Chapter 17

Chapter 17



Jasmine


"Goodness, where is she?" I murmured as I roamed my eyes around the surroundings but she was nowhere to be seen.

"Are you okay? Who are you looking at?" Romano asked and I took a deep breath before responding to him.

"Did you see the girl that I was talking to earlier?" I asked and he raised his eyebrows.

"She is gone." He replied and I shrugged my shoulders.

"Sorry if I did follow you, I was talking to Maya." I said and he was confused with what I just said.

"Maya? You mean the seer?" He asked and I turned to him immediately.

"Do you know her?" I asked.

"Yes, she is the seer and I heard rumors that it is so hard to find her and every prediction she said comes true." He replied and my mouth was wide open.

I can't believe that there is someone that has the ability to predict what will happen in the future. The words she said to me were so complicated to figure out and I was facing difficulties understanding it. The only thing I heard loud and clear was that the people I love will betray me. What does she mean by that? I needed to see her once again so that she could clearly explain her words but where could I find her? Then, suddenly something happened that brought me out of my thoughts, I could believe that he would probably do that to me. My heart jumped out of nervousness.

"That will bring you back to your senses." He said as he kissed me and winked at me.

I caressed my lips as I could still feel his lips pressing mine. He pecked me in the middle of my imagination. Goodness, he was right, it really brought me back to my senses as it made me astounded. I tried roaming around to see if anyone saw what he did but I didn't see any.

"What are you waiting for, Jasmine? Come on, we need to keep going." He said and I continued walking with him.

We spoke with the rogues and he offered them something that would help them with their daily needs. I was shocked by what he did, he is not bad after all. We finished talking and decided to go back home. The feeling of interacting with his men made me happy. I was enjoying being his replacement mate. Romano gripped my hand and it made my heartbeat quickened. He is really distracting me.

"Why don't you provide a shelter for them, Romano?" I asked and he looked at me.

"I have already tried to convince them but they wanted to stay here." He replied and I nodded in understanding.

We continued walking until we reached where we parked the car. Something caught my eyes as I saw her walking towards us. I removed my hand from his grip as I could feel disappointed within me. His mistress still follows him everywhere he goes. They are so obsessed with my husband and I have no right to stop him as we are only married on paper.

"Romano, love!" The girl screamed out of her lungs and ran towards him. He hugged him without even considering that someone might see them. I took a deep breath because of what she did. I hoped that Romano would push her away but he didn't, instead he wrapped his hand around her waist and pressed her closer to him. A pain hit my heart seeing the two of them. What is wrong with me? Why did I feel hurt seeing him hugging that lady?

"You go home alone, Jasmine. I want to spend the rest of the day with her. He said, grinning at me. I didn't say a word, I just watched them walk away.

"You need to go home, miss Jasmine." Ashton said and I took a deep breath. He helped me get to the car and we drove off.

I focused my attention to the window, trying to enjoy and keep myself busy by watching the outside view. Again, Maya words kept disturbing my mind, I was still thinking about what she said earlier. I needed to see her and ask her for some clarification of her words. Romano is making my nerves and mind to be in chaos and I didn't want any shock hitting my heart.

I wasn't like this when we first got married. I didn't care if he brought his mistress or slept with them but now it is way different as I felt pain seeing him spending his time with them.

"Are you alright, miss Jasmine?" Ashton asked and I heaved a deep breath before responding.

"I am fine, Ashton. Don't worry about me." I replied and he nodded.

In a few minutes, we arrived home and I stepped out of the car. My brows furrowed when I noticed a car park in front of the house.

"Are you expecting a visitor today, Ashton?" I asked while staring at the car. Or maybe, it is one of his mistresses. I won't be frightened as I continued walking to the house and my eyes widened when I found out who the visitor was.

"Juliet?" I called when I saw my twin sister laying on the couch. She stood up, turned to me and I was amazed when I noticed that her eyes were teary.

"Jasmine." She replied as she ran towards me. She hugged me and I rubbed her back as she started crying laying on my chest.

"What is wrong? Why are you crying?" I asked, seeing how broken she was because when she was hurt, I could feel the pain too. We are twins and we feel each other's pain.

"I broke up with my boyfriend, Jasmine." She said and I raised my eyebrows out of curiosity.

"What happened? Please tell me everything." I said and she released me. We sat down on the couch so that we could talk properly. It is quite weird that I noticed something different with her. Her eyes were restless and it seemed like she was searching for someone.

"I don't admire him anymore, sister." She replied without hesitation and I was surprised with her response. She broke up with her boyfriend just because she doesn't like him anymore.

"Why don't you like him anymore, Juliet?" I asked and she took a deep breath before responding.

"I am in love with someone else." She replied while looking at me straight in the eyes and I clenched my fist.

Why is that? I felt something strange with her. Her eyes were telling me something else but I couldn't figure out what it was.

"You broke up with your boyfriend just because you love someone else? Does that someone love you back?" I asked and she smiled.

"Not yet but I can work on that, sister." She replied as she grinned at me. My heart skipped as I felt something strange the way she grinned at me.

"Juliet, I don't know what to tell you." I said and she burst out laughing as if what I said was funny.

"Let's forget that, come on, let's go to the bar and enjoy ourselves." She said as she stood up from the couch, pulling my hand already and I couldn't decline.

"Romano would be mad if I went out, Juliet." I said but she just laughed and dragged me to the car.

"Don't mind your husband, I want to spend some time with you, sister. You know we haven't celebrated together for so many years now." She said as start the car engine.

I took a deep breath and prayed that Romano won't be mad again for going out without him.

It has been five months since we performed the marriage ritual and I became his replacement mate. Every day, I kept hurting and still denying to myself that I don't love him but I was wrong. I woke up this morning realizing that I have fallen in love with him already. For the past months, he was so cold towards me and yet nothing changed. He still brings his mistress to our home and it saddens me each time because I couldn't do anything to stop him.

I remembered promising myself that I won't ever fall in love with him but that was the biggest mistake that I have ever made. Who would have thought that I would love him despite his attitude.