Semua Bab AFFAIR WITH MR ROLLAND: Bab 81 - Bab 90

Jasmine watched him frantically ran his hands in his hair, and still went through his phone. For the first time, she saw sweat form on Donovan’s forehead. Then his phone started to ring hysterically, calls kept stopping another call from getting through. Donovan was frustrated by each call, it was making his temper shift out of control. Again, he ran his hand through his hair to keep calm. His mother's call went through again and he mistakenly swiped to accept instead of rejecting. Her voice sounded again on the other end. “I told you that girl was no good to us. Now, look at what is happening to our stock market because of her. The press is out, investors are calling me and some are planning to withdraw from us. Mr. Sultan is mad and he is planning to stop the project as well. By the end of the day, if you don't sort this out, your name will be nowhere to be found. All of your hard work... Our hard work will be for nothing. You are back to that fat, nerdy, and bullied Donovan. You

It suddenly felt like Jasmine's brain couldn't process simple words again. She looked at Donovan again, her eyes saying the words that she couldn't bring her mouth to communicate. And her heart, throbbed swiftly in her chest that it felt like it was gonna blow off at some point. “Donovan?” She took on step forward and he raised one finger which stopped her from moving further. No utterance, just one finger and it passed a lot of message to her. In his eyes, there was nothing but darkness and chasm. Every one of the emotions and actions he let outs represented something darker, and he was the opposite version of the Donovan she knew. “Leave Jasmine, you don't want to be carried out of here by the security.” Ariel scowled with an eye roll and then rolled her hands over her chest. Jasmine looked at Donovan again, as if waiting for a confirmation. She wanted to hear him say it with his mouth hence she waited. “You are going to say no words to me, Donovan owns this place and he is m

It had been twenty-some years since Antonio’s wife and youngest daughter had gone missing. Every year, he would make his wife and son seat in their living room and say one or more prayers. Daniel was eager to leave especially because of Jasmine, he saw the nude pictures scattered all over the internet. And since then he hadn't been able to take his mind off her. All he could think about was the kind of trouble that she was in and the kind of hurt that she would be going through. The priest in white continued to say prayers and his father, Antonio was deep into them until he realized that he wasn't hearing the voice of his son. Because of this, he glanced at him“Are you okay?” Asked Antonio. His wife who had been silent all these while looked at him with contempt, it wasn't like she loved any of this. “How can he be when he has work to do but he had been forced to seat here and make prayers for people that are most likely to be dead!” She groaned painfully and rolled her eyes. An

“Jasmine, are you okay?” A familiar voice sounded and then Donovan peeped to see who it was. When he saw Daniel walking toward her, he frowned. Why the hell was the bastard here?! He questioned inwardly. Jasmine gently turned and saw Daniel coming toward her. She wiped her eyes and stood. “Did you follow me?” She asked. Daniel gently nodded. “I had to know you're safe after leaving my house. I thought you were sick and came to the hospital hence I followed to fill my curiosity. Is that your mom?” He asked and then looked at her. Jasmine gently nodded, wiping the remainder of the tears on her face. Daniel went next to her mother and then proceeded to ask why she was in a coma. Jasmine answered him. Donovan watched them, and as he did anger grew in them. He got madder by the second, and he fisted the curtain in his hand imagining that he was holding Daniel’s neck. Did she sleep in his house? He asked himself. The thought of that allowed pain to grow in his heart. He wanted to bu

“Why are you here?” He asked, his voice as cold as Ice and dark like an abyss. Jasmine's hands gently flinched from his dark tone. Aside from him being the exact opposite of the person she was used to, he was quite intimidating. “Get out!” He added.Jasmine gently raised her head, the sound of his voice shocked her. She didn't believe Donovan could ever say a word like that to her. With shaky hands, she packed the files in front of her together and then picked up her bag. Donovan's eyes widened, he didn't expect her to want to leave just like that. He thought that she would say something, apologize, or use working hard as leverage but she did nothing. At that same time, Ariel walked in. “Leave her, Donovan. We need her here, you need your secretary.” Ariel stood beside Donovan and gently rubbed his arm. “Please, for my sake.” Ariel smiled sheepishly. “You can stay,” he uttered quickly. Although he hated that it looked as though Ariel was the one that begged him to make her stay.