All Chapters of Hate me later, love me now: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

Aaron's POV"Someone is a popular girl tonight." I declared bitterly, slicing the heavily thick silence in the air that was starting to feel almost suffocating. I was trying to catch a glimpse at her phone while also trying to focus on the road and that turned out to be quite a challenge.Jasmine and i were on our way home after attending the charity event and ever since we hit the road, to my greatest chagrin, Jasmine had not said a single word to me and when I spoke to her, she either ignored me or gave me one word answers, and while I could live with that, I couldn't help but get infuriated at the fact that even though she wouldn't talk to me, she hadn't stopped smiling and laughing at her phone.The plan was to drop her off before I proceeded to my apartment but the longer she stayed chuckling at her phone, the stronger the urge to snatch it from her hands and chuck it out the window. That wouldn't end well of course so I decided against it, choosing instead to sulk with my tho

Jasmine's POVI hated to admit it, but the fact remained that Aaron's words got to me in a way that I didn't they could, in a way that I didn't want them to.Mayor Roland was indeed an unusual fellow, with the way he kept making headlines and not always for good. He had quite the questionable reputation but there had never really been any concrete evidence to implicate him so everyone just believed that the rumors were simply speculations created by his adversaries to make him look bad and cost him the elections. He was also quite consistent when it came to charity donations and community building. He was what you would call the people's patriarch so it was really hard to turn the people against him.As for me, I didn't know what I believed. I didn't know the man personally and none of his so called deviant behaviors had ever been directed towards me or towards someone I knew personally so I didn't feel the need to be wary of him.But Aaron had spoken with so much intensity, like