Chapter 1 In my next Life; I'll love you.
Tears were laced down her face, as she hit the ground after the loud collision noise, she felt so much pain
The harsh sound of the break was enough to make her faint from shock, she knew immediately that she had been seriously hit, as she could feel her clothes getting wet from her blood.
The car door opened, and she was expecting the driver to rush down to her, and call for help, but got more happy when she saw it was the love of her life, Eugene Cole, her childhood sweetheart...
She is sure he had made a mistake to hit her, and since he's the one, she doesn't mind forgiving him. But why is he just standing there and not calling for help like he should?
With a loud rumble and some lightening, heavy rain began to pour, and it felt like he was prepared, because he had an umbrella with him. The blood on her body began to flow into a distance, as the rain washed it away.
She bit her lip in pain, as the cold water touched her opened wound as she struggled to climb forward, it didn't look like Eugene was in shock, because if he was, he shouldn't have even moved his body, but there he was, with a black umbrella, staring at her with a wicked smirk.
Didn't Eugene say that he loved her, and wouldn't mind spending the rest of his life with her, irrespective of the difference in their social status?
"Is she still waiting for you to bend down and lift her up because you were supposed to be the love of her life? "
A vibrant and familiar sound came from the car, indicating that her sister was in the car with Eugene.
The door to the passenger seat opened, and a woman stepped out of the car, with her black umbrella right in her hand, she walked towards the scene and proudly leaned her head on Eugene's hand as they both watched her in the pool of her blood.
"Now, do you still think he loves you and you are both destined to be? if that's the case he should have carried you and saved you."
Jasmine Carter looked up at her sister and called her name since it seemed Eugene wasn't ready to help. "why are you guys not helping me, please I'm in pain."
Danica Roseline Carter was her step-sister.
Wasn't it Roseline who told her to get rid of her given mate, and that the bond between mates isn't as strong as that of childhood lovers?
So what changed?
"C'mon look at you, even before this well-planned accident, you were as ugly as a baboon, and you think you're the one that is worthy enough to be with Eugene? You must be so delusional."
"To tell you the truth, even if you don't deserve it, but looking at you now, you are on your death bed, or rather still, you are on your death ground." They both chuckled at her joke. " The truth has been there the whole time, you were just too dumb to even notice or sense it, Eugene never loved you, isn't that right baby boy?"
Wait, what?
Widening her eyes, Jasmine was unable to believe what she had just heard.
Her eyes widened in shock, as she saw her childhood lover nod in approval, with a sinister smirk. "how do you expect the most eligible bachelor in town, to be with you? You have slept with his uncle and had even carried his child, and even aborted it, you disgust me just by staring at you."
Jasmine felt immense pain, and it became really hard to breathe, as she knew she had been played by her step-sister and her supposed love, and now they wanted to kill her.
Tears began to mix with the rain that was initially washing her face, she was setting with anger, and she knew there was nothing she could do now.
"So... you never loved me at all? You made me divorce my husband, even went ahead and manipulated me into aborting his child, all just for him to hate me, so you could conveniently get rid of me?"
"You don't ask the questions, we do, and yes that's right, so I guess I should have told you to put your hands inside fire, I'm sure you would have done it. Because I am still trying to see how dumb you are to divorce your husband just because I said so."
Danica's lips curled into a smile. "Congratulations, my dumb sister. You've finally become smart, even though it's on your death floor. "
Jasmine's eyes were closing, even if she was really annoyed at herself, for falling for their manipulations, and not being able to see through their lies, and call out their shits, but blindly following through with every decision they made for her, even when her life was at risk.
She hated herself so much, and hated them.
She stared at both of them as she began to understand the whole ordeal, and how dumb she had truly been.
How great would it be if time could be restored, and she could get the chance to pay them back their pound of flesh?
She knew she wouldn't last much longer because her bleeding wasn't stopping, and the ones around weren't making any effort to help her, her eyelid began to close slowly, and she was ready to embrace the cold hands of death.
She knew the end was near.
Just then, the sound of the wheel suddenly came from a distance, and a little hope sprouted in her, maybe the person coming would have compassion on her and help her.
She heard Danica's panicked voice. "What's Leonardo Grey Cole doing here? isn't that his car? shit! let's get the hell out of here."
Leonardo?
She was shocked. She quickly wanna try her best, at least to apologize, for all the wrong thing she had done, and how she treated him, she tried really hard to get her eyes open.
"But what was he doing here, If he had even been the one to hurt her it would have been better."
Her man, whom she had hurt on so many occasions, is parked right in front of her, and it looks like he's rushing to come down
She had hated him just for no tangible reason in the past, and now she's hating herself for it.
She hadn't been expecting to see him before she died, guess she is given a new opportunity to either redeem herself, or he's here to help her end it all, as a payment for how she had treated him in the past.
She kept trying not to close her eyes. She saw him slamming the car door without a care in the world, and with eyes soaked in tears, he was rushing towards her.
Baby, Babe.. I am gonna need you to stay awake, please.. someone call 911 please." he yelled at his security entourage,
Jasmine smiled, he's here to save her.
âYou silly goose, aren't you supposed to hate me?" She slowly mouthed to him, as strength was failing her.
" All I have ever shown you is nothing but pure hurt, I've hurt you for so many years. I didn't hesitate to kill our child and requested a divorce."
"You hate me right, don't you? you should be celebrating my death already."
"But why were you crying now?"
Why should he be sad? she thought to herself.
"Baby J" He called her the nickname he gave her, ignoring everything she had just said, he lifted her in his arms as they sat in the rain.
He reached with his trembling hand, wanting to touch her face, but he was afraid to break her, as her skin was like porcelain
The silver mask on his face covered his very sad facial expression.
"Leo," she called, then slowly placed her hands on his cheek, it took a lot of strength from her, then she looked at him feebly and tried to raise a pale smile. "You're so silly. Why are you here?"
The last sentence seemed to be a whisper, but he heard her clearly.
He placed his hands on her lips to shut her up when he knew that she was still trying to talk. "shh, baby girl, let's conserve your remaining strength please, where the f*ck is the ambulance!" He yelled at the guys behind him.
He knew she was going, due to the coldness of her body, and No it wasn't from the rain."Don't..." he tried shushing her again, as she attempted to talk.
"Leonardo" She tried hard to smile, not wanting him to see her embarrassed side. "Speaking of which... we've been married for so many years. I, I don't know what you look like. I do not know the face behind the mask."
So, please let me see your face.
I want to know what you look like Let me remember your face.
"In my next life, I'll love you, if a chance like this could come up again, a chance where I know better." She whispered as he stared dotingly at her.
Leonardo held tightly like she was going to fade away the next second, he knew she wasn't going to last that long because he felt that her temperature was dropping little by little.
His throat contracted violently, and his lips trembled because of sadness, the pent-up anger he had against himself, for not coming in early enough to be able to save her, he felt if he had come earlier he might have had the opportunity to save her.
After a long while, he knew it was a matter of time, as he also knew he couldn't say no to her, especially not at a time like this. "Okay."
He slowly pulled away the mask, and the handsome but sad face appeared right before Jasmine.
His eyes were delicate and deep and they were the loveliest shades of grey, just like his middle name, his nose was sharp and straight.
His lips were plump and lovely, and they were the deepest shade of pink, it is a lip you would always want to kiss. His face was pale and trembling due to his sadness and cold, his grey eyes were filled with tears.
A teardrop fell from the corner of his eye and hit the pale corner of Jasmine's lips.
She looked at him in a daze and chuckled after a long while.
Leonardo, you're so handsome..." she mumbled, then began to question herself, if this Greek god was who she left for that riff-raff called Eugene.
As soon as she said those words, a mouthful of blood flowed down from the corner of her mouth.
It was obvious that her strength had run out, but she still tried to smile.
She was as beautiful as a summer flower, just like when he first met and fell in love with her.
Leonardo hugged her, his eyes were filled with horror. His voice trembled as he said, "Please, Baby J don't leave me, try to keep your eyes open, don't do this to me! Don't leave me, I'll be miserable without you." He voiced out.
"I'm sorry..." Jasmine spat out another mouthful of blood as soon as she spoke.
She looked up feebly and stroked the man's delicate face "I was the biggest fool there is for aborting our baby, because why wouldn't I want my baby to have this beautiful face of yours?"
"I'm sorry for the mistakes I made and how I treated you, I listened to the wrong advice, I wish I could get a chance to live again, I will love you with every fibre in me.
"In my next life, I pray I meet you Gray.?" she whispered.
"Leonardo Grey Cole, if there is an afterlife... I will love you..." And with that, she went limp.
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"F*CK.." He groaned out in her ears.
The baritone she just heard was so soothing, she couldn't place what she was doing, all she knew was she liked the voice.
She suddenly opened her eyes, to meet with a familiar mask, and a large weight on her.
Before she could figure out what had happened, a manly hand grabbed her slender neck softly, as he pushed into her.
The man's cold lips were pressed against her ear, and his voice was low and hoarse. "You're so sensitive and w*t, not to mention that you are extra reactive today, with your tight snug, are you trying to force me to c*m quickly?"
Jasmine trembled all over, as her husband pushed more deeply into her, then her vision suddenly became clear, and she became aware of her environment.
There was a bathroom mirror in front of her, and they were busy having s*x right at that moment.
Her back was rested on the bathroom wall and in front of her was Leo who was busy pushing his d*ck deep into her.
