Revenge On The Scumbags

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“100 million dollars.” A deep voice said.

Gasps filled the entire hall again. Who was it??

Jasmine’s heart jolted. She knew that voice. That familiar voice that made her heart flutter. That voice that gave her sleepless lights. She looked up and her eyes met with his.

“Carl….” She said in shock.

He gave her a sheepish smile and turned back to the host.

“100 million dollars.” He repeated raising his bidding number up.

“One hudred million dollars going.” The host said looking around for any other person to call an higher amount but no one did.

“One hundred million dollars gone.” Claps and cheers filled the entire hall.

“Please step out young man.” The host said and Carl stepped onto the podium gracefully. Jasmine stared at him dreamily. He looks more handsome now that he’s claded in a designer suit.

She still can’t believe he’s the same person she had spent the night with though they didn’t do anything but just lock lips. She blushed when she recalled that night again.

“Are you okay miss?” Jasmine heard and turned to see Anna staring at her worriedly.

“Yes. Why do you ask?” She asked back.

“Your face is burning red.” Anna stated.

“Oh.” She placed her cold hands on her hot cheek to cool it down.

“I was just feeling hot.” She lied.

“Okay.” Anna replied and faced the podium.

“Congratulations. You’re the highest bidder of this event Mr…..” He trailed off waiting for Carl’s answer.

“Carl…. Carl Hermsworth.” Carl answered curtly.

“Isn’t that Carl Hemsworth, Tyler’s brother?”

“He must be rich like his brother. He is the highest bidder of this event.”

“Oh my God. He’s just like a greek god.”

“He has everything I want in a man. Good looking and wealthy.”

“He looks so handsome.”

“Check out those amazing abs almost protruding out of his outfit.”

“How I wish I can just have him for a night.”

Mumurs filled the entire room. Jasmine frowned in disgust. They are all acting like desperate whores.

“Okay Mr. Carl, here’s the Jewelry you paid for.” The host said and gave him the necklace resting in a jewel box.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Carl collected it and walked back to his seat.

“That’s a female necklace. Why did you think he bought it?” A lady seating close to Jasmine said to her colleague. Jasmine eavesdropped on their conversation quietly.

“Maybe he has a girlfriend. Who else would he spend that huge amount of money on?” The colleague replied.

“You’re right. Someone as handsome and wealthy as he is should already be taken. I mean, take a good look at his brother. He’s already dating Rosalie, our boss.” The lady said.

Jasmine felt her heart drop. They were right, she should have known that he wouldn’t be interested in her. After all, she was the one that kissed him and not the other way round.

He had just saved her that night that’s why he was friendly to her and he stayed the whole night in that hotel room with her because it would be rude to leave her alone so she shouldn’t get way over her head.

Though it hurt her, she still had to accept the truth that he was interested in someone and that person is not her.

She stood up from her seat and was about to leave so she doesn’t have to see Carl’s face again. It’s better to end her fantasies here so that it won’t get worse later and she’ll be at the loosing end. She has been hurt enough.

“Miss Jasmine. You can’t leave now.” Sandy stopped her.

“Why not?” She asked in a bored tone. Everything seemed really useless now.

“You still need to greet the investors.” Anna said.

Jasmine groaned in frustration. How could she forget that and Rosalie isn’t here to substitute for her. And now, she has to meet with the main person she was avoiding.

“I’ll just greet him and excuse myself.” She thought and took in a deep breath.

“Let’s go and meet them.” She said and left her seat.

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“Mr. Austin, thank you for gracing this event.” She said exchanging handshake with the middle aged man.

This was the tenth person she was greeting. She hasn’t seen Carl yet and she was grateful for that. She hoped he has left already.

“You’re welcome. I loved what you guys did here. I’m happy I was able to invest in your products.” He said.

“Same here sir. I hope you’ll invest in our products in the future.” Jasmine said with a dazzling smile on her lips.

“Same here.” The man said, gave her obe kast handshake and left.

Jasmine sighed tiredly. That was the last person since Carl is nowhere to be found. She looked around and saw that the hall was almost empty.

She took one last glance around to see if Carl was on sight but he wasn’t. She decided to head to her office and relax.

“You both should make sure to clean up this hall and see the rest of the guest out. I’m headed to my office.” She said to Sandy and Anna.

“Yes miss. Also, I wanted to let you know that someone is waiting to see you in your office.” Anna said.

“Who’s it?” Jasmine asked tiredly.

“He said he’s one of your close friends.” Anna answered with a smile.

“It’s a he?? Then it must be Leonard.” Jasmine thought.

“Okay.” Jasmine said snd left for her office.

When they noticed that Jasmine was out of sight, Sandy turned to Anna and asked;

“Why didn’t you tell her the person that was actually looking for her??”

“He said I shouldn’t tell her who he is.” Anna answered calmly.

“But wht?? I thought they are acquainted??” Sandy asked again.

“I don’t know. I’m just following orders.” Anna replied and flipped through the file she was holding.

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“What does Leonard want this time. I’ve already told him all I know about Rosalie. Well, some of it. Wait….. what if he has found out about her marriage??” Jasmine thought to herself and fastened her pace to her office.

She opened the door and saw a tall man standing in her office. He was facing the window, thereby backing her so she couldn’t see his face but she could tell that he wasn’t Leonard.

“Who are you?” She asked stepping into the office slowly.

“Is it that long that we met that you’ve already forgotten about me??” She heard him say and recognized him immediately.

“Carl.” She called and he turned back to face her.

“We finally meet again, Jasmine.”

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