Molten Chocolate - S01 E61

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Molten Chocolate - S01 E61

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 61

Evan's POV

"Son, we cannot seem to get an exact location on Jasmine. We tried tracking her cellphone, but we lost the connection," my father explained on the other end of the phone.

I was already settled in my private jet, EJ next to me.

Zenia! I thought and dialed her number.

"Hello?"

"Zen. It's Evan. I need Jasmine's exact address."

"I can't provide you with such."

"Zenia, please! I need to get to your sister as soon as possible!" I begged.

"I swore to secrecy. I'll be betraying Jasmine if I tell you."

I knew, at this point, she wasn't going to give me the address unless I did something I never enjoyed doing. Bribery.

"Zen, if you do this for me, I'll give you the capital to start your own clothing line and boutique, and that's a promise."

There was a long pause on her end, which was a good sign because I knew she was considering my proposal. Jasmine had told me that it was her dream to own her fashion boutique one day.

"Okay. I'll text you the address and apartment number."

Bingo!

We hit the skies ten minutes after.

When we arrived in L.A. at 5:45 p.m., EJ and I went looking for the address Zenia had texted me.

"I think it's this one," EJ said as he pointed to apartment 12.

"Lets go."

We headed up the stairs; then, we heard a gunshot.

"STAY BEHIND ME!" I yelled at EJ as I ran towards Jasmine's apartment.

I had no idea where the gunshot came from, but as I got closer and closer to apartment 12, I heard the cries of a baby.

I burst through the door and my blood boiled instantly, reaching an all time high. Aria was standing there with a gun. Jasmine was lying on the floor with blood soaking through the T-shirt on her back; the baby was still wrapped up in her arms underneath her, crying.

I speared Aria to the ground like the wrestler Roman Reigns.

The gun flew out her hand and slid underneath a nearby couch.

"EJ! CALL 911!" I shouted as he walked in cautiously. His eyes popped when he saw the situation in the room.

He took out his cellphone and took Jevan out of Jasmine's arms. Jasmine wasn't moving. She was lying face down in a pool of blood. Her blood was all over the baby.

I picked Aria up and slammed her into a corner. I was not a woman beater, and I didn't like manhandling women, so I wretched her hands together with my belt and placed her onto a chair. I snatched my engagement ring off her finger.

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"Ev... Evan," she mouthed. The wind was knocked out of her.

"Shut the hell up. Don't even try to speak to me. You'll pay for everything you've done!"

"I'm sorry."

"You took a gun to Jasmine's apartment, and you shot her with my son in her arms, and you're going to tell me that you're sorry?"

She looked at me with fear.

I slapped her across the face. "WHAT ARE YOU SORRY FOR ARIA!?"

The sound of a blaring siren flooded the premises. Jasmine was carried away by the medical team, and they took Jevan as well.

The police officers, who accompanied the ambulance, arrested Aria and found the weapon she had used to shoot Jasmine beneath the couch.

EJ and I followed the ambulance in our rented car.

I paced in hospital ward, again. My eyes flooded with tears and a banging sound was in my head.

"It's going be okay, bro. Jasmine and Jevan will pull through this. They'll bounced back quickly," my brother comforted me.

"How could I had not have seen this coming? My son is in a state of trauma at just two months old." Tears slipped out my eyes.

EJ wrapped his arm around my shoulder and led me to a chair in the waiting room area.

After five long hours, two doctors came up to us.

"Evan Hollen?"

"Yes?" I lifted up my head and wiped away the tears.

"I'm Doctor Harvey and this is Doctor Johnson. We have news on your son's condition and your--"

"Fiancee," EJ inputted.

"Fiancee's condition."

"We've managed to retrieve the bullet and stop the bleeding, but the bullet almost reached her right lung. This means she was shot at a very close range."

"Oh God, is she going to be alright?"

"Yes, Mr. Hollen. She's going to pull through just fine. There will be swelling and pain around the wound, but it should go down gradually with rest and medication, and we'll provide pain killers as well.

In your son's case, he is okay. There's a small bruise on his forehead, which means he endured a bit of impact. We've conducted a head scan and it came back normal. We'll bring him to you in a few minutes."

"Thank you so much, doctors. I greatly appreciate this."

"Just doing our jobs, Mr. Hollen."

Jevan was placed in my arms after another twenty minutes. His big bright eyes looked directly in mine. He gave a small smile then closed his eyes. I held him up to my shoulder and felt his small hands hugging around my neck.

"He does look like you, bro, and you two are bonding instantly," EJ said as he looked on with a smile.

"Yeah. I can't believe how stupid I was."

"Man, don't put that pressure on you. Aria had everyone fooled. You just need to let that go and look forward to the future with your kid and your new fiancee."

We shared a small laugh.

"I don't think she'll ever forgive me," I said.

"Just think positive, bro. Jasmine still loves you."

"Mr. Hollen, your fiancee is awake," Doctor Johnson interrupted.

"Can I see her?"

"Sure."

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I handed Jevan over to EJ and followed the doctor towards Jasmine's room.

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Jasmine's POV

I woke up on a hospital bed. I knew where I was instantly because it was the one place I hated.

"Jasmine Blackman, how are you feeling?" A doctor stood inside the small room and was looking at me.

"I feel like my back is under attack."

"That's because you were shot in your back. Do you remember being shot?"

I nodded.

Aria aimed the gun at Jevan's head, but I quickly turned around and the bullet penetrated through my back instead. I hit the floor, with Jevan underneath me.

"Okay. Your fiance is here and he's coming to see you now."

Fiance?

After five minutes, another doctor ushered the so-called fiance into my room.

Of course, Evan.

They left us in the room alone.

"Hi," he started. "How are you feeling?"

"I'll be fine. You told them you were my fiance, Evan?"

"Yes, I did."

I scoffed.

"Jasmine. I'm really sorry for everything I did to you. I'm sorry for not believing you and for not giving us another chance. I'm sorry for putting you out my house along with my child. I'm so sorry. Words can't describe how sorry I am really."

The tears welled up in my eyes.

"Evan, just stop. This doesn't change anything between us. I don't care how sorry you are, I just don't. This never would have happened if you had just listened to me."

"Jasmine please... Let me--"

"Stop it. This thing is over. Me and you are over. It was over for me the moment you put Jevan and I out your house and sided with your FIANCEE! The same woman who sent her ex-boyfriend to attack me in my apartment when I was pregnant with your son! The same woman who paid to have a false DNA test done to show he wasn't your son."

"Jasmine, I didn't know."

My tears poured down. He made several steps closer to me and got down on his knees next to the bed. Tears in his eyes, too.

"Jasmine, I want to be there for you and Jevan. I want us to start over and have a family together. I want you back Jasmine. Just please give us one more chance. I know we could pull through this together and build a future. Please Jasmine, please don't shut me out."

"No."

I had had it. I had had enough of everything life threw at me.

"Jevan is your son so I wouldn't deprive you of being a father to him. You can fly to L.A. whenever you want to see him. As he grows up, he will travel to see you and spend summers and Christmases with you."

"Jasmine, I can't be traveling back and forth every time I want to see him. Plus, I have a company to run and--"

"Then go Evan! And don't come back!"

Tears fell down his face and that was the first time I saw Evan cry: Mr. CEO, Mr. Hollen Tower, Mr. World's Strictest Boss.

"Where's my son?" I asked him.

"He's with my brother."

EJ is here too?

"So, your mind is made up Jasmine? You're not going to give us one more chance?"

"Did you give me one more chance when I begged you for it Evan?"

"Okay. I'll fly here whenever I can to spend time with my son. I wish you all the best in life, Jasmine. Just know that I'll always love you."

He planted a kiss on my forehead and walked out the room.

Jevan was placed in a small crib next to me until I was discharged from the hospital three days later.

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My world was finally at peace. Evan came whenever he could to spend time with his son, and every time he came by he tried to talk me into moving back to Brooklyn and starting over with him, but I wasn't hearing it. Everyday, Jevan looked more and more like him too, so I was constantly reminded about Evan and everything we had before.

Aria was sentenced to twenty to life in prison for attempted murder, and her ex-boyfriend Michael was sentenced to fifteen to twenty for assault and conspiracy. I had Evan to thank for saving my life and, because of him, Aria was finally where she belonged-- behind bars. Who's the monkey now?

Zenia and Mom still resided in the penthouse but always promised to come visit Jevan and me. I knew they would soon.

Emma, Emily, EJ and Ethan always kept in touch with me. They also promised to visit soon. The distance was killing the bond between us.

I found another job as a secretary in a law firm. It was nothing like being Evan's assistant, but it was still a great job.

Jevan was placed in a daycare whenever I had to work. He was such a wonderful child with the personality of an angel. We got a new apartment with much better security. I didn't want to be reminded of Aria having a gun to my child's head so I moved us.

All in all, I was finally finding myself, for once, and life had favored me.

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