I Love You, My Bodyguard
Chapter 41

Jasmine let out a long sigh, while wrapping her hands around Xavier's slender waist, of course without forgetting to rest her head on the man's shoulders. It felt comfortable, as well as warm and peaceful when doing this, where Jasmine finally felt that there was someone else protecting her besides Marshel who was always stiff and half dead.

"How are you feeling?" Xavier asked as he gently rubbed Jasmine's hair tied into messy-bun at the time, feeling how soft and smooth Jasmine's hair was, as if it was a cotton candy so cute and certainly adorable. "Is ... better?"

The one asked only replied with a short, rough silence until Xavier could not feel sure that Jasmine's mood had really improved or not, making that one man put on a thin smile, it seemed that Jasmine's mood at that time was still a little chaotic. "You want to be like this all night? It's okay, anyway I've brought a blanket just in case you want to lean on my shoulder all night, daydreaming at this beautiful ocean."

Again Jasmine was only speechless in a thousand languages, as if the woman who had a caucasian face herself was reluctant to speak even if it was just a single word. Unknowingly making Xavier, who is typical of people who prioritize communication, feel a little frustrated and stressed due to Jasmine who is just silent like a stone statue, or a doll, or something.

"Jasmine, at least please say something so that I can understand you well, I won't be able to understand how you feel this time if you just fall silent like a puppet so," pinta Xavier in a gentle tone, constantly and continuously rubbing Jasmine's head gently, which in the end makes the woman feel comfortable for what has been done by men who have a tall and stocky body and reddish brown hair and eyes that have a blue sea color to that himself.

"Xavier, I don't know why I'm getting so comfortable with you," Jasmine began as she glanced at her interlocutor who was wiping the young lady's head at the time, looking at Xavier who was also gazing towards the open ocean with a gaze that absolutely could not be interpreted at all by anyone.  "It's as if there's something Marshel doesn't have inside of him, but it's inside of you, and to be honest, it's starting to make me feel confused and worried half to death."

Now it is the turn of the Chief Executive Officer who is silent, as if petrified and turned into a statue, in silence staring at the dark sea. The light of it made Jasmine sigh long, she could not get angry if Xavier ignored her like that. "I want attention in the form of the words you give, even I want attention in the form of actions like what Marshel used to do to me. I am ... indeed a greedy and silly woman, huh?"

"Jasmine ...." Xavier finally replied, staring at the beautiful woman who had hair that had almost white yellow that looked to have eyes that had the blue of the sea. "I don't get dizzy if you say that, you know? Wh why? Because I don't care about who won your heart from the beginning. What I care about is what I should do if I were your partner, and that's what I've been doing to you all along, Jasmine. Anyway ..." The poor man took a long breath. "From the beginning I knew that what you were doing all this time was imagining that I was Marshel, and it didn't matter, it was really okay. I want to do all these crazy things because I love you, no more and no less, nor do I care who you love more."

Hearing the long sentence that the interlocutor had said to her, Jasmine fell silent, and, a speck of unusual guilt somehow appeared and just burst into the heart of the young actress as soon as she heard the words issued by the interlocutor and his partner. "Huft ... after I thought it through well, Xavier, I don't know.. I myself still feel half-dead wavering, you know? I know you are so unfortunately for me, but my heart is much more like Marshel than you. I'm-I'm ...." I don't know why the woman's eyes began to heat up, as if soon she will shed tears due to her mind that was so chaotic at that time.

Sure enough, as expected, less than five minutes later, tears were already seen bubbling in Jasmine's eyes, which then slowly came down and wet the white cheeks of the woman who had the face of the caucasian itself, also wet the shoulders of Xavier which was the place to lean at that time. I don't know, Jasmine herself doesn't really understand why she can change this emotional just because of a small thing that should not be thought of, and actually already known what the exact answer is at that time. Xavier could immediately realize that the young lady was crying, her shoulders suddenly wet from Jasmine's tears.

The man who has a tall and stocky body and reddish-brown hair and eyes that have a blue sea color immediately turned his head, staring at Jasmine who seemed to be trying to hold back her own sobs, as if feeling very, very guilty for what had happened. Xavier let out a long sigh, sure enough, how could Jasmine cry just because a simple remark was actually the truth that the Chief Executive Officer had just said?

"Oh my goodness ... Jasmine, there is no need to cry like that. What I said was true, again I don't really care if you still think about Marshel or not, because the only thing I care about is that you become my partner, at least at this time, Jasmine." Xavier said again, trying to calm the heart of the woman, who was in turmoil due to something.