Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Jasmine

"You two should start acting porn!" I pushed him away when I heard the voice behind us. We turned around and my face reddened seeing Romano's friends.

"What are the three of you doing here?" He asked in his irritation tone.

"We came here just to visit a friend but it seems like he is having fun kissing his one and only." Tim said, I hid my face from blushing.

I think they are the ones that parked the car in our parking lobby. Romano's friends are here together with Kenneth and they just witnessed us kissing. What an embarrassing coincidence. I was still staring at the ground as I didn't have the courage to face his friends because of what they saw.

"To hell! I don't need the three of you here." He said as he grasped my wrist and started walking into the house.

I glanced over to him and my eyes met with Kenneth's as we stared at each other for a second. He looked me deep into my eyes and the way he stared at me, there was something strange. I couldn't tell what it was but his eyes looked so sad and wad longing for someone. The person might be lucky because she caught his attention. Kenneth is a good man and he is the best Alpha I have ever met. He is great at making friends.

"Why are you so mean to us, Romano?" I was back from my deep thoughts when I heard Harry's voice. Romano glared daggers at him and he averted his gaze.

"Tell me, what are the three of you doing here?" He continued walking inside the house.

"We have something to discuss with you." Tim replied and I looked at three of them with my confused reaction.

"Fine, let's talk in my private office." they nodded their heads responding to him.

We continued walking into the house until we reached the corridor of the house and Romano held my hands and stared deeply into my eyes.

"Can I talk to them?" I just nodded.

"Of course, you can. I will wait for you here and if I ever get bored, I will go to the room." He kissed me as I walked to his private office with Tim and Harry. I was left with Kenneth alone in the corridor.

"How is your relationship with Romano now, Jasmine? Is he still hurting you?" I turned my attention to him. I sat down on the couch first before responding to him and he sat in the chair in front of me.

"I am fine, he has changed now. He is not the same man as before." I replied with a smile on my face, remembering the scenario between Kenneth and Romano before.

"That is good because if he hurts you again, I will rip his head off from his body. I don't want to see you crying just because of Romano." He said and my mouth opened wide. I thought he was joking by saying those words but he is damn serious about his words. It surprised me why he cared so much about me.

"Thank you so much, Kenneth and I swear Romano will not hurt me again." I assured him but he just stared at me.

"He shouldn't dare to hurt you again because if I found out, I will take you away from him. I have developed feelings for you Jasmine and every time I see you with him, damn, my heart is crushed into pieces."

I was shocked hearing that from him. I couldn't believe he said that, it seemed hard to digest. Has he really developed feelings for me?

"I don't know how to respond to you, Kenneth." I said as I bowed my head and a heavy sigh escaped my mouth.

"Don't think about it, Jasmine. I don't have any plans to ruin your relationship just because I have feelings for you. I fell in love with you even though you are my friend's wife and I hate myself for that. It seems like I betrayed my best friend." He said and I glanced over to him.

I wasn't expecting him to confront me about his feelings and I don't know how to react to him now that I know he has feelings for me.

"I am truly sorry, Kenneth." I said and he moved from his seat and sat closer to me as he held my hand.

"No, you don't have to be sorry about it because it is not your fault that I fell in love with you. It is my fault because I let myself fall in love with a woman whom I knew that she belongs to someone else. I am just saying this because I just wanted you to know how I felt about you and I have no plan to take you away from him." He said and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my cheeks.

He had been the shoulder I leaned on whenever I was sad because of Romano. He was there when I needed someone to talk to and now that he is in this dilemma, I couldn't comfort him because I am the reason for his loneliness.

"You can still find a better woman, Kenneth. There are so many good women out there and I know you will find someone that I am no match to." I assured and he just sighed.

"Yes, there are a lot of women but I can't dictate my heart, Jasmine. Don't worry because I will try my best to forget you. I shouldn't continue loving you because Romano is my best friend. I can't bring myself to destroy our friendship because of my feelings." He said and I smiled.

Kenneth is really a good man and he is thinking about the feelings of others instead of his. I am so proud knowing someone like him.

"I am deeply sorry, Kenneth, because I can't love you back. You already knew the man that lived inside my heart, it is Romano." I said and he just smiled at me but the smile never reached his eyes.

"I would also like to inform you that I will be going back to America." He said and I was shocked to hear that. I looked at him with hope that he was joking but I was wrong. He is sincere about traveling back to America.


"Are you really leaving?" I asked and he nodded his head responding to me.

"Yes, for good. However, if you need someone to talk to when Romano, just put a call through, I will rush back and punch him. But this is the only way to forget you Jasmine because, I can't bear it seeing you every day, it would be hard for me to forget you." He said and that saddens me.

I don't want him to be far from me because I considered him a friend. Kenneth has been the shoulder I leaned on and I can't believe that I will be the reason he needed to leave his country. He wiped the tears off my face. I was crying because I am going to miss him as a friend. I have already gotten used to seeing him every day and now that he is leaving, it shattered my heart and the worst part is that I am the reason why he decided to leave our country.

"Is there a way I can stop you?" I asked and he just chuckled. He grabs my shoulder and then hugged me. Probably this is farewell hug since I can't do anything to stop him from leaving. We broke from the hug when we heard Romano's angry tone and it echoed throughout the main corridor.

"I will kill you, Kenneth!" He screamed and my heart almost fled because of fear.

"Romano." I called but he stared at me with his usual dark aura. He approached Kenneth and grabbed him by the collar.

"It is not what you think, I was only saying goodbye to her." Kenneth said and I was nervous that he might not believe him.

"You are leaving?" He asked as he released Kenneth's collar and I sighed in relief.

"Yes, I am going back to America to manage my company there. Please take good care of Jasmine and also, I am looking forward to seeing you both over there." Kenneth said and I bent my head because tears were threatening to escape from my eyes.

"Please, take care, we will see you soon. Don't worry because I will protect Jasmine." He said and he wrapped his hand around my waist. I glanced over to Kenneth and he looked sad and I am feeling guilty because of it.

"Thank you, I should be leaving now." He said as he turned his attention to me and I nodded my head to him.

Kenneth walks away from us, Harry and Tim follow him as well. Romano turned towards me and stared deeply into my eyes and I fake a smile to show him that I am fine but that was a lie because I felt sadness about Kenneth leaving the country.

"Are you okay?" He asked me and I nodded my head responding to him. He cupped my face with his two hands and stared me deeply in the eyes.