September 18, 2021
Saturday
8:20 am

~ Jasmine's POV ~

I woke up by hearing someone calling my name, I opened my eyes, saw Isabella, I let out a groan and said " 5 more minutes please? "

" No, come on. "

I let out a sigh, got up from the bed, she looked at me and said " I'll meet you in the kitchen. "

" Okay. "

She walked out of the room, I let out a yawn, do my routine, walked over to the door, opened it, saw Vito moved to the side, I walked out of my room, looked at him and said " Vito? "

" Yes? "

" I'm sorry. "

" For what? "

" For getting you in trouble. "

He shooked his head and said " It's not your fault, it was mine. "

I was about to say something until I saw Massimo standing there looking at us and he said " Isabella is calling you. "

I walked over to the kitchen, she looked at me and said " Hey, how did you sleep? "

" I slept okay. "

She nod her head, I looked at Alessia and said " Good morning Alessia. "

" Good morning Jasmine. "

" What are we making today? "

She told me what we are going to make, I nod my head and get started.

**

We are done cooking, I am here setting up the table and heard " Hey Jasmine. "

I looked at Aurora and said " Hey Aurora. "

" Need help? "

" Yeah, please. "

She helped me set up the table, she looked at me and said " Isabella and I are going to the pool later on, wanna join us? "

" Uh, I'm not allowed to go outside. "

" That's fine, we can go to the indoor pool. "

" Sure, I would love to. "

" Great. "

**

We are done eating, I am here washing dishes, I looked at Alessia and said " Alessia, can I ask you a question? "

She nod her head and said " Sure, what is it? "

" How long have you known Massimo? "

" I've known him ever since he was a baby. "

" Hey Isabella. "

I turned my head, saw this guy I've never seen before, Isabella smiled at him and said " Sandro, you came! "

She walked over to him, gave him a hug, he hugged her back, they pulled away from the hug, she looked at me and said " This is my cousin Sandro. "

Sandro looked at me and said " Hello beautiful I'm Sandro, and you are? "

" Jasmine. "

" Jasmine, what a beautiful name for a beautiful girl. " He kissed the back of my hand.

" Sandro. "

He pulled my hand away from his lips and turned around, Massimo gave him a look and Sandro said " Hey cugino. "

( A/n: Translation: Cousin )

" What are you doing here? " Massimo said and crossed his arms to his chest.

" Can't I come and visit my cousins? "

" You could've called. "

" What's the fun in that? "

Massimo shooked his head and Sandro said " This is the welcome I get? "

" Come to my office, we need to talk. " Massimo said to him.

They walked away, Isabella looked at me and said " I'll be right back, I'm going to go pick up something. "

" Okay. "

She walked away, Aurora looked at me and said " Wanna go to the movie room? "

" Sure. "

We walked out of the kitchen to the movie room, we sat down on the couch, she grabbed the remote, looked at me and said " What do you wanna watch? "

I told her what movie, she told me that she loved that movie, she played it and we watched it.

~ Massimo's POV ~

I am here in my office with Sandro, he looked at me and said " That Jasmine girl is hot. Is she your new girl? "

" No, she's not. You know I don't do relationships. "

" Right. So is she single? "

" No, she has a boyfriend. "

" Damn.. "

The door knocked and I said " Come in. "

The door opened, Dante walked in and said " Hey boss, Isabella is here with the packages. "

" I'll be right over. "

He nod his head, walked away and closed the door behind him, I looked at Sandro and said " Let's go. "

We got up from the chairs, walked out of the office to the basement to look at the packages.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

We are in the middle of the movie, Isabella walked in, looked at us and said " I'm back. "

She walked over to us, sat down on the couch, looked at the screen and said " I love this movie. "

" Same. " Aurora and I said.

A few minutes later, the movie is over and we are getting ready to go to the pool. Isabella bought me a bikini for me to wear, I walked in my room to the bathroom, changed into the bikini, cover up and fixed my hair.

Walked out of the bathroom, heard the door knocked and a voice " Jas, you decent? "

" Yeah, come in. "

The door opened, Aurora walked in the room, looked at me and said " You look great. "

" Thanks. Isabella has great taste. "

" She does, are you ready to go? "

I nod my head and said " Yeah, I am. "

We walked out of my bedroom, I followed Aurora down the hall, Isabella walked out of her bedroom, looked at us and said " Are you two ready? "

" Yes. "

I followed them to the indoor pool and Isabella said " I warmed up the pool. "

" That's a relief, I hate going in when the water is cold. " Aurora said.

We took off our cover ups, Isabella played some music, we stepped in the pool and begin to swim.

**

We are here in the kitchen cooking with Alessia, I jumped when I heard Massimo shouting in Italian, Isabella let out a sigh and said " Who's he talking to now? "

He walked in the kitchen, continued to shout at whoever he is talking to on the phone, he hanged up and Isabella said " Who got you all worked up? "

" Nico. "

He grabbed himself a drink, took a sip of it, looked at me and said " Your TV arrived, my men are setting it up. "

" Thank you. "

" Mmhm. "

" Why does she get to have a TV in her room? Let her bore herself to death. " Dante said and walked in the kitchen.

Massimo looked at Dante and said " Don't start. " and walked away.

" What? I'm just saying the truth. " Dante followed Massimo.

**

I walked to my room, made a turn, bumped into someone, the person quickly grabbed me, something cold is on my temple and heard the person reload their gun.

" It's me! It's me! "

I looked down at the arm, it's Massimo, I know cause of the tattoos and his scent. He lowered his gun, pulled away from me, looked at me and said " What are you doing sneaking up on me? "

" I'm not! I was just walking to my room. You bumped into me. You should watch where you're walking! "

He pinned me against the wall, wrapped his hand around my neck, leaned in, looked into my eyes and said " You should watch who you're talking to, what did I say about yelling at me? "

" I'm sorry, I just- "

" Never sneak up on me ever again or I won't hesitate to shoot you. Do you hear me? "

I nod my head and he said " Use your words. "

" Y-Yes sir. "

He unwrapped his hand from my neck, I catched my breath and he said " Leave. "

I speed walked to my bedroom, saw that the guards are still there by my door, Vito opened the door for me, I thanked him, walked in my room and he closed the door behind me.

I leaned my back on the door, let out a sigh, closed my eyes and catched my breath.Walked over to the bathroom, looked at myself in the mirror, my neck is not red, I let out a sigh, and walked out of my bathroom to the bedroom.

Saw the tv, saw the remote on the nightstand, walked over to it, grabbed the remote and turned on the tv. Go through the channels, leave it on a cooking show and watched it.

I start to think about my parents and boyfriend, I miss them so much. I wish I was with them right now.

How long am I going to be staying here?

**

I heard the door knocked, it opened, Isabella walked in the room along with Aurora, Isabella looked at me and said " Hey, what are you doing? "

" Watching this show. " I got up from the bed.

They are carrying boxes, Aurora looked at me and said " Your clothes are here. "

" Oh great. " I smiled.

They set the boxes down on the bed, Isabella gave me the box cutter knife, I thanked her, begin to cut the box, Aurora looked at me and said " We can help you unpack if you want? "

" Sure. "

**

We are done putting my stuff away, I thanked the girls, Aurora walked out of my room, Isabella looked at me and said " Can I ask you something? "

" Sure. "

" What's that on your neck? "

I bring my hand to my neck and said " Uh.."

She walked over to me, grabbed my hand, gently moved it away from my neck, examine it and said " What's this? "

" I.. have a.. rash..? "

" Jas.. I'm not a idiot.. Your neck is red and there's three fingerprints on it. Who did that? "

I stood quiet and she said " You know you can tell me anything. "

" Yeah.. "

" Does it hurt when you talk? "

I shook my head and said " Not really. "

" Let me give you something for your neck. "

" I'm going to go take a shower. "

" Okay. " She walked out of my bedroom. I picked out a outfit, do my routine.

~ Isabella's POV ~

What the fuck did Massimo do to Jasmine?! I walked to his meeting room, didn't bother knocking. I slammed the door open, the guys looked at me, Massimo's jaw clenched and said " What do you want, can't you see I'm busy? "

" I need to talk to you. "

" Can't it wait? "

I crossed my arms to my chest and said " No. "

He let out a sigh with frustration, looked at the men and said " I'll be right back. Angelo, continue the meeting. "

" Yes sir. "

He walked out of the meeting room, closed the door behind him, looked at me and said " What's so important that you have to interupt my meeting? "

" Follow me. "

We walked to his home office, I closed the door behind us, he looked at me and said " What do you- "

I slapped him across his face, he closed his eyes, he fist his hands, his jaw clenched, opened his eyes, looked at me and said " What was that for?! "

" Don't yell at me! You know what you did! "

" What?! "

" First lower your voice when you talk to me or I'll slap you again. Then I'll tell you what you did. "

He let out a sigh and said " Fine, tell me. "

" You hurt Jasmine. Her neck has three fingerprints on it and it's red. "

" She snuck up on me, I reacted so I put my gun against her temple and she yelled at me. "

" So you had to choke her?! * Sigh * You really need to control your anger when you're around her. "

" Are you done? "

I let out a sigh and said " Yes. "

He walked out of his office, I shook my head, walked out of his office, and went to the get something for Jasmine's neck.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

I walked out of the bathroom wearing this:

I heard the bedroom door knocked and said " Come in. "

The door opened, Isabella walked in the room, looked at me and said " Oh my God, that outfit is so cute. "

I smiled at her and said " Thank you. "

" Here put this on your neck so it won't leave a bruise. "

" Thank you. " I put it on my neck.

" Aurora needs our help. "

I looked at her and said " With what? "

" She is going on a date and she needs our help with finding the perfect outfit. "

" Let's go. "

We walked out of my room, I followed her to her room, Aurora walked out of the bathroom wearing a bath robe. She looked at me and said " Oh great you're here. I need help finding a outfit. My 4 choices is on the bed. "

I looked at the outfits and we helped her get ready for her date.

**

We are done, Aurora looks so pretty, Isabella looked at her and said " Does your Dad know about your date? "

" No, I just told him that I'm going out with Luciana. * Looked at the time * I gotta get going. "

" Tell us everything tomorrow. " Isabella said.

" I will. Thank you guys for helping me. "

" No problem. " I said.

She walked out of the room, Isabella looked at my neck, looked at me and said " If he ever touched or hurt you again, you come to me and I'll deal with him. Okay? "

How did she know it was Massimo who did it?

I nod my head and said " Okay. "

" Come on, I'm in the mood for some homemade chocolate chip cookies. "

We walked out of her room to the kitchen and get started on baking the cookies. " Hey girls. "

We turned around, Sandro walked in the kitchen, " Hey Sandro. "

" What are you baking? "

" Chocolate chip cookies. "

Sandro looked at me and said " Massimo wants to talk to you in his office. "

Isabella looked at me and said " You go, I got this. "

" Okay. "

I walked over to Massimo's office, I knocked on the door and heard him said " Come in. "

Opened the door, walked in, closed the door behind me, Massimo took one last puff from his cigarette, exhale, put out his cigarette, looked at me and said " Sit down. "

I walked over to the seat that is in front of his office, sat down, he grabbed a notepad and a pen, gave it to me and said " Write down all the things you need. "

I grabbed the pen, write down all the things I need, gave the notepad to him and he said " How's your neck? "

" It's okay. "

He nod his head and said " If you sneak up on me again, I won't hesitate to kill you. Got that? "

" Yes sir. "

" You can go now. "

I got up from the chair, walked out of his office, to the kitchen and helped Isabella.

~ Massimo's POV ~

When Jasmine walked out of my office, I looked at what she wrote, and read the last two things she wanted which is to call her parents and boyfriend.

I chuckled at that, she doesn't even know what's her precious little boyfriend is doing. I opened the drawer, took out a folder, set it on the desk and opened it. There's pictures of Jasmine's boyfriend cheating on her with multiple women.

I looked through them, put them back in the folder, in the drawer and called Angelo. He came in my office, I took the paper out of the notepad, gave it to him and tell him to get the stuff written down except her calling her parents and boyfriend.

He walked out of my office, I took a sip out of my whiskey, I rubbed my temples, the office door opened, Nicole walked in, looked at me and said " Hey Daddy. "

" Hey. "

She locked the door behind her, walked over to me and we had a sex session.

**

7:30pm

~ Jasmine's POV ~

Alessia looked at me and said " Jasmine, can you get Massimo for me and tell him that the food is ready while Isabella and I set up the table? "

" Uh, okay. "

She told me where his room is at, I walked over to it, knocked on the door, the door opened, Massimo is shirtless with his towel wrapped around his waist.

" Uh, Alessia send me up here to tell you that the food is ready. "

He looked like he just got out of the shower, water droplets go down his chest to his abs.

Oh my.. That's hot.. Wait what am I thinking..

" You like what you see? "

" Huh? "

Did I heard him right?

" I said I'll be right there. "

" Oh, okay. " I walked to the kitchen.

" Oh my God. " I mouthed to myself.

That was embarrassing, I hope I didn't make it obvious that I was checking him out.

I certainly can't deny how attractive he is. He's probably the most attractive guy I've ever seen, to be honest. Wait, what am I saying? I have a boyfriend for crying out loud.

What's going on with me?!

~ Massimo's POV ~

She's totally checking me out, I decided to tease her and said " You like what you see? "

" Huh? "

" I said I'll be right there. " I lied.

" Oh, okay. " She walked to the kitchen.

Once she left, I smirked to myself, closed the door and get dressed.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

Once I got to the kitchen, there's no one there, I set my hands on the counter, closed my eyes, and let out a sigh. Opened my eyes, turned on the sink, wet my right hand and pat my neck.

" Hey Jas. "

I jumped up a little, looked at Isabella, she looked at me in confusion and said " You okay? You look a little flushed. "

I nod my head and said " Yeah.. Yeah, I'm fine. "

" Let's go, let's eat. "

We walked out of the kitchen to the dining room, Massimo is sitting in his seat, I avoid looking at him, Isabella and I sat down and we all begin to eat.

A few minutes later, I felt someone looking at me, from the corner of my eye I see Massimo, I turned to look at him, we looked at each other and he looked the other way.

I looked back at my food, eat, heard " You seem quiet Ms. Stutters. Why aren't you talking? "

I looked at him and said " I have nothing to say. "

Dante let out a fake gasp and said " Wow, you talked without stuttering! It's a miracle! "

Isabella kicked Dante under the table, he let out a hiss in pain and said " Ow, what was that for?! "

" Can you say something without being mean? " Aurora said to him.

He shrug his shoulders and said " What's the fun in that? "

Massimo talked to Dante in Italian, he respond to him back in Italian, I looked at them in confusion. Dante grabbed his drink, took a sip, looked at me one last time, got up from his chair and walked away.

I looked at Massimo and said " What did you told him? "

He looked at me and said " Nothing, I just send him to do something. Go finish eating. "

**

We are done eating, I heard Massimo said " Jasmine, can I see you in my office? "

I looked at him and said " Okay. "

We walked to his office, I looked at him and he said " Go sit down. "

I sat down on one of the couches, he looked at me and said " I got something to show you. "

He walked over to his desk, opened the drawer, took out a folder, walked over to me and said " Open it. "

I looked at him in confusion and said " What's in here? "

" Open it and find out. "

I opened the folder, gasp at what I saw, my family, I looked through the pictures, felt my eyes start to water, looked at Massimo and said " Where did you get these? "

" Let's just say I have eyes everywhere. "

Once I finished going through the pictures, I looked at him and said " Can I give them a call? Please, they must be worried about me. I- "

" Shh. What did I say? "

I stood quiet, looked at the pictures and said " Do you have any pictures of my boyfriend? "

" That's all, you can go. "

I looked up at him, let out a sigh, and said " Can I keep the pictures? "

He nod his head, I got up from the couch, walked out of his office to my bedroom, and locked the door behind me. I sat down on my bed, looked through the pictures again, let out a sob, grabbed the throw blanket, covered my whole body and cried.

~ Massimo's POV ~

I took a sip out of my whiskey, my office door slammed open, looked at Isabella and said " What do you want? You can't just barge in here whenever you want! "

" Shut up! What did you do?! "

I let out a frustration sigh and said " What did I do now? "

" I was gonna go check up on Jasmine, I saw her crying and she locked herself in her room. What did you do? "

" She wanted to talk to her parents so I gave her some pictures of them so she can leave me the fuck alone. "

" Pictures? How did you get them? "

" I have my men keeping an eye out for them. "

" She wanted to see her boyfriend too, I would give them to her but I'll leave them for some other day. Let's just say, he's been cheating on her ever since she's gone missing. "

Her jaw clenched and said " What? "

I nod my head, grabbed the folder, gave it to her, she opened it, looked through them and said " That bastard! Poor Jasmine. "

She gave me the folder and said " You gotta let her call her parents, she's gonna keep asking you till you give in. "

I let out a sigh, lit up a cigarette, she made a disgusting face and said " I'm out of here. "

She walked out of my office, I smoked my cigarette, run my fingers through my hair and let out another sigh.

~ Jasmine's POV ~

I heard the door knocked and a voice " Jasmine? "

Not now Isabella, I don't want to talk to anyone right now. I miss my family so much, just one phone call, that's all I'm asking for.. I just wanted to let them know that I'm okay..

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