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“You’re upset.”
“Fuck, yes, I’m upset!” I slam my fist on the table. “She chose to leave! Without speaking to me first! That’s on her. I’m not chasing her across the continent because she decided to let my mother get to her. I’m done with this!” I head toward the stairs, and Damien follows me.
“Master Alec, please understand that Jasmine is scared. I’ve known your mother for years, but I’m still scared of her. Imagine how Jasmine must feel being directed with all that hate and dislike.”
“I had her back, Damien.” I stare into his eyes, feeling the terrible threats of tears behind my eyes. “I spoke up for her in front of my mother. I basically told my mother to go to hell because of Jasmine! What more could I have done? Murder my mother? Come on!”
I march up the stairs, and Damien follows. “Damien, get out of my house. I want to be left alone.”
“I can’t leave you like this.”
“I’m fine. I’ll be okay.”
“No, you won’t. You are in love with her. It doesn’t go away.”
“I’ll learn to live with it.”
Damien grabs my arm just before I go into my room, and the soft look in his eyes causes my control to slip, and the first sob tears out of me. As he pulls me into his arms, I dissolve into painful sobs.
“This is so unfair,” I cry. “How could she do this? She knows how much I love her. How can I possibly go on?”
Damien stays silent, patting my back gently as I cry. I try to rein in my tears, but the more I struggle, the harder they fall. My heart is breaking into a million pieces, and each piece is still calling for Jasmine because she’s the only one who can piece them back together.
I love her with every breath in me, but the last thing I’ll do is go after her, even though it’s what my heart is telling me to do. There’s no point. My family will always exist beside me, and she’s shown that she cannot live with them. Unless we’re planning to elope, there’s no point chasing her to New York.
I feel sick, and my stomach heaves with the need to puke. I pull away from Damien and rush into my bathroom, throwing up into the toilet.
“You must be coming down with something.” Damien says softly.
“I’ll be fine.”
He touches my forehead and frowns. “Your temperature is rising; I’m calling the doctor.”
“Don’t be dramatic,” I snap. “I’m fine.”
I lean my head against the tiles and sniff, the tears drying on my face. I’m miserable, and I wonder how long my life will continue this way.
Chapter twenty-two
Jasmine
It’s like my tears are waiting for Ana to show up. As soon as the door opened, I burst into a sob, and Ana pulled me into a hug with one hand while dragging my luggage in with the other. After shutting the door, she leads me into the living room, pulling me down onto the couch, her arms around me.
“Jasmine, it’s okay.”
“It’s not.” I feel terrible for leaving Alec that way, and sometimes, the pain increases to the point where I can hardly breathe.
I haven’t told Ana what happened. After the hateful Mrs. Ace left, I booked a flight to New York, packed my luggage, and wrote Alec a goodbye letter.
I wanted to tell him his mother visited, but I omitted that fact because I didn’t want any more bad blood between them. As much as I hated the woman, I loved Alec more and wanted him to have a great relationship with his family.
On my way to the airport, I texted Ana that I was on my way to New York, and she was shocked. The last time we spoke, I was waiting for Alec to return home so I could tell him I was pregnant. She didn’t ask any questions, only requested that I stop by her house first before heading home.
Even now, as I cry in her arms, she doesn’t ask me anything. She just tries to comfort me.
“Jasmine, please, don’t cry. It’s going to affect the baby. We want a happy baby. You’ve been crying too much lately.”
The baby!
