didn't take her eyes off the tall buildings and the people who were enjoying their evening, totally clueless about the girl in the car who was slowly l

questions when she opened the door and saw

." She said as she d

help me get them and also pay the cab man?"

y yourself, okay?" Bethany said as she

sations that would lead to more tears. As such, she got unde

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ext day and she struggled to open her

ed on Jasmine who was sleeping face down, and was

lt Bethany lie on her back, pressing her stomach

u tell me wha

Get off me. I need t

o run to the bathroom. Immediately after she got in, she slammed the door s

e going to talk, whether you want to o

ing to go back to my h

work and you want to sp

or and she knew that she had finally given up. Jasmine was too stubb

ise me that we wil

steps of Bethany and rushed to take her bath and go back to her apartment. She didn't want to miss seeing Alexander, she knew that he would come searching for her and she needed to be around when he does.

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he was sure that Alexander was already waiting for her and she didn't want to keep him waiting for long. With excitement

otice a tall, dark, and muscular man

Jasmine ordered for food to be sent to her apartment and she spent the day watching, waiting and jumping at any sound she heard being made at the gate. Worn out an

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noticed features that he hadn't seen before due to anxiety. They had placed a piano in the corner of the room for his benefit. He didn

se that they were trying to solve. After two hours of interrogation in their station, he was finally allowed to go. Alexander had decided to

s why she couldn't respond to his calls. But he also knew that it was daytime over there in New York and that she must have had the ti

to cage his raising emotions. The hurt, fear, and uncertainty of not knowing wha

call through to his cousin. All he needed was for someone to tell him that she was alri

d to hold on tightly to the phone

at a pleasant sur

good. How

heard you tra

lly called to ask for yo

an, wha

Laker's street and help m

sorry, but I can't do that today. I'm not in town at

You can always go

at's the name of the p

r name i

ll go there

nks,

work to do." Liam said and waited till Alex

k another sip of his beer, and assur

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ew that Alexander would not be coming. She bowed her head in dis

joy when she saw her best

ow was it?" She said whil

smine said as she hung her shoulder

er. "Lady, we are going to talk about what's bothering you right now. I know y

I'm

s." Jasmine looked at her best friend and knew that the young lady

id as she finally sat d

about

to her best friend, she felt the tears she had managed to suppress coming back. "I think he is blowing me off. We

you just

so evicted from my apartment for no reason. I don't know what's g

bjectively. When was the la

wouldn't be able to make it because he was stuck at his uncle's house. We wer

any said as she gently patted her

away from the hug and spoke. "I'm going back ther

, you have t

I'll just ca

n't know a

up and prepare herself for bed. She tried to hide it but Bethany could see her heart breaking and despite everything that Bethany tried sayi

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lo,

good mo

broken in New York. He needed information on Jasmine and he was starting to get desperate. "I c

any petty talk, he immediately ended the call and tried

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on her mission. She was positive that sooner than later, Alex would show up. She reached her former apartment and trie

d a call to her boss an

am," she said wit

mine are

ery sick and I c

, take today and tomorrow off okay

o suppress a laugh. Immediately she ended the call, s

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es, he couldn't think straight. He couldn't even concentrate on anything

lo,

What'

o tired and I need to rest. But I promis

wishes. He knew how busy the young man was, after all, he owned his own company and was building it up to be an empire

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couldn't understand why Alex would leave her alone without saying a word. She decided that she would wait for him one last time and i

ot bother her. She also pretended to not hear her when Jasmine snuck out of the house

saw no sign of Alexander. She said another prayer as she made to sit and wait for him this

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him about. He set an alarm to remind himself. As soon as his alarm ra

ms. Shaking herself back into reality, she realized it was already getting dark. She finally admitted to herself that Alex had left her for good. The realization brought tears to her eyes and J

thought that Alex had actually come for her. She cleaned her eyes and stood to watch her man come out of the car in anticipation, with a whole lot already running throu