Reborn Heiress: Married To My Ex-Husband's Rival-Chapter 15 - I Might Die Sooner!

"Lorraine!" Jasmine didn't know when she had whispered the name of the man staring back at her.

She paused close to the door while staring blankly at the man sitting closest to her father, his usual glasses were on as he smiled widely at her.

It took Jasmine a few minutes before she regained herself, noticing the weird gaze everyone around the long table was throwing at her.

She awkwardly pressed her lips together before making her way towards the nearest empty chair.

She sat but she could still feel Lorraine's gaze on her and it made her shift a little uncomfortably.

'How come he is back?!!!' She screamed in her head. Jasmine wasn't given a chance to dwell more on her thoughts when her father's voice rang out in the conference room.

"Hello everyone. I called this meeting with the design departmental heads because of a few changes." Mr Moore's voice rang, his eyes moved away from the others and landed on his daughter who was staring back at him.

They shared a moment of friction, something unspoken between them but in all, Mr Moore was displeased and Jasmine could feel that.

Her father's disapproval proved to be a load on her shoulders which weighed down on her massively.

Making her constantly wonder if she made the right decision by choosing Kingsley of all the men out there.

"Sitting beside me is Lorraine Qin, a top designer in the whole of LA. He would be managing all design departments as the current manager,Mr Pack is about to be transferred from this company to another subdivision company."

The moment the announcement were made, Jasmine's lips slightly opened as her eyes bulged out in surprise. She and the others would be reporting to Lorraine. She had to work with him?!!!

The others seemed very appreciative of the idea as they clapped, broad smiles on their faces.

Lorraine grinned before standing up from his chair and waved at everyone, looking very humble. His glasses and suit made him look very decent and cool.

"Thank you everyone. Well, just like Mr Trevor had mentioned earlier, my name is Lorraine Qin and I look forward to working with you all." His flashy smile made the ladies squirm in excitement.

Jasmine scoffed inwardly as she eyed Lorraine who flashed her a secret smile, making her roll her eyes.

After the meeting, Jasmine didn't want to waste any more time of her life in the room. She wanted to get far away from Lorraine!!

She made a mental note to talk to her father about this. Usually, he always inform her of stuff like this, why didn't he tell her this one too??!!

Jasmine huffed in annoyance as she stood up and made to leave but a cheerful voice called out to her. "Umm, Mrs. Elm.." making Jasmine pause from walking away.

Hearing the name "Elm" everyone else's faces were marked with disgust. Some whispered as they walked out of the room.

Jasmine closed and opened her eyes, telling herself not to smack him on the jaw to make sure his tongue was dancing on the floor!

She mustered up a forced smile as she turned around to face Lorraine who had called her. Everyone else had left but her father was still seated there, watching Lorraine and Jasmine interact with each other.

Lorraine's always soothing smile didn't drop, his eyes calm as he said to her. "It's been years, Jasmine, and honestly..." he trailed off as he shook his head. "You've changed."

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His compliment made Jasmine raise a single brow at him, silently questioning him about what he meant by that!

Jasmine folded her hands on her chest as she snarled at Lorraine. "Why are you even here??"

Mr Moore butted in at that moment. "I told him to come fill out the space since the current manager, Mr Park will be leaving soon!"

Jasmine rolled her eyes. "Dad, I know all these are lies. You can get anybody to fill in the space, it doesn't have to be him!!" She said pointing at Lorraine who furrowed his brows.

Lorraine giggled and Mr Moore shrugged." Well, I chose him. That's all that matters to me right now." His eyes scanned Jasmine's face before he added."Does he know about your poor health?" He suddenly asked, pulling Jasmine from her other thoughts.

Jasmine nodded before glaring at Lorraine. She walked past him and went to meet her dad who was behind. "Dad, Kingsley knows and he has put in measures to help but then again, I think I might die sooner if you keep Lorraine here! I can't stand him!"

Mr Moore sighed. "It has been decided already." His short reply made Jasmine lose hope.

Jasmine sighed before she stormed out, she made sure to use her shoulder to push Lorraine out of her way.

Instead of getting mad, an amused smile formed on his face, his eyes brightened a lot as he mumbled to himself. "Still as cute as I can remember." He said to himself before tucking both his hands into his pockets and standing straight.

The day rolled by quickly but Jasmine was still busy trying to work on the remaining files on her desk and when she was finally done, it was already getting dark. Jasmine clocked off work by 9 pm without realizing it.

Not surprisingly, the office building was eerily quiet and empty as everyone had gone home. She groaned while massaging her nape as she walked down the stairs, heading to the garage to drive back home before the 10 pm curfew starts.

Jasmine dragged her tired self to the garage as she headed towards her car. In the lonely, dim light garage, Only Jasmine was in the garage and she was feeling this burning gaze on her.

Her unease heightened when she started to hear approaching footsteps behind her and when she turned around, she couldn't find anyone.

Jasmine's eyes narrowed as she matched towards her car but she could still feel that sense of pending danger.

She initially started to think that it was her footsteps echoing but she purposely stopped and two faint sounds were still heard before it stopped abruptly.

Jasmine immediately knew that someone was following her. She tried to stay calm as she fiddled with her bag to look for her keys and phone.

Just as she was about to open her car door, a hand suddenly went around her mouth, stopping her from screaming for help!