Jasmine regrets the way she had acted last night. It was not right. The man loves another woman, his fiancée, she has no right to steal him or even replied to the I love you that is not even for her. She pulled her hair and mess it up, expressing her emotions. Her heart is malfunctioning as she describes it to be while her mind is aching because of stress, though her being stress is not because of work but because of man.
She tightly cupped her face and sighed exhaustingly, then she began to scribble nonsense in her notebooks thus destroying her findings. This had caught her friend, Kaitlyn, attention. Kaitlyn looks at her bewildered and has her left eyebrow raised.
"What is your problem?" Kaitlyn asked Jasmine and pulls the notebook from Jasmine's care.
"This organ," Jasmine replied with a teary eye as she pointed her chest.
"What happened?" Kaitlyn asked as she sensed there might be problems in her and the billionaire's relationship.
"I did something I should not have," Jasmine said with a devastated expression. Kaitlyn tried to maintain a serious expression while comforting her friend despite Jasmine's sober face.
"What is it?" Kaitlyn asked curiously as she narrowed her eyes expecting something happened between Jasmine and the billionaire.
"I respond to Viel when it is obvious that statement was not for me." Jasmine frustratedly exclaimed and covered her face in annoyance.
"What statement?" Kaitlyn asked her friend again, obviously, she does not understand what her friend is talking about.
"I love you," Jasmine whispered and that made Kaitlyn laugh loudly.
"Why are you laughing?" Jasmine asked her and slapped Kaitlyn's arms lightly.
"Why do you think that is not for you? I mean you are his fiancée." Kaitlyn reminded her friend as she cannot stop laughing because of the thought that her friend may forget that she and Viel are a couple.
"Yeah, right," Jasmine said and sighed in defeat, there is no way Kaitlyn can understand her because in the first place no one knew the truth that everything is just for a show.
Instead of thinking about it, Jasmine decided to focus on her work and turned off her phone, as she wants to avoid Viel for today, she even woke up at four am just to avoid him sending her to work. Jasmine does not want to remember what she had acted like last night with Viel.
Jasmine having a dreadful day is completely different from Viel's day. For Viel, today is a perfect day even he did not send her to her work; Viel is currently in his office signing documents and contracts. He is in a good mood, even his employees can see that. They noticed the big smile that he is wearing for today.
Of course, he is happy for he knew that his plan had worked. In Viel's perspective, last night was the best night of his life. He never expected Jasmine to reply to his I love you, but she did, this made his heart flutter. He could still remember how she softly whispered those words. It's like music to his ears. Yes, maybe she had taken it back but Viel knows how to spot a lie, and the I love you too was not a lie instead the sentence after it is the lie.
His imagination has been stopped when his secretary knocks on his glass door. He signed to his secretary to come in. He gave him a big smile which he never did. The secretary finds this odd, but he liked it for it is much better than to see his boss frowning and in a bad mood. The secretary placed the document at his boss's table.
"What is that?" Viel asked forgetting what the document is for.
"The legal team has finished reviewing the contract of partnership with Ferrer Company." His secretary politely answered.
"Good job. I will read it later after finishing signing other documents, also I want you to announce that everyone's lunch is on me today." He told his secretary happily. The secretary confusingly stares at his boss not believing what he heard.
"Sir, did you just say the lunch is on you today, or am I hearing things?" He asked nervously not wanting to annoy his boss.
"You heard it right, now go and do not make me repeat it," Viel warned his secretary, he chuckled as he noticed his secretary swallowed nervously and hurriedly left his office to announce the news. He has also seen the other employees' reactions, and this made him shook his head and bit his lips as he thought how Jasmine could make him do certain things by saying I love you too to him even if she tried to make it not a big deal and just an act.
While reading the documents, he heard his phone buzzed. He received a message notification from his friend Santhe, reminding him about the annual ball of his company. He smirked as he noticed how excited his friend is about the upcoming event of their family. Well, he could understand why Santhe is excited for it is the day where Santhe's grandfather will pass the ownership to him.
"Yes, I do not forget. Mr. Chairman." Viel teasingly replied to his friend's text, then he tried to contact Jasmine.
He texted her, nine times yet she did not reply. Viel is aware his patience is not something to be proud of, he immediately dialed Jasmine's phone number yet cannot reach her, he does try it repeatedly, but the result is still the same and as for that his patience grows thinner.
On the other hand, Jasmine is busy drafting her article. She is almost finished doing her article however, her boss, Mrs. Reyes has suddenly called her into her office. Jasmine obediently went to her boss's office; she witnesses her boss talking on a landline while smiling and then she gestured for Jasmine to come over. Mrs. Reyes handed the landline to Jasmine while silently laughing and this made Jasmine frown.
Jasmine holds the landline and put it closer to her ear and there she heard the voice of the man who she has been trying to avoid.
"Hello, Love. Why are you not replying to my text and calls?" Viel asked her through the line.
"I am busy drafting articles and my battery died." Jasmine reasoned.
"Is that it? Have you eaten your lunch?" Viel asked her on the phone.
"Yeah." Jasmine lied and held her hungry stomach.
"Really? I asked your boss and she told me earlier that it is still not your lunch break." Viel teased her as he caught her lying.
"Why do you care?" Jasmine said with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Viel notice this and stopped teasing her.
"Of course, I care. I do not want you skipping your lunch. I will come over to your workplace and let us have lunch together." Viel informed her.
"What? No! I still have to finish tons of articles." Jasmine claimed in defense.
"Love, I donated a large amount of money to your company so that your boss would not overwork you. I will fetch you up in just a minute." Viel told her, Jasmine cut the call and shockingly stare at her boss and cannot believe what she had just known.
"It was a million dollars. Besides, both of you need to fix your quarrel." Mrs. Reyes claimed as she sips her tea. Jasmine closed her eyes in disbelief and head back to her desk to fix herself.
Just ignore him, think of him as a child you need to babysit. Jasmine thought to herself while waiting for him at the Parking lot. Viel arrived a second late and this annoyed Jasmine. Viel tried to hug her but she just avoided him and went inside the car. Viel massaged his nose bridge as he realized Jasmine is avoiding him.
The ride was quiet as if they do not exist. Viel decided to play his playlist to soothe the tension and yet it did not work out. As soon as they arrived in a restaurant, Jasmine immediately came out of the car without waiting for Viel to open the door like she always had.
"Love, why are you ignoring me?" Viel asked as he found his courage to ask his Jasmine. Jasmine heard him but decided to ignore his questions. Viel sighed in defeat as he was ignored, he wanted to soothe the tension a little bit because even the waiter that served their foods ha also felt the tension between the couple.
Viel stood in his seat and kneels in front of Jasmine; this has caught her attention. He grabbed her hand and kisses it.
"I am sorry if I offended you," Viel asked forgiveness as he holds Jasmine's hand. This made Jasmine felt guilty because she knows that he did not do anything wrong it was her mistake.
"I am sorry, I am just not in the mood today," Jasmine claimed and she pulls away from her hand from Viel's hold.
"Why? How are you feeling?" Viel asked her worriedly and gently caressed her cheeks.
"Just a headache." She answered and smiled at Viel while he looks at her in the eyes.
"Should I kiss the headache away?" He asked her softly.
"Yeah," Jasmine answered in defeat. Viel stood and hugged her and kissed her forehead. Jasmine did the same, she hugs him back tightly as she realized, she cannot resist him. She cannot resist the bachelor's charms.