Jasmine’s POV:I wake up the next morning and look out the window and note that the sun isn’t even out yet it’s so early, but if I’m going to take my job seriously than I better get a move on I quickly get up and shower get dressed and have a quick bite to eat. Once I’m completely done I look over at the wall clock a see it’s already six twenty in the morning. Not much time left to get to work luckily I’m only about fifteen minutes away from said new job. I leave out start the car and began my journey to the office. I get there at exactly six fifty five and head straight to the cafe on the first floor to get his morning coffee just how he likes it. Once I’m in the elevator heading to the twenty fifth floor it’s exactly seven am sharp I unlock his office door and head in to place the coffee on his desk, but not before heating it for an extra sixty seconds. It must be pipping hot or else. Lord knows I’m not curious enough to want to know what exactly the or else meant. Just as I’m turni
Jasmine’s POV:It’s officially been a week since starting my new job and today I get my fist paycheck and just in the nick of time I have to pay my rent, lights, and I need groceries and some has to go into my savings. As usual I arrive to work at six fifty five and grab his coffee and head up to heat it up and open his office once I’m done and turn he’s already at his desk sipping his coffee and he looks up and begins the usual barking of orders get me the Karma account in Dubai and Prague after that go down to accounting and get the progress notes for the New York location. Once he finished I leave to get the task at hand done first sending over the two accounts then going down to the third floor to retrieve the progress notes. Once I’m on the floor I go to Johnny’s office I’ve learned his name to be so the first day also when he too announced that he’s Jace’s Bestfriend and head of the accounting team. I’m starting to notice a pattern here and it’s leading me to one conclusion all
Jasmine’s POV:Another day another dollar isn’t that what they say. I’ve been working fort Jace for almost my ninety days and I can’t wait to receive my sign on bonus seven thousand dollars is gonna get me a new car that I desperately need my parents said they’ll match whatever I put up so five thousand from them will get me my car with a total of ten thousand dollars. I work hard and I deserve this. My morning goes as usual, but by the time lunch comes I’m starved and out a call in to Hace that I’m heading out and he asks who I’m eating lunch with I tell him Jack from the cafe and he says he’ll join us I want to object, but something tells me I don’t have the room to. As we get into the elevator I want to ask him why he feels the need to come along, but as soon as we’re off the elevator I think I get my answer because Jace fist clinch and he give Jack the evil eye and say sorry Jim she’s going out to lunch with me today. I attempted to apologize to Jack for Jaces behavior but he grab
Jasmine’s POV:As soon as we pull up into the parking lot I spot a long line and look to Jess with worry she laughs and shakes her head saying no, I do not intend to wait in that huge line. I laugh a little and say of course we step out and make our way to the front door Matt spots her and waves us through the now mad crowd of women once inside we spot a table and take a seat the waitress for our section comes over and gives Jess a hug and waves at me as she tells her to bring a bottle of their best red wine. She nods and goes off to retrieve the bottle. I look up and note that only a few people are on the dance floor so I ask Jess to dance with me and of course she says yes. We both began dancing and I feel as though someone is watching me in the distance. I always get that feeling whenever I’m here. I whisper to Jess that I’m going to the ladies room she nods and goes on dancing. On my way back I still feel as though someone is watching me again. I get to our seat and began sipping
Jasmine’s POV:The next morning my routine is as regular as always only this time Jace hasn’t come in to work yet and it’s already eight thirty he’s never this late so I immediately pick up the phone and ring his when a woman answers the phone. Hello? Um hello I say with a little stutter is Mr. Smith there? He’s in the shower she informs me. Can I take a message? Um, no I say to quickly and to harshly and hang up the phone. I don’t know why but I just got very angry, how just how can he kiss me one second and the next bed some random. I sit in my desk and get to work going through emails and fielding what’s important and what’s trash. An hour and a half later Jace walks in with a smile on his face with the phone to his ear and all I hear him say is let your self out like always and my heart just broke a little. “Who am I kidding I have no right to feel this way, right”? I will myself to stop the tears before they start and keep pushing sending him the emails marked urgent and answerin
Jasmine’s POV:I’m up the next morning as usual and I’m really sore down there to the point I can’t even walk so I take out my phone and shoot a quick text to JaceJasmine: Hey, I’m really hurting this morning so I’m not going to make it in to work today if it’s anything major send it over I can work from home.I sit and wait for a reply, but none comes, however I see he has read it so I get up and make my way to the bathroom and prepare to soak away my pained vagina and heart. About twenty minutes into my soak my phone beeps with a new message I check and it’s Jace.Jace: understandable take the day I can maintain one day without you not a problem.Sadly I was hoping he would say no come in I need you here, am I crazy? What he just said hurt even more than him telling me to regret sleeping with him I mean how can I regret sleeping with the man I love, yes I said it I’ll admit that I’m in love with Jace Smith and I don’t know when or how it happened, but it did. It just hurts that he
Jasmine’s POV:The next two weeks goes by like normal work with Jace acting like that night never happened and me trying to pretend that his actions aren’t bothering me when they are. It’s finally the weekend and I’m sitting on the couch after ordering a pizza when I began to get really nauseous. I throw my hand over my mouth jump up and run to the bathroom just in time to empty the contents of my stomach. I don’t know where that just came from, but I hope I’m not catching a stomach bug. Once I’m done brushing and rinsing my mouth out the door bell rings and I open it to retrieve the pizza. Bacon mushroom and onions my favorite. I set the box on the table and open it up immediately the smell has me running to the bathroom to throw up again. Ok time to go to the doctors because now I’m clammy and having a cold sweat. I immediately place a call to Jess asking her to bring me to the emergency room and she agrees without much thought. About an hour later she walks in grabs a slice and say
Jace’s POV:I storm out of the emergency room and get into my car and start to punch the steering wheel I’m so angry God can’t be playing with me like this can he. I start the car and go to the only place I can think of. An hour later I’m pulling into the driveway I walk up and use my key to let myself in it’s been about a year since I’ve been back home. I walk into the den I don’t spot my mom I call out, MOM! I’m here sweetheart! She calls from the kitchen as soon as I walk in she knows something is wrong but she holds back from asking. I guess waiting for me to start. I see her cooking her sauce for her famous lasagna and already I’m glad I came home. I sit at the breakfast table and sigh with my head in my hands. I feel her sit next to me and put her hands on my back and rub circles as always and I break down. I start to cry for I don’t know how long when she finally put her arms around me I calm down and start telling her everything all about Jasmine and the baby and how I reacte
Jasmine’s POV:So the boys are now six months old and growing stronger every day. I must admit I see why Jace mom said no nanny for the boys motherhood is amazing. They are babbling and trying to crawl it’s so amazing to watch and Jace is loving every minute of being a dad. At about two o’clock my phone rings “private number”? I ignore the call and continue with putting the boys down for a nap. No nap leads to cranky babies and we don’t want that. Once they’re down I start prepping my dinner spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread I’m rolling my meatballs when my phone goes off again and again private number so again I ignore the call. Two minutes later I receive a voicemail “hey Siri play voicemail on speaker”! Ciao Mia piccola principessa mafioso! It is your father calling I don’t know if your mother told you or not, but daddy is coming home soon and I can not wait to finally meet you. Oh and my handsome grandsons as well. I hope that man of yours is planning to make an honest wom
Jasmine’s POV:So yesterday I had my six week check up and the doctor gave the all clear to resume normal activity thank goodness for a minute there I thought I would die sleeping next to a naked Jace can you imagine my dilemma. I’ve decided to surprise him tonight with some very pretty sleep wear I have goose bumps just thinking about it. I place a call to Jace’s mom and ask if she wouldn’t mind keeping an eye on the boys and she’s more than happy to oblige. I drop the boys off at about five in the evening giving me enough tim to cook and shower and shave before he gets home with just enough time to spare. At about eight p.m. I receive a call from Jace asking if he should pick up dinner and I decline and tell him to hurry home. Just as I make it to the kitchen the oven timer goes off and I’m loving the aroma in the air. Ahh Alfredo and garlic two of my most favorite foods. I made a spinach Alfredo with mushroom risotto and oven roasted garlic chicken. I pull out the white wine from t
Rachel’s POV:Once I’m seated in the car my husband looks to me and asks, so how is she doing? She as good as can be expected considering. He nods and puts the car in gear and pull off to home. We arrive and once inside my thoughts consume me. Thinking of everything I suffered because of him. At fourteen he made me a woman before I was ready and at sixteen he made me a mother before I was ready and he would always appear at the oldest of times throughout my life up until he went to jail. Always letting me know to never date or entertain the opposite sex or he would get rid of them so I was always afraid to have a normal life. When it was my sixteenth birthday he somehow got into my room in the middle of the night and raped me again. I ended up pregnant and I was told not to abort the baby or he would kill me so you can understand my fear at the time. That man has haunted my dreams, life, and nightmares since I was fourteen and I never wanted that for my Jazzy bell. I only put her up
Jace’s POV:I’m looking at the mother my kids my future wife sleep and my heart begins to ache I won’t let history repeat itself no that won’t happen not again. If her so called biological father is some kind of threat to my family than I will take every precaution out there to Protect them by any means necessary. I place a call to Conner asking him to find a judge and draw up restraining orders for both my boys Jazz and myself. He agrees with no questions asked that’s my brother for you loyal beyond belief. I hang up and place a call to Johnny and ask him to arrange a meeting with a couple of the top security firms in the world and he give the affirmative and asks if everything is okay. I tell him everything and he offered any help possible. Of course we’ve all heard of the Italian mafia and the king, but it’s been understandably quite from them for oh I don’t know let’s say a good twenty something years. I know convenient right. I sigh strip down and climb into bed and wrap my arms
Jasmine’s POV:When I finally came to my parents we’re still there and I noted that Jace was also there looking worried. I slowly made a move to sit up Jace handed me a glass of water which I took and drank thankful for the cool beverage. As I look around I remember what caused me to pass out in the first place and begin to frown. Jace looks at me and asks what’s wrong with me so I tell him everything. I turn to my mother and ask her who my father was and why she just didn’t keep me? She looks hurt and says I’m so sorry Jazzy I was so young and to be raped by him didn’t help. I would have loved to keep you, but I couldn’t raise you on my own I had no income baby I’m so sorry please forgive me? Forgiveness is the furthest thing from my mind right now. Who’s my father? At that I literally see the color drain from her face and she proceeds to beg me not to make her tell me. She then tells me my life is better off not knowing who that evil man is. Please baby don’t make me tell you it’s f
Jasmine’s POV:I’m looking in on the boys when I begin to think, think about life being a mom and my mother and father and My foster parents and I wonder why they never adopted me they raised me from the time I was ten, but never took the time to adopt me. As I look at my boys and now the love I have for them is close to the love they have for me so why wouldn’t they just make it official? I’ve always wanted to know, but I never built up enough courage to ask I think I’m ready to ask the questions and except whatever the answers may be.Just as I come out of my thoughts Jai starts to cry for his feeding and Jay isn’t far behind so Jace comes into the room and grabs Jai while I take Jay and we both begin feeding and changing both boys and as we’re burping them they both fall back to sleep in our arms. We lay them side by side in the crib and slowly exit the nursery taking the other half of the monitor with us. We did the nursery’s in Winnie the Pooh and tiger them we just have them bot
Jasmine’s POV:So let’s officially introduce our boys both weighing an even seven pounds our first born came into the world at seven twenty p.m. we named him Jayron Colton smith and our second born came into the world at exactly seven twenty seven p.m. we named him Jairon Colton smith. Welcome to world my princes’ mommy and daddy love you both so much! Oh for the answer to Jace’s proposal here’s your flashback.…………Flashback to yesterday………………..I sit and wonder why I can’t just say yes and there’s my answer I grab ahold of his hand and look him directly into his eyes because I need him to hear me and not what he wants to hear. Jace I love you you know I do, but I sigh this I gesture around the room this is not what I had in mind when I think of being proposed to. And it’s not that I don’t want to say yes cause I do believe me I do, but I can’t not now and not when none of us are thinking clearly and both our emotions are running on a thousand so can you please do me a favor. Anything
Jasmine’s POV:So I’m officially due any day now bed rest has not been a fun experience to say the least. I lost my temper on more than one occasion. Jace has been so patient and loving towards me through the whole experience never once getting upset and if he was he never showed it. I guess he probably said I’m upset enough for the both of us. Just as my show finished up Jace come in informing me that his brother is coming over and he has to run out so Jacey is gonna stay here while they go to the meeting. I nod and he kisses me before Jacey comes in and flops down onto the bed grabs the remote and begins looking for a movie and she settles on meet the Fockers. When the movie is half way through she orders Chinese knowing it’s my favorite take out option. Shrimp lo main and fried chicken wings with sweet and sour sauce on the side my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Three movies a meal and desert later I’m having minor back pain and begin to cry out in pain. I call Jace and
Jasmine’s POV:I’m officially five months pregnant and we’ve been moved in for a month now and I love it. Jace has been working from home so the home office definitely comes in handy. He refuses to let me work still and he has basically put me on bed rest. I’m starting to loose my mind so I place a call to his mother and ask her to come by for a visit. She gave me her number at family dinner when I first met her and we’ve gotten really close since then. Jacey is also turning out to be a really great friend. We have an ultrasound coming up tomorrow to see what we are having. I did not want it to remain a surprise especially after the story his mother told me about being pregnant with him and his sister. And I will admit I am big to be five months so I’m a little afraid to find out. Pray for me people I’ll take one big baby over twins any day. Either way though I’m gonna love my baby no matter what. So I’m patiently waiting for mrs. Smith to come when my phone goes off and I look and se