Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Jasmine

Romano will never be in despair just because of me, that is unbelievable. I am sure Ashton was saying these words just to convince me.

"That is not true but I will do my best to calm the situation down." I replied as I decided to try controlling him because, I will be home and thinking about him that is in trouble.

Ashton smiled after hearing me say that and he guided me out of the house and my heart was still pounding loudly in my chest. I was thinking about what Ashton said that he is in that condition just because of me. What if it is true? What if I am the reason? I will never give myself hope about the things that will never happen. Romano will never fall in love with me, he is devoted to his dead mate and I can't replace her in Romano's life. I realized that my feelings for him are useless because he can't ever love me back.

"Are you alright, miss Jasmine?" Ashton asked as we were already inside the car. I took a deep breath before responding.

"Do you think Romano was looking for me?" I asked and it made him grin.

"Yes he is and you will get to know the truth when we get there." He replied and I smirked.

We drove to the place that Romano was and my heart was pounding so loudly as if it would tear my chest. We stopped in front of the bar and he opened the door of the car, I stepped out of the car. I took a deep breath before walking inside the bar. The dazzling colorful lights met eyes as soon as I stepped inside the bar. The noise from people that were enjoying themselves at the moment filled my ears. The smell of different alcohol met my nose and I wandered my eyes around the surroundings as I was looking for my husband. I found him and my heart skipped a bit when I saw him pointing a gun at the man.

I ran to him to stop him from committing murder as fear is what I could feel at the moment. Knowing how he is, he will never show mercy to anyone who messes with him and he won't hesitate to kill if wanted to do so.

"Please, Romano, put the gun down." I blurted out and it made him glance over at me and people there were also looking at us with a puzzled look about what was going on. My eyes met his glazing eyes and he looked so wasted based on how he looked at me. I know that he was drunk but I was confused about the reason that could make him get drunk.

"You are here, Jasmine." He said with a smirk and my heart melted seeing him smile like that.

He is making my legs tremble as I missed him so much. It was only two days that I didn't see him but it looks like I haven't seen him in a lifetime. He walked closer to me and grabbed my waist and my heart nearly burst out of my chest.

"What happened? Why are you drunk, Romano?" I asked but he didn't care as he was staring deep into my eyes while his hand held my chin.

"I thought you won't ever come home." He said and I bit my lower lips and his mouth wide open like he witnessed something that caught him off guard.

"What?" I asked and he smiled at me.

"Don't bite your lip, you are intimidating me to kiss that lips of yours." He said and my face flushed in embarrassment.

"Please don't tease me, I came here because Ashton told me that you are in trouble. What happened?" I asked and his face became serious. He let go of me and faced the man he pointed the gun at.

"Leave this place now or else I will blow your head off." He said and the man ran away in fear immediately.

"Tell me what happened, Romano?" I asked and what he did next shocked me.

He punched one of the tables in the bar and legs trembled in fear. It created a sound that caught the attention of all the people present in the bar. I can't believe he did that.

"Romano." I called and he turned around to face me. His eyes were blazing in madness again, his mood changed instantly and fears overwhelmed me.

"Leave me alone, Jasmine. I don't need you in my life, stay away from me!" He yelled and it made me clenched back in fear. Tears streamed down my face because of what he just did. It broke my heart knowing that he keeps changing his mood from time to time.

I am trying to understand him but sometimes it is breaking my heart seeing him change into his beast mood.

"Alpha Romano, why are you pushing her aside? I thought you needed her." Ashton said and he glared daggers at him.

"Shut up, Ashton! I just realized that I don't need her anymore. She is not worth my time so drag her out of my presence now." He said and tears streamed down.

"You are so hard to understand Romano. I was concerned about you but it seems that you don't care about it. If this is what you want, fine then. I am leaving!" I said as I walked away and tears continuously streamed down my face.

He is really shattering my heart into pieces. He is hurting me and I don't know if he was aware of that. I don't know if is aware of my feelings for him.

"Miss Jasmine!" I stopped walking when I heard Ashton call out my name.

"I am deeply sorry for what Alpha did." He said and I just faked a smile at him.

"Don't worry about me, I will be fine and don't leave him alone." I said and he nodded in understanding.

I walked away from them and heading back home is what was on my mind. I was still exhausted from what happened to my parent's house, my twin sister's threats and Romano as well. My head is now spinning in pain and taking a rest is what I needed now to ease the struggles I felt now. I got home in a few seconds and went straight to my room and took a cold bath. My heart was in deep thoughts now because of how all my loved ones were hurting me and I couldn't stop myself from crying.

They keep hurting me all the time. My parents, Romano and my twin sister, they all are making my life miserable. I laid on the bed after I was done taking a shower, it took me about an hour before I could fall asleep and even in my dream, Romano is all I could remember.

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The next morning, I woke up late and it made me rush to do my morning routines and decided to step out of my room because it was my duty to cook food for us. I am sure that Romano was home with his mistress last night. I was walking down the hallway when I saw Kenneth and he was walking in my direction as well. He is staring at me so keenly so I averted my gaze from him.

"Jasmine." He called but I didn't care as I continued walking until I got to the kitchen. To avoid problems, I should keep a distance from all my husband's allies. He would be mad seeing me talking to Kenneth and I can't understand why I need to follow his order. It is maybe because I don't want him to think that I am not loyal to him.

I started cooking and finished everything in just an hour. I looked at the time, it is alright ten o'clock in the morning and Romano has not yet come out. Maybe he was still sleeping and waking him up would be great because I am sure he is not angry anymore. I took a deep breath as I decided to wake him up by myself. As I walked towards his room, a part of me was telling me not to wake him up. I stopped when I got in front of his room as I was still hesitant to open the door or knock. But I was only going to tell him that the breakfast was ready, that is all. It is his choice whether to eat or not, I can't force him. I heaved a deep breath before opening the door.

"What the hell!" I screamed at the top of my lungs seeing my husband and my twin sister laying together on the bed. My heartbeat skipped and seemed like my heart crushed into pieces seeing my identical twin sister is besides my husband.