William had never gotten wasted before.He had a decent alcohol tolerance. Besides, he disliked socializing. He never had to drink a lot.He had never taken any drugs either.But it did not take a genius to figure out that he had ingested an aphrodisiac. He could not be sure precisely what drugs he had ingested, but the burning and the itchy feeling made things evident.Images of Rosaline filled his head. Her blushing face, her moans, her red and glistening lips after he kissed her, her smooth skin littered with hickeys.He quickly turned on all the lights in the room, turned the AC to 15 degrees, and dashed to the bathroom.But someone had cut off the water supply and broken the lock in the bathroom.He tried his phone, but the signal seemed to be blocked.He loudly cursed and quickly enabled all three functions on his ring.Thankfully, all of them seemed to work, although he did not get to check them clearly as he was already quite dizzy.He consoled himself that Rosaline and Alber
William wondered if Supriya was sick in the head.He felt cheap when she said she loved him. He remembered once Ria had been upset because someone had given her a love letter.She was upset because that person was a bastard who used to flirt with everyone.Receiving a love letter from him was a disgrace to her, even though she had declined it without being polite. William had not understood her logic back then, but now, it made sense.He felt humiliated when Supriya said she loved him.William did not want to be loved by the likes of her. He only ever wanted Rosaline’s love.“And you had to drug me and lock me in for that. You must be so proud of yourself right about now.”He did not bother to conceal the contempt in his voice. It only triggered Supriya. “It doesn't matter anymore. You will be mine from tonight on.”“Really, and how might that be?” William tried to act nonchalant.But he was panicking inside. He was out of water. He felt parched, his body was burning inside out, a
William thought that before he succumbed to the effects of drugs, he had to do something. With that in mind, he decided to continue with her play to drag for some more time.“They say birds of the feathers flock together. You and Tina are just the same. A few weeks back, she was hovering all over me. She even slandered Lina to break off our engagement. Just like you used Pete.”“It’s his fault for being your friend. Did he think I was in love with him? I needed someone to get input on you. And he made for a perfect bait.”“I always knew you were a bitch, never knew you were a slut. You slept with him for benefits.”“Are you jealous, Liam?” She laughed like a maniac.“But there’s no need. I have saved myself for you for tonight. I used to give Pete a concoction of hallucinogen and anesthesia, so he only thought we slept together.”William was surprised to hear that.But his surprise quickly vanished as Supriya started to walk toward him.“Besides, Liam, you can personally verify it to
Rosaline was about to sleep when her phone rang.She received a call from Liam and a message to track his live location.She was surprised for a moment as she could not think why Liam would call her. After thinking for a while, she picked it up anyway. She also clicked on the live location tracker to see the Brown family mansion on the GPS.Rosaline didn’t get a response despite calling Liam’s name several times. She was confused.‘What’s wrong with him?’ She wondered.‘Maybe he sent it to the wrong number. Yes, that must be the case.’Just when she was about to hang up, she heard a familiar voice asking someone to get out of his bedroom.Rosaline mused at that.‘Did he get jumped, so he called someone for help, hence the wrong number in haste. But why does he sound familiar?’She decided to listen and call Tristen if he was in trouble. Then another person joined the conference call, which surprised her even more.‘Albert, why is he on the call? How do they know each other?’Rosalin
William felt itchy in his sleep.He wanted to scratch, but it hurt when he tried to move his hand. He tried to open his eyes but to no avail. He lay still and tried to focus.He could hear faint beeping and something dripping, but otherwise, it was quiet.The itchy feeling continued, but he could not move. He tried to open his eyes but failed.He wanted to speak, but he instinctively rejected the idea.He then calmed down and tried to remember what had happened. He recalled getting drugged, and he had cut himself to escape from Supriya. That made it harder to calm down.He tried to feel his body and sense if there was anything amiss, but apart from the itchiness, everything seemed normal. Although, he could not feel most of his body.Gradually, his consciousness began to fade again.On the other hand, Rosaline, Tessa, and Albert were still listening to the conversation on William’s side. They heard Tristen growling at the butler as he asked for the spare key. The butler refused and
Rosaline’s heart went out to William when she saw him lying in the hospital bed - pale-faced, hooked with an IV line and wrapped with bandages.She closed the door of the private ward, pulled the curtains, and made her way to him.“Hey,” she slowly whispered.William was frowning in his sleep.She smoothed his furrowed brows and caressed his cheeks.He seemed uncomfortable, so she took a wet towel and gently wiped him clean.His face, neck, chest, and arms, without touching the bandaged part. The nurses did not seem to have cleaned him up.She did that the best she could without touching his wounds, disturbing or alarming him.Given what he had been through before he lost consciousness, he probably did not want to be touched.So, Rosaline wiped him without any skin-to-skin contact.William, in his subconscious, felt something smooth and cool brush his face and smoothen the wrinkles on his forehead. It felt familiar and calming, so he did not want to disturb it.He felt it leave him a
Rosaline woke up to a warm embrace. She looked up to see William gazing at her.“You are awake,” She mumbled, hugged him, and went back to sleep.William was dumbfounded at her reaction.Before he could react, Rosaline woke up with a start and nearly knocked him out of bed.He was even more speechless.“I must admit you do take good care of patients,” He teased as he made himself comfortable on the bed, avoiding the fall.“Are you okay? Did I hurt you?” Rosaline ignored his sarcasm as she asked in concern.“I’m fine. You did not hurt me. Just startled me, that’s it,” William replied seriously.“I’m sorry. I was sitting by the bed. How did I get into your bed?”“That would be my doing. You were sleeping so uncomfortably.” “Why would you do that? You have wounds all over your body. What if they had torn? You could have just woken me up.”“I’m fine. Don’t worry.”“Why did you remove your bandages?”Rosaline became alarmed as she noticed the visible bandages on his neck were gone.“I wan
Rosaline woke up when someone shook her by the shoulders.She drowsily opened her eyes to see the entire Brown family looking at her in confusion.That quickly woke her up.William’s mother was staring daggers at her.If not for Tristen and Ria holding her back, she looked like she would have beaten her up. Rosaline coughed awkwardly to hide her nervousness and spoke.“Aunty, Uncle, sister-in-law.”She slowly got down from the bed while fixing her clothes. She looked at Tristen and looked at him questioningly.He only gave her a helpless shrug. She could only close her eyes in resignation.“Uncle Tom, I can practically see question marks on your face. Please ask what you want to know.”“What are you doing here? How long have you been here? How did you even know about Liam? I was under the impression you two have never met.”Rosaline scratched her head awkwardly, “How about I call William, and we both answer you together? It will be better that way.”Rosaline called William only to fi