Since she didn't have any other duties to attend to, she returned to her own villa. She took off her flats and headed over to the sofa to sit down. As much as she wanted to clear the animosity that was present between her and Nicholas, she couldn't bring herself to do so. There was just so much emotion she had felt back then and she didn't want to let it resurface.

"He pulled away first. He gave up on our friendship. " Jasmine said to herself, "Don't feel bad."

She took a deep breath to calm her nerves just before she heard a knock on her door. Jasmine got up from her sofa and padded over to the door. She opened the door and standing there was none other than Nicholas. She was about to swing the door close when he put his hand out to stop the door from closing. The harder she tried to get it close, the more strength Nicholas used. She finally gave up and opened the door fully.

"What?" Jasmine said, getting irritated with his presence.
"Can we talk?" Nicholas asked
"No… I'm busy…" Jasmine replied

She tried to close the door again but Nicholas held the door open with his hand against it.

Jasmine looked at him, "Okay, seriously, you are going to break the door if you keep doing that."

"Then stop trying to close the door in my face." Nicholas said

She took a breath and put on her 'work' attitude, "Mr Nemeth, I am so sorry but I am really busy. If you would like for me to show you around the hotel, we can meet at the reception tomorrow morning."

"Jas," Nicholas said, "Just drop the act."

"This isn't an act." Jasmine said, "I'm still on duty and I have other things to do then stand here and argue with you."

"Fine. Then let's talk." Nicholas said

"There's nothing to talk about!" Jasmine said, "We are not friends and technically, I'm still working."

Nicholas was beyond exasperated trying to get Jasmine to stop being defensive and just talk to him. He was about to say something when his phone rang from his pocket. He took it out of his pocket, about to ignore the call when he saw where it's from. He looked at Jasmine and gave her a look which said not to go anywhere before turning around to answer the call.

Unfortunately for him, Jasmine knew what he was saying but instead of listening to him, she took his turning around as an opportunity to run. She closed her villa door softly behind her and slipped away quickly before he turned back around.

As she walked quickly away from her villa, Jasmine did feel bad but she knew that there wasn't another option. She wasn't ready to talk to him yet and his constant appearance was making it difficult for her to even start the conversation.

It was close to dinner time and after having a meeting with her guest relations officer, Jasmine decided to meet Harper for dinner.

She went down to the reception and smiled at her friend, who waved at her.

"I was just about to go look for you!" Harper said
"Well, aren't you happy I saved you the trip?" Jasmine said

Harper nodded and the two girls walked towards the beachside cafe for their dinner. They got a table by the corner with a beautiful view of the sea. After placing their orders, Harper looked at Jasmine intently.

Jasmine sipped her glass of water, "What?"

"So?" Harper asked, "What happened?"

"What happened?" Jasmine asked
"You know what I'm talking about!" Harper replied

She did know but she wasn't exactly interested in discussing Nicholas before dinner.

"Nothing happened…" Jasmine said
"You think I'd believe that?" Harper said

Jasmine sighed, "He tried starting a conversation with me that concerned the both of us."

"And you didn't?" Harper asked

"You know I'm not ready…" Jasmine replied, "There's more to this than just him completely cutting me off when he went off to chase his wrestling dream."

Harper nodded, "I can't imagine being in your shoes… You're already pretty nice to him. If it were up to me, I'd start a hate site for him."

Jasmine laughed as the waiter brought their food. They thanked the waiter and started on their food, changing the subject as they didn't want to have the mood dampened.

Meanwhile, Nicholas was walking on the beach, thinking about what transpired between him and Jasmine earlier. He was so close to getting her to talk to him but it didn't work out. He knew that this was going to be hard; trying to fix a friendship that he destroyed. It was a hard decision but he had to do it. For his sake and hers.

He stopped at a spot not too far from the sea and watched as the waves came in and out. In that moment, he heard two girls laughing and turned to see where it came from. Nicholas realized that he was standing not too far from the beachside cafe and the laughter came from two girls; one being a laughter that he had always loved hearing.

He spotted Jasmine seated opposite a red-haired girl he met that afternoon at the reception. That was when an idea struck him.

What if he tried to get Jasmine to talk to him with her help?

After her dinner break, Harper headed back to finish up her shift while Jasmine headed off to the supermarket. She was walking back to her position at the reception when Nicholas stopped her.

"Hey." Nicholas said, "You're Harper right?"

She looked at him cautiously, "Yes… Can I help you, Mr Nemeth?"

"Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything to you." He said, "I just wanted to know if you and Jasmine are close."

"Well, yeah." Harper said, "Jasmine and I are practically like sisters. We tell each other everything… Why are you asking me this?"

"I need your help." Nicholas said
"Define help." Harper said
"I need you to help me to get Jasmine to talk to me." Nicholas said

Harper looked at him and sighed, "I can help you with anything else but that."

"Why?" Nicholas asked
"Because it's something that affected her pretty bad." Harper said
"It did?" Nicholas said

"Yeah." Harper said, "Look. I don't want to get involved in this problem you have with Jasmine. But, if you really need me to create an opportunity, I will try."

Nicholas smiled gratefully, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet." Harper said, "There is no definite guarantee that I'll succeed."

"To me, it's better than nothing." Nicholas said
"But, here's an advise from me." Harper said

She continued, "You need to give her some time. If you constantly push her for answers, you're never gonna get it."

Nicholas thought about it and Harper gave him a small smile before leaving him to go into the main building of the hotel.