Reborn Heiress: Married To My Ex-Husband's Rival
Chapter 35 He Is A Monster!!

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 He Is A Monster!!

Jasmine paused for a while, remembering a few nights ago when she heard Kingsley whimpering in the middle of the night. She stood close to his door as he cried as if he was in pain. As if his heart was being pulled out of his chest.

Now, she couldn’t help but think this was the same case happening. Before she could question him, Kingsley beat her to it.

"You called, want to talk to me about something?" He slowly picked up his words, his head resting on the edge of his bed, his legs were spread on the cold floor, and the phone was on his left thigh, the call was on hand-free mode.

His eyes were tightly shut, scared that if he opened them, he would be met with the scene of him killing his parents, and stabbing his mom again and again. Too afraid, he kept his eyes shut throughout the whole conversation, and the effect of the medicine slowly kicked in.

Remembering the reason she had called, Jasmine quickly took it to the back of her head and she said instead. "Oh no—I mean, yes. I called to inform you that I’ll be sleeping over at Nicole’s apartment, I won’t return home tonight."

A little disappointed, Kingsley muttered. "Ohh."

Jasmine sensed the slight pain in his voice and she wondered if she had heard wrong or if she was the one reading too much meaning to his tone.

"Yeah, Nicole extends her heartfelt gratitude for purchasing the house for her."

"It’s no problem, have fun tonight with your friend but don’t have too much fun," Kingsley mumbled, growing tired by each passing second but he tried to sound alright when all he wanted to do at the moment was crash on the floor and never wake up...till forever.

"Of course, I will follow the diet plans and take my drugs on time," Jasmine said, her mind envisioning Kingsley’s face when lecturing her on how to take care of herself.

’He doesn’t even care for himself.’ Jasmine whispered in her head.

"And, no alcohol," Kingsley said lastly. "The most important part."

Jasmine could sense that he was already exhausted so she didn’t stretch on the topic even though she had concluded that taking alcohol was all part of the fun.

"Of course. Good night." She wished him but he only hummed before ending the call. Jasmine remained quiet after that call, she knew better than to poke her nose into the affairs of Kingsley Elm. He was just a contract husband and not a best friend or real husband.

’No use worrying over him.’ Jasmine chanted in her head, overruling the thoughts of caring too much. He is an adult who could take care of himself even though he currently wasn’t doing that.

Jasmine’s mood dampened for some reason as she matched back into the apartment so they could prepare for their barbecue party.

Meanwhile, Kingsley remained sleeping on the floor of his room, his phone vibrating nonstop, his private doctor was displayed on the screen but he wasn’t answering.

His head was splitting up as the ache spread across his body, and his forehead was burning hot with a fever as he lay there.

Used to being alone and abandoned, Kingsley couldn’t bring himself to ask Jasmine to come over to the house to take care of him. He didn’t want to be a burden to his contract wife, he wanted this to be as professional as can be.

Now, he was burning up, he should have taken medications for it but instead, he took several of his anti-anxiety pills to calm his nerves.

Kingsley curled up on the ground as if being electrified, his body shook violently as he wrapped his arms around his body tightly.

His knuckles turned white and his face was as pale as white sheets, his lips were purple as he pressed his back on the bedstand. Suffering in silence.

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"I love this part of the meat more," Hailey said as she ate her steak and sandwich. Jasmine managed the vegetables and roasted fish.

Nicole was aware of her illness, and even though Kingsley wasn’t there, Jasmine was still receiving the same treatment from Nicole who wouldn’t allow her to take junk food or highly pretentious meals. Not to mention the ’No alcohol’ rule.

Jasmine watched Nicole munch on the barbecue and steaks with Hailey. The three of them were seated around a table in the garden, under the watch of the full moon. Numerous stars graced the sky and it was a really beautiful sight at night.

The cool evening breeze matched the evening’s temperament, cool and cozy. This was one thing Jasmine had missed a lot since Nicole left when she discovered she was pregnant.

Minutes rolled by and Hailey started to feel sleepy. Nicole excused herself and carried the sleepy Hailey out of the garden to place her in bed.

Jasmine sipped from the bottle of mineral water as she waited for Nicole to do the mother thingy.

In her lone time, Jasmine couldn’t help but think about earlier at the office when her father officially signed the partnership contract with Jack’s company.

Up to this moment, she couldn’t place the pieces together. She couldn’t figure out why her father would want to partner with Jack. For all she knew about her past life, Her father never liked Jack. Why the change?? What’s her father’s aim??

In the middle of her dilemma, Her phone on the table made a Bing sound and she looked down to check.

{Good Day, Mrs. Elm. Here’s a special reminder of tomorrow’s grand opening event. Please, grant us your presence.Same time and venue.} From J Tim.

A smile stretched on her face when she saw the text. She couldn’t believe she was in contact with the famous fashion guru. Top fashionista wanted her at his brand opening event.

Her happiness didn’t completely wash away when her phone started to ring this time and she sighed deeply when she saw that it was a call from her father.

Since her wedding, her father never called her again, he probably was the one restricting her mother from calling too.

"Hello, Dad," Jasmine responded and her father’s voice came from the other end.

"Jasmine, how are you doing??" He asked softly, hiding the knowledge that Jasmine must be pissed by his action.

Jasmine didn’t know how to feel about this nonchalance from her father. This was a new character she was witnessing, her father was never this inconsiderate of her feelings. Was this the level of hatred he has for kingsley?? Why so much hate??

"I am okay but Dad, you know how much I am displeased by what you did today. I and Jack’s relationship didn’t end on a good note and he kept threatening to kill me, you know all this, and yet,you went ahead to make a deal with him!" Jasmine started to pour out her heart, annoyance dripping from her words, her face slowly growing red.

Mr Trevor articulated. "Instead of scolding me, start to tell me about when you want to divorce Kingsley."

Again, he was being nonchalant, and Jasmine’s face fell. Never had she expected that after coming back to life again, she’d have to fight with her father this much.

She had wanted revenge on Jack, but her father was standing in her way and it was difficult to get mad at him for it. In her previous life, her parents lost her, in this life she wanted to make them happy but now, the opposite was happening.

"I’m never going to get a divorce. I told you before that Jack is a bad person, he doesn’t mean well for the Trevor family. He is manipulative." Jasmine tried her best to talk some sense into her father but he was rather stubborn.

"You are sounding too sure of what you know nothing about! Jasmine, Kingsley is more manipulative and he will hurt you. As far as I know, Jack has never slapped you before, or has he??"

’Slap??’ Jasmine scoffed in her head ridiculously. "Jack has done the worst things to me, Dad." She snapped, her eyes growing red as they tinged, and tears started to come out of their base. "Jack has done worse things to me." She repeated. Jasmine blinked her eyes several times to control her tears. A slap has nothing on her, Jack has killed her, and this was her second time on earth!!

Jack was a leech and she could tell he was finding his way to get close to her and harm her again. And this time, Jack was using her father to come near her.

Even with those words said, Mr Moore still remained unshakened. "But in all, Jack is still way better than Kingsley who is a murderer, and sooner or later, you will see how he turns his back on you too."

Jasmine screeched. "He is a monster to everyone else but me! He is a nice man, I live with him so I know that for certain."

Mr Moore made a sound. "Tsk tsk tsk." Mockery filled his voice as he said. "It won’t take long, Jasmine. You will realize all that I’ve just said about Kingsley." His eyes froze slightly,sounding sure as if he had known Kingsley on a personal level. Moore added. "He will hurt you very badly."

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