AMORE

You were good to me

"Adam?!" Jasmine gasped with tears in her eyes. "Adam, I don't-" her voice cracked and her legs gave off. She was about to fall down from the weight of being betrayed, but before she could touch the ground, he held on to her.

"Jasmine sit" he ushered her and sat her down on a chair.

Jasmine shook her head with tears in her eyes and let out a sob. "I can't believe that you would do something like that to me Adam" she whispered; her voice weak from restrain.

"I never did any of this to hurt you Jasmine. I waited for you to leave-" he started off explaining, but Jasmine wasn't having any of it.

"You didn't mean to hurt me?!" she asked bewildered and continued; "I am pregnant Adam. He is the father to my child. Your best friend. The love of my life"

"He is not my anything Jasmine. he chose the Italians over us and is pretending as if he is doing this for us. He has forgotten the pain and hatred that they have inflicted both him and Isabella. Today he has left me and tomorrow, he will leave you for a-" the sentence wasn't even uttered before Jasmines hand collided with his cheek, silencing him immediately. The sound echoed in the empty warehouse and for a minute, they both sat there without saying anything.

"You are like my own brother Adam. You helped me through tough times and held my hand when my family threw my out. You introduced me to Khalid and have been the only one I have trusted in all these years. Even now, I came back to convince you to accompany me because I am worried that you will get hurt. If not, I would lecture you on eating and taking care of yourself. What did I know, that you were feeding yourself hatred every day" she spat out, anger radiating from her.

"I don't know he manipulated you Jasmine, but the truth is that he is an disloyal bastard and needs to man up. He should start war, but with the Italians. He should go screaming about Moretti being alive, but instead he is celebrating parties and giving him his sister as a present" Adam responded with the same intensity.

"And you claim to love the girl? You are reeking from jealousy. But this one is not for Isabella, but for the title of being Khalids best man. You are worried that Lorenzo will take your place and therefor you want them to fight. you don't love Bella so stop playing with your own mind. You love the position that he has to offer" Jasmine revealed the truth to him, feeling disgusted by the man in front of her.

It became even worse when Adam laughed loudly. "Aren't you smart Jasmine? Let me tell you this, I may be evil but I have loved her since we were children. Ever since her father would take her over for the holidays and we would play together. I have never ever stopped loving her and you can call me pathetic, but don't say that I didn't love her"

Jasmine chuckled and shook her head; "She loves Lorenzo. She loves him whole heartedly just like you claim to love her. Diego and Scar have told a lot about how long he has waited for her, Adam. Don't take that away from them. Prove that you love her by putting her happiness first" she whispered the last sentence and rubbed her belly.

Adam flickered his gaze to her stomach and hesitated before stretching his hand out. "May I?" he asked and pointed to her stomach. Jasmine let out a mix of a sob and a chuckle as she nodded her head. Adams hand graced on the bump that was barely there. "Do you want it to be a girl or a boy?" Jasmine asked, to which Adam just snickered without talking.

"What do you want me to do?" he asked her instead and looked her right in the eyes and this time, he had tears in his.

"Leave" the girl whispered and her heart ached at letting him go. She had loved him like a brother and she didn't want to lose him. however, she knew that she had a family now and would do anything to protect them.

Adam nodded and stood up from his crouching position. "You were good to me" he whispered and started walking out the door. jasmine saw as he was on his way out and held on to the chair tightly to not stop him. however, he stopped himself and looked back.

"A boy" he said and smiled. Jasmine furrowed her brows, showing her confusion. "I want it to be a boy so he can be named Arman. A wish in Persian" he told her and smiled sweetly before walking out fully.

That was all it took for Jasmine to start sobbing alone in the warehouse. She had just lost the closest thing she had to family and the thought of that made her sad. She shook of the thought and started walking back to the car that was left unattended outside.

"You made the right choice" she told herself and sat down, on her way to the mystery hidden place.