Jasmine became a human-robot dead to emotions, the night her parents were murdered in cold blood right in front of her. She was a killer, the type that tempts a man with her body, entices him with her siren-like voice, and then drives a blade into his chest sending him to his Creator. When her uncle and the only family she had is killed by the Governor she sought out to get him in the only way she knows how to, but her plan falls through as she discovered he wasn't in the least interested in her body. In between being his assistant, sharing a floor with him, and wondering why he had such a cold blank look that made her shiver, he slowly was beginning to work his way into a piece of her anatomy she could swear she had tossed into a dumpster - Her heart. Now Jasmine must choose between revenging her uncle's death or try figuring out if there was more to the hardcore desire she felt for a man she was supposed to hate with her being.
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Tiba-tiba, sebuah suara keras memecahkan keheningan. Seorang gadis yang sedang menyusun kue pada etalase, sontak menoleh ke arah pintu di samping meja kasir. “Ibu!” seru gadis bersurai hitam. Dia menyimpan nampan kue secara sembarang, lalu berlari menuju ruangan di balik pintu itu. Mata sang gadis membulat, tatkala melihat ibunya yang sudah terjatuh dari kursi roda. Tak hanya itu, dia bisa melihat loyang kue berserakan di dekat wanita paruh baya—yang nampak rapuh. “Ibu, sedang apa di sini?” tanya gadis itu. Dia berjongkok, mencoba memastikan kondisi ibunya. “Floryn, Ibu lupa belum membuat kue blackforest untuk ayahmu. Hari ini hari jadi pernikahan kami,” papar wanita paruh baya itu dengan suara yang lemah. Tatapannya terlihat linglung. Bahkan dia tidak fokus menatap anaknya. Mendengar penuturan sang ibu, gadis yang bernama Floryn mematung. Dalam hitungan detik, pandangannya terlihat kabur. Genangan air kini menumpuk di pelupuk mata. Bibir Floryn bergetar. “Ibu.” Suara Floryn bergetar sekarang. Tanpa disadari buliran air mata kini sudah membasahi pipi gadis berumur 24 tahun itu. Floryn terisak, lalu dia segera menghapus pipinya yang terasa basah. “Ayo aku bantu untuk duduk di kursi roda dulu,” ajaknya. Floryn membantu ibunya—Viona—untuk kembali duduk di kursi roda. Kemudian dia beranjak ke arah kulkas, dan mengeluarkan kue yang sejak tadi dibicarakan ibunya. Floryn pun mendekat pada Viona. “Lihat! Kuenya sudah aman, Bu,” ucap Floryn. Viona menatap kue yang di atasnya terdapat dua buah ceri merah. Sorot matanya berbinar, dan kedua sudut bibirnya terangkat. “Syukurlah, Kevin pasti suka,” terangnya senang. Berbeda dengan Viona yang merasa tenang, Floryn menatap nanar wajah sang ibu. Dadanya terasa sesak sekarang, jahitan luka dihatinya perlahan terbuka. “Sekarang, bagaimana kalau Ibu kembali ke kamar? Bukankah Ibu sedang membuatkan syal untuk hadiah ulang tahunku akhir tahun nanti?” ujar Floryn, mencoba untuk tegar. Viona pun mengangguk, tak ada yang harus di khawatirkan lagi. Kemudian Floryn mendorong kursi roda Viona, membawa wanita itu menuju kamarnya. Di sana Floryn menyelimuti kaki sang ibu dan memberikan peralatan rajut untuknya. “Ibu, aku kembali ke toko sebentar, ya,” ucap Floryn. Melihat ibunya yang sudah tenang dan kembali fokus dengan alat rajutnya. Floryn pun segera kembali ke toko kue, yang memang letaknya tepat di samping rumahnya. Namun, langkah Floryn terhenti saat melihat foto keluarganya yang menempel di dinding ruang keluarga. Untuk beberapa saat, tatapannya itu tertuju pada sosok pria yang ada pada gambar tersebut. “Ayah, aku harus bagaimana? Aku nggak tega lihat ibu tersiksa seperti ini. Kenapa Ayah tega meninggalkan kami berdua?” lirihnya. Lagi, buliran bening kini membasahi pipinya. Kenangan kelam itu kembali membayangi Floryn. Dia masih ingat dengan jelas, momen ketika tiba-tiba ayahnya dinyatakan meninggal oleh dokter. Padahal saat pagi, Floryn masih bercengkrama hangat dengan Kevin, ayahnya. Selepas kepergian Kevin, kondisi Viona perlahan memburuk. Awalnya Viona terkena stroke. Namun, seiring berjalannya waktu, Viona terkena penyakit demensia. Akibat rasa traumanya yang mendalam ditinggal oleh malaikat penjaganya. Ting! Suara dentingan bel dari toko kue menyadarkan Floryn. Dia mengerejap, lalu segera mengusap pipinya yang basah. Setelah itu, dia bergegas menuju tokonya. “Selamat datang. Ada yang bisa saya bantu?” tanya Floryn pada sosok pelanggannya yang baru saja tiba. “Saya ingin bertemu dengan Floryn Viorentina Winata,” terang pria dengan balutan kemeja berwarna hitam. Tangan kanannya menenteng sebuah tas. Floryn terperanjat, tatkala pria misterius itu mencari dirinya. Bahkan bisa mengetahui nama lengkapnya dengan tepat. “Ma-maaf, ada urusan apa, ya?” tanya Floryn dengan hati-hati. Matanya sibuk menelisik sosok pria misterius itu. “Anda Floryn?” tanya pria itu dengan spontan. Floryn menjilat bibirnya yang terasa kering. Dia merasa tidak nyaman sekarang. “Y-ya, ta-tapi Anda si-siapa?” Floryn berbicara dengan terbata-bata. Keresahan sudah mulai terasa menjalar di setiap jengkal tubuhnya. Floryn merasa privasi dirinya terusik. Pria itu tidak langsung menjawab. Dia mengeluarkan sebuah amplop cokelat dari tas hitam dan memberikan pada Floryn. “Apa ini?” tanya Floryn bingung. Dia segan untuk menerima benda tersebut. “Buka saja. Saya mendapatkan tugas dari atasan saya untuk memberikan ini pada Anda,” terang pria itu lagi. Untuk sesaat Floryn terdiam. Matanya menatap gamang pada benda berwarna cokelat itu. “Ambil dan bukalah,” desak pria itu sambil menyodorkan amplop tersebut. Rasa penasaran mulai mengusik dirinya, Floryn pun menerima. Dengan hati-hati dia membuka amplop tersebut. Kemudian dia mengeluarkan secarik kertas dari dalamnya. Matanya langsung tertuju pada judul yang tertera di bagian atas tengah. Surat Perjanjian. Dua kata itu sukses membuat kedua alis Floryn hampir bertemu. Bola matanya bergerak dari kiri ke kanan. Membaca dengan seksama setiap kata dan kalimat yang tertulis pada secarik kertas tersebut. “Apa apaan ini?!” pekik Floryn. Dia beralih menatap pada pria misterius itu. Napasnya menderu sekarang. “Tidak! Aku tidak bisa terima. Tidak mungkin ayahku bikin perjanjian seperti ini. Dia tidak pernah membicarakan hal gila ini padaku!” Namun, pria itu merespon dengan mengedikkan bahunya. Dan itu sukses membuat Floryn kesal. “Kembalikan ini pada atasanmu. Bilang padanya, kalau aku menolak perjanjian ini! Aku tidak mau menikah dengan pria yang sama sekali tidak aku kenal!" tegas Floryn. Dia melempar kertas tersebut. Kertas itu terjatuh ke lantai, pria itu segera memungutnya. Kemudian dia menatap Floryn. “Baiklah, akan aku sampaikan. Tapi, tolong siapkan uang pinalti atas konsekuensi menolak perjanjian ini,” terangnya. Sontak Floryn terperanjat, “Pinalti?” ulangnya. “Ya, 1 Miliar. Anda harus membayar uang pinalti, karena menolak perjanjian ini.” “Apa? 1 Miliar? Gila!” BERSAMBUNG ….So Good day to everyone of you reading. I'm done with lipsticks and gun hence I present you book 2 of the Lipstick series. It is a sequel and I'll be starting to write that soon. For now this is a blurb: Lipsticks and rings (Happily never Afters) Jasmine and Taiwo's relationship had started with a contract that was solely just based on sex but it had ended with the both of them realizing just how much they felt for each other and now they are as happy as they can be. What could possibly go wrong? One guess. Everything. One secret from Taiwo's past comes barreling down and haunting the new love they were trying to create. Now add in a marriage proposal and a break-up, hurtful words being lashed at each other and a love triangle things are going to get real shaky for the couple as they both are going to be tested on the grounds of the love they claim to have for each other.
Chapter 072|GoodbyeJasmine smiled uneasily at the unfamiliar faces she met in what looked like a frat-house dormitory, who looked nothing like normal school children if their moustache was anything to go by. Deciding not to raise alarm until she has confirmed Chucks was fine and well, she followed one of the acne faced teenagers that had found her at the gate of the boarding school, confused and worried as to why the school administration denied being aware of anybody like Chucks in their school, and had told her he knew where Chucks was while making a mental note to hit her speed dial and call on one of her security guards if she suspected any foul play.She cringed at the torn dirty curtain while clutching her purse closer to her as she stepped into the dimly-lit sitting room.She all but leapt to where Chucks sat, her face glowing with pure joy but stopped when she got to where he was.“What are you doing here?” she narrowed her gaze at Kehinde who just walked into the room and th
Chapter 71|Stay Her eyes were trained on him as she cocked the gun pointing it at her head. "Be careful of what you choose to tell me, Taiwo else I promise you I would blow my brains right away and you'll have to live with the guilt that you're the reason why I'm dead." "Why are you doing this, Jasmine?" "Because you won't tell me the truth if I don't so the clock is ticking, Taiwo. Did you know?" Both their gaze clashed in the room as she placed her finger threateningly on the trigger. 5 days ago Jasmine smiled as Taiwo held onto her even with his eyes closed as she tried to slip out of his bed. “Stay,” he huskily mumbled into her ear making her groan as she wondered how a girl was supposed to say no to such a sexy throaty bedroom voice that turned her brains to mush. “You don’t play fair,” she complained pouting even as his arms wound around her waist and lined her back against his groin so she felt his erection and moaned. “And so tempting but sadly I would have
Chapter 070|Home to her "Love is knowing that the person you have that feeling for just might not be perfect, learning the ugly, the messy, the heartbreaking, the scandalous and still not able to feel differently about that same person." Her breath hitched as she told herself again and again not to have hope, not to get all excited. Not to think he was talking about her, them. "The picture of the butterfly, I can't look at it now without remembering your own crazy interpretation. It hurts so much." Her eyes met his. "So you brought it down?" She asked because that was the right, sanest thing to do unlike her who had made an unhealthy habit of strolling around Surulere like a psycho, her legs digging into the mud and her eyes welling with tears. "Yes, I removed it off the wall." Then he stood up, watching her expression as he walked towards her while she just stared. "I took it upstairs, just opposite my bed, so it was the first thing I saw when I woke up and the last when
Chapter 069|Lover of the yearJasmine opened the door with a smile on her face which fell the minute she noticed the person on the other side. "Why are you here and how do you know I live here?" "How are you doing?" Jasmine smiled a bit as she walked out of the threshold allowing him to walk in. "Good." He held her hand and she shrugged it off. "You have 5 minutes to say whatever you have to say. Like I told you before we have nothing to talk about but if you must take my time and yours make it snappy." He nodded and realising how easily he had made everything intense, he looked away, his eyes now on the wallpaper She wanted to kiss the frown off his face, take off his jacket and tell him just how much she missed with and how surreal it feels to have him in her house, with her but she didn't. She just stared coldly at him, taking a seat adjacent to his thankfully for once sticking to her rationality and not getting her hopes up. For all she knew, he just
Chapter 068|Home is not a placeHe gave her a little unsure smile. "Are you sure because well, you always saw something in me that no one else did." He held her hand. "Nothing feels the same without you anymore." "This is the best decision for everyone, trust me." "Is it? The team is moving, I mean the only home you truly know, your memories with Sir Young resides there, your short but helluva impressive speeches were made in the courtyard of those homes and everything you truly hold dear is in there and I'm being whisked off to a boarding school? And you think that is the best thing?" "Sir Young would always say that home is not a place but in here," she touched the right side of her chest. "That's why wherever you go and whatever you do, it doesn't change how and what I think of you. You'll always be home to me, I'll choose you again and again and again if need be because that's what family would do." "Do you think Sir Young would have approved if he was alive?" "He w
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