Tempting His Personal Assistant

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Jasmine's POV:-

I was standing in front of the elevator in the apartment building where Shelley lives, waiting for it to come down. The whole time in the cab I was confident about my decision of leaving my house but now that I was here, I was feeling a bit nervous about it. What if my father was right ? What if my paintings were not that good ? Will they accept me back if i failed to prove myself right ?

So many thoughts were running in my mind and now I was scared. I know that Shelley will happily accept me in her apartment and she'll help me with everything. She has always been there for me when ever I've wanted her help, her support, her love and care.

She was there for me when some seniors tried to abuse me in my first year of college. She was there for me when my first and the only boyfriend that I ever had, whom I loved more than anything cheated on me because I didn't gave him my virginity.

Shelley was the only person who knew about all this besides my family and was the only one able to handle the crying mess that I was .She was the person who helped me get my life back on track and become the person who I am today.

Maybe I'm thinking to much and maybe I'll be alright when I'll see her in front of me. But still I can't shake off this feeling of uneasiness.

Lost in my own thoughts, I didn't realized that the elevator has came down and a guy was standing there, holding the door of the elevator from closing and waiting for me to enter it, until...

"Are you going to stand there all day long ?", said an unfamiliar male voice ,when I was starring at the floor lost in my thoughts.

Looking up I saw a tall guy around 6'2", wearing a grey white wife beater which showed his muscles perfectly with a pair of black sweatpants. It seemed like he just came back from gym after an intense workout session cause he was sweating heavily.

I looked up at his face , he has blonde hairs which were sticking to his forehead at the front due to the sweat, a pair of Ice blue eyes and my eyes roamed down to his pink lips which were formed in a smirk . Overall the guy looked like Captain America from the Marvel Movies. I was so lost in comparing the guy with captain that I didn't realize that I was starring him for too long.

"Like what you see ?", smirking that guy said and I came back to my senses.because of embarrassment I looked away and entered the lift.

"I'm so sorry, I was just lost in my thoughts, didn't realized that I was starring.", I apologize to him after standing to his left side.

" It's alright. Besides I don't mind if a beauty like you is checking me out.", he said and even though i don't blush that often because of my slightly wheatish skin tone, i do felt my cheeks heating slightly. 

Ignoring him , I pressed the button to Shelley's floor and waited while looking at the floor. From the corner of my eye, I can see that he was starring at me and it was making me nervous.

"Are you new here ? Cause I've been living in this building from last one month and I'm sure I've never seen you here before.", he asked.

"Yeah I......", I didn't got the chance to reply as at the same time the doors opened and I saw Shelley standing at the other side typing something on her mobile. 

"Shells ", my voice was a mere whisper but she heard it because she looked up from her phone and met my moist gaze. First she looked me in the eyes and and then at my luggage.

" Jazz ?" , she asked confusion written on her cute chubby face.

 And that was it, all the tears that I was holding back all the way from home came out and I starting crying in her arms while hugging her tightly. She was rubbing my back and was asking me what happened but i was not able to say a single word. I don't know for how long I was cried in her arms but now my body felt weak and exhausted. The very next second I passed out in her arms .

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20 minutes ago.

Matthew's POV :-

God I feel so exhausted after today's workout session. Sometimes I feel like killing my instructor with my bare hands but then he's the reason that after consuming so much junk food on a daily basis and still maintaining my good shape. But.......I'm so tired right now. Still I need to reach my new apartment which is on the 15th floor, sigh. I just hope the elevator while be down when I reach it.

With this thought I leave the gym which is on the ground floor of the apartment building and to my luck , the elevator comes down on the same time as I approach it. After entering it, I press the button to my floor and just when the doors were going to close, I notice someone standing on the other side.

I stopped the doors and looked at the short girl standing there with her luggage in her hand. She's around my age or maybe a year younger, standing around 5'2" or 5'3" high, she has jet black hairs tied in a high ponytail, having curves on all the right places. She's wearing a black fitted t-shirt with a light blue high waist jeans and a pair of black canvas shoes.

She looks beautiful but I'm not able to look at her face properly, cause her head is bowed down. I think she's zoned out cause she's not moving from her place, but I can't stand here all day, my legs are killing me, I need my soft bed right now so I decided to call her.....

"Are you going to stand there all day long ?", I said and she came back from her senses and looked up at me.

And boy her eyes a pair of dark eyes looking at me, making me get lost in them. As I looked her in the eyes I realized that she was starring at me, particularly at my body. Actually she was checking me out but it was different.

It wasn't like what all those other girls do like ogling at me, no it was more like she was comparing me with something or someone. And though I'm very confident with my looks and all but somehow her gaze was making me uncomfortable, which was weird. I've never felt that way before because of some girl, maybe because she was beautiful....... A natural beauty, she wasn't wearing any makeup and still she managed to look breathtaking.

Her gaze met mine and man, I felt like I was in a trance. Her dark eyes had so many emotions in them . Begging to be comforted by someone but i wasn't that someone that she needed at the moment. I should just stop her starring at me. I smirked when her gaze shifted to my lips.....I know babe they are kissable.

"Like what you see ?", I asked the smirk still playing on my lips.

She came to her senses and blinked a few times and looked away, suddenly feeling shy to my gaze , she entered. And damn she looked so adorable when she was shying away from me.

"I'm so sorry , I was just lost in my thoughts didn't realized that I was starring.", she apologized after standing to my left side.

" It's alright. Besides I don't mind if a beauty like you is checking me out.", i said and again shyed away from me which made me chuckled, softly.

But then she ignored me and pressed the button to 15th floor and waited while looking at the floor. Now that was weird, i live at the same floor and there are only 4 apartments there. First two are occupied by newly wedded couples, third one is mine and the last one is my friend's in which she lives alone. I was starring at her and i was sure I haven't seen her here ever. So I asked her....

"Are you new here ? Cause I've been living in this building from last one and a half months and I'm sure I've never seen you here before.", I said.

" Yeah I......", she didn't got the chance to reply as at the same time the doors opened and I saw Shelley standing at the other side typing something on her mobile. I was going to greet her but before I could even open my mouth, i was cutoff by the girl standing next to me.

" Shells ", came out a whisper from her and I looked at the both of them.

 'They know each other ?', i thought. Shelley never told me that she's friends with such a beautiful girl, Humph. She's got an explanation. Shelley looked at the girl and at her luggage.

" Jazz ?" , she asked confusion written on her cute chubby face.

WHAT?????

My jaw dropped at the floor as I stared at the girl beside me, she's JAZZ ?.....her best friend ?, the one she's been taking about ever since we've became friends ?

I looked at Jazz as she rushed to Shelley and started crying while hugging her tightly as if her life depends on her. Shelley was rubbing her back and was asking her what happened but only sobs were coming out from her mouth and I was just standing there looking at the duo quite stunned.

Then suddenly Jazz's sobs died and she passed out in Shelley's arms. She was going to fall on the floor, maybe Shelley wasn't able to handle her weight and I found myself rushing toward her and caught an unconscious Jazz in my arms.

 "Matt? ", Shelley gasped looking at me with surprise. But then her gaze dropped to the unconscious girl in my arms and she worriedly looked at me.

" Its okay. She must have been exhausted from all the crying and passed out. I'll carry her to your apartment , okay ?" She just nodded and we carried her to Shelley's apartment.

After putting Jazz to the spare bedroom I told Shelley to look after her while I'll go and grab something for us to eat. And with that said, I left .

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15 minutes later :-

Jasmine's POV:-

I woke up with the sound of water running. When I looked around, I saw that I wasn't in my bedroom. Where was I ? Then the door on my left side opened and Shelley came out. And events of this morning came rushing down in my mind, tears welled up in my eyes.

"Jazz, oh thank god you're awake." , Shelley came rushing towards me and took me in her embrace.

 " What happened, baby please tell me.", she asked with a worried tone.

I broke free from our hug, took a deep breath and told her everything that happened today. Throughout she was silent and heard everything i said, patiently.

"Tell me Shells, what I did today was the right thing ?", I asked her after completing my story.

" Honestly speaking "....she started.

" You did the right thing, Jazz.", said a male voice and we both looked at the door to see that there stood the same guy who was in the lift with me. He came towards us and stood in front of us.

" Sorry I heard everything, but to answer your question, you did the right thing.", he said while giving me genuine smile.

"Sometimes our parents doesn't remember that we have grown up now and that we can take care of ourselves. They forgets that we can make decisions for our life better than them and we don't need their constant guarding. Even if we make bad choice for us, they'll give us experience in life, we'll learn from our mistakes and became stronger after every bad decision. And one day we'll become what we want and make them proud of us."

"Don't look down on yourself. Even if it takes time, one day you'll make them proud of you.", he said with a reassuring smile.

I looked at Shelley and she nodded in agreement.

 " And don't worry baby, I'm always with you no matter what happens, I'm gonna stick to you forever. ", Shelley said sincerely while giving a soft squeeze to my hand.

" Now cheer up you both and come out I've got pizza for us.", said the guy while giving his megawatt smile.

 I looked at Shelley and silently asked her who the hell is he. But the guy understood my silent question for Shelley and said...

 "Oh , you must be thinking who I am. Let me introduce myself, I'm Matthew, Matthew Greyson but you can call me Matt. And I'm Shelley's neighbor.", he said while offering his hand for me to shake. I took his hand and give a it firm shake.

" Come on, let's celebrate your first day of independent living "

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It's been  8 days since I've left my family and I'm living with Shelley in her apartment which is now my new home. Shelley as always has been very supportive and I've started looking for a temporary job so that I can support us financial.

And about Matt......well he's been openly flirting with me and I've talked to Shelley about it. She has told me that it's his nature and he has done that with her in the starting of their friendship but after some time they've became good friends, so I shouldn't take him seriously.

Everything is fine with my life but I miss my family...... I've talked to my mother and brother to tell them about me staying with Shelley. But my father refused to talk with me, he's still angry and because of that I'm feeling a bit low. I haven't left the apartment for a single minute, not even when Shelley begged me to go grocery shopping with her.

My trail of thoughts were broken by a knock on my bedroom's door.

" Come in" , I said.

" WTH you're doing still in your pj's", Shelley said as soon as she barged in my room.

She was wearing a nude off the shoulder knee length dress with matching heels and a bit of makeup. Her shoulder length hair were curled at the end. She was looking stunning and ready to go somewhere. I looked at the wall clock in front of me and saw it was 9 p.m., i frowned. Where is she going at this time ?

" Where are you going? ", I questioned her instead.

" We are going somewhere, so you better move your lazy ass and get ready as soon as possible.", she said in a no nonsense tone while standing with her hands on her hips and taping her left foot on the floor.

" I don't wanna go anywhere, shells.", I whined.

" Jasmine Kaur Sandhu", she said glaring , while her tone raised using my full name. s**t is about to loose.

" If you don't want me to kick that pretty little ass of yours, you better start getting ready. We're getting late so you better move your body and get ready.", she said looking just like my mother.

" Fine , mom.", i mumbled accepting my defeat.