CHAPTER TWELVE.ELOISE’S POV.With every step I take closer to Jasmine’s office, at least two of my vital organs shut down completely. I am a walking corpse by the time I get to her secretary’s office located in front of hers. There is an ache in the pit of my stomach that’s gnawing on my nerves. The rush of adrenaline in my blood is making my head spin, and my heart is beating as though I’m running a marathon race.The only time I ever feel like this is during the ride to Klein’s parents’ house whereby I know I’m going to meet his mother who does nothing but taunt and insult me every time we meet.“Good morning, Adeline.” I greet the secretary who smiles kindly at me.“Good morning, Mrs. Wesley.”“Is Jasmine… I mean, Miss Bradfords in her office?” I quickly correct myself. Despite my unwillingness to address Jasmine formerly, we are still at a workplace and the rules must be obeyed.“Yes Ma’am. She has been waiting for you.”Of course, she has.I give the secretary a silent nod and he
ELOISE’S POV.“Good day Mr. Wesley.” We all greet in unison and on our feet when Klein walks into the conference with his P.A, Logan, following closely behind him. Klein nods curtly in response to our greeting as he heads over to the head seat of the conference table.Logan pulls out his seat for him and before he sits down, he motions the rest of us to take our seats. Logan takes the empty seat I left next to Klein’s right-hand side while I sit next to Logan. I am one seat away from Klein, meanwhile, Jasmine is occupying the seat directly opposite Logan’s. The small smile perched on her lips tells me she is very pleased to be sitting right next to Klein.“Is everyone who’s supposed to be present for this meeting here?” Klein breaks the excruciating silence in the room as his gaze lingers on each and every one of our faces.I look around to make sure we are all present and indeed, we are.Five team leaders of the different product design teams, the Director of Product Design, the CEO
ELOISE’S POV.“Hi” Jasmine greets me with a small wave and a fat smile through the wound down window and I feel the excitement in my veins morph into hot, liquid rage that’s spreading throughout my body like poison.My euphoria…What euphoria? What fucking euphoria?Without a single word, I march with despondency over to Klein’s side and he seems to have sensed what’s coming because he opens the car door and steps out of it. As I come to a stop before him, his towering height, which used to be the first thing to intimidate me whenever I attempt to start with him, does not scare me.“What the fuck is going on here?” I ask calmly even though I want to scream for everyone in this building to hear. My breaths are coming in too hard and it’s making my chest hurt as though I’m running a marathon race for the first time and I’m running out of breath. All I can see is red.“I don’t understand your question, Eloise.” Says Klein, maintaining his calm demeanor like he always does in every situati
ELOISE’S POV.“We are here.” Kyle announces as the car comes to a halt in the private parking lot of the talk building we just drove into. Jasmine quickly gets out of the car before anyone of us and I seal my lips to hide my smile. She has been awfully quiet since Klein told her his phone’s password was the date of our wedding anniversary. That was a big blow to her inflated ego. She didn’t even go through his gallery like she had intended. She simply kept the phone down and went still for the rest of the ride. “Klein” She calls in a sweet tone which I find very annoying once we are all outside. I roll my eyes hard as I start to make my way over to Klein, but she beats me to it and interlocks her arm with his. I pause in my tracks and watch her lean closer to my husband, the pain in my chest coming back to life.That bitch!She’s really out to get me.As always, Klein condones her childish behavior and now, as we head to the elevator, they are both walking arm-in-arm in front while I
ELOISE'S POV “What?” Klein asks sternly. Fear flashes in the waitress’ eyes.“I mean… your wife, Sir. I’m trying to get your wife’s order.”Klein looks at Jasmine and shakes his head before looking back at the terrified waitress.“She’s not my wife.” He says in a firm tone and the waitress is completely taken aback.“Oh…” She exclaims in shock. “Oh my God, I’m so sorry. It’s just… you two look so good together, so I assumed you were a couple. I’m so sorry.”“It’s fine.” Says Jasmine, waving a dismissive hand in the air. “It was an honest mistake. Besides, you’re not wrong about us looking good together. I’ll get what he has ordered.“Alright Miss.” The waitress turns to me and that’s when I realize I haven’t picked anything yet. The last time I tried to read what was on the menu, all I saw was roman numerals. “And you Miss, what will you have?”“Uh…” I do a quick scan of the menu before looking up at her again. “Chicken casserole will do.” I say with a forced smile.“Is that all you’
ELOISE'S POV.“Jasmine.” I call in complete shock.“The one and only.” Her soft response is followed by a sly smile as she catwalks into the living room, looking very sexy and inviting in my nightdress, with bright red lipstick and full faced make-up.Wow!She has really outdone herself to look sexy for my husband tonight.“What the hell are you doing here?” I keep my voice low despite my urge to start screaming until these walls collapse on us. Anger is cursing through my veins like a raging river and I’m so confused and hurt, I don’t know how to act right now.“Klein brought me here after we left the hospital this afternoon.”My ears start to itch.“What?”“I said Klein…”“I heard what you said.” I quickly cut her off and raise my hands to my waist, blowing out a heavy breath.This is not happening.This has got to be a dream. There’s no way Klein brought this woman into our house without informing me first. This has got to be a bad, bad dream I’m going to wake up from.“Eloise.”
ELOISE’S POV.Jasmine’s words jar in my ears like a loud church bell. Calmly, slowly, I retrace my steps back to where I was standing with them and look at my husband.“Klein, is that true?”“Yeah, she’s right. We have to spend the night in the same bed room so that I can monitor her all night.” He calmly narrates and I wait a few seconds for his own words to sink into his head so he can understand how absurd he sounds but that doesn’t seem to happen because several seconds later, he’s still staring at me as though he didn’t just say the most ridiculous thing ever.I breathe, broken.How much more of this do I have to endure tonight?First, this woman who obviously has carnal feelings for my husband barges into my home and emotionally blackmails me into letting her stay the night and now she’s suggesting I let her spend the night in the same bedroom with my husband.Honestly, I’m tired.But not tired enough to let her win.“I’m not comfortable with that plan.” I firmly protest, starin
ELOISE’S POV.It’s never a good thing when my Mother-in-law comes around.I quickly step down from the bed and rise to my feet, ready to greet and be disregarded. She’s scanning the bedroom with the usual scowl she has on her face as she walks in. Criticisms about how poorly I keep my guest rooms are on the way.“Good morning, mother.” I greet with utmost respect, almost bowing my head and she comes to a halt. The scowl on her face turns to a frown as she eyes me from head to toe without a word.“Mmm.” She mumbles with a curt nod after she’s done eyeing me. The frown now morphs into a beaming smile when she looks over at Jasmine who just stirred from her sleep and blinked her eyes open.“Jasmine!” My mother-in-law calls excitedly as she rushes over to Jasmine’s side of the bed to meet her. My heart cracks as I watch her sit down beside Jasmine and pull her into a warm motherly hug with the brightest smile on her face. A gesture I have never had the luxury of receiving from her even th
ELOISE’S POV.Morning comes and I wake up to a searing headache that almost throws me into a state of unconsciousness. I gently palm my forehead and wince painfully as I bring myself to sit upright. I’m struggling to open my eyes as well, but my eyelids are as heavy as lead, probably because they got swollen from all the crying I did last night. The bright fluorescent light brimming from the bulbs above is making it even harder to keep my eyes open because they hurt like shit.After Klein left me last night, I cried and then cried some more.His sweet and caring actions towards me these days got me thinking that I finally had him all myself. That he had realized that it was just simply ridiculous of him to keep being so close to Jasmine and condoning her bratty attitude when he was married to someone else. I thought our marriage was starting to be like a normal one, but, boy… was I wrong! Very wrong.Jasmine is still his queen and he’s always going to go rushing to her whenever she c
JASMINE’S POV.When I first brought up the idea of calling Klein and lying about me being attacked by burglars in my home, I was a bit unsure if that would be enough to make him leave his wife on their vacation and come to see me. I thought he was simply going to ask his mother to take care of me until he got back, but I was wrong. He went into full blown panic mode the moment his mother called and told him I had been admitted to the hospital and was unconscious. He’s going to be here anytime soon. This just goes a long way to prove one point.Klein cares about me way more than he does his wife, Eloise.He adores me and even after all these years, I am still his favorite girl.Also, I have a theory.It’s possible that Klein is in love with me.Yes.I mean romantic love. Romantic feelings. It could be that Klein has romantic feelings for me but he just can’t show them because he’s married. Maybe he’s waiting for me to ruin his marriage with Eloise so we can be together. It’s not entire
ELOISE’S POV.Little stars are twinkling above the ceiling and I’m grinning as I struggle to catch my breath. The room is filled with our breathless pants and when I turn to look at Klein, our eyes meet and he smiles. Instinctively, we both turn and lay on our sides to face each other. We are both still stark naked and drenched in our perspirations from all the sex we just had and I cannot feel my insides because they’ve completely melted.Klein had each other cumming like there was no tomorrow.Before, we would do a single round of missionary and that would be all, but today, this man fucked me in angles I could have never imagined to be possible. He went total beast mode and I loved it. Now I’m looking forward to having more sex with him.This was the best sex ever.“Eloise, remind me again why I always insisted we used a condom in the past?” He in a cool tone and laughter bubbles from my chest like boiling water from an overfilled pot.“Am I supposed to have an answer to that?”He
ELOISE’S POV.That’s a warning which I take very seriously. In the next five seconds I am sitting on his thighs and he’s smiling at me as though I just did the most amazing thing ever.I can feel my blood pressure rising very rapidly. I am going to die of a heart attack one of these days and it will be all his fault.Adrenaline spreads through my body like poison when I feel him slide his arms under my knees and rises from the couch along with me. He stands on his feet, with me, bridal style in his arms, staring at him with a mortified expression.“What… what are you doing?” I am genuinely scared. He starts walking towards the bedroom and if he wasn’t my husband, I would be screaming by now.“I think we’ve done enough talking for tonight. It’s about time we did something else, don’t you think?” He kicks the room door open and steps into it.That was not necessary.“And, what is that “something else” we are going to do?” I ask with a shaky voice as he gently lowers me onto the bed and
ELOISE’S POV.“Is this where we’ll be eating?” I ask Klein as we both head over to the sitting area of the living room where dinner has been set on the center table.“Eating on the dinning table feels too formal. I want us to have a casual, fun dinner, that’s why I asked the staff to set our meals here.” He calmly explains and my smiles grows wider.Indeed, eating on the dinning feels too formal. It’s like eating at a dinner party with all his business associates and I only ever play with my food during those dinners. I’m happy he did this instead.“I hope you like it.” Concern flashes in his eyes as he eagerly inquires and my heart melts completely. He’s so considerate, it makes me want to hug and kiss him right now.“It’s perfect. I love the idea of a fun and casual dinner.” I say with a smile that nearly splits my face into to halves.“Cool.” He says, taking a seat on a couch while I go over to the one opposite his and sit on it. When my gaze meets his again, the frown on his face
JASMINE’S POV.“Klein!” I almost scream in relief the moment the call connects. I shoot his mother, who’s sitting beside me, an excited grin which she reciprocates before I turn back to focus on the call.“Hello Jasmine.” The sound of his deep, gravelly voice calling my name almost makes me moan. This is the voice Eloise wants to have all to herself for the rest of her life. I’m only going to let that happen over my dead body. Klein will be mine! It’s just a matter of time.“Klein…” I call yet again, this time around in a softer tone. “You’ve been ignoring my calls." I say in such a small voice that it almost makes me sound like I’m crying. I hear him let out a small sigh on the other end of the phone. I know I frustrate him with my shenanigans, but I’m his Jasmine. He could never grow tired of me. Ever!“Jasmine, where is this coming from?”“You still haven’t come to check up on me even after knowing that I’m not feeling too well.” I say pouting.“I haven’t done that yet because I’ve
ELOISE’S POV.“No way!” I exclaim in disbelief the moment the car is opened and I take a peek of the premises. Excitement is coursing through my veins like a raging river as I step out of the car and ogle the surroundings. It’s dark, but I know exactly where we are.Unbelievable!This is unbelievable!When Klein refused to disclose our vacation destination and called it a surprise every time I asked, I had no idea it would be this. I knew he was going to take me to some exotic sight-seeing facility somewhere out of the country. I did not expect this man to bring me to my favorite recreational spot here in the country. My father used to bring me all the time since I was little and even before I married Klein, this was my to-go spot when I needed some time away from the world and its harsh realities.“Do you like it?” Klein asks, stopping beside me.“Like it? I love it! How… How did you know about this place? The smile on your face tells me you were expecting me to react this way. How d
ELOISE’S POV.“Eloise, I cannot believe you made me stay on call with you as you shaved intimate parts of your body and showered." Maeve laments over the phone.“Don’t be such a drama queen, Maeve. We both know each other’s naked bodies as well as we know ours and we’ve done worse than shaving together at the same time. This is nothing.”“Yeah, that was when you didn’t belong to someone else.”“I don’t belong to anyone. I belong to myself!” I argue and I know she just rolled her eyes on the other end.“Yeah, right. I dare you to say that to the hearing of Klein Reece Wesley.”“You’re a nutcase.”“Yeah, whatever. Just make sure not to be shy when the time comes for you to seduce your man. After all this torture you’ve put me through, I will be expecting some juicy details on how your first vacation night with your husband was spent.”“Eww! I will not discuss my sex life with you.” She snorts.“Says the girl who rang my phone at three am in the morning after losing her virginity to her
ELOISE’S POV.“Welcome home, Mrs. Wesley.” The butler greets me as I step into the living room and hand her my stuff to take upstairs. “Thank you.” I say and she leaves. As I walk further into the room, my phone starts ringing and a smile forms on my face when I check the caller ID and see that it’s Maeve calling. I instantly answer the call and press the phone against my ear. “Yes Ma’am.”“Ah yeah! Her voice sounds like honey now because she’s about to go on a vacation with her husband.” Maeve taunts and I burst into laughter as I resume my walk towards the staircase.“Is that jealousy I sense in your tone?” I ask playfully and she scoffs.“Jealousy my ass. There’s no way I would be jealous of a married woman. Do you have any idea how much freedom I have as a single woman? Plus, I don’t have an old witch called a mother-in-law breathing fire down my neck every time she sets her eyes on me.” She fires back and my laughter intensifies. She’s right.If there’s anyone who should be jea