Chapter 27 Married to Madness

The sound of something being smashed echoed from the bedroom.

Concerned for Serena's wellbeing, Daniel rushed inside.

Jasmine stood in the corner of the room, around her the shattered remnants of bowls and utensils.

"She did this on purpose-she wants to kill me; it was boiling hot!" Serena cried out, her eyes brimming with tears. "Daniel, she's trying to take my life."

Jasmine's gaze fell numbly to the ground, her hands hidden behind her. The scalding food had spilled across the back of her hands, leaving her skin seared and throbbing with pain.

"Jasmine, if you're playing games again, don't expect any sympathy from me." Daniel always took Serena's word over Jasmine's, his disdainful glare fixed on the latter while he consoled his love.

Jasmine was beyond caring; she was numb to their intimate gestures in front of her because all her love for him was gone.

She remembered vividly the heart-wrenching pain when, five years ago, this same man had sent her to jail.

Now, she felt nothing at all.

In fact, she even thought that Daniel truly belonged with Serena.

They were truly a match made in heaven.

Jasmine crouched on the floor, picking up the shattered debris while in her own world.

"Daniel, she doesn't want to take care of me at all; I can't stand her attitude," Serena pouted pitifully.

was quick to soothe her. "Serena, I'll make sure she does it willingly. She owes you and she's going to

it on Jasmine. "If you dare mess with Serena again, let's see which school

fingers stiffened as she collected the fragments, slicing her fingertip in the process a droplet of blood

threaten

sunk to a level that felt like she was groveling in the dust. "What

understand what she could do

Jasmine, you've taken twenty years of my life. If we hadn't been switched, I would have been the heiress of the Wilson family. I should have been the one enjoying a higher education, the piano, dance lessons... I should have been the elite San Francisco socialite, while you were meant to be trampled in the mire," Serena said, her voice thick with

ruining her wouldn't quench her thirst for

into the dirt-she wanted to destroy everything about Jasmine, cripple her, tarnish her reputation, and

enough

to be hers be stolen by

asked innocently, but her question was meant for Jasmine

Jasmine that everything she once had now

belonged to her, and so did

men who used to protect Jasmine now had no qualms about hurting her, just for

kissing Serena's fingertips with utmost affection. "But

voice sending chills down Jasmine's spine. "Seeing her struggle, I almost feel sorry

remained silent, not uttering

find someone to marry, given her reputation in San Francisco? Who would dare take her hand, right, Daniel?"

have been with countless men, potentially carrying diseases

an average Joe wouldn't dare

in

causing his dad a lot of worry. Despite Jasmine's bad rep and the fact that she has a kid, she might be a match for the butler's son,

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