Reborn Heiress: Married To My Ex-Husband's Rival
Chapter 24 That’s Compensation

Chapter 24: Chapter 24 That’s Compensation

"It was nice working with you, Mr Elm." Mr Richard said as he stood up from his seat with glittering eyes as if he had won the lottery.

Jasmine smiled widely at him while kingsley remained seated with a calm look on his face while his eyes were on the file sitting on the table.

Jasmine led Mr Richard out of the office with a big smile on her face.

The meeting was swift because Kingsley knew how well to play his card. But the stake was just too much for a 30% share in Raven’s Corp.

After bidding the man goodbye, Jasmine hurried over to Kingsley’s office and she saw him sitting in that same spot.

"Wow, that was quick and smooth but giving him thirty million for a 30% share, is like a lottery for him," Jasmine commented as she sat on the chair opposite him which Mr Richard sat on earlier.

Without dwelling on that, Kingsley grabbed the file on the desk and handed it over to Jasmine with a straight face. "At least, you are one of the major shareholders of Raven’s Corp now. I think the price was worth it." He said nonchalantly as if such a huge amount hadn’t been removed from his bank account.

Jasmine grinned while taking the file with a wide smile on her face. She opened it while talking. "So, how much am I going to pay you?? I don’t have thirty million."

Kingsley threw her a side look before his face was replaced with a blank look. "Isn’t this part of me fulfilling my side of the bargain? Play my pretend wife while I help you get Jack out of the way."

"I know but it’s just pretending to be your wife I’m playing, not like I’m going to sacrifice my womb, now you just spent thirty million." Jasmine babbled with a small smile on her lips.

"You might end up doing other things as my wife, so this is also me compensating you," Kingsley informed her, making Jasmine pause in her movement to look at him.

"Other things, like?" Jasmine pressed further but Kingsley stood up from the cushion and made way to his desk.

He sat on the chair while telling her off. "Go back to work now. We have a few more hours left before preparing to head over to my Grandpa’s place." His hands were busy writing down something while mumbling those words to Jasmine.

Jasmine pressed her lips together as she stared down at the file containing the shares, she raised her gaze to look at Kingsley who was still busy writing.

His words were still lingering in her head as she made her way out of his office. Whatever it may be, as long as she gets back at Jack...she’ll bear with whatever comes next.

She told herself to brace up because her plans to ruin Jack were finally taking place, it would happen slowly but surely.

Still daydreaming about her revenge, Jasmine sat on her chair, facing her computer.

She rested her head on the desk to think about what Kingsley said but then, her phone started to ring, making her raise her head from the desk.

Her brows twisted when she saw that it was from an unknown number, she quickly turned on her recording in case it turned out to be Jack who was calling.

She answered the phone call and waited for a brief moment and the person on the other line spoke up first. "Hello."

His voice made Jasmine frown deeply as she grunted, her face twisted. "Lorraine??"

Lorraine giggled from the other end. "I’m flattered that you can still recognize my voice so quickly." He said cheekily but Jasmine rolled her eyes in displeasure.

"Not going to ask how you got my number but, why did you call?" Jasmine demanded while resting her back on her seat, she wondered why he suddenly returned to LA after leaving all those years.

Angry? She was very much angry at him for leaving her behind just like that! Without any explanation whatsoever.

"I called because I know you must have been missing me." He replied.

Jasmine could tell that he was smiling, that his usual smile never dies—well, until that night at the garage, she could see how worried and scared Lorraine looked that he forgot to smile.

"Cut the chase, come out with it already! Why did you call? I’m at work!" Jasmine retorted, a little impatient. She didn’t want to have long conversations with him and his sudden interest is making her wary.

She wasn’t going to be friendly to people who had made her cry before, not just Jack but also Lorraine.

"Okay okay, I called because I didn’t see you at the office today, I came to ask you out for lunch but you were nowhere to be seen until your dad told me your husband called that you would be accompanying him to his office today." Lorraine took his time to explain his ordeal.

Jasmine hummed. "Since you know already, why did you call then?"

"Just wanted to know how you’re coping there with him? Are you okay all by yourself? Is he—"Before he could complete his words, Jasmine snapped at him.

"Keep your concerns to yourself, Lorraine. I do not need it, I’m not a kid. So far, Kingsley has never made me cry unlike you who has done that multiple times! Unlike you, I feel safe with him and you want to know why?? Because Kingsley Elm is my husband and I chose him not you!" Her face turned bright red, her nostrils flaring up as her lips shook.

Lorraine calmly said to her. "He is dangerous and everybody knows that! How can you get married to a stranger that’s tagged as a murderer who barely escaped Jail sentence because of his grandfather’s influence??"

Jasmine hissed in anger. "It’s better getting married to a stranger who makes me happy than getting married to someone called a childhood sweetheart who knows nothing but leaves me hanging! Kingsley is far way better than you!" She stretched out her last sentence between gritted teeth.

"Let’s not talk about me right now, I have reasons why I had to leave."

"And I’m sure you have no fucking reasons for coming back either!" Jasmine gripped her phone tightly.

Lorraine sighed. "Well, I do."

Jasmine raised her brows together as she questioned. "What are your reasons,huh?? Do not lie to me!"

Lorraine kept quiet for a brief moment, as if contemplating between what to say to her.

Jasmine growled out loudly. "Tell me."

Lorraine rushed out. "Fine, your dad invited me back to LA because he knows we were a thing before so he wants me to get you back from your husband’s claws. He wants me to chase you again."