Chapter 67: Slighted
Jazmine Harrison went straight to her room and closed the door. Memories rushed to her mind.
"No. No. No..." She placed her hands over her ears and shook her head vehemently. Ever since she had lost her everything in her last life, she had sworn to never let herself fall for those sorts of feelings. But what she had felt with Sebastian Crowne... even if they didn't do anything, was stronger than her experience with David Anderson.
She pushed back those memories that wanted to emerge into the depths of her mind. Whatever her relation was with that crafty man, whatever was hidden in her heart, she wanted it to stay hidden.
That crazy man was bad news for her.
Not long after, there was a gentle knock at the door. Jazmine's face twitched. She knew who it was. She didn't want to answer. After a long silence, she expected the person would have already left and sighed in relief. But to her dismay, there came another knock. After five such knocks, she couldn't tolerate the slow torture and opened the door.
"Is there anything?" she managed to say in a calm tone. She pretended nothing happened. She didn't want to give him any satisfaction that he had any sort of effect on her.
"Are you alright?" Sebastian Crowne inquired quietly. No more words. His soft eyes conveyed all the unsaid feelings of genuine concern — the feelings that couldn't be faked in words.
"What would happen to me?" she said with a frown, continuing to pretend. But her heart rate picked up.
There was a flash in Sebastian's eyes, and he walked in without being invited. Jazmine was amazed at his boldness. She turned and looked at his back. He seemed to be inspecting the place. "This is not your home."