Almost got caught

Theo Palace

Jasmine's PO.V.

"You did a fantastic job, my little girl."

Zachary praised me and I smiled at him in return. But the pride I saw in his eyes for me turned made me emotional. Tears welled up in my eyes so I immediately shifted my gaze to the floor. But unfortunately, Zachary had noticed that.

"Hey, Jasmine? Are you okay? Is that Theo giving you a hard time?", he inquired but I was surprised by his angry tone.

I shook my head negative and cleared the tears off my face, "No, it's just. Since I got here, I had only been offered insults and scolding. After so long someone appreciated me and showed me concern. Don’t worry, it’s nothing,” I grinned and kept wiping my tears.

Zachary turned silent at my response. I peeked at him only to find him staring at me with a sorrowful expression.

"Please don't berate me again that you did warn me. I know that already-"

"I won't Jasmine."

He immediately cut me off making me frown.

Zachary then snuck in a breath before looking into my eyes de