hard on the lump, nervousness washing over me as my fingers trembled.“Are you?" She asked again, still looking at my face as she reached to hold my cheek.I shook my head, but then nodded immediately, unsure of how to react to what I just heard.“Zephyrine, I need to-”.A loud honk from a random car was heard. I looked to my side, glancing out of the window, only to see Rufus glancing back at me from a car parked at the other side of the road.“I need to leave now," I stated, immediately opening the door and stepping out of the car without saying a goodbye despite the fact that she told me goodbye
††013††Jasmine's Point Of View:“I want you to do it personally and don't give the documents to anyone.” He added.I swallowed, nodding as I knew I had no other choice but to do it since he was serious about me doing it personally for him.“You'll get a ride there and ask for directions from where you'll get dropped off,”.I nodded. "Is it now?” I asked."Yes,” He responded and I got up from the chair, heading towards the direction of the staircase.As I ascended up the stairs, I couldn't just seem to get Dylan out of my head. Yes, I wanted to make him see how successful I am now but I never expected it to come this early.Though I would take it, I would have preferred meeting him when I would be Miss United States of America just to show him how far I've come without him being in my life.Just to show him how much progress I have made without him, and just to prove to him that he was the only reason my life was stagnant all this while.I never knew previously but now I would gladly
††014††Jasmine's Point Of View:“Ashley?!” I exclaimed, looking at her face as my hand stretched to touch it.My sister. Why was she still in the USA, looking so….. so not like the Ashley I knew. She was looking less Ashley, a bit more slim and her hair was already cut short, her once flawless face now had a pimple mounted right in the side of the chin.She glared at me. “Don't touch me, who the fuck are you?!” She screamed, slapping my hand away.“Ashley, it's me,” I whispered, realizing my sister who once loved me, who was once loved over me, was now less of herself.But then my mouth hung in the air as soon as I realized that she didn't recognize me anymore.“You, who? Are you gonna actually apologize and give me some money for trying to hit me, miss?” She asked so rudely, unlike the Ashley I knew.It seemed as if she was already used to the streets now when she used to be very demure and nice to people. When she used to talk, act and live like a princess.No, a Queen rather.I sw
††015††Jasmine's Point Of View:"Stop!” I screamed and both their necks snapped towards me.They smirked, looking me in the eye as if I was a potential threat. They then looked back at each other, scoffing.I immediately walked closer to them.Awwn, they look cute together. I HOPE THEY GET HIT BY A FUCKING BUS!“Give me that," I spat, gritting my teeth as I snatched the painting from him. He then stepped closer, his shadow covering my body but I didn't show any form of fear.Seeing how brave I was, he pushed me back with all his strength, making my back hit hard against the wall.I winced, my fist clenching as I looked up at his face.“Hey, stop it!" The art lady said but Dylan turned a deaf ear, closing the distance between us."Just who the fuck do you think you are?" He spat, almost like a threat.I scoffed, looking him dead in the eyes as I tried to push him away but he held my wrist immediately, bending it back but not all the way back. It was only to threaten me that if I tried
††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'