* Chapter 1 : Betrayed * Jasmine Lawrence laid-back helplessly on her bed. She had just miscarried the child she had been carrying for eight months due to hard labor. Despite being pregnant she worked at a rock-breaking factory to earn a living. Her eyes were crammed with tears ultimately and she whirled to see her face to see her reflection in the mirror. Who was this? Jasmine Lawrence? Impossible, she lost everything; her face was coated with bruises the scanty strands of her hair made her look like the witch in Hansel and Gretel because of alopecia areata the disease. Her once full pink lips had hard cracks and were wounded due to constant night fever. As if it were not enough she began bleeding heavily. " Blood?" she noticed the trail from her thighs. Hesitantly she picked up the phone to call her loving husband. After three rings the phone went through, opening her mouth to speak and she heard loud moaning sounds. Did she hear right? Wa

* Chapter 3 : Wedding * The congrégation in the was about a hundred influential people of city Bai. They all came to attend Keith Yates wedding, one of the most requested bachelor. Though many wondered what he saw in Jasmine, a rude short tempered middle class girl. She was from the Lawrence family which had a small lotion manufacturing company in the heart of the city ,they were ants to the elephant ( Yates). Plus,this impudent girl was making them late. With all the controversies surrounding their alignment this was not a shocker. They expected this from her. At the front row both families sat,at the right the groom family and the left bride family. Outside the hall doors, Mr Lawrence paced impatiently he had suspected that his daughter would run away and told Keith rather than increasing security,rather Keith laid off some of her bodyguards. What was going on? If this alliance failed,he would be the mocking stalk of the society. " Where is she?" he immed

* Chapter 5: meet cute * " I had loved you ever since you poured paint all over my car" Keith repeated as he recalled. _ _ Flashback Keith had just returned from abroad. On his way home, his father had instructed him to pass by the girl he was betrothed to. So he could at least see what she looked like. He hated this but had to please his parents so they would stop speculating he was gay. Upon arriving, a continuous bag of paint was thrown on his windshield. He wiped it using his cleaners only to find a blonde girl in pigtails in shorts standing in front of his car carrying balls of paint. She was dripping wet from head to toe for she had been playing in the rain. Her face was smudged in paint and her hair too. Bolting from her feet, she rushed to his car window. " I am sorry uncle for doing that to your car. It was meant for my sister " At that moment, something changed in him. For no reason at all, he smiled to make the girl more at ease as she se

    * Chapter 7: Meeting his family       Jasmine froze for some time, memories seeped in a continuous rhythm.       Upon seeing the expression on her face, Keith proposed " We could sit that out if you don't like the idea ..."       Her mind raced, how could she start over again without making amends for the past? She gagged, a throaty laugh " Grand PADI would spank me if we don't attend. After all, it is our reception"       Leaning back, Keith confirmed roaming his hands in his wavy raven-black hair " Are you sure?"       Jasmine's hazel eyes gleamed as she stretched out her hand to drink a twig from his glass. " Hundred percent!"       Replied without shifting his gaze from the glass she drank from " Then it is settled then ". Keith was still not convinced, he watched her smile steering

    * Chapter 9 Happy to see you *       Thinking of this, she presided over the pool. Unawares, she felt someone yank her arm.       Halting in her steps, Jasmine veered around and saw old master Yates.       She intended to bow but the old man pulled her in for a hug. Jasmine reciprocated grand PADI's hug.       Jasmine's heart throbbed and her eyes flickered in tears as the dead old man's face overlapped.       He was the only Yates apart from Keith who kept tabs on her even after she married Carl. He never hated her and always treated her like his own granddaughter. He would always tell everyone that she was young that's why she constantly made mistakes. Sadly, in her last life, she did not value him till his death.       Peeling out of the hug, she asked emotionally " Grand PADI how ar