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"You just thought about me. That's it? That's all a best friend should do? Just think about you!" Lila stared at him between her brows.
"Definitely, not. But—"
"You're making it up to me tonight. That's fixed. No buts or ifs." She declared as she sat inside the car.
Although drained, Kyle sat in the car and asked her how she would like to be compensated.
"We'll go to your house and you'll cook for me." Kyle was veering the car out of the parking lot when she replied, and her answer made his eyes widen as he pulled on the brakes.
"My house? No way. We can't go there."
"Why not?" Lila was puzzled at how shocked he sounded. "Kyle, are you hiding something from me?"
Her eyes narrowed.
"I'm like an open and several times read book in your hands, Lila. What
126"You just thought about me. That's it? That's all a best friend should do? Just think about you!" Lila stared at him between her brows."Definitely, not. But—""You're making it up to me tonight. That's fixed. No buts or ifs." She declared as she sat inside the car.Although drained, Kyle sat in the car and asked her how she would like to be compensated."We'll go to your house and you'll cook for me." Kyle was veering the car out of the parking lot when she replied, and her answer made his eyes widen as he pulled on the brakes."My house? No way. We can't go there.""Why not?" Lila was puzzled at how shocked he sounded. "Kyle, are you hiding something from me?"Her eyes narrowed."I'm like an open and several times read book in your hands, Lila. What
125To his chagrin Vince laughed a made-up laugh and said, "Your guess is on point, Mr. Panther. I've been thinking about work a lot and—""How about your wife, Mr. Garrison? Is she okay now?" Kyle stopped by the reception and leaned on an elbow on the counter.He saw the receptionist guy stand up as on the phone call, Vince went completely silent."Yes, Mr. Garrison? Everything okay?""Y-yes, yes, my wife is doing great. I... I am just wondering why y-you would ask about her all of a sudden." Kyle's mouth lifted in an irritated smirk, making the receptionist guy turn pale."Just like that." Kyle said. "My birthday is coming up and my friends were talking about throwing me a party, and I remembered your father's party and our meeting outside his house."Vince chuckled nervously, "My wife is fine."
124Kyle's office,"Holy hell, her husband is Vince Garrison?" Falcon stared up from his cup of hot chocolate coffee.He saw Kyle's stiff back as he stood by the wall of the window behind his desk. He held a cup of black coffee in one hand and the other was in his pocket. Kyle hummed in response as Falcon placed his cup down on the desk and clutched his hair in pure daze."I've been hearing a lot of good things about him. Damn! I didn't know he's such a prick! And look at how small the world is. He was going to be your new business partner too." Falcon heaved."I wanted to kill him when Titus told me Jasmine's story. That night... His father's birthday night I saw her. I saw Garrison placing her in the car. From there only he sent her to the asylum. If only I saved her back then..." Kyle's back stiffened as he breathed loudly through his nose."But she's safe. That's what matters more, right." Falcon got up and approached him. "Dude, forget her back story and all... What I'm saying is
123Jasmine's POV "You still don't know about me?" He stared at me, amazed. I shook my head in no, "I never searched about it." "Wait, are you like for real? You've been out of my house for a while and you never searched me up on the internet? Are you joking right now, Jessica?" "I'm not.""You seriously don't know anything about me?" He asked with an infuriated chuckle. I shyly smiled. I never had enough courage to search about him. I just knew that we were never meeting again. So, I never bothered."I promise." I pinched my throat. He sighed annoyedly and it was kinda cute. I had an impressive image of him in my mind and I didn't want to ruin it. I knew that Kyle was a playboy. A man with a long history of one night stands and ex-girlfriends. I just wasn't ready to see images of him kissing some naked girl on the internet. That was another reason why I didn't search him up. I was scared of finding out about his girlfriends or worse— His body count. Kyle isn't a saint. I kno
122Jasmine's POV Luckily he heard and obeyed. He stopped barely at the threshold of the room. He was very rigid, though. I went to him while enduring the pain from walking hastily and made him face me. "It's not you, Kyle. It's my body. I just... It's hard to explain. That day scared me so much that... I... My body... It just reacts even though my mind knows I'm not in danger. It's a reflex I can't control. I don't know why it's happening but I just..." I trailed off and looked away. It was hard to express my emotions. I hate feeling this way. I hate reacting this way. But my body remembers things I’ve been through and it reacts on its own before I can say anything. Kyle's silence was killing me. He saved my life and getting treated this way was absolutely aggravating. Feeling regretful, I turned around to go inside the room when, "I'm hungry. Would you like to keep me company?" I turned again, my eyes teary but lips smiling. I nodded. He smiled in return and gestured for me to
121Jasmine's POV. "Mr. Falcon, that is Jasmine. Kyle sir's guest. I think you shouldn't be here in his absence because sir told me to not let any stranger—""Guest! Kyle didn't tell me he has..." Falcon blinked his eyes to shake the mist off his gaze as he licked his lips in a smitten sort of way. "Such a beautiful guest tucked away in his bedroom."He came all the way inside and stopped before the bed. Mari came behind him. She was looking at me pitifully because my teeth were chattering. The Falcon guy wasn't giving any bad vibe, but my body was not in my control. I was thrown back to that moment when... When all those men in the mental institution were surrounding me. When one of them— I took deep breaths as my chest felt too tight and numb. It was like an invisible weight was pressing down on my chest. "Hey? Pretty guest, are you okay?" Falcon extended a hand to touch my shoulder. I yelped and jerked back. My head hit the headboard hard and spasms exploded in my head. I don't







