Jasmine’s POV:Hello my name is Jasmine Cash I’m 24 years old and I just graduated from Princeton with my degree in business. So all day I’ve been sending out my resume to every business, law firm and accounting firm I could think of as long as the pay is good and they have great health benefits I’m willing to work my way from the bottom to the top. Anyway I’m an orphan grew up in the system lost both my parents at birth so now I have foster parents who are more like the real thing their names are Bob and Rachel but I just call them mom and dad since I was fourteen they paid for my schooling so no loans thank God for that. And until I can find a decent paying gig they pay my rent too. I don’t know why they never made my adoption official I never asked the question either I’m just so great full to have them in my life paper won’t change anything!So I am sitting in a bar sending out my resume when the whole atmosphere changes as the front door opens and closes I look up for just the br
Jasmine’s POV:Two weeks, two weeks and still nothing on the job front and I can’t lie I’m starting to get a little frustrated I mean really who wouldn’t want to hire me I’m a great candidate! I’m in the middle of taking a shower when I hear my phone and laptop both chime with a notification which is typically my email if both devices are going off. After the shower I check to find an email from Smith int. Informing me of an open interview they are conducting in their Hollywood office tomorrow morning at nine a.m. sharp I do a little happy dance and immediately call Jess my best friend of ten years and tell her the good news we talk for all of an hour and call it a night seeing as though I have to wake up early in the morning. Actually sleeping though is another story I suffer from insomnia and it’s a real pain in the cupcakes! So I get up pore myself two fingers full and walk out on my back porch a sip and watch the stars like every night. By the time I’m falling asleep it’s almost t
Jasmine’s POV:The next day I began the day with high spirits I shower dress and head out to Starbucks for my pumpkin frappe and sticky bun my favorite. As soon as I walk in my eyes scan the room looking for a table I spot one in the far corner place my order and go sit down open up my laptop sign in to the Wi-Fi and start going through my emails two hundred and fourth five and about ninety percent of those are junk mail and spam I’m ten in when I hear my name called by the Barista I grab my order and sit back down and continue through my emails and enjoy my breakfast I hear the chime of the door look up and it’s her his little sister with I can only guess are her friends it’s about a ten of them figured she would be popular and hang with the cheer squad and she’s captain of the debate team is there nothing this girl can’t do and she’s beautiful the only one with a caramel complexion with light grey eyes she also has brown hair where as the other three have blonde she must look like h
Jasmine’s POV:Ok so it’s been about another two and a half weeks since I’ve sent out my resume and still no response I mean really not one. I climb out of bed shower and put on my sweats and a crop top with a pair of slides it’s Friday I have nothing set for today so I gab my purse and keys and head out the door. I arrive at a little cafe on the outskirts of town and take a seat just as a young red head approaches from the back office. “Hello my name is Maggie I’ll be your waiter this morning can I start you with drinks she says as she places the menu down. Sure I’ll have a lemonade and a coffee cream two sugars please. “Sure I’ll grab those and be right back”. I began to go through the menu just as the door chimes open and I look up and it’s him Jace Smith I could recognize him anywhere. I avert my eyes back to the menu and decide on the eggs Benedict with a side of cheese grits. The waiter returns and takes my order and picks up the menu and leaves to put my order in. I’m sipping o
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: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