Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Jasmine

What Nicho said earlier kept popping through my head. Who was he referring to ? What doesn't it mean? Romano and I continued walking until we reached the beach where my friends were waiting for us. They turned their attention to us and I could see from their faces that they were worried. It is maybe because of what happened earlier. I took a deep breath as we got closer to me.

"Don't mind Nicho, he is not a threat to us. He came here just to pester me, let's continue with the celebration now." He said to my friends and they nodded their heads responding to him. And suddenly, Romano carried me and my heart pounded because of his actions. He jumped into the water and I steamed.

"Put me down, Romano!" I screamed but he didn't listen.

"Let us swim together and try to make love under the sea." He said and I blushed.

"Goodness, you are being naughty again, Romano. Our friends might see us." I said but he just chuckled. He threw me into the water and it made me laugh. I was about to run away from him but he grabbed my waist and then wrapped his hand around my waist.

"I love you so much, Jasmine and always remember that." He said and made me smile.

"I love you too, Romano." I replied and he took my lips immediately.

I hung my hand to his neck and responded to his addictive kiss. It was already dark and no one could ever notice that we were kissing and even if they saw us, I am sure that they wouldn't mind. What matters to me now is that we both are here enjoying ourselves. His hand went under my shirt as he began to press the tip of my breast. A moan escaped my mouth and it made him smirked.

"I love your moans, my love." He said and it made me smirk.

His hand went down to my virgina and started rubbing my clit with his thumb while his other fingers were inserted into my core as he began to thrust me with his fingers. He pulled off my clothes and the next I knew, his manhood was already inside my core as he began to thrust me under the sea.

It has been two months since we got back from the resort. I was sitting in the main corridor at the moment waiting for Romano to come back. It is almost eleven o'clock in the night but he isn't back home yet. I have been calling his phone countless times but it wasn't going through. I am so sorry about it and I have also called his friends, Harry and Tim and their phones weren't connecting as well.

"Where are you, Romano?" I asked myself as I kept pacing around the corridor. After a while, I heard the sound of a car coming and I went outside the house to meet. I furrowed my brows when I saw him step out of the car. He was staggering and looked wasted. Goodness, he is drunk. I rushed to him and helped to walk him into the house. I could smell alcohol all over him and I am certain that he had too much to drink.

"Hey, darling." He murmured and I smiled. He caresses my face and I couldn't help but laugh.

"You drank too much, Romano." I said to him as I tried to help him walk through the stairs. He wrapped his hand around my waist and pinned me to the wall.

"You are so sweet…" He said as he started kissing my neck.

"Romano." I called but he continued kissing my neck.

"We need to go inside our room." I said and he didn't listen.

"Your smell has removed the alcohol from my body, my love." He said and I licked my lips.

"You are drunk." I said to him but he shook his head.

"I am not drunk, darling." He responded and then carried me, I screamed out of shock.

"Hey, Romano. Put me down now!" I screamed but he didn't listen as he started walking towards the stairs. I was scared that we might fall but he didn't let go of me till we reached our room. He put me down on the bed cautiously and laid beside me.

"Good night, darling. Dream of me." He said and fell asleep afterwards.

I took a deep breath seeing him already fallen asleep. I realized that I forgot to ask him the reason why he got drunk, maybe I will ask him tomorrow when he wakes up. I started removing his clothes and bathing him with warm water. I changed his clothes to his pajamas and laid beside him afterwards. I was about to hold him when I heard him mention a name that almost broke my heart.

"Evelyn, please come back to me…." He murmured while sleeping and tears streamed down my face. I was hurt by the fact that he was still longing for his dead mate.

"I need you, Eve." He murmured again and tears continuously streamed down my face. I shouldn't react this way because he already told me that he loves me but I can't stop myself from overthinking that he still loves his dead mate more than me.

The words he said was enough evidence that he was still devoted to his dead mate. I shouldn't be jealous because she is dead but it really hurts hearing him utter her name. He should let go of his dead mate because he has a new mate already. He expressed his feelings towards me but I can still remember him saying that his dead mate still lives in his heart and he can't be able to get rid of her memories in his heart.

"I still love you, Evelyn. Please come back to me." He murmured again and what surprised me was when I saw tears in his eyes as he murmured those words. My heart crushed because of that. Evelyn is still part of his life and no matter how hard I try, I can't be able to wash her memories away from his heart. I am just his replacement mate while Evelyn was still his first mate and his first love. It hurts me but I need to accept him and his past. I love Romano and I am willing to accept his flaws with my heart.

Hearing those words from him has removed all the sleep in my eyes but I still need to force myself to sleep and I knew he would be fine by tomorrow. I will try to ask him the reason why he got drunk.

The next morning when I woke up, I found out that Romano wasn't on the bed. I got up from the bed and tried to look for him all over the room. I searched the whole room as well as the closet but I couldn't find him. I heaved a sigh and decided to have my bath, maybe he is downstairs. I changed my clothes and stepped out of the room, I looked in the rooms downstairs but he was nowhere to be found.

"Miss Jasmine, if you are looking for Alpha Romano, he left already." Ashton said and my mouth widened.

"He left already without letting me know?" I asked him and he nodded his head responding to me.

"He was rushing and I am sure that it is important that he forgets to inform you." Ashton said and I knew he was just trying to lighten up my mood. I sighed and went to the kitchen to prepare for my breakfast.

When Romano expressed his feelings to me, we used to eat breakfast together and this is the first time I am eating breakfast alone since then. I am just trying to convince myself that the reason I left without informing is because it was an urgent matter that needs his attention but at the same time, I can't stop myself from overthinking. I don't know but I felt so uneasy. Whatever it is, I am just hallucinating and I hope so. I was about to eat my breakfast when my phone rang and it was Nina calling.

"Hello?" I said as I picked up the call.

"Where are you, Jasmine?" Nina asked and it made me raise my eyebrows.

"Why?" I asked.

"Romano is here in the bar, making a mess. Harry called me earlier because he can't contact you." She said and I stood up immediately.

"Okay, I am coming." I replied and hung up the call.

My heart pounded quickly inside my chest because of him. I rushed out of the house and stopped a taxi to drive me to the bar. It is still early for him to go to the bar. I reached the bar in fifteen minutes, I looked for Romano all over the place but I couldn't find him and I met Harry on the way.

"Romano is in the VIP lounge and he is talking to Tim. He is calm now and we tried to convince him to go home but he wanted to stay here." Harry said and I nodded.

"What happened to him? Why is he like that? As far as I could remember, we didn't fight." I asked him but he heaved a sigh before responding.