Jasmine."What's she wearing?""Why would she wear something as skimpy as that? Does she think that this is a clubhouse?""Who even is she? Some sort of assistant?"I could hear the whispers from every part of the room, the women and men I was introduced to by Mr Warner and even the celebrant."And who is this beautiful young girl? I haven't seen her before....." The celebrant had started when she was done with the show of love with Mr Warner.I honestly felt the most inadequate when I stood close to her. She had the most vibrant red hair and looked really beautiful with the sort of natural makeup I knew Ruby would love to try on herself. And her clothes, they were purely designers and quite expensive.She even smelled expensive.Mr Warner placed his hand on my shoulder and brought me forward a bit, "She's my new assistant after the last one left under mysterious circumstances, I decided to show her around and allow her help me.""After all, her job is to assist right," The celebrant
Jasmine.The rest of that party passed like a blur with Gia passing drinks after drinks into my hands and making me much more intoxicated."Mr Warner, do you like my dress?" I asked after one too many drinks, resting my hand on the table and placing my chin on it so I could look at him very well.Blood rushed towards Mr Warner's cheeks and even under the dark light of the building, it was very evident."Miss Castor," He croaked out before clearing his throat, "I am sure I have told you before about how this shade brings your eyes out and makes them pop. You look beautiful dear," He smiled through clenched teeth, his eyes darting towards Alexander.I giggled like he had said something funny, drawing the attention of Gia that had been invited to talk to a group of women. Her eyes betrayed the questions she wanted to ask and the desire to leave that place.Alexander on the other hand acted like nothing had happened. I would have turned towards him and ask him why he was behaving like a j
Jasmine.I scoffed, "You can't possibly know that. I'm telling you all there is to know about your brother's whereabouts," I said, trying to keep my voice as low as I could. I wasn't interested in causing a scene.But Amanda had always been one for dramatic exits. She simply rolled her eyes at me and slammed her hand on the table, when she was sure all eyes were on her, she smirked and walked away.Utter embarrassment. Tell me she didn't believe me and walk out like that, she was just so mature.The waiter didn't come forward for the payment of the bills so I assumed it had been paid beforehand or perhaps Amanda had an habit of paying for meals later on. I left the place before anyone could look closer at me and realize they know me or perhaps something even worse.The headache I felt became worse and all I wanted to do was go home and sleep for the remainder of the day but I had too much work to do. I still had to meet with my other boss and show him the work I had done. Damnnnnn.S
Jasmine.There was nothing more humiliating than one's boss coming to the office before them, starting a board meeting and then you, the personal assistant barging into the meeting like you owned the place.It was mortifying. Especially because Alexander and Gia were there to witness my downfall."Can we help you?" The lady at the right side of Mr Warner asked, she had the reddest hair I had ever seen. "I..uhm..I," I stammered out the words confused, cleared my throat and then tried again, "Sorry, sorry," I tried again as I carefully walked outside.And once I was out, the embarrassment was enough to make me run to my office and shut the door against myself.I didn't think I would ever come out again. How on earth was I supposed to face Alexander ever again. How would I face Gia?I calmed myself down by focusing on the other things I had to do. I made a lists of things I had to do and the places I had to go to, calls I had to make.How on earth was I supposed to flirt with Mr Warner
Jasmine.When we were younger, there were times I was interested in smacking Alexander at the back of his head. Today was one of those times."What the heck are you talking about?" I asked as calmly as I could, I didn't want to become all flustered and then have him discover he was right about whatever theory he had conjured in that brain of his.Another eyebrow raised, he walked away from me, towards the exact same chair Mr Warner had sat on just minutes before and sat on it."This whole ploy, working for Mr Warner....." He waved his hands around as he said that, "Somehow you discovered I was planning on working with him and like the nosy little brat you are, you found a way to get the job," He reclined his body on the chair."How much did my dad pay you? Heck how much did Amanda pay for this?" He chuckled while saying those words like it was some sort of amusing discovery for him.Honestly, I hadn't felt that flabbergasted in my entire life."Hold on...." I started with my right han
Jasmine."Do whatever you want. I don't care."My kind of indifference was one that was known to make Alexander angry when we were much younger. And it still made him mad at this age.He stalked towards me all menacing, "You really want to tell me you won't tell me what's happening?" This time he talked slowly to drive home his point. This close to me, with our height difference, all I had to do was stand on my tiptoes and I could look directly into those brown eyes of his. Raise my hands and move the hair covering his eyes from his face.I could even kiss him.Where the fuck did that thought come from?I broke the eye contact first and walked away, towards my door, ready to open it and let him out."I have nothing to tell you so please leave my apartment and don't ever come again," I tried my best to sound intimidating but all Alexander did was replace his scowl with a smile and stalk towards my couch and my bottle of wine.He watched me from the door as he picked the glass of wine
Jasmine.Alexander always knew how to play the disappearance card. He did it when we were younger and he was doing it now.Making me anxious because I keep on thinking about his next move. Would he actually tell Mr Warner the truth once he found out I flaunted his orders. Or was he just playing bluff.Today makes it seven days since I last saw him or Gia, his assistant no longer sent updates about the security and how far along they were. It was almost like Castor security disappeared into thin air.A knock on the door brought me back from my thoughts."Jasmine, it's me Ruby," A voice from the other side called, the sound sending relaxation down my body immediately.I adjusted my stance and removed what I was initially doing on the computer to something less suspicious, I couldn't deal with a suspicious Ruby."Come on in," I shouted back, even plastered a big smile on my face so it would be convincing when she walked in.Ruby was in a happy normal mood today, dressed in a hot pink jum
Jasmine."I can't believe you don't know why I'm mad at you Jasmine," Ruby repeated the words for the tenth time that day.But truthfully, it was because I kept on asking the question since it seemed that was the only question she was opened to answering.I rested my ass on the chair close to where she did the makeup of the clients. I wondered if Anabel came here for her makeup, I wondered if she was truly invested in his election campaign.I spent almost half of my night searching for her online and the only time I saw pictures of her was when it was with the children. They had zero pictures of just them. But there was a video of her listing all his good attributes.I turned back to Ruby as she set up her space, "You have to make me understand what's happening, I have no idea what I did wrong and why you're so mad at me," I attempted another redemption of the situation and hoped to the heavens that she would just tell me what was wrong.Ruby sighed, she stood and just looked at me wi