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Chapter 201
She hesitated, then shook her head. “Go on in and have a shower, sweetheart.” She kissed my cheek, “You must be exhausted.”
I knew Jorja. She’ll never talk about it unless she wants to. So, there was no point pushing my luck. I had somewhere important to be.
Promising myself I’d get it out of her later, I turned toward the stairs, shrugging off my suit jacket as I went. The house felt stifling.
It felt unusually hot tonight.
As I reached her door, I hesitated, my hand hovering just above the handle, contemplating if I should knock or just push the door open as carefully as I could, just in case she was
asleep.
It would be better if she was asleep. I’d be able to see her without having to talk to her.
I knew I wasn’t ready to see her just yet, but the pull was stronger than reason.
Carefully, I turned the handle, easing the door open just enough to see inside.
The room was empty.
Lights off. Bed untouched. Everything neat and organized
There was no sign of anyone in the room.
Where the fuck was she?
I shoved the door open with more force than necessary, stepping inside, my pulse already picking up.
“Kasmine?”
Nothing.
1 stalked toward the bed, scanning the room for any sign that she’d just stepped out for a moment. Her shoes weren’t by the door. No worn clothes were tossed over the chair. No discarded book on the
nightstand.
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The longer I stood there, the more that uneasy feeling morphed into something darker.
My jaw tightened as I spun toward the bathroom, yanking the door open.
Empty.
“Fuck.”
I ran a hand through my hair, the first sting of real panic slipping beneath my skin.
I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialed, but it went straight to voicemail.
My
lips pressed into a thin line as I swiped over to the tracking app and opened it. Without waiting for the app to load, I was already taking long, furious strides out of her
TOOM.
By the time I hit the stairs, I was seeing red.
“Mum?”
–
Jorja was startled at the urgency of my tone, her fingers twisting together in her lap. The way she flinched had my teeth grinding.
“Where’s Kasmine?”
She didn’t answer immediately. Just that slight hesitation was enough to make my blood. churn. I didn’t wait for her to speak.
My thumb swiped fast over my screen, tapping into the tracking app before the thought even fully formed in my head.
A small, pulsing dot blinked onto the screen.
She was not here.
I zoomed in. My breath locked in my chest.
She was at Velarié.
My jaw flexed so tight my teeth ached. I barely heard when Jorja finally spoke.
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“She–she went out for dinner,” she said softly.
1 lifted my head sharply, eyes narrowing on her. The nerves were all over her face.
“With who?”
Jorja hesitated again.
I stepped closer, my patience wearing razor–thin. “Mum?”
She exhaled. “Jaden.”
Everything stopped.
It was like the world sucked all the air from the room in one sharp pull, leaving nothing but silence and the violent drum of my heartbeat in my ears.
Jaden.
For a split second, I wasn’t even standing in front of my mother anymore. I was back in that old place in my mind–the one where he had embedded himself the day he vowed to
me that he was going to take away the sister I loved so much from me, all because I told him never to go near Kasmine when he approached me in school and told me he liked her.
That was over ten years ago, but it is still very fresh in my memory. And to make matters worse, my parents had told me they had betrothed Kasmine to him two years later.
But he would never have her, even in his wildest imagination.
The time flashed at the top of my phone screen. 9:28 PM.
My gaze snapped back to Jorja. “When did he get back?”
Jorja sighed, rubbing at her temples. “Kes-”
But I wasn’t listening.
My mind was moving too fast, too full of questions I couldn’t even ask because the fury. was swallowing them whole.
Jaden had been gone. Out of the picture. And now, he was back.
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And nobody thought I needed to fucking know?
Jaden had no regard for women. Especially Kasmine. He just wants her in order to taunt me… To show me he was winning after all. That’s all.
No wonder Mum was nervous. Because why would he fucking keep a woman out this late? No respect for her or her family!
Fuck.
Jorja shifted on the couch, worry tightening her features. “She’s just having dinner, Kester You know this has to happen.”
I stared at her, barely breathing.
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She was trying to smooth this over. But she knew me better than that. She knew I was never in support of this.
Without another word, I turned on my heel and strode for the door.
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Its about to hit the fan….on another note, kasmine is so dumb shes irritating now, how does shel not understand what shes doing to jake is disgusting? hooking up w her bro behind his back to
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