Chapter 129


    Jasmine collected the phone, peering at the image, her brows furrowed in seriousness.


    “Do you know her?” He urged gently, studying her features.


    “Is this why you came to meet me?” She whispered, disappointment seeping into her voice and


    standing up.


    “No, it’s not. I was going toe anyway, by the end of the week,” he admitted.


    “Was she there?” He asked her.


    “I was one of the few ones they didn’t sell out; lots of girls came and left, but I was kinda stuck there.”


    Her voice quivered lightly.


    “There were so many girls, I don’t know.” Seeing his hopeful expression, Jasmine really wanted to help


    him. She raked her head but couldn’t ce where she found her.


    “I’m sorry, Axel. I don’t remember everything. I don’t even remember the ident of how I ended up in


    this city,” she said apologetically.


    “My memory is in bits and pieces. And honestly, I’d rather forget it all.” She said calmly, standing up.


    “It’s okay. You don’t have to push yourself anymore.” Axel sighed.


    “I understand,” he muttered, pulling her into his arms. “It’s over now, okay?” He mumbled into her hair.


    She nodded slightly.


    “You’ve lost so much weight,” he said sadly.


    They stayed that way for some time.


    “Try to take care of yourself; you’re not alone, Jasmine,” he assured, pulling away from the hug.


    “You’re leaving?” She asked him, her voice breaking slightly. She looked sad to watch him go.


    “I need to; I’ll be back tomorrow,” he told her gently.


    “Wait for me?” He questioned her.


    She smiled, then nodded her head. “I’ll be right here when you get back,” then she


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    smiled at him. He nted a small k*ss on her forehead and moved to step out of the door. Her eyes


    were fixed on him as he left. He had a nagging feeling to stay, to spend the night there with her. She


    looked so small and lonely standing there in her small living room.


    “When Ie tomorrow, how about I cook you a nice dinner?” He offered. Her face lit up immediately.


    “Yes, yes!” She nodded eagerly.


    “I’ll see you soon. Don’t go anywhere. I’ll be here tomorrow,” he told her, then mustered a small smile.


    He didn’t want to leave, but he had to.


    Turning, he left finally.


    Stepping into his car at the down floor of the apartment, it seemed like someone was lurking in the


    dark.


    He pushed the unsettling feeling to the back of his mind, entered his car, and drove off. Jasmine sat


    quietly for a while. She had felt hopeless, but now, she had Axel. Her life wouldn’t be as bleak


    anymore. Hisforting words lingered in her mind, giving her a newfound motivation.


    “First, a bath,” she muttered, then walked off. Staring at the mes on the TV screen, a sudden wave of


    déjà vu hit her. Gripping her head, she cried out; it felt like her head was about to split open. Shey


    there crumpled on the floor for some minutes.


    “She was there! Axel’s in danger.”


    Everything came rushing back to her. She ran out immediately, barefooted, images clear and running


    through her head. The other woman, Nathan’s wife, Amelia Fox. She saw her. Stumbling, she nearly


    fell. She waspletely irrational and sc attered.


    “That woman is dangerous,” she cried as she got downstairs. “Axel! Axel!” she called, running. A figure


    moved slightly, responding to her call.


    “Thank Goodness you haven’t left yet.” She was bawling her eyes out. “That woman, Be, she was


    there. She killed those people, Nathan’s Amelia as well. Amelia died because of me; Amelia was trying


    to help me.” She was cryingpletely now.


    “Axel?” she whispered. A man stepped out in front of her. She instinctively stepped back.


    “You’re not Axel,” she whispered, taking another step backward, her teary eyes shining.


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    “I’m sorry, doll. I can’t have you spilling all that you just remembered. It’s too sad, really. It would have


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    been best if you didn’t remember anything,” the man said. She turned to run but was held in ce. The


    man grabbed her, holding a handkerchief over her face.


    “Wow, this would have actually caused a whole lot of trouble. I was actually going to give up on you


    today.” She struggled for a while, then gradually went numb, slumping weakly in his arms.


    Be snapped into the phone, her mood sour after the confrontation with Ethan.


    “I don’t have any money to give to you,” she retorted sharply.


    “Your husband’s assistant just left here,” he said, tossing the girl to the back of the car.


    “Axel? He just left who?” Be asked anxiously.


    “The girl who knows everything about you, of course,” he replied lightly. “Your carefully crafted empire


    coulde crumbling down with one word from her mouth,” he added smugly.


    “How did you know?” Be whispered.


    Gabriel chuckled lightly. After the incident and overhearing Be that day, he had be curious and


    started watching Jasmine. Now his efforts had paid off, and the girl truly had some serious dirt on Be.


    Be’s voice suddenly became calmer. “You have her?” she whispered.


    “Yep,” he replied lightly.


    “Help me get rid of her,” she said through gritted teeth.


    “Why should I? What do I stand to gain?” he asked smugly.


    “Listen!” she snapped. “If I get caught, we all get caught,” she threatened. “You’ve got nothing on me.


    I’ll do you this favor anyway. And I’ll do it in a demure and quiet way as well. Just send me fifty million,


    then I’m out of your hair,” he told her calmly.


    She nearly vomited blood. “That’s too much; I can’t move that much money! Ethan checks my


    transactions,” she exined. Ethan had be suspicioustely and was scrutinizing everything


    about her.


    “I used mypany’s exhibition, but it would rouse his suspicion if such a huge amount leaves


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    “Let’s talk, Gabriel,” she said anxiously.


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    Sebastian was practically useless. He had let the girl slip through her fingers, and she was currently


    caught by Gabriel! Of all people.


    “Fine,” she muttered in desperation.


    She needed to make sure that girl never returned.


    It was all too much, she liked her life now, anything that would try to disrupt it would have to go. Hazel’s


    brats and this other girl.


    Done with striking a deal with Gabriel, she contacted Sebastian, “Have it done today.”


    “Did you find anything?” Ethan asked Anna the next morning, having given her instructions tob


    through Be’s study and keep an eye out for any suspicious parcels.


    “No, sir,” she replied.


    He sighed. “Okay, just keep searching.” She nodded and turned to leave. So far, he hadn’t been able to


    uncover any facts about his wife. Even bugging her phone had proven useless.


    “I heard you mention checking Ma’am Be’s calls,” Anna muttered.


    “Yes,” he probed.


    “There was a time I went to her study to call her for dinner; she was in the bathroom. Her phone was


    right there on the table, but it seemed she was making calls inside the bathroom.”


    That’s it. She had a different phone. That was why, even though he had bugged her phone for months,


    he couldn’t actually find out anything! He only nodded calmly; that exined it.


    “What exactly do you mean?!” Be thundered into her phone from the confines of her soundproof


    office. She had been patiently awaiting good news, but her brother’s ipetence had be


    apparent.


    “You’re thoroughly useless! First, you let that girl slip through your fingers; Gabriel found her right on


    time, else I’d have been ruined. And now you can’t even dispose of a sick little brat?!” She continued


    her tirade.


    “Listen!” He yelled into the phone. “It’s not as easy anymore. There’s a lot of security


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    here at the hospital. What we tried to do is practically impossible; someone changed her drugs the


    other time,” he informed her.


    “What are you talking about?”


    “A few days ago, the girl’s medication was swapped to something she had a reaction to.”


    “Who could have done that? Didn’t she die?” She asked angrily.


    “No, it wasn’t potent enough to kill her. Now the hospital is full of people, and all the drugs and


    medications she’s given are constantly checked. Swapping it to something deadly won’t be possible,”


    he exined.


    “Why would someone be dumb enough to miss a first chance slip through their fingers like that?” Be


    paced around the room.


    First, someone had saved Liam from danger. Then another person had swapped the girl’s drugs. The


    person clearly had no n to harm her; they only seeded in raising everyone’s consciousness,


    signaling that the girl was in danger.


    “Derrick!” She bit her lips in frustration. “It has to be him. Why would he ruin my n in that manner?!”


    She fumed.


    “What were you thinking?!” She yelled into the phone the instant she dialed for him.


    “That was you, right? The guy who grabbed Liam out of the road and signaled Ethan. Why would you


    do something like that?! We were one step closer to achieving our goal!” She yelled angrily.


    “Now you’ve made everything even more difficult.”


    “I’lle up with something else you just…”


    “Enough Be.” The voice said with an exhausted sigh.


    “We agreed to dispose…” She started saying.


    “I can’t do it,” he said suddenly, shocking her.