Chapter 040|The L-word

Chapter 040|The L-word

"You look beautiful," he complimented as she walked past him. He was tired of her cold stoic glare whenever she saw him and was extending an olive branch to her.

But judging by her sharp nod and jerked movement as she walked into her car, that would take her to a makeshift house, which will pose as her house and where Taiwo while come pick her up, he knew she had rejected his pitiful attempt to end the silent treatment between the both of them.

As he watched her car disappear from his sight, he felt the familiar fear resurfacing whenever she walked out of the door, to the waiting arms of Taiwo.

He didn't even try to shake it off this time, it was no use.

At that moment as he watched her go, a silent prayer dropped in his heart. "Please Jasmine, please come back to us without giving more than you already have."

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Taiwo felt his breath hitch as he took Jasmine in her beautiful black strapless gown that hugged her voluptuous curves and a high-end sli