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
“I need to borrow your company hackers. I want them to hack into the Gray family security system. There is something I'm going to send to you after I borrow a laptop from Mr. King. You will help me expose these things but leave no traces that can be tracked." Rose explained. She might find peace and love where she currently is but that doesn't mean she forgot the most important thing and the reason she is living. “Rose, does this have anything to do with your reason for leaving the house?" Nicholas questioned. He was not too stupid to not quickly take a guess of what she's doing. “Yes, it is. Leave your questions for later when we see each other, cousin. Are you going to help me with this task?” Rose replied and asked him again. She knew he would want to question her but that isn't something she could answer at the moment. “I will get it done for you." Nicholas replied. This is the second task she was going to ask him to help her solve so he decided to do it. After all, he knew tha
“Yes, that's true, I've only seen Sophia around but not your oldest first daughter.” Mrs. Will interfered when she too heard Mrs. Phillip’s question. She planned to ask Beatrice because she had been looking around for Rose but couldn't find her. “Thank God, I thought I was the only one who missed seeing that cute loveable child. Where did you say she is, Beatrice?” Mrs. Phillip asked again despite knowing that Beatrice hadn't replied yet. Beatrice smiled at both Mrs. Phillip and Mrs. Will. ‘You crazy two bitches. I'm already prepared for you.’ she thought to herself. She was aware that these two women were nothing but trouble, that's why she prepared herself for them since she had no choice but to invite them to her little party. “Oh, well, my poor Rose has a fever and is staying in bed. I told her not to come outside because of the cold weather and her fever could worsen.” She calmly answered. “Oh dear, is Rose okay? Why didn't you let us know beforehand." Mrs. Phillip worriedly
Once, Rose had believed that Beatrice cared for her. She had believed in her kindness, thinking that maybe Beatrice did see her as a daughter. But now, she saw through the facade. Beatrice wasn’t protecting her. She was merely covering for her son, brushing away his actions as though they were minor inconveniences. Each word of Beatrice’s “comfort” felt like salt in a wound. Still in pain and unable to walk comfortably, Rose was confined to her bed. Though Rose's leg had healed more than she portrayed it to everyone, it was also part of her plan. During her confinement, Rose constantly talked with Nicholas and gave him directions on the things she wanted him to do with the security video she asked him to find. Although he could fairly guess what his little cousin was up to, Nicholas was still confused about how she was planning all this in her little head. Yet, despite her stepdaughter’s state, Beatrice's grand birthday party carried on as planned. The house bustled with preparatio
The next day, Rose received a call from Theresa in the morning, telling her to visit the store because of something important. Rose actually thought it was something that wouldn't take time so she lied to Beatrice who was at home that she was going to her friend's place. As expected, Beatrice didn't probe too much and let Rose leave. It was only when Rose got there did she realize that it was going to take a while for her to finish up with the meeting so she tried to rush things up. Nancy sent a text message to Rose when she was having a meeting with Theresa, in order to inform Rose that she would soon be arriving at the location of the first house on Rose's list. Nancy wanted Rose to be present personally, so that she can be able to negotiate some of the terms with the real estate agent. Rose would have loved to attend the meeting but it was impossible since her meeting with Theresa wasn't over yet. As a result, she had no other choice but to text Nancy and told her to carry on w
“That is an excellent choice. I will give the estate manager incharge of these properties a call tonight and we can meet at the location to sign the complete deal.” Nancy suggested. Rose easily agrees to Nancy's term since she found the suggestion acceptable.“That's fine by me. I'll meet you there tomorrow morning.” “Yes, but that is not the case here. I don't think it's wise for you to go out again tomorrow with how you look." She added as she looked at Rose who tilted her head to the side. There is no way she wanted Rose to walk around with that face again tomorrow. Today was a mistake because she didn't know what happened to her.“Are you worried about me, big sister? Don't because I am fine. Besides, I need to handle this before it gets late because I will be needing it soon." Rose replied, giving a reassuring smile at Nancy.“I know but I still think you should get better first, huh? You have to care about yourself more." Nancy argued, despite knowing that Rose was right. Howe
When they arrived at their destination, Rose told Luthor to wait for her while she headed to the restaurant entrance.Immediately she entered the restaurant, she sighted Nancy sitting at one of the tables by the window so she made her way there while trying to control herself from limping too much.“I'm sorry for making you wait for me, sister Nancy." Rose said as she stood in front of the table.“Oh dear, Rose what happened to your face?” Nancy looked up when she heard Rose's voice ready to greet her with a smile but she was shocked when she saw Rose.Rose gave Nancy a smile before taking her seat in front of her. “It's nothing serious, I just got into a little accident but I'm healing now." She replied.“You should have told me about this, I wouldn't have accepted us to meet today. Are you sure you're okay coming out like this?" Nancy worriedly asked. “I am, don't worry about me." Rose nodded her head at Nancy but it wasn't enough to make the woman stop worrying about her. She was
………..The next day, Rose was unable to go to school because of injuries. After everyone had left the mansion, Rose picked up her phone and called Luthor to get the car ready for her.Well, the Gray family thought she would be unable to go out but that wasn't true, she had got appointments with Nancy who was already waiting for her at the restaurant they were supposed to meet.A few minutes later, Rose stepped out of her building fully dressed in all black clothes and backpack. Luthor, who was already waiting for her, stepped out of the driver seat and opened the back seat door for her.“Are you sure you should be going out in that condition?" Luthor asked as he drove out of the mansion. Earlier he had watched Rose limp into the car when he hadn't taken his eyes off her. Even as she sat in the car pressing her cellphone his gaze constantly fell on her bruised face and leg.Rose looked up from her phone and glanced at the driver seat. “Yes. It's important. And I told you not to have th
Beatrice was caught off guard when she heard Rose. How was she supposed to reply to that?Seeing her mother in a difficult situation to come up with something to say, Sophia tugged Rose's hand. “Sister, don't think like that. Ever since you left and mom found out that Victor chased you out, mom scolded him really really badly on your behalf." As a sweet-talker, Sophia expected her tricks to work on Roes who smiled at her and pretended like she never did anything earlier. It almost looked like she was a robot that was being rubbotted.Ah, yes. But it seems like my scolding isn't enough for him. I will make sure to seek punishment for him from your father when he comes back. My darling, I'm sorry for coming so late." Beatrice took the opportunity crested by her daughter and came up with something quickly.Rose smiled upon seeing how mother and daughter keep trying to come up with an excuse to cover for each other. Not wanting to drag on seeing their faces, Rose lied that she wanted to
Rose, who was busy taking her nap, frowned when she felt the presence in her room. ‘I should have locked that door earlier.’“Sister, wake up. It's me, Sophia." Sophia persistently shook Rose's body, making her groan in pain at how tight Sophia's grip was.“It hurts, Sophia.” Rose mumbled as she gently pushed Sophia's hand away and sat up on the bed." Oh, I'm sorry. Mother and I were just so excited and happy when we heard that you're back." Sophia quickly apologized as she sat beside Rose on the bed."Roseline, dear. Why did you do that? Do you have any idea how worried I was when I heard that you left the mansion? Your father got angry at me because of that.” Beatrice suddenly ranted as she looked at Rose with a fake worried expression on her face.“Mother, I didn't leave just like that. I had no choice but to listen to Victor when he chased me out because I didn't want him to get more angry with me." Rose replied as she looked up at Beatrice. Honestly, she wasn't really in the moo
Just as she was about to go inside, the gates opened and another car which belonged to Beatrice drove in as well, making Sophia pause.“Sophia, what are you doing outside still dressed like that?"Beatrice questioned as she stepped out of the car along with Victor. She had a scowl on her face when she saw her daughter still dressed the same way she had dressed when she left this morning.“I just got back home now." Sophia casually replied to her mother. “And before you scold me, I went out with my friends after school so I was late because of that." She quickly added, knowing what her mother might say next.“Mom, stop looking at Sophia like that. She is old enough to hang out with her friends, isn't she?” Victor suddenly Interjected while winking at his sister who smiled at him for his help.“I know, I just want you to be careful sometimes." As expected, Beatrice couldn't win against her children and softened her gaze at Sophia.“Mommy, did you get that picture of the dress I sent to y