Jasmine.The question struck her ears like lightning, she didn't want to answer the question, she avoided his eyes like they were fire. Her body felt stiff like a log. What could she say? Why did he ask that? Jasmine was never the shy type but she avoided questions like that."Who was he to her?!" She didn't have an answer to give. She gulped instead and turned away. Still trying to comprehend the question he asked earlier, then she heard the question again "would you go ahead to marry your fiance; even when you have someone like me?" The question choked her this time around which made her saliva pass through her breathing space and she became uncomfortable.Then she coughed to buy herself time so she could think about what response she could give at that moment and also to distract him which worked perfectly. He stood up to assist her sit uprightly and also went inside to get a glass of water for her to drink."Are you good?" He asked worriedly as he laid her back. She looked at hi
Axel A week had passed.Jasmine held on to her words and she meant it. Axel wondered if that was how they would end. He didn't hear her anymore either. Her soul wasn't at his reach anymore. He decided to reach out to her.Axel, who was in the house, stood in front of the mirror that he had. He looked at his watch and appeared normal and unfazed. But he had the same thing on his mind for the past seven days."Sir, there's a matter that needs your attention. It's a club downtown. One of your clubs. There are rumors that some people will crash it tonight." Wesley said as he walked down the stairs. Axel had a week full of drama and work stress. From dealing with his debtors to showing up to meetings. He was in his terror week.A terror week is a week where Axel is only about business and business alone. He would lock himself up for weeks.Wesley paused and looked into Axel's eyes. He saw how uninterested they looked. He wasn't sure if that was a yes or a no. Wesley had even been with hi
Jasmine. Jasmine didn't understand where and why the question was coming from. "I am sure you would agree with me." Her boss said with her hands on the table.With discomfort, Jasmine sat and listened. Her eyes rang with the words she heard and even more with what she knew would come out of it. Jasmine had been away from this said man for a week and she loved every second. She hadn't been uncomfortable nor had she been losing her memories. She was finally on good terms with her boyfriend and it was worth it. They haven't been having arguments or having lashes on each other. It was as it should be. She knew bringing Axel back into the picture would only be a bad decision and what's worse? She knew what would happen. Jasmine sat down dumbstruck, she didn't know what to say or what to respond. She went through a rerun of episodes in her head. She had her arms folded and hidden under the table. "I presume you will return to the agreed days." Her boss added as she spoke. Jasmine wish
"Yes, you know since I started going back to work and getting home on time. Doing the groceries and helping out with you. I actually feel so much better than I have ever been." Jasmine said with a smile as she spoke to her fiancée. She felt on top of the world. "Of course I noticed that too. I noticed how close we have become and how vast the love has grown. You don't know how much you mean to me." Brandon said as he played with her hair and caressed it.Jasmine was comfortable, she didn't have a worry in the world. Yes there were moments when she wished her mother was alive but she can't rewrite the past. She cuddled and hugged her fiancée. The image played in her head like a cassette that had no more than one scene. She sighed. "Would all that be ruined?" She asked herself as she stared into the plain wall. "Okay okay. Relax jasmine." She said to herself as she tried to calm herself down. "I will just go up to him and pretend like nothing happened." She said and did a rethink
Axel. Dressed in his robe, Axel sat on his bed and turned on his TV. He had cookies by his side. A lover of sweet things. Axel had a sweet tooth and he loved things like that. He had done some work and met up with his debtors. He was at a hotel in the human world.His hotel actually, the one he was to sell and the buyer sent a representative. He changed his mind and decided to keep the hotel. He loved the steady income and how he owned it.He was a man that loved being possessive and in control. All he wanted was to have his things and be the boss. His favourite wine wasn't far from him either. He reconstructed his own room in the hotel. First, asides the hotel being a skyscraper and being popular for its height and decor. There are rooms specially made for couples and couples alone.He moved to one of those rooms and removed the walls, he carefully did so and replaced them with glass walls. And of course he was smart to have an enclosed area. He made a home on the last floor of h
Jasmine.It was past ten in the morning. Her curtains weren't up, else she would have been woken up by the morning sun rise. She rolled over and over before she finally opened her eyes. A really long and tough debate on whether she would or wouldn't open her eyes but she did and immediately she closed them back and placed the blanket over her head. She wasn't in any way ready at all.She squinted her eyes as she moved around some more. She stretched her legs and raised her hands, she was surely tired. She moved again and closed her eyes. She was sure she was ready to be awake. Her head felt heavy, they sounded like hundreds of bees.She groaned again. It felt as though that was how she was able to express her feelings. She opened her mouth too. Having a morning stretch after a night of drinks is always a relief."I am never drinking again." She said with a migraine that took over her entire head.The hangover was one she didn't expect, she thought all the drinks she had had made a ma
Axel. "The beach?" Jasmine repeated the question as though she didn't hear it the first time. He saw how shocked she was and who wouldn't be. He just popped the question out of the blue. Axel knew the onesie that she was putting on would make her look like a baby. He knew how confused and lost she was; but he was ready, he was ready to make her sweat for the answers.He stood tall and looked at her. He wore a plain gray t-shirt and a pair of light brown trousers. It was free and they were simple yet elegant. He saw how she sat like a baby, who was about to be reprimanded."Yes, the beach. I would tell you everything and every detail as to what you did while you were drunk and how you got here." Axel said in a clear baritone voice as he finally sat and closed his phone. He knew that if he stood. She would be more overwhelmed than usual and the last thing he wants is her being scared of him."Can I trust you?" Jasmine who was on the couch said she sat like a five year old. He read how
Jasmine.Jasmine hurried back to the seat while she waited for the food tray to show up. She blinked so many times that she feared that she would lose her eyes. She exhaled and smiled so many times. She sat down and looked over the tray.She did breathing exercises so she would calm down at least. She held her hand together too.Her mind was blank. "What was the question he wanted to ask? What was it? Was he about to kiss me?" She tried to look at him but he had his back turned. Her heart raced like a thousand huts of a woodpecker. If her heart race could appear on her forehead, she was sure it would have been over ten thousand.She tried hard to hide how she looked and how she felt, she felt hot but she wouldn't take off the cloth at least not now. She exhaled and waited.Linda and the strange good looking man appeared in front of her. She raised her eyes up and saw the man, a young man. Her eyes didn't depart from how shiny his lashes were, his rectangular face shined bright, the sm
Axel. "Why don't you come down here and let's talk?" Axel asked as he stood up and held his bat once again.'I will finish this mother , even if it's the last thing I do. He knew Jasmine would be fine and okay, but the rage that he had in him was so much that he needed more time and to deal with him properly.'"When you always disappeared with her. That is wrong, that is totally wrong." Joe said and Axel got bored. He closed his eyes and appeared where Joe was.Joe's eyes widened. His men left in seconds. He tried to grab something to defend himself with but there was nothing close or nearby."Hey, stay away. Back off." He screamed like a five year old. Axel scoffed and hit him with the bat, he glared his eyes at Joe who was being an asshole. "Oh" He coughed out blood and landed on the floor. The wires all got tangled on his hands and legs. Axel barely did anything."We will meet in hell and you will suffer more!" He threatened and hit him again with the bat, he did that over and ove
Jasmine. "Hey love, we are going somewhere." Joe said as his men came to assist Jasmine who seemed liveless already, she had gone through different ordeals, from being raped to being tortured all because of some little mafia deal. She was in the middle of the men. She raised her eyes that were heavy and tired. Her back was arched and curved. She didn't know how to react or what to do. Her body had marks and stretches, the torture all ended the night before but they still hurt."Dress her up nicely, she has somewhere to be and don't touch or take care of her wounds." Joe ordered. Jasmine raised her head and looked at Joe, her breathing was paced and she was naked still. She took one step after the other as she went on being assisted by two ladies.They wore her dress, she squinted and moved and made noises but she was too weak to sound or to even talk. They gave a free gown, so it wouldn't hurt her. They all read her and had pity looks. They shook their heads and they were still gent
Axel. Two days after."You are already leaving? I thought you said you would leave by Friday, today is still Wednesday, why the rush?" Wesley who was unprepared and unready for Axel and his ways of disappearing. He rolled his eyes and folded his hands."You aren't my wife, you are my second in command and I don't like popping in and living and you know that!" Axel added as he adjusted his shirt and looked at his watch."Yes, but you are my concern, I know you can trust me with the hotels and the clubs and the bakeries and all that but the goons and the fights, I can only fight in my demon mode. But this is huge!" Wesley explained in detail but Axel did nothing but laugh hysterically."You have done this before so what's the problem?" Axel found it rather funny and unexpected. Wesley isn't like this, he is never like this but for some reason he wants to be like that. Axel, who was in his office, sat down and looked at him. His files were packed and some clothes."It's quite differen
Jasmine. The following morning. "Hi, it's so nice to meet you." 'Is that okay to say to him?' It had been a long while since she went on a date, an official one. It was time that she moved on from Axel, Her fiancée and everything else that was left. 'A new beginning, I need that. I should maybe cut my hair and dye it white. You know it would be a good thing.' She tried to convince herself as she tried on different gowns that she wore. From the pink polka dots gown that stayed in her wardrobe for ages, to the brown gown that seemed to be outdated. A pile of clothes that she checked and rated all stood there like a mountain. 'This is hard' She said internally, as she sighed and held the clothes up. "Why is it hard?" She asked herself again this time Jasmine voiced out. She paced over and over, with different thoughts, she was excited to her guts, she wanted a new thing and it landed right in front of her. What more could she ask for? She rolled her eyes and threw herself on t
Jasmine. Axel had left after they had a steamy goodbye session, Jasmine was left alone with her thoughts and she was by herself. She opened her eyes and rolled them, she squinted. She had no idea how long she had slept for or how long he had been there. No idea of the next thing to do. Naked on her bed, she rubbed her legs and shook her head, Jasmine yawned as though she had ran miles and miles.She was in her bed, wrapped up. She remembered how steamy the session was and how she loved it. He went on and on and she couldn't take enough of it. Jasmine may have pushed him away but a side of her wanted him still He took her to the shower and ran a bath for her, it was so relieving for her. She loved it, she barely remembered but it was something. 'It was the last huh?' She asked as she tucked her hair and sighed. "Why is that?" She suddenly felt empty after all that she had done and been through. "Even him, he has left me with no one!" She added as she itched her hair hard. She seemed
Axel. "Ignore it, we will talk about it when I am sober but for now let me dwell in whatever thought that this is. Okay?" She added as she nodded."Are you sure?" He asked her with his eyes, he tried to see her thoughts which he did. "Yes, I am sure." She said with a smile as she nodded, a fake smile was on her face too and he saw her. "Okay, hug me then" He told her as he stood up, he held her hands still, he didn't take it off. "Okay, no problem!" She replied as she pulled him closer and hugged him tightly.'I want more than this' He thought to himself as he rubbed her soft back, he loved how soft the singlet was and how it felt. She raised her head and looked at him. "It wouldn't be a bad thing to taste you right now. Or would it?" She asked Axel as she touched his elbows, she reached up to his hair. "Do you want a spicy time?" He asked her for something that he wanted regardless. "Why not?" She replied in calm down as she trailed her hands on his chest. A brown long sleeve
Jasmine "Uh" She groaned as she rolled over on the bed, the alcohol did some numbers on her. "Is it morning already?" She questioned herself with the blanket over her head stuck in the blanket. "It's morning." She said as she stood up and went over to the kitchen, she dragged her entire body along as she walked down. She sighed and owned her fridge."Ahh" She screamed, her head was ringing severally. She heard dings and loud noises too. "Uh" She sounded again and moved to the fridge. "Oh it's empty." She said as she closed the fridge. The fridge was stocked to the brim but for some reason she was blind to see that. "An orange juice?" She went back to check the fridge, her walking step was confusing and twisted, she wasn't drunk anymore that it felt like she was regardless. "Coffee will shake me right up. Do I even work anymore?" She asked herself as sh1e leaned on the counter. She looked around and saw her house was indeed empty. "I am all alone aren't I?" She asked as she sni
JasmineNever in a million years would have thought that she would be betrayed by her best friend or even her so-called fiancée."They have kids? And no one told me!" She told the old lady who was beside her. Jasmine had walked to the praying center in the hospital."Wait, wait tell me the whole story all over again!" The old lady who held her hands asked her to speak."I have a fiancée and we have been dating for the past six years, from high school and I had a best friend who suddenly left, her name is Eunice. No one told me what happened or what did. And then now she came back into my life. She said she had some business and that stuff. I accepted her back without any problems and guess what I found that they have been having sex with each other!" She said an exclamation and she spoke. The pain and disappointment as she explained."My fiancée would hit me and beat me up because he was overly jealous and now? This is what he does? Cheat and act almighty? I am pissed and hurt and all
Jasmine. "Okay, as long as he is home safe!" She pleaded with him as he listened. He growled and shook his head. Axel walked a few inches and leaned on the wall. "Come and release him. He will be taken to my torture room, prepare the hot iron and meet me there." He said and he looked at her.'I gulped as I saw him. It's not like I knew him personally on any level but a part of me feared him more than I should. I gulped hard and looked at him.' "What?" He asked me as he leaned still, he had a cigarette in his hand, she didn't realize that he had that in his hands. "Nothing."She replied in a coarse tone, she had her eyes on Brandon. She may have wanted him to get hurt and to see him in pain but this was way too much for her to bear. 'God, let Brandon survive this, this is to much' She sighed and looked down"Okay, I wouldn't want you to see me burning his dipstick or would you?" He asked her with a smile, he seemed to have a care in the world about how she felt, he had his anger on