KEITH’S POV
I left Jasmine’s house feeling dumbfounded. I was in complete and utter disbelief of what had just transpired.
After I was sat in the car I looked back at her house one last time. Part of me was expecting her to come running out of the house to tell me she hadn’t meant everything she said and was taking it all back. She didn’t come out though.
None of the things I had expected to happen had happened. I had expected it all to be a trap for her to . That I would go in there and she would try to convince me of her innocence, and try to blame Diana,
My purpose here was to let her know that it’s okay and that she can ask me for more money. I expected her to bring up her supposed innocence and try to convince me to move her back into the mansion
However, she didn’t bring up her innocence once or even talk about her situation in the house.
What surprised me the most however was her tone whilst talking to me. She seemed annoyed and furious. There were even a few times she talked back and snapped at me.
Jasmine had never ever talked to me like that before. She was always mild mannered and polite. However, she seemed to, be fuming as I spoke with her just now.
The only person she showed any ounce of the kind personality I once knew was to Anthony when she told him to leave.
What had happened to the woman who was always desperate to see me and pathetically beg for me to hear her out when she knew she was in the wrong? Today I saw no sign of her. Like a switch that had been clicked she instantly changed. Was she alright? What had suddenly changed?
Why was she now mad at me? I thought to myself as the car began to move and we made our way to the mansion.
I thought of her all her actions recently. She stopped coming to see me, she didn’t even attend the Acland event. She got a job as a waitress,
If her actions lately were all a plot to get me to see her and talk to her, today was her chance and she didn’t use it. It was clear that she wasn’t plotting for that. She seemed genuinely upset with me.
As I thought about it something occurred to me. Perhaps she had actually given up on trying to speak with me and getting my attention because things hadn’t gone her way. She was mad at me because I wouldn’t listen to her neither did I believe her. It was a possibility given her attitude today. So she was now throwing a tantrum.
She seriously thought she was faultless? I wondered. If that was the case did she think refusing the maids and her allowance was a way of getting back at me? She was only making her life more difficult. If that was the case then she had absolutely lost it. I imagine she was already having a hard time at work. Now having to cook, clean and do everything else for herself was going to be a challenge. She was going to see the difficult task that awaited her.
I shrugged my head at how ridiculous Jasmine was being. The situation she was in was her fault. No one forced her to mistreat Diana she did that unprovoked. Then on top of that Instead of owning up to it she makes up all these false stories about her innocence. That instantly put me off her when I investigated myself and saw she had in fact been the culprit. If she would just own up to it and apologise I would more than happy to talk to her and we could discuss her situation.
If she had done it much earlier I would have never had her moved out of the house. I let out a sigh of disapproval. How could she not see her fault in this?
I really used to think Jasmine was a mature responsible woman but seeing her act childish like this showed her true colours. What’s more her immaturity was getting worse as time passed. Ever since Diana entered the picture Jasmine’s actions have just been so irrational it was crazy.
When I arrived home and got out of the car. I called for one of my men who quickly came forward. "Keep an eye on Jasmine and report to me her actions, when she eventually tries see me let me know as well," I instructed him.
"Yes, sir," he accepted my order.
I knew this was all going to blow up in Jasmine’s face in due time. When eventually she became overwhelmed by the situation she put herself in, I planned to rescue her. At the end of the day I still cared for her.
However, with all this in mind there was one thing that was something bothering me. Something that didn’t make sense when considering my theory over the reason behind Jasmine’s actions.
"Mum if the maids are here does that means we won’t be cooking tonight?" I recalled Anthony’s words to Jasmine before she asked him to leave. Why would he say that? It was as if he was insinuating that the maids weren’t there before and they were the ones who typically cooked...But that didn’t make any sense. Neither did Jasmine bring it up at any point during our conversation. I began to wonder whether it was just a passing comment or something else.
I thought of the pictures of Jasmine and Anthony I had seen on the wall of their living room. They looked so happy and carefree. Like they were having fun together. I thought to myself that doesn’t seem like a crazy person to me...
I entered the mansion with my confusing thoughts still on my mind.
"Honey, you’re back," a familiar voice greeted me. I looked up and saw Diana waiting for me and then come towards me.
Hey, Diana," I said to her. My arms opened for her and hugged her briefly before kissing her on the lips.
"You didn’t have to wait for me," I told her. I had already informed her I would stopping by Jasmines house.