"You shouldn't have gone to the jewelry shop alone Jasmine, you should have taken some of the house keepers with you. Look what happened to your wrists now" Marshal dotingly said to Jasmine as he rubbed a pack of ice on her wrist that had turned red from the sore area of her wrist where she had been handcuffed."I am very sorry. That wasn't very demure of me. I promise from now on I'd be careful not to cause issues that would make you worried for me" Jasmine replied him and tried taking her hand away from him." You don't have to apologize to me Jasmine. It's not necessary. I just want you to stay safe and to be safe. You can get me worried however you want but please, I do not fancy seeing any scratches on any part of your body" he said and took her hand back in his hand continued to apply the iced block he held on it in a circular motion.Jasmine sat quietly staring at him, secretly and intermittent at the same time.He had seen her with scratches on her body before now.Was he sp
Jasmine Jaiswal had grown accustomed to living as the forgotten daughter.She was more or less forgotten, whatever it was the people and media would term it as.Born as the illegitimate daughter of the Jaiswal Mr. Who had disowned her after she dropped out of the University.She had lived the early days if he childhood with her single mother who doted on her and showered her with all the love there was in the world to, even though they were feeding from hand to mouth and suffered each passing day to make ends meet.She still tried her best to raise her and for them to live as a loving family.But that had changed a night when the rain had been falling.Jasmine was just ten when it happened.Her mother had tucked her in to sleep that rainy night. The wind had blown too cold and it was late that night before she tucked her in to sleep.They had been expecting a visitor. The man she had been told were her father.Her mother had promised her that she would finally get to meet her father t
"Please marry me Arun""What do you mean?" He asked pretending not to have heard her the first time she asked." I'm begging you Arun, please marry me" the voice came again, lower this time around yet steady.Arun let out a chuckle in his heart.He hadn't expected this to happen but as it had, he was happy it ended that way.Who would have thought that the almighty Maya Jaiswal would plead with him, and beg him to marry her after all she said to him before.She had boasted and on all her ears talking about how she was going to get wedded to Marshall Yugo, while keeping him as her side cock for whenever she wanted to come to him for some stress relieving activities.Not just did she rate him low and downgrade him even though he became a billionaire through crooked means for her sake, but she had the momentum to suggest him being her cheating partner after she got married to the man of her dreams, and not him who had been there for her.So when he had gotten his hand on hold of the info
Everything else seemed to pause as Arun watched Maya walk into his office.Had she realized her mistake? How bad it had been of her slapping him; he who was her husband and head.He wanted to believe that was the case and reason she had come to meet him at his office at such an auspicious time.It didn't take her time to. Had anything happened that warranted her regretting her actions or she was just doing so on her own accord.There had to be something. Maya was not one to be moved unless something or an external force propelled her to, so it couldn't be that she had realized her mistake.It was either that she needed a new bag or jewellery and had to take money from him to pay for them. Her cards had been limited by her mom of recent, so it was explainable why she was coming to his office to see him.A thought made him look at her face as she continued to walk in. It was then he realized that none of his thoughts were right.No, she hadn't realized anything yet, nothing has propelle
"Mr. Gabriel sold his shares out. I just received his email a few minutes ago. He forwarded his contract documents with the new share holder to me sir. Should I forward it to you as well?" The petite woman asked , oblivious to the fact that Arun didn't know anything about the transfer of shares prior to her telling him about it.Arun stood gazing hazily at nothing in particular for a minute still wanting to believe that what his secretary had just said were all lies.Mr Gabriel has the highest shares in his company. He had been one of his core investors and that reason had made him let him have up to the 15% share holder right he just transferred to someone else."Should I forward the contract to you sir?" The secretary repeated noticing the silence and tension wearing more in the room.Arun still stood tongue tied as he fell back to the chair he had been sitting on before. It had to be a lie. He had to be dreaming." Who is the new share holder?" He finally found his tongue and asked
Maya angrily walked out of Arun's office.This wasn't what she had expected when she followed the voice in her head to marry him.He had been head over heels for her for years and she knew it, which meant that he would treat her so nicely that even she would get bored of. But with the way things were going, it seemed to her as if she had made a wrong decision. "She shouldn't have married him"A voice in her head told her. Yes, she shouldn't have because if she had not, he wouldn't have done this to her.He wouldn't have betrayed her this way hoping to be bigger than her, though such a cheap trick.And what the fuck was with the facade he just pulled with his secretary earlier.Did he honestly think she would fall for such a little piece of scam?Being a retired manipulator herself, she could atleast tell when and when not someone was trying to manipulate her into believing a lie, just like she had done to her half sister before her death, did Arun honestly think he would be able
"But I must ask why you are doing this? Why should I believe your reasons?" An elderly man asked the lady sitting in front of him.Some Photos and documents were scattered all over the table where she sat opposite to him.Jasmine looked at him and smiled before she spoke up."I fell inlove once with a smile that didn't belong to me, a laugh which wasn't mine and a person I couldn't call mine..." She began slowly, staring intermittently at him as she did."It really wasn't meant to be a love story but I did believe it could become one. And because of that hope, I denied the whole world for him, but in the end, it seemed as if my... only world had denied me."" What makes a villain Mr Gabriel?"" People who do evil things?" The aged man replied as he adjusted his glasses while still staring at the woman in front of him."I had never minded not being people’s first choice until when he looked me in the eyes and told me he never loved me. That’s when I broke""Even you Mr. Gabriel, you
"I chose the second Jaiswal"Maya could not take her mind off the content of the piece of paper Mr Gabriel has left for her as he boarded his plane to leave the country.It was too plain and at the same time hard to understand.She couldn't tell what he meant by the one sentence, even to someone else she wouldn't be able to explain it.The Second Jaiswal. Who was that? Who exactly was that and what influence did the person have that made him give up his 20% stakeholder shares at her father's company.It just didn't make any sense to her considering how the company was the second best in terms of profit in the whole of Qhezon City, why would he give up his shares that easily without flinching and relocating abroad. Her heart missed beats the more she pondered on what had happened right in the twinkle of an eye.The elevator door she was in with a few other people at the Jasmine Company opened.She stared at the lady before her. She looked awkwardly familiar.It was the lady she h