Chapter 13 The Slap

Daniel frowned at Jasmine. "Where are you going?"

Jasmine looked down, clutching Justin as she stepped back. "Nowhere... I wasn't planning on going anywhere."

Daniel had a stern look on his face as he issued a warning. "Put the kid down, freshen up, change your clothes, and come with me."

Terrified, Jasmine shielded Justin and retreated further. "I don't want to go..."

"It's Serena's birthday. Whether you want to or not, you're coming!" Daniel's voice was icy.

Jasmine stared at Daniel in horror. "I... I don't want to go..."

"Jasmine, Serena isn't in good health, and it's out of kindness that she even invited you," Daniel said, more out of fear of upsetting Serena than anything.

Jasmine trembled.

Birthday.

Serena's birthday.

And hers too.

She had forgotten her own birthday because she felt undeserving of celebration, even fearful of it.

Sometimes, Jasmine wished she had never lived beyond the day she was born.

But life offered no such wishes.

"Daniel... please, can I not go?" Her plea was barely above a whisper.

Was he hell-bent on breaking her spirit?

her giving up a kidney

me repeat

there was no

room, telling him to stay put and be

dilapidated bed,

the last piece of cake to Justin for when he got hungry, then

room

shower, Jasmine still wore her own clothes as she stood in the

knew what was coming-unrestrained mockery and endless

the show Daniel wanted, she'd give

for you?" Daniel emerged; his gaze filled with distaste as he looked at

he was dressed in a bespoke

heart no longer racing at

didn't love

am... not comfortable in dresses." She didn't want to wear a dress because of the many

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gaunt beyond

less about convincing Jasmine. He headed straight for the

the car, slipped inside,

a glance in the rearview mirror, Daniel was momentarily lost in thought. Jasmine used to claim shotgun whenever

is where a 'fairy princess' belongs," she'd

indulgent, he'd play along. "Right, no other woman is taking

irony wasn't lost

do you have any regrets?" Daniel's question broke the silence as the car settled into the shadows of the Bellagio Hotel's underground parking. "Even if you had betrayed me, and even if

and

the audacity to ask if she

owe Serena... but Daniel, I owe you nothing," Jasmine breathed deeply and pushed

seized Jasmine's wrist, and hurled her against the wall, pinning her fiercely. "You owe me nothing? You sleep with another man, have his bastard child, and you say you

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