Chapter 544 : JASMINE’S CONFRONTATIONS
The Alpha’s Unwanted Bride
JASMINE’S POV
Jasmine froze once she saw Xaden standing before.
Having him standing in her tent while she was naked was the last thing she had expected.
In fact, she hadn’t expected it.
But there he was.
Standing a few inches away from her while she stood naked.
With no one present.
Her heart instantly froze and for a split second she was unable to react.
She just stood staring at him.
She swallowed heavily.
It was as though she was seeing him clearer for the first time ever.
A loc of his dark hair came across his eyes and his bright blue eyes shown like the river.
His perfect facial structure and his neatly chipped zit.
He was so handsome she forgot how glaring he was.
How despite how broken and trauma stricken he was, he had an aura that brought him alive.
And then she remembered that she was naked once his eyes were roaming her body.
Conscious of the fact that she was naked, and also by the fact that her body had changed since she had lost her baby.
She very quickly picked up her clothes and covered her body.
He had seen her times without number naked.
But it had been such a while and moreover she was past him.
“Stop looking at me!” She screamed at him.
He quickly turned and backed her.
“I’m sorry.” He apologized.
She frowned in surprise.
He barely apologized.
If there was one thing she knew about him?
Xaden never apologized.
He was so full of his ego that he didn’t believe in apologies.
His apology had taken her aback, but she shook it off.
“What are you doing here?” She asked. “I don’t want to see you.”
“I need to talk to you.” He said.
“I’m undressed.” She didn’t like how she felt around him.
Most definitely didn’t like the fact that she was still affected by his presence.
It annoyed her and made her feel like she didn’t have control of herself.
“I’ve seen you unclad before Jasmine.” He said.
She was breathless.
Even after everything he had done to her.
She still felt the way she felt about him.
It made her angry.
“Before.” She emphasized. “No longer.”
“I’m your Alpha. You can’t turn me down.” He said. “I just want to speak to you.”
And the mean streak came up.
“What are you doing to do? Force me?” She asked cruelly.
“I didn’t…. Mean….” He sighed heavily.
There was a strange and pregnant silence between the two of them.
And then he sighed heavily again.
“Look jasmine. I just want to speak to you. I’m not going to ask for anything.” He said.
And then later in a very calm and quiet way he added. “Please.”
She felt her chest ease and anger tone down.
Soon all that rage was melting.
By that simple please.
She sighed and then put on her dress.
When she was certain that she was well dressed, she went to sit on the makeshift bed.
She didn’t want to be facing him inches away as he spoke to her.
She didn’t want him close to her because she didn’t just trust him.
She hated to admit that she didn’t trust herself either.
“You can turn now.” She said.
And then he turned and saw her.
Their eyes locked and she felt tensed.
She quickly looked away.
“Do you mind if I seat?” He asked motioning to the seat that had been placed in the room.
She wanted to say she minded.
She wanted to say he should stand because him sitting down meant that he was going to stay longer.
And she truly didn’t want it.
But she found herself nodding slightly instead.
He walked over to the seat and sat down.
“I wanted to talk to you about everything that has happened.” He said.
She felt a cold shiver down her spine.
It wasn’t really something she wanted to speak on.
“I don’t think I want to talk about this.” She said quickly.
“Jasmine I’m sorry.” He apologized.
Was she expecting an apology?
No.
Did it do much to make her feel any different?
At all.
She felt numb.
“I didn’t know it was mine.” He started and that irritated her.
“You didn’t know it was yours?” She asked in disbelief. “Xaden you know you’re the only man I’ve ever been with. You know this. And even if it wasn’t you would murder a child? You believed lies. Lies about me that made no sense.”
He sighed.
And it only made her further upset.
“You took something I wanted.” Jasmine said in anger. “At first you didn’t want it. I begged you to let us go. I pleased. And yet you refused. You made me stay and now look at. I should have never listened to you. I should have run away. I would have still had my baby.”
He seemed to be very uncomfortable.
She don’t care.
He deserved to be uncomfortable.
“I went out there. I risked my life. I did something stupid. But I went searching for you. Because I loved you.” She broke down her voice shaking. “Only to return and be thrown with accusations. Lies.”
“Every single time you have done something to hurt me. I have forgiven. Everyone has done something to break me. All my life I have suffered. I only wanted my own happiness.” She managed.
Her voice was filled with tears she could barely speak.
She had been holding it for a while now and she was pouring it out.
Letting him know how she felt.
“Your sister told you lies about me and you believed.” She said. “Do you know that I was the one who suffered? You think Jessica had things tough? I was raised a bastard and what makes it worse is knowing that She was never even my father’s child, but yet he raised her as mine and I was a slave. He still sold me to you. The scars on my back! Does Anna have any scars?! Have you felt her hands. Soft! But mine! Hard like a rock! I have scrubbed floors! Been humiliated. Been beaten. All my life I have never had it good. The moment I finally have something that I can declare as my own you snatch it from me. You TAKE it away from me.”
She gave a bitter laugh.
“Deep down you know. You know that Anna isn’t genuine but because she is your sister, you have simply chosen to let it go. Because she was stolen, you believe that it’s your way of making amends-
“Jasmine if you would let me-
“NO!” Jasmine screamed as she rose up to her feet glaring down at him, not caring if anyone heard her. “You would not tell me what and what not to do anymore.”
“I have forgiven. Been a fool. To everyone. You were supposed to be different. You were the closest thing I had to a mate. You were the only thing I laid claim to.” She said. “And so Alpha Xaden.”
She knew what where she was going.
Her voice was breaking as she was about to make a decision that would sever the bond between them forever.
“Alpha Xaden, I curse the day I met you. If I were a shifted wolf, I would have rejected you.” She said.
And it felt as though a part of her had broken.
“I want nothing to do with you. Ever again. I would still be a slave to you. But by wolf laws if someone else buys me from you. Even if it’s your worst enemy, I’ll rather go to be with them than you.”
And she felt her hands shake.
Her entire body trembled.
She could hardly breathe.
She wobbled so much that she almost stumbled and had to gently sit on the bed.
She saw him rise up and try to help her up.
But she reacted even though he was still away.
She withdrew. “Don’t touch me!”
“Jasmine I just want to know if you’re-” he started to speak but she caught him short.
“I SAID DON’T TOUCH ME!” She screamed louder as the tears flowed.
And he paused.
“Don’t touch me.” She said more quietly, rubbing her arms.
As if on cue, Nanny Nia rushed in.
“Jasmine is everything okay?” She froze instantly once she saw Xaden in the room.
“Oh.” Nanny Nia mumbled. “Alpha Xaden.”
He stood for a while just looking at Jasmine and then he walked to Nanny Nia.
“I’ll be going.” He said and with that he left.
Jasmine was still shocked by her own outbursts and Nanny Nia rushed up to her.
“Come darling.” Nanny Nia said as she gathered Jasmine in her arms and Jasmine began to weep uncontrollably. “It’s alright. I’m here.”
She wept for the man she had loved and now lost.
She wept for the child she had never gotten to have.