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.

she does it willingly. She owes you and

mess with Serena again,

collected the fragments, slicing her fingertip in the process a

always knew how to threaten her

the ground, Jasmine sunk to a level that felt like she was groveling in the dust.

understand what she could do to

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

and even ruining her wouldn't quench

the dirt-she wanted to destroy everything about Jasmine,

wasn't enough to assuage her

to be hers be stolen

want to her?" Serena asked innocently, but her question was meant for Jasmine

to show Jasmine that everything she

to her, and so did

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

you do could be considered too much," Daniel murmured, kissing Serena's fingertips with utmost affection. "But you need to be good; you need to take care

Jasmine's spine. "Seeing her struggle, I almost feel

silent, not uttering a

find someone to marry, given her reputation in San Francisco? Who

wedlock and was rumored to have been with countless men, potentially carrying diseases who would be bold enough to marry

wouldn't

was, in

worry. Despite Jasmine's bad rep and the fact that she

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