JASMINE
My hands were shaking as I held the phone, my heart pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of my chest.
The mansion was quiet, but the silence only amplified the storm inside me. I needed to know what was happening with the leaked project. I needed to know if Stephan was okay.
The accusation hit me like a physical slap. My breath caught in my throat, tears instantly stinging my eyes.
I stared at the phone in my hand, my vision blurring with tears. The pain was suffocating. After the tenderness of last night, after the way he had held me, loved me, promised he was with me… he still chose doubt.
The writer had won another round and I was left here, alone, accused of betraying the man I loved.
I sank onto the edge of the bed, sobs shaking my body. "Why?" I whispered brokenly. "Why does everything keep turning against me?"
Here I am already thinking about the whole illness trouble and all of a sudden another shit has been pointed out to me.
