Chapter 15
After being left behind, Olivia’s face twisted with anger as she called her driver to take her home.
That evening, she called Calvin more than a deren times. When he finally picked up, her resentment burst out, shattering the sweet facade she mually wore. She snapped, “Why didn’t you answer une calls, Cal? Did you go to Jasmine? She’s divorced from you! Why are you still thinking about her?”
Calvin was already frustrated over everything with Jasmine, and now, being questioned by Olivia, his tone became a bit harsh. “I never agreed to the divorce. Jasmine filed for divorce on her own, but that doesn’t make it official. Also, who I think about is my business. Have you forgotten your place?”
He liked Olivia, but his feelings for her weren’t as strong as they had been when they were younger. Olivia had picked up on that. So, after returning to the country, she had been cautious, gentle, and attentive, attempting to hold onto Calvin with the sweet memories of their first love.
When she heard how distant he was, she inmediately softened her tone. “I’m sorry, Col. Please don’t be mad at me. When you abruptly left me, I thought you werit
“I get jealous and lost control. I won’t do it again. Can you forgive me?–
Calvin’s imitation faded when he realized she was just acting out because she cared about him. He patiently explained, “It was my fault, 1 shouldn’t have left you behind. I’ll bar you a new bag in a few days to make it up to you. I’m a little tired today, so I won’t be coming over.”
“understand. Rest well. Cal.”
After hanging up, Olivia became even more upset. She immediately called her assistant, Jesse Harmond, and instructed him to find out where pasmine lived and
worked.
When she leamed that jasmine was working at Resonance Arts Center, she was surprised because her best friend was the owner of Resonance. Olivia immediately “called her friend and expressed her interest in joining Resonance as the director. Her friend immediately agreed and called the human resources department to
The next day, when Jasmine arrived at work, she overheard her colleagues talking about a new director who had just joined. When the human resource manager brought the new director over, Jasmine was surprised to learn that it was Olivia
She couldn’t help but grit her teeth. She figured that olivia must have come for her. But she didn’t know why. After all, she and Calvin were divorced. Olivia could easily take her place as his wife. What more did Olivia want from her?
Olivia introduced herself gracefully and confidently, announcing that she would treat everyone to dinner that night. The staff was delighted, showering her with compliments
olivia gave Jasmine a meaningful look before calling fara into her office. She had already asked the human resource manager a few questions earlier that moming and found out that Tar and jasmine didn’t get along
Realizing that the new director was paying special attention to her, Tara eagerly jumped at the chance to get in Olivia’s good graces. When Tara found out about the bad blood between Olivia and Jasmine, she eagerly spilled everything about Jasmine, adding her own flair to the tale.
“Leo Henderson?” alivia remembered the man she had briefly met at the cate. It seemed like he was the one who wanted to take jasmine as his mistress.
Olivia had someone look into Leo and discovered that he was a notorious playboy in Jesceria, the type who would never let go of a target he set his sights on Acruel smile touched her lips. Since Jasmine dared to compete with her for Calvin, Jasmine couldn’t blame her for what was about to happen next.
Before the dinner gathering that evening, Jasmine was suddenly called in by the human resource manager and was held there for quite a while before being let go. One of her colleagues in the group dur tagged her, asking her to hurry up. So, she hopped in leab and rushed to the restaurant.
However, when she arrived at the private dining room, no one was there. Jasmine was about to ask the group chat what was going on when someone grabbed her wrist. Tuming around, she found herself face–to–face with a drunken Leo.
He flashed a lecherous grin at her. “Have you changed your mind, Ms. Scott 71 knew it. No woman can resist the temptation of money. Come with me. If you spend the night with me, I’ll transfer 20 thousand dollars to you right now.”
Jasmine was no match for him in no time, she was dragged Into the private room. She tried to pull away, but she couldn’t break free from his grasp.
Leo, tall and strong, pressed his whole body against hers Jasmine tried to escape, but his arms pinned her in place. She tried her best to remain calm, reaching for her phone to call for help, but he snatched it away, tossing it aside.
He then peppered her with kisses, jasinine turned away, avoiding the man’s alcohol–laden kiss, His breath made her stomach chum.
As he continued to pull at her shirt, jasmine, helpless, reached out and felt around the table until she found a bottle of liquor, without hesitation, she swung it at Leo’s head, knocking him out cold.
That night, Jasmine was taken to the police station, Penery quickly showed up with her lawyer friend, Lena Caldwell, to bail her out.
When Leo came to, he refused to settle privately. He was an influential figure in jesceria. Even the cups had to show his soise respect
Pergy and Lena had a lengthy conversation with him, and eventually, he laid out his terms. Jasmine could either pay him 100 thousand dollars as comprosation or agree to be glidend Otherwise, he would press charges.
Knowing she’d only face more problems from getting tangled with a man like Lee, Jasmine steeled herself and thought about transferring the 100 thousand dollars Amelia hadlener to Leo. However, when she opened bet banking app, she malized that her account had been frozen.
Disbelief washed over her. Her hands trembled as she unblocked calvin’s under called him. His hoarse voler came through. “Hello?
Jasmine Lightened her grip around her phone, her volee sharp with anger. “Did you freeze my account?!
cabon had post tallen asleep. Atterbearing her voice, he became instantly alert. He sat up and adopted a more businesslike tone. “Yeah, I did. If you want the mones, come back to me. Name your price, and we’ll work something out.”
Janine couldn’t believe how shameless he was. She’d stuck to the contract and stayed with him for three years, working herself to the bone to take care of him.
Jasmine hadn’t taken a single cent of his money when they divorced. 100 thousand dollars was a mere fraction of his wealth, yet he still wanted to take it back
“Dreamon, Calvin!” she spat out before hanging up on him.
Tenmasked from outside. “What now, Jas? Do you want me to lend you some money?”
jasmine couldn’t bring herself to accept her friend’s money, so she shook her head. “No. I detended myself. Even if he takes this to court, I won’t be afraid.”
Lena frowned. “But if he refuses to settle, you might be stuckhere tonight.” She pondered for a moment before saying, “I could call my boss. It he steps in, you’ll be able to leave tonight. With that, she made the call.
Titially, the person on the other end of the line turned her down coldly. But when she mentioned that it was
is for a teacher from Resonance Arts Center, he asked, What’s het
Lena didn’t expect her boss to be curious about who the victim was, so she filled him in on all the details. She hadn’t expected much from her boss, but to her surprise, her usually aloot boss agreed to help her. He said. “I’ll be night there.”
Lena was still in disbelief after hanging up. She couldn’t believe she’d managed to get her boss to help her out. It felt like a dream.
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Jasmine was surprised to leam that Lena’s boss was Joshua Joshua exchanged a few words with the police officers, and just like that, she was released. Standing outside the police station, Jasmine found herself at a loss for words.
Fry found out Jasmine and Joshua lived in the same neighborhood and noticed the way he was looking at her “Could you please take Jashome, Mr. Sutton? Lena and I will take our leave now!” she said, grabbing Lena’s arm and rushing off
Joshua noticed the top button of Jasmine’s shirt had fallen off. He took off his jacket and draped it over her before saying, “Let’s go home.”
