She set the letter down carefully, her mind racing. What did it mean? Who had written it? And why did it feel like it was speaking directly to her? She knew this letter was for her but she felt like it was for her.Suddenly, the room felt colder, and Rose froze when she felt the cold, chilling aura behind her.“What are you doing here?" Alex's cold voice rang out in the room as he stared back at the girl in the library with a frown.When he came back and asked about where Rose was, Lara told him she was exploring the house but he didn't expect to see her here in his library. Was this where she was exploring when there are other places in the house to explore.Rose gulped and slowly turned around only to see him standing by the door side with a scowl on his face. “You're back?" She asked. " Yes. Answer my question.” Alex replied."Mrs. Lara said I can explore the house but I got lost at some point then walked into this room. I apologize if this is a personal place.” Rose gave a brief
Rose on the other hand raised her brow. ‘I thought he knew about our relationship? Isn't that part of the reason why he helped me?’“I'm related to the Anderson family and Nicholas Anderson is my second cousin.” She told him.“Hm. Is that all you need?" Alex questioned, not bothering to act surprised by what she said. His reaction made Rose narrowed her brow at him.“You do know that I and Cousin Nicholas are related, don't you?" She suddenly asked. His calm expression says it all and she wasn't stupid to not connect the dots quickly.“It's good that you're smart." Alex turned to look at her and remarked. He didn't bother waiting for her before he started walking away.‘This is exactly one of the reasons why I find him a threat to me.’ Rose scowled as she watched Alex's back before deciding to chase after him when she saw that he was really going to leave her alone.“I also need a laptop too." She told Alex after managing to meet up with him.“Ask Mrs. Jim for that anytime you need it
" I don't remember my cousin's daughter telling me that when I saw her last time. But if that is the case, I want to meet and see Roseline personally and speak to her.” Julian remarked, while looking at William."You can't do that! Rose is busy with her studies right now and it would only interrupt her if we allow it to-" Beatrice was about to come up with an excuse when Julian turned his attention to her.“Are you trying to hide Rose from meeting me? I see no reason why you wouldn't want her to see me. I never said I was taking her with me, I only wanted to see her.” Julian interrupted Beatrice with a deep frown as he glared at her.“Or perhaps, is there something wrong with Roseline that makes you not want her to meet me? Is my cousin's daughter really in this house?" He added. He was not stupid to see that both William and Beatrice are nervous for some unknown reason. It's not like it's the first time she would be visiting them so why are they trying to hide her. Their actions were
"Wrong answer. I asked how she left this mansion. Roseline would not do something as stupid to leave the mansion without a reason.” Julian cut off William in the middle of talking.The room went silent after Julian spoke. William was in deep thought on what to say at the moment. Eventually, the Anderson family would find out about everything that happened but he can afford to tell Julian now because it could lead to the end of the Gray family.“Mr. Anderson, I don't think we should be focused on that. It's my fault that Rose left this house because I neglected my job as a mother. However, let's worry about that for later, the most important thing is that we are able to find Rose and she is safe." Beatrice suddenly spoke, her voice filled with worry as she looked at Julian with teary eyes. Her sweet mother act usually works on people and right now she was betting it would work on Julian.“You're right, we have to look for Rose.” Julian said, making Beatrice heave a sigh of relief. At
………. Rose spent the rest of the day locked up in her, drafting and plotting her next move. It wasn't like she knew how the future would be, at not everything. She knew for one fact that her plan right now was going to be a blow to the Gray family and her father would definitely try to make some moves to cover up. Those moves were what Rose wants to sabotage.When it was dinner time, Lara sent the same maid to call Rose. Rose actually thought she was the one that would be eating but to her surprise she met Alex sitting at the head of the table. Rose couldn't help but paused and took a few moments to stare at the man sitting on a chair with grace. He looked even more handsome then he was a few hours ago as he sat under the light that gave him an extra glow.‘I have to admit, he is really handsome.’ Rose thought.“Stop gawking at me and sit down.” Alex suddenly remarks, snapping Rose out of it.“Ehem…..I was gawking at you. I was admiring the dishes on the table.” Rose cleared her thr
She turned her attention back to the maid and told them to clear up while she went back to the kitchen and asked the chef to dish out some food for her and took it personally to Rose's room.“Mrs. Lara, what are you doing here?" Rose asked when she opened the door and saw Lara standing outside.“I brought food for you to eat." Lara said as she walked into the room." But I already ate.” Rose replied, still confused about what Lara meant.“A growing child like you should not skip dinner, young miss." Lara commented as she placed the tray of food down on the table. “I saw your plate earlier and you didn't even take five spoons from your food, so I thought to bring your food up here if you are uncomfortable eating with the young master." She explained.Rose couldn't help but smile when she heard Lara. " You paid attention to me, thank you, Mrs. Lara." “It's no big deal and you always remind me of my own daughter as well, young miss. Anyways, I will leave to eat right now." Lara said and
“Um…. Mr. King, I hope I'm not interrupting you?” Rose walked over and asked. Someone with the kind of reputation he has, she knew it was normal for him to be always busy. It was no wonder he ate very little food earlier.Alex raised his head up to see the little girl in front of him before shaking his head and gesturing to her to sit down. He grabbed his own cell phone and dialed Nicholas' number.“Alex, why are you calling?” Nicholas usal cold and serious voice rang out after the call.Despite the fact that she was sitting a few distance away from Alex she could still hear Nicholas's voice.“Why can't I call you?" Alex coldly asked back with a frown on his face. Rose raised her brow when she heard Alex's response. ‘Is it me or are these two not a bad match for friends. This one over here has a low EQ and the other one on the other line is way too serious. I wonder how they manage to become friends anyway.’ She recalled the day she had lunch with the four of them. It was only Chris
“Yes, I'm the one." Rose calmly replied.“We have been looking for you. Why did you leave the Gray mansion? Why are you with Alex?" He questioned, his voice turned serious in an instant. They have been looking for Rose the entire day but here she was with his friend and he didn't even know how they met.Rose knew that the Anderson family would go to look for her at the Gray mansion if she didn't visit like she promised. It was one of the reasons she didn't argue with Victor when he kicked her out. “I didn't leave the house because I wanted to, there is a story to that. And I ran into Mr. King last night when I left home and he helped me." She finally replied. Nicholas paused for a while, there was a huge frown on his face as he listened to Rose and got lost in his thoughts. Rose took a glance at Alex who had his attention focused on his laptop. It doesn't seem like he planned on listening to her and Nicholas' conversation, but upon that she still had something she wanted to discuss