“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 that
Alex stared at her for a while before reaching to collect the phone from her hand without saying anything.“I will be heading back to my room now." Rose announced and immediately walked right past him not bothering to wait if he had something to say. Immediately after Rose's figure disappeared from his sight, the phone in his hand started to vibrate, making Alex turn his attention back to the phone and the neutral calm expression he had in his face when Rose was with him, immediately vanished and replaced with a dark expression.“She is not here?" He said, immediately he answered the call." I know she isn't. I was hoping to speak to you.” Nicholas's serious voice rang out. “Why are you calling me?" Alex questioned. Why was he hoping to speak to him?“Because I have some questions to ask you. Alex, where did you meet Roseline?" Nicholas asked without beating around the bush. Even Rose said she was fine, it was still his duty to be a thousand percent sure and he really wanted to know
By the time Rose was done speaking with Nancy, she immediately checked some other things that she needed to do and checked some accounts she had in her possession. Once she was done with everything, she checked the time and saw that it was already past noon. She was so engrossed in what she was doing that she forgot to eat lunch and luckily Lara had asked the maid to bring some snacks for her earlier so she didn't feel the hunger.“Ah, I think I'm done with everything I need to do." Rose mumbled as she placed the laptop beside her and stretched her hand and neck. She had done most of the important things she needed to do.“Young miss, Madam Lara want me to ask if you need anything?" A maid suddenly walked up to where Rose was sitting.“Oh, not really. I'm still okay for now and I will be heading to my room now." Rose replied back to the maid who nodded at Rose with a smile on her face as she bowed and went back.Just as she was about to stand up, as if on a sudden impulse, she looked
“Hen…..ry….. Henry, why…..have….you done this to….me?” Roseline managed to ask while clutching her chest. Her voice quivered with a mix of disbelief, betrayal, and heartache as she struggled to comprehend the pain inflicted by Henry's action. The weight of betrayal pressed down on her, causing a surge of agony to course through her body. Her face completely turned pale and her pupils locked tightly as she stared at the man who had just stabbed her with a dagger.She could never imagine that she could be stabbed by the man she loved and trusted the most after all these years they've been together and today of all days that was their special day.Where have things gone wrong? This wasn't how she imagined her blissful life to be with the man she loved.**********A few minutes earlier.A wedding anniversary was being held on a luxurious cruise ship. The entire ship was decorated with fancy lightning and different kinds of ribbons and flowers. The guests dressed in expensive attires sat d
Roseline was aware of the abnormal closeness between her husband and younger sister, but she had chosen to turn a blind eye and trust her husband no matter what. Despite the fact that she wanted to trust Henry, there were sometimes when she got angry and infuriated seeing them together, but she always believed that Henry loved her just as much as she did for him.‘Perhaps those two are still preparing the surprise, but I can't help but feel impatient seeing how much time it's taking them. I should probably go and find them so that they can show me whatever surprise it is.’ Roseline thought to herself again, starting to feel uneasy with the amount of time both Henry and Sophia were taking and she couldn't find her parents anywhere to ask them. “Please excuse me, I have to go and look for my husband." Roseline told the guest she was with and excused herself away from them and headed to the elevator that leads to the next floor since she had seen both of them entering the elevator earlie
Roseline rushed out of the elevator in hurried steps. She balled her hand into a fist in anger not expecting to see what Henry would chase after. She still doesn't have a full understanding why he would cheat on her with her own step sister and given the way they were so intimate she was sure that they'd been having that secret affair for a very long time.Feeling completely disgusted thinking about what she had witnessed earlier, Roseline decided to change her direction and head to the bancoly of the ship on the second floor. She knew Henry would soon reach the second floor seeing how he had asked her to stop earlier so it's better for her to divert his attention.Roseline gazed at the full moon, reflecting on the ocean water with a blank expression. Her marriage was supposed to be different from this betrayal by her husband. She loved him too much and was hurt by what he did to her. She remembered herself telling him a few minutes ago that today was one of the happiest days of her li