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
Rosaline smiled at William to soothe him.She tried to reason with Anabella.“Aunty, we don’t know each other. But I do hope you will grant me the courtesy of introducing myself to you and getting to know each other. You can’t possibly know me based on other people’s lies or exaggeration.”“People? Is that the way you treat your family? You call your blood sister - people. No wonder even your parents don’t love you.”“That’s where you are wrong, Aunty. If there’s one thing I can confidently say about my parents, it is that they have always loved me. Besides, a relationship is a two-way street.”“You are eloquent; I must give you that. You say a relationship is a two-way street. When your sister treats you well, you refer to her as an outsider.”“How exactly did my sister treat me well? By taking pictures of me with William and showing it to you all as proof of me cheating on William? Or did she personally tell you what a bitch or slut or liar or shameless person I am? I wonder how tho
Rosaline walked up to William and sat on his lap.William was surprised at that.She never took the initiative to be intimate unless it was to tease him or in the heat of the moment in the middle of making out.She simply wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him.It was then he realized she was silently comforting him. What could he do? The girl he was in love with was comforting him. He could only hug her tighter and enjoy it.He pressed his head on her shoulders and drew a sharp breath.He pressed a kiss on her neck when he heard her speak. “I wonder if things would have been better if I had simply agreed to the engagement.”He bit her as he replied, “It would not. I would not have agreed to it anyway.”“Should I be flattered or angry?”“You should be nervous.”“Why would I be nervous?” Rosaline did not understand his line of thought.He slowly drawled as he pressed her on the bed, with him on top, “Because you are stuck with me.”He did not wait for her to react as he kiss
On the other hand, Supriya had a hard time digesting the truth.‘He said he loves her. They fooled me with the truth. They are dating and still canceled their engagement. What a scheme!’She was furious.To add insult to injury, she did not even get to have her way with William and was interrupted by Pete, of all people.Thankfully, she had the foresight to hide her camera before the police showed up.She acted as naturally as possible, claiming that William was the one who dragged her to his room. He looked like he was not himself, and she could not leave. She had hurt him in self-defense.And what Pete and Tristen saw was not her trying to kiss him but her shoving him away when he finally passed out.It was her words against theirs.William was unconscious and had yet to file a complaint.They could only leave after telling her to stay in town and show up when called for further questioning. When they all left, she cried her eyes out for Anabella’s shake.Tom had been immune to he
While their families were dealing with a surge of various emotions, William and Rosaline were having fun.Tristen asked his family’s butler to pack William’s luggage and send it to Tessa’s place.He did not want to face his aunt anytime soon. He was not confident that he could keep his temper, so he thought it better to avoid her. William did not care about it as he did not have anything important in that house. The luggage and moving out were only for effect. William pretended to be pitiful to get Rosaline to pack a few sets of her clothes and bring them to the AR mansion.He had played the ‘I’m a patient’ card a little too much, and Rosaline was already angry.Sensing her temper, William became obedient and quietly followed her as they left Tessa’s house.However, he drove straight to a cloth donation bin close to the Red Cross and dumped his entire luggage.Rosaline was surprised at that.Then, they went to a mall.William asked her to help him pick clothes for him, and he secret
William smiled at Rosaline.She cared more than she let on.“I’m fine. It’s just itchy, that’s all.”“Do you want to cold compress the wounds? I think it helps reduce itchiness and inflammation. Though I am not sure if it’s advisable for open wounds.”“That’s alright. Can you help me remove the dressing?”“Why?”“It’s not that bad. I just had it bandaged for the show. As long as I apply antiseptic, don’t scratch it or get it wet, there’s no need to dress it.”“Are you sure? I think it’s safer to leave it be.”“I am sure. I feel like a Mummy right now.”“Hahaha!” “Let me grab the first aid.”“Thank you!”Rosaline removed all the bandages and was shocked at the wounds.It went all around him - under his neck, waist, v-line, back, arms, and legs.Though the wounds were not too deep and had already closed up, they still looked ghastly.She carefully applied antiseptic ointment and sprayed antiseptic power over it.“This must have hurt.” “Not really. I was intoxicated, and my head was ful