Jasmine glanced at the table clock and saw that it was already twelve o'clock. Her father's driver would arrive to pick her up in fifteen minutes and she still hadn't told Justin that she would be going out.The truth was that she was too embarrassed to face him as she didn't want what happened earlier to repeat itself.She would have to face him sooner or later if she wanted to leave for lunch.Taking a deep breath, she stood up from her seat and knocked on his door."Come in," she heard him say. She slowly opened the door and walked into his office.Justin was sitting on the sofa in his office. His legs were crossed and he was reading some files.'God, he looks like a model!' Jasmine thought to herself. And as she did, she mentally scolded herself for having such thoughts about Justin."Do you have something to say to me or are you going to keep standing in my office?" Justin said sharply."Well sir, can I go out for lunch?" Jasmine asked.Justin put the files that were on his lap o
Jasmine, even though she knew that her father had an ulterior motive for calling her, was still astonished by his words. How could a man like Lucious Baxter suddenly wake up and change? And what made his supposed change even funnier was the fact that the change came right after the news of her and Justin's ‘relationship’ came out.“Well in that case, Mr Baxter, you’re the biggest fool I have ever met,” Jasmine couldn’t help but say.“Jasmine!” Lucious yelled, his face read with anger. He was this close to grabbing her by the neck and strangling her.Jasmine relaxed back on her chair and stared at Lucious in the face. There was a time seeing him angry terrified her but not anymore. Apart from the fact that she had grown up, he was not as terrifying as Justin Gerano and his entire family.Lucious on realizing that he had let his emotions take control of him, quickly calmed down. “Jasmine, you shouldn’t speak like that to your father,” he scolded.“And fathers aren’t supposed to abando
"Okay sis I'll tell her, "Justin said to Isabella and hung up. He looked at Jasmine who was sitting in the floor lost in her thoughts without any emotions on his face."My sister said she will be here to see you in thirty minutes so get ready," he told Jasmine before getting up from his seat and leaving the conference room.After he left the conference room he busted out into laughter one he had been holding in ever since he saw Jasmine terrified face.It felt nice to have the Mafia Queen as his sister as she unknowingly helped him to terrify Jasmine. He would have never thought that troubling someone would give him such immense satisfaction. Knowing his sister she had probably left whatever photoshoot she was having at that time to go and get a pair of new heels for Jasmine but the latter didn't know that as she thought Isabella would come there and capture her back to the underworld.There was no harm in letting Jasmine ponder upon her thoughts and revel in her fear.Inside the con
"I'll do it, I'll take the shoes ma'am," Jasmine said. She had just got out of a sticky situation. The last thing she needed was getting right back into it because of her stubbornness.If Isabella wasn't bothered about spending so much money on her then she shouldn't be bothered about keeping Isabella's money. Isabella smiled in satisfaction upon hearing Jasmine agree to her demands. for "that's good I like you, you are a smart person," she praised.She dipped her hand in a bag and brought out a card. "Here if you ever need anything then don't hesitate to call me," she said.Jasmine knew better than to argue and so she silently collected the card from Isabella. "I will, thank you ma'am.""Please don't call me ma'am, it makes me feel like an old woman instead of a twenty eight year old. Just call me by my name, Isabella."Before Jasmine could say anything to Isabella's request, the door to Justin's private room opened and Justin and his mother walked out. She thanked them inwardly f
“Miss Baxter, we are here,” Justin informed her, snapping her out of her thoughts.Jasmine looked outside the window and indeed saw that they had arrived. She opened the door and turned to Justin. “Thank you sir for saving me today.” and she meant it. She didn’t want to imagine what would have happened to her if Justin hadn’t been there to save her.Irregardless of their differences, he still saved her and for that, she would always remain in his debt. “You’re welcome Miss Baxter,” Justin replied. His phone suddenly beeped at that moment. He brought it out from his pocket and checked who had messaged him. The message was from Cole and upon reading the contents, a slight frown appeared on his face. “You should go and get some rest. We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow,” he said. Jasmine smiled and got out of the car. She made sure she watched him drive away before heading up to her mother’s apartment.As she walked up, she could feel the judgemental stares of the residents. Didn
It wasn't until an hour later before Isabella finished with the woman. By the time she was done with her, the woman had lost all her fingers as well as been told on her leg and she had slowly bled to death.Clark handed her a towel and she cleaned her blood stained hands it with it. "God, it's been ages since I last tortured someone. It feels so good to do this again," she commented."Your husband is the head of the underworld and you're telling me that it's been ages since you tortured someone?" Justin raised an eyebrow.Just because he is the king of the underworld doesn't mean he has allows me to do such things Isabella answered as she eyed her husband."Okay, now that it's done, can we go home?" Clark asked quickly, changing the subject. "I just got back from a trip outside the country and I am tired."Justin nodded in agreement. it's late Isabella, you should head home. ""You should also head home and get some rest," Isabella said and kissed Justin's cheek. "Goodnight," she bid h
Justin looked at his watch and saw that it was time for he and Jasmine to leave for the inspections on their sites.He stood up with the intention of leaving. However, his office door opened before he could open it. "What are you doing here?!" Justin snapped when he saw who it was. Of course there were a limited number of people that would enter his office without knocking."What happened at the base last night?" Austin asked in a serious tone. His voice and facial expression showed that he wasn't in the mood for jokes.What do you mean? Justin asked, feigning innocence. However Austin was really in a serious mood as he did not have time for his brother's dumb game."Who did you kill last night?" Austin asked. "How do you know I killed somebody?" Justin asked, refusing to give in to Austin."You weren't at home last night when I came. You didn't return home till twelve in the midnight. I went to the base this morning and I saw two bodies being transported to Clark's base." Austin p
"One more drink," Jasmine requested. She was currently in a nightclub drowning her sorrow out with alcohol. That was the quickest solution she could come up with to forget her situation. She didn't see any alcohol in her house and so, she came to the club.The male bartender shook his head. "Ma'am, you've already finished a bottle of alcohol. It's lethal to try to finish the second bottle," he stated."Don't worry about me. I have a high alcohol tolerance level. Just give me the second bottle," Jasmine ordered.The bartender shook his head once again and sighed before pouring her another glass of alcohol.Jasmine drowned the glasses one after the other. Her head was spinning and her vision was starting to get blurry but she ignored it and gulped down another glass of alcohol.She knew she would regret it in the morning but she didn't care at that moment. All she wanted was to drown her sorrows in the alcohol.Something suddenly popped up in her mind and she signaled to the bartender
Third Book in the Billionaire Series.My Marriage is a Contract.Messed with my Arrogant Boss.The Billionaire’s Hidden Legacy"I don’t want to work for you. What if I refuse?" She asked and Lucas chuckled."That, my dear, is not an option," Lucas replied as he dropped a pen on the file. "Sign it, or you can say goodbye to ever working,” he reminded her.Kiandra Aidan's life gets turned upside down when she gets drugged and has a one-night stand with a handsome stranger who turns out to be none other than a dangerous billionaire, Lucas Valencia and gets pregnant with his child.After trying to get his child killed, Kiandra goes into hiding to protect her daughter. Five years pass and she and her child bumps into the devil once more after swearing that they would never meet.Her relief that he doesn't remember her is cut short when Lucas gets her fired from her job for unknown reasons.“I clearly told you I didn’t want it and even tried to have it killed but you still went ahead and had
First Book in the Billionaire Series.My Marriage is a Contract.Messed with my Arrogant Boss.The Billionaire’s Hidden LegacyYou'll regret this, Charlotte, I'll make sure of that," Sebastian threatened furiously at the woman who crashed into his car. Sebastian Gerano is the most feared businessman, not only in his country but beyond, due to his arrogant and ruthless nature. He isn't one to forgive or forget. Charlotte Brooks, the only daughter of the famous Brooks family crashes into his car and refuses to bow before Sebastian daring him to do his worst. Will Sebastian manage to bring her to her knees especially now that she is bound to marry him or will Charlotte manage to stand up to her husband especially when she finds out that he is her arch enemy's lover? Find out in My Marriage is a Contract.
It seemed just like yesterday when she met Justin for the first time. She remembered how much she had hated him and how much she wanted to kill him for making her life such a living hell and now, she was getting married to him a few moments from now.Life was truly unpredictable as no one would have ever imagined that the man who was once the cause of her sorrow would be the source of her happiness.“Oh my goodness, you look so beautiful,” her mother exclaimed as she entered the room. “And with that red hair of yours, you’re bound to be the star today,” Hilda praised.“Mom, it seems that you have forgotten about the fact that you also have red hair and about the fact that Arabella is also getting married today," Jasmine pointed out.Yes, Arabella and Austin were also getting married on the same day as Jasmine and Justin. After a lot of deliberation, Charlotte and Danielle decided to have the two couples' wedding on the same day. Arabella and Jasmine had no problems with it neither
Jasmine’s eyes slowly fluttered open, and when she was fully awake, she saw herself staring at a naked chest, the one she had spent the night with.She slowly lifted her head and found a pair of deep blue eyes staring at her with a smile on his face. “Good morning, my love,” he said in a hoarse voice, and he kissed her forehead.“Good morning,” Jasmine answered, and she snuggled closer to him as she enjoyed the warmth that was radiating from his body.“Do you feel sore down there?” Justin asked her.“You kept me up till midnight and showed me no mercy, how do you think I feel?” Jasmine fired at Justin.“Well it’s your fault as you seduced me and made me lose my self control,” Justin quickly defended himself.“How is it my fault?” Jasmine cried out.“You know what you did,” Justin shrugged casually, and he turned and got out of bed, much to Jasmine's displeasure.“Where are you going?” Jasmine asked as she tried her best not to look at his body.Damn, with a body like that, she would n
Jasmine looked at herself in the mirror after the make-up artist was done and she saw that he had done really heavy make-up on her.She sighed resignedly as she didn't want a heavy make-up as she didn't want to go through the stress of removing it later.The dinner would only last for a short while after which she would have to take it off as she wouldn't be able to sleep in her make-up."Thank you," Jasmine said instead of complaining. There was no point in complaining aa the makeup was already done.She then stood up from her seat and headed downstairs to the living room where Charlotte and Jayden were seated watching cartoons. It's said that Jayden had also forced Charlotte into watching cartoons with him."Oh wow! " Charlotte exclaimed when she saw Jasmine. She quickly passed the cartoon and then carried Jayden to go and meet Jasmine." oh honey you look so good "Charlotte complimented and it could be seen from the expression that he meant every word of that compliment."Thank yo
Jasmine opened her eyes and saw that the bed was empty. She got up abruptly and was about to freak out about Jayden not being in the bed when she noticed that Justin wasn't there as well.That meant Justin must have probably taken Jayden. She got out of bed and washed her face before heading downstairs.She heard Justin's and Jayden's laughter coming from the dining table and so she went there."Good morning, Mrs Gerano," Jasmine greeted when she saw Charlotte at the table.Charlotte was about to scold her for being so formal with her but then she remembered that she had promised Justin not to tell Jasmine that he planned to propose to her."Good morning dear, how was your night?" Charlotte asked."It was fine," Charlotte answered."Mama," Jayden said excitedly and he opened his arms so Jasmine could carry him.Jasmine furrowed her brows at Justin. "We've been teaching him a few things," he explained.She nodded and then carried Jayden. "How are you?" She asked and started to play wi
"Where are they?" Sebastian asked angrily as he came downstairs."What's wrong honey, why are you so mad?" Charlotte asked, feigning ignorance as to why Sebastian was so mad."Diego, Austin and Justin, where are they?" Sebastian asked."Justin went out," Arabella pointed out."Yes, he went out to bring Jasmine back. She is here and that means that he is back so where are the three of them?" Sebastian asked."We honestly do not know daddy," Isabella said and rubbed her tummy in an effort to stop Sebastian from interrogating them.Her plan worked as Sebastian stopped asking them questions."Here, hold him," Sebastian said, handing over Jayden to Jasmine.Jayden smiled upon seeing Jasmine as he showed her the scrunchie she had given him. Jasmine pinched his cheeks lightly and this made him smile even wider."Don't worry, I'll find them myself," Sebastian said and he brought out his phone and opened an app.He input their phone numbers and soon after, their exact location came up.Without
Jasmine got to her father's house and she was greeted by her mother when she got there."What's wrong? Why are you here so late in the night?" She asked."Nothing," Jasmine answered. "Are Dad and Chase at home?""No, they still have some problems at their warehouse and so, they are there," Hilda answered."Can I stay here for the night?" Jasmine asked."Of course you can, you didn't even need to ask," Hilda said.Jasmine nodded and immediately headed up to her room. Hidla however followed her as she could tell that something was bothering her daughter."Wait, did you and Justin get into a fight?" Hilda asked."No we didn't, mom," Jasmine answered."Then what is bothering you?" Hilda continued to probe. "I'm not leaving here until you tell me what's wrong.""Mom, can we talk about this in the morning?" Jasmine's request. "Oh no, young lady, the longer you keep it in, the longer damage that thing will cause," Hilda said."No, tell me what is wrong," she insisted and then walked over t
"I know that he is Justin Gerano's son," Jasmine stated and she watched how the colour drained from the already pale face of May."What are you talking about?" May managed to ask after she had regained a bit of her composure."Drop the act," Jasmine said. "I already know who you are and what happened between you and Justin three years ago," Jasmine told May."I knew who you were and figured out who Jayden was from the first time I met him at the restaurant.""And even if I didn't know who you were, I know my boyfriend and I have seen his childhood pictures," she said." I would have raised questions as to why your son looked a lot like my boyfriend," Jasmine pointed out. May sighed in resignation upon seeing that there was no way she could deny the truth anymore."I'm not here to separate you from Justin," May assured Jasmine."I know that," Jasmine said. "If you were, you would have gone to The Gerano Mansion ever since you arrived in the country."May heaved a sigh of relief upon s