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?

a

me repeat

there

room, telling him to stay put

dilapidated bed,

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

room

her own clothes as she

coming-unrestrained mockery and

was the show Daniel wanted, she'd

the dress the nanny laid out for you?" Daniel emerged; his gaze

bash, he was dressed in a bespoke suit that

her heart no longer racing at the sight of him.

didn't love him

to wear a dress because

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nothing suited her anymore, now gaunt beyond

convincing Jasmine. He headed straight for the

the rear door of the car, slipped inside, and found refuge in

mirror, Daniel was momentarily lost in thought. Jasmine used to claim shotgun whenever

is where a 'fairy princess'

along. "Right, no other woman is taking this seat

irony wasn't lost on

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 you weren't a Wilson Family heiress, I would not have cast you

question almost laughable. When she had desperately struggled and cried for

he had the audacity

you nothing," Jasmine

wrist, and hurled her against the wall, pinning her

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