LOGIN162"Do you guys work so much everyday?" He asked as exhaustion made his eyes droop. "This is nothing compared to other days when we have offers and discounts. We open 24x7 during Christmas and other holidays too." An employee said like it was nothing. "Jesus. I will disappear if I work so much. You guys are amazing." Falcon while blowing out air wearily. "You're born with a silver spoon, Falcon. This will always overwhelm you." Birdie chuckled. They were talking like old friends. The workers had accepted him like he was one of them. Jasmine smiled in contentment before she patted Falcon's back. "You worked hard today. Let me treat you to lunch today. Come on." She said, and all of them hurried out.The night sky was full of stars and the air was slightly cool. Jasmine took them to a certain street, and Falcon's eyes widened. "We're going to eat here? It's so...." All the eyes turned to him with a glare, daring him to say something bad. "Cozy."They smiled and Falcon let out a s
161It was a hectic day for Kyle. He had recurring meetings and he had to skip lunch. Around 5.00 pm, he decided to take a break. Kyle went for a walk in the gardens maintained outside his office building. He was pacing around lazily when Falcon occurred, waving at him cheerfully."What's up, Mr. Husband. How is life?" Falcon asked, unaware of the turn Kyle's life had taken after his marriage.He had to go abroad for some work, hence he had zero idea about Kyle's stay at Lila's house.Falcon rested his hands on his waist as he incredulously observed his friend's face."Woah, I expected you to be in better shape. What is this?" Falcon circled him. "Dark circles, dropping shoulders, and what the— I can see wrinkles." "Done?" Kyle rolled his eyes and started pacing again. "What are you doing here? As a person who just had a flight, shouldn't you be at home taking rest.""Nah, I'm fine. I was curious to know how your love life is going. So, tell me these dark circles are from making love
160When the morning arrived, Jasmine didn't come down for breakfast. It worried Jojo since they have been having their breakfasts together for the last two weeks. But he didn't go to her room to wake her up, assuming that she might have been awake all night. He let her sleep in. Hours passed in a jiffy and when Jasmine didn't come down in the afternoon, Jojo started worrying. "Should I go up?" He peered up the stairs from the hall before finally climbing the stairs. He came to Kyle's room and found Jasmine sleeping in the bed. He was slightly relieved to see her sleeping. However, when Jojo closed in on her, he noticed how yellowish she looked. "Jasmine?" Jojo touched a hand to her shoulder and his eyebrows jumped. She was burning. He immediately checked her forehead. It was hotter. His forehead creased as he covered her better and rushed down to get his phone. The first thing that came in his mind was to call Kyle over. "He's not going to come." Jojo said to himself furiously
159Generally this was a wife's work. But Jasmine was a wife he hadn't come to accept until now. Not after he discovered she was his mother's adopted daughter. Kyle had been staring at the screen while thinking that. Since he didn't reply but saw her messages, Lila called. "Hello." Kyle took it gladly. "Good evening, Lila.""Chuck that. Why aren't you replying to me? Do you think I'm stupid?! I am messaging you constantly and there's not a single reply from you." Lila sounded peeved. "I will reply if only you let me. Every time I typed a message you sent something else and I had to pause to read it. You've blamed me too many times for ignoring your messages, so I was being careful.""Okay, okay. Don't explain yourself. I know your habit. You like to leave people on seen. When are you coming? Just tell me that." Kyle fired up the engine as he replied, "On my way."They spoke while driving their car and arrived at Lila's house together. Lila grinned when she saw Kyle's car across fr
158Like always, Kyle left it on read. He went back offline as if he didn't care. Jojo kind of suspected Jasmine's thinking wasn't really overthinking. "He didn't even reply. Any man would go crazy if his wife was called impure on the basis of her past. Heavens. I think Jasmine is right. Sir doesn't want her. Well then, I shouldn't bother about my text. If he didn't react to it, it means I'm not in trouble. Ah, it's raining!" Jojo stuffed his phone in his pocket and ran inside the house while a thunder clapped above him in the sky followed immediately by forked lightning. ***Kyle's office, He stared at the messages— particularly the last message Jojo with a muscle ticking at his jaw. Impure. Kyle glared at the word. He almost had an urge to call his chef and set him right. But again, the same realization... The same heart lacerating realization that Jasmine got the love he deserved as a child came to his awareness and he slapped his phone down. "I don't care about her breakdown
157"He's overwhelmed before we even started as a married couple." Jasmine sobbed. After a beat of silence, she said something that left Jojo pale. "I didn't want this kind of marriage. I didn't want to be a burden on him. But now... Now I feel just that.""That's not the truth, Jasmine. Sir likes you. He would never do this on purpose." Jojo quickly took her hand into his and rubbed it. "Don't cover up for him, Jojo. I'm not stupid and this is not my first marriage. I've gone through similar instances during my first marriage. I know when a man is truly busy and when he's ignoring coming home. What hurts me the most is that I didn't expect this coming from Kyle.""He's a businessman, Jasmine. As his stay-at-home-employee I can confirm that he's not ignoring you. I've seen him not come home for weeks." Jasmine glared at him, "But this is different. He was not married before. He didn't have a wife waiting for him at home."Jojo was speechless. He didn't have an answer for that. Wel
88Karson tried not to shake as his lips twisted in fury."You’ve had more chances than I can count. And every single time, you turned gold into garbage. But sure— why not give you the company next? Maybe toss you the keys with a ribbon
95Brad and Amelia had lost their voices. On the other hand, Vince only gulped, feeling intimidated by the imposing glares of the guests.Jasmine savored the sight of their humiliated faces. She took pleasure in their silence. But it wasn't enough. How co
99Jasmine crawled away from under him, even though her body shrieked in agony. She scrambled off towards the bed and sat against it, hugging her knees. She was disoriented. The pain from the beating was intolerable. Her entire body was burning, throbbing and sp
93Jasmine walked in to see people standing around in small groups, glasses in hands, and chattering happily. Soft vintage music filled the air in the background as amazing decor made her lips lift in a scowl. Brad Garrison was a miser but he loved to spend money on himself immensely. He wouldn't h







