Married Mate

Capter 21

Jasmine's POV

Weeks & Months passed and I slowly got back to my regular shmegular life. I went back to doing what I loved the most and surprisingly I didn't lose any of my clientele. The only thing was that everyday there were flowers delivered to my home, it seemed like even though Gabriel was mad at me, he still wanted me to know that he cared. I won't lie, I liked the attention but I was a bit upset that Damon had not reached out. 

With every passing day Lance showed less and less interest in me or in even coming home. It got to the point where I no longer felt like I was in a marriage, It felt like Lance was more of a roommate that barely slept at home. So after a few long nights of thinking it through, crying and praying, I decided to file for divorce. 

You see, the reason why it was so hard for me to make this decision was not because I didn't want to but because being a Hispanic that was raised in an old fashioned home, I knew that divorce wasn't something my mother would've been happy with due to her beliefs on a traditional marriage; but then again my life was no longer something that classified as traditional or per say "Normal", I needed to do this for me.

Today is the day I get my freedom back, all ties with lance will be cut and I will never have to see or speak to him again. 

I made my way to my lawyer's office and I could see that Lance and his lawyer were already in the meeting room awaiting my arrival. 

"Hello Ms. Brooks, Please have a seat and lets get started. Mr. Brooks, Ms. Jasmine is not seeking compensation, alimony or anything of the sort. Her only request is that she keeps the house, you will have 1 week to remove any of your belongings. After a week any possession left behind is legally hers." He turned to look at me and warmly smiled before turning back to Lance and his lawyer. "Any objections?" His voice was cold and hard, not reflecting the warm friendly smile I was just given.

Lance leaned in to whisper something to his lawyer then went back to staring at me. His lawyer shook his head in response to my lawyers question and passed us the final necessary documents I had to sign. I read over them making sure Lance didn't sneak something in there and once I was satisfied, I signed. 

"You are officially no longer married. Congratulations?" My lawyer smiled as he held the door open for me to leave the meeting room. Smiling, I thanked him for everything he did for me and exited the building as fast as I could. 

I spent the day shopping and trying to keep my mind off the fact that I was no longer married. I decided that I could finally shop for the type of clothes that I LOVED. Being married to Lance had its cons, one which was that he controlled everything that I wore. He hated the fact that I had so much curves and mostly anything I wore would show them off. Or maybe he was just mad because he couldn't handle all of these curves. 

While shopping I felt a buzz in my back pocket, I pulled out my phone and didn't recognize the number that was texting but regardless I opened it. 

Unknown: Heyyyyy girl this is Michelle, I know that we haven't spoken in a few months but I would really love it if you could come see us. I had my baby and I need you to meet him, it's a must. Please save my number and reach out to me whenever you are ready to set a date. Love yaaaaaaaa xoxo  

Smiling, I shoved the phone back into my back pocket and headed to the cashier. I honestly did miss Michelle a lot and whose to say that Gabriel will be there? Last time I saw him the look he gave me was of a broken hearted man. That's not something that someone gets over easily. I miss him but he's just so hard headed, demanding, pushy, controlling and and and

"ughhhh" I groaned way to load for my liking. The cashier looked up "Is everything okay ma'am?" 

"Yes! I'm sorry..that groan was supposed to be mentally done." I weakly smiled, paid for my things and made my way out. I just need to go home and take a long bath. Today has been so exhausting and emotional. 

I made home in record time but only to find more than a hundred Dozen roses all throughout my house. My jaw dropped open in disbelief, I couldn't believe that 1. Someone had broken into my house and 2. This was so cute! Gabriel really outdid himself this time. I rummaged through the roses to see if I could find maybe a card or something. After 15 mins of digging thru the roses and pricking all of my damn fingers on the thorns, I finally found a card. 


Jasmine, 

         I'm sorry to hear that you are no longer married.. Well thats what I should say and feel but honestly I am happy that you are finally moving on and being happy.. you deserve that and so much more. I miss you more than anything and I hope all is well. If you need to talk; even if it's to just vent, I'm here for you. 

                    Always Yours Damon. 

So all these flowers weren't from Gabriel, they were from Damon. Wait how the hell did he manage to get into my house? That's beside the fact.. Damon cared.. He still cared about me. I could feel my heart swell with so much happiness & hope I didn't know I could feel ever again.  I found myself gripping the card to my chest like a teenager that had just received a love note from their crush. I mean who could blame me.. I kinda just did. 

Hola Amores! I want to take a moment to apologize for my absence. I know that it doesn't it matter why Ive been gone but I promise its for a good reason. I'm trying my hardest to get back to this book because honestly this is my baby and Ive missed all of you! Yes this chapter is more of a filler but still I hope you guys enjoy. 

The song that I was listening to while typing out this chapter was
 Kehlani- Niggas (insert smiling purple devil emoji)

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