Chapter Eighty-Nine

-Adonai-

I struggled hard at the dinner to concentrate on my food and not on Jasmine. But it seemed much easier at her end to be herself for she ignored me, acting like there I wasn’t there while she ate and laughed with so much carefreeness, talking with her friend, Prisca.

I did not mind that she was happy, but I did not like that she was not being that jovial with me. I wondered why she was acting that way. Perhaps, she was doing it intentionally to get at me for something and I must say, she is a very good actress.

I could not get over how beautiful and bright she looked, and I had to carefully hide my smile while watching her from the corners of my eyes so the other people in the room would not notice.

Fuck, we were here as a couple. I mean, she is the main reason I had not declined to join the party. So why do I have to hold back from speaking to her? But I did not want to start the conversation either. Why don’t she just look in my direction and say something? I would take it f