Give Me 15 Days

Chapter 13 : What Have I Done

"Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldn't have. Maybe there's a whole assortment of impossible people waiting for me to find them. Waiting to make me feel the same impossibility over and over again."
― Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell The Wolves I'm Home

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"My bad. Not just the flower handlers but also the CEO. It has been emailed 1 week before the flower is delivered. So you should know better than to give excuses." Zach says sternly. He glares at Robert.

Robert feels like his legs are slowly giving up on him because the CEO is looking at him right now with a hard glare.

"I heard that your son is in the hospital right now, is it true?" Zachary asks him.

"Y-yes. I just found out he has a tumor in his brain when we went to the medical check-up last week and that the tumor is getting bigger every week." Robert explains.

Zachary clenches his fist. So tight that his knuckles are turning white. He sighs.

"Alright then Robert, pack your things and go to the hospital to accompany your son-

-you are fired as in this moment." Jasmine's head snapped to the guy. She stands up from her seat as she analyzes the situation.

"It was not his fault, he was distracted by the fact that his only son is sick!" Jasmine shouts. Making everyone shake their heads at the brunette. She should know better than to interfere with the meeting especially when it was handled by the CEO himself.

Bam!

Everyone in the meeting room was shocked by the sound. It is the sound of the CEO banging his hand on the desk. Some even close their eyes and hopes the meeting would end well.

Jasmine looks at her fiancee, not believing what just happened. She see how Zach's is glaring straight into her eyes. She has never seen him like that before. But she doesn't care, what is wrong is wrong, but punishing someone because of that is not fair. They make eye contact with each other before the brunette storms out of the room. Anne follows behind.

"Hence, I decided to.." Zach's voice is no longer audible since the door has closed behind them.

Little did Jasmine knows, she just made a big mistake.

"What do you think you just did, Ms. Jasmine?!" Anne scolds her. It has been 3 hours after the situation in the meeting room and Anne has been scolding Jasmine ever since they arrived at the CEO's room.

"What? Are you trying to defend Zach now? Is it so? Ha, of course, you will always follow what he said, don't you? Are you sleeping with him now, Anne?" Anne furrows her eyebrows.

"Excuse me?" Anne could not believe what the brunette just said.

"I'm not like you, being with someone who slept with-

"Anne!" Jasmine turns to look at the owner of the voice.

Zach.

"I- I'm sorry, Zach." Anne looks down, regretting the fact that she has almost tell her the truth even though it is not the time yet.

"You can go now, Jason will email all the issues in the meeting and the solution. Go home, Anne." Zachary tells his assistant. She has been working hard for the past few weeks so she deserves a rest. Anne nods her head and quickly walks out of the room.

"Zach, the meeting--

"Stop whatever you think you are doing right now, Jasmine. I don't what to hear about it." Zach ignores the girl as he sits.

Jasmine feels like her heart has been stabbed. What's with the sudden coldness and the names. If before she likes it when Zach calls her name but now, it's like he doesn't want anything to do with her anymore.

"You cannot fire Robert, he did his best and-

"Jasmine Sullivan!" Zach raises his voice. Jasmine gulps. This is not Zach. He would never raise his voice at her.

"I called Thomas, he will send you home." Zach is typing on his computer.

"No, I don't-

This makes Zach feel like he has enough with this behavior of her. He stands up and walks to the girl who is currently standing. 

Zach walks towards the girl and she backs until her back hit the wall. Zachary puts both of his hands beside the girl, trapping her so she could not run away.

"Princess, I hate it when I raise my voice at you. But please, respect my decision, and never again disrespect me in front of my co-worker." He tells the brunette in his raspy voice.

Jasmine just stares at him, thinking about what she should say next.

Zach couldn't believe himself. How can he raises his voice to the woman he loves. He clenches his fist then walks over to his desk and sits on it. He puts his hand over his face when someone barges into the room.

Thomas.

"I thought you told her about the decision? You haven't told her yet, Z?" He asks the guy who is looking at the scenery from his window.

"Tell her in your car later, bring her home safely. Do you understand, Thomas?" Thomas nods his head. He knows not to play around when his best friend is mad. 

"Princess, I hope you know that I hate it when I get mad at you," Zachary says.

"It was a mistake to bring you into the meeting room, I'm sorry." He continues. Thomas shuts the door as he and Jasmine walks over to his car.

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"I never like you, you know that right? I strongly opposed to the agreement that Zach made between both of you. I don't understand why he insists on making you fall in love with him especially when-

Jasmine raises her eyebrows. She looks at the boy.

"When what?" She asks him. She saw him sigh.

"When I know you will never fall in love with him," He says.

Jasmine bits her lips. She will never love him. She only loves Harry, even though he likes to control what she eats. She loves the fact that the boy is working hard in his grandfather's company.

"What will happen to Robert? How can he pay for the surgery when he just lost his job?"

He looks at the girl beside him. He sighs and says,

"He really doesn't tell you yet. Unbelievable." Thomas rolls his eyes.

"Tell me about what?" The brunette asks.

"It is true, he fired Robert. It is because Zach wanted him to be with his son for all the treatment later on." He says. He stops the car beside the road. Jasmine's eyes are now full of curiosity.

"Yes, so why does it matter?- Thomas, I know you hate me but are you going to kill me right here?" She asks when she realizes the car has stopped.

"It does matter you idiot pick-me-girl. Zach paid for his son's surgery plus he will also earn a salary while he takes care of his son. It's like him taking care of his son is his work so he doesn't have to get to the office." Thomas explains to the brunette. 

The brunette's mouth is wide open, she puts her hand over her mouth.

"Thomas, what have I done.." She regrets it. Every harsh word that she just said to him. She even shouted at him in front of his employee. She has to apologize to him. As soon as possible.

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A/n : That's it for chapter 13, I hope you like it. Thank you for reading :)

See you next chapter!