Chapter 11

Two days went by without any word from Jasmine. Kendra had come to see Niall several times, but he'd brushed her off each time. He became even quieter than before, and there was so much tension surrounding him that even Bennett didn't dare approach him lightly. He buried himself in work, trying to numb himself through experiments and large volumes of data, but he would always catch his thoughts drifting uncontrollably. Just when his anxiety and inexplicable feeling of emptiness were at their most intense, he inadvertently caught sight of the calendar in the corner on his desk. He was caught off guard by the sight of the red circle over tomorrow's date, labeled "wedding day". That's right. Tomorrow was supposed to be the day of his and Jasmine's wedding. He hadn't felt much back when he first decided on this date. He'd just been following procedure. He'd even found it troublesome to have to spare the time to mingle with guests. At that time, he'd thought that giving her a weddi