William came with his phone to find Rosaline even more snugly wrapped in the comforter.“Little hamster, are you going to stay buried there?”“Why do you always refer to me as some or the other animal? And yes, I would like to stay buried here.”“That’s because you are adorable. Do I get to sneak inside as well?”“No. I have warmed it up nicely. You are not allowed to disturb me.”“It will warm up faster with two people in it.”“You are just trying to get inside my blanket.”“No, I am trying to sneak inside your clothes, and I can only do that if I am inside your blanket.”William shamelessly replied as he squeezed inside and spooned her close.They sat wrapped in the comforter leaning on the headboard as Rosaline glared at him.William thought she looked like an angry hamster. He tried to caress her to soothe her anger and realized her clothes felt different. He trailed his hands on the hem of her dress, and his eyes lit up.All his soothing words died out as he exclaimed, “You wore
William and Rosaline had dinner with Tristen in the night, who had a million questions for them.William was left alone as they threw insults at each other and bickered the entire time.William was amused by their dynamic.They trusted each other. Both had each other’s back when cornered by others.But, they would incessantly bicker when left by themselves.Rosaline had used the term - quarrelsome cousins. It seemed rather appropriate.He was even more amused with how she passed him his 18th birthday gift. “Found by the dumpster, it still works intermittently. Happy belated 18th and 17th and 19th and 20th and 21st birthday, my dear Tristen.”She had torn the wrapping and brought just the fitness band. She seemed to have deliberately stuck biscuit crumbs to it.William had nearly choked on his wine, but Tristen seemed unaffected. William realized why when Tristen pulled out a bracelet - it was one of the items he had seen when picking jewelry with Ria. So, William knew it was a hallm
Rosaline and Tessa changed into a semi-formal dress and went to complete the formalities for the purchase of the two pieces of land they wanted to buy.It took most of the day.Seeing just two little girls, the other party tried to take advantage of them several times. They tried to change terms at the last minute. They endeavored to trick them into paying the entire royalty when they had already negotiated to split equally. They even tried to goad them to a higher price. But the girls had expected that as they had been dealing with explicit and systematic normalized sexism their whole lives.Having come prepared, they stood their ground and finally closed the deal.As a show of good faith, the girls invited them for lunch and paid for it.They finally parted on good terms, forgetting the dissatisfaction of the afternoon as the girls had been generous in their treatment. After they arrived back home, they both slumped on the couch. "That was one tedious lunch."Tessa finally said s
William and Albert spent the day working with Chandler and people from the security and monitoring departments to handle their situation.As they had predicted, getting them to agree to work things out per their plan was tricky. They were seeking legal cover to run their covert operation. As they had grouped multiple cases, all of which had the same perpetrator and motive, they finally managed to get things their way with many changes and detailing in the overall plan.William and Albert spent the rest of the day sorting the details of their company.By evening, Felix confirmed that he had purchased the land they had been vying for a long time.Moreover, he also reported that he had seen Miss Tessa Johnson with another girl in the property registration office.William then understood that Rosaline was probably busy buying some property of her own.He was rather impressed with his girlfriend for being able to earn and save enough to spend on properties at a young age.Besides, she did
Elisa had been sorting the gifts for in-laws, double-checking to ensure they were in the correct order.She would occasionally glance at Miranda and Lina and sigh inwardly.As a mother, she did not seem to know anything about her daughter.She was unaware of what she was doing with Tessa.It was the first time she had heard her mention having to finish something before her break.'Is that why she had been living at Tessa's place?'She wondered in her heart, too proud to ask anyone else or confront Lina for answers.Miranda and Rosaline had been joking and laughing like they were best friends.Elisa could not even remember the last time Lina had laughed so heartily in her presence.Whenever they were together, they would always argue.She did not know what Lina had been doing all these weeks. She had spent less than a week at home before she moved out to Tessa's place. Elisa knew she had been helping Maddox with some errands here and there for the wedding, but only because Maddox woul
The day was busy but uneventful.The Dayne family was excited to have a new addition to the family. While Ria had been more or less a family for years already, now it would be legal.Maddox and Ria had been secretive about their honeymoon plans and were getting teased relentlessly by the youngsters.Rosaline had wanted to know how his bachelorette went but was utterly disappointed.She had tried to coax, cajole, trick him into telling her, but he would only tease her in return.Miranda was amused looking at the two of them.“You girls should learn from your brother while choosing a partner. It’s so good knowing Ria’s addition to the family won’t affect any of your dynamics. Make sure whoever you choose will be able to mingle just as well with the family.”Tina only snorted at that and looked away, ignoring her. Seeing Miranda's face fall, Rosaline chipped in right away.“Aunty, don’t worry. Brother and I already have a deal. He will help me find out if I picked a good one."Maddox sno
The Browns were having a rather unhappy meal. Ria and Maddox had been living together for the last few years.They were childhood lovers, and everyone knew they would get married one day. Even so, Browns felt rather heavy-hearted when the time came to marry her off.Tristen tried to liven the mood as best as he could, but Ria and Rita started sniffling halfway through the meal.So, he and William began to chat about other things.Even Anabella looked very sad and had wet eyes. William did not care that much about it.He thought it was the same whether she was married or not. To him, Ria would always be a Brown and his little sister.A wedding to him was just a formality and marriage a legal stamp on an otherwise destined bond. He had been living away his whole life, and his equation with Ria had remained the same even after she started living together with Maddox.He got along with Maddox well enough. More importantly, he knew Maddox was a good person, loved his sister, and cherish
Jeremy was surprised to see Lina and Liam together.He knew they had called off the engagement. It had even strained the relationship between Daynes and Browns.But why were they together then?It did not look like he was just helping Lina while on his way.Jeremy could see from his window as Liam caressed Lina’s cheeks and held her hand as they walked.He could not understand what went on in the children’s heads, so he chose not to meddle.Lina was sensible, and he had a good impression of Liam as well.Maddox knew about them, which implied they were not keeping it a secret.Maybe as Lina said, they were not sure yet. So they wanted to keep it low-key. She had said they had met a month ago.It was rather stupid to ask them to get engaged out of the blue when he thought like that.Tina, on the other hand, was fuming.Despite all her efforts, they still got together. That bitch Lina played her. She lied about dating someone else and got together with Liam behind her back.She had heard
William lay on the bed with Rosaline in his arms and little Parth in his crib on the side. “Lexi?” William whispered. “Hmm?” Rosaline hummed in his neck. “Falling in love with you is the greatest achievement of my life. Thank you, darling. I never knew I could be so happy that my heart feels like it’ll overflow.” William said emotionally. “Don’t steal my line. That’s how I feel. With you by my side, I feel invincible.” Rosaline murmured. “I love you so much.” He said hoarsely. “I know. I would argue I love you more, but we both know that’s not true.” Rosaline giggled, peppering kisses on his neck. “Don’t do that!” William sighed. She teased, “Do what?” “Our son is here. We can’t do anything, so don’t provoke me. Besides, you have not healed yet.” William answered. “Teasing you is no fun. You have better control than me.” Rosaline complained. “You should be happy about that. I want you more than you want me.” William teased. “I have noticed our desire for sex and food follow
Everyone had gathered at the AR mansion early as Asteria was to bring Rosaline and William’s baby.Tessa jumped first and ran to the door.She could not snatch the baby from Asteria’s arm, and Asteria would not give him away.They argued as they reached Rosaline’s side.The silent baby finally made a cooing noise as he leaped at Rosaline.“You heartless brat, I have been looking after you for two days, and you did not even speak to me once,” Asteria exclaimed, making everyone laugh.She had become much more cheerful in Apex city. She was unrestrained and happy.Everyone was waiting to hold the baby.Leena whistled and said, “Don’t crowd around him. Give him some breathing space. Rosy will introduce everyone to him.”They all grumbled and sat down.Jack had to grab Tessa and Albert by the collar and make them sit.Meanwhile, the baby rested his head on Rosaline’s shoulders but kept facing outside.“Don’t be mad at Mamma. Mamma was busy. Look, Mamma brought Dada home.” Rosaline convince
Danial, Isabella, Rosaline, and William went to the Scott family mansion.They had identified and reported the spies to the authorities.Someone had screened the entire mansion for hidden bugs.They enjoyed a lively dinner. It was the most peaceful meal in over five months. They shared what was going on and celebrated the reunion.They had planned to fly to Apex city the next day.They had given a week off to everyone in both companies except the support staff. It was to gear everyone up for the drastic changes that were to happen in Scott Group and to set the pace they would pick up at AR Group. Finally, William and Rosaline were alone in their bedroom.He hugged her close as soon as they locked the door.“You worked so hard,” William sounded sad.“It was the only time I had gotten physically involved. I only worked from the sidelines and helped the rescued people. It was emotionally draining to see so much suffering.”“But I tried my best to channel it into helping others, spreadin
Rosaline tried to soothe her.“Forget those vile creatures. That phase in your life is over. It’ll never go away, but it’s only a past now.”“The baby is innocent. It’s 29 weeks old now. Already fully formed.”“That gives you three options - you can keep the baby.”“You can abort it.”“Or you can wait a few more weeks. After the 34th week, we can do a c-section. The baby will be kept in a NICU until it is ready to be taken away.”“It’ll have a very high chance of survival after 34 weeks. You need at least six weeks for your physical injuries to heal anyway. You will be in the hospital regardless.”“And even if you want to abort, you’ll have to wait two weeks before your other injuries are healed enough for the procedure to be safe for your body.”“You can sleep on it and make a choice.”The girl looked at her and asked, “If I give birth, what will happen to the child?”Rosaline answered, “Depends on what you want. You can leave it in CARE if you don’t want to raise it. I promise the c
Rosaline broke the silence before the reporters could ask anything.“This little girl needed 30 stitches to heal the wound caused by rape. I had qualms about signing the consent form to terminate the pregnancy, which she called a monster. It would have undoubtedly torn her already vulnerable body apart.”The host silenced the reporters and played another clip.It showed a hospital bed and a young woman with a big pregnant belly. Her face was blurred, but she looked young.A police officer took her statement while a nurse and Rosaline stayed in the room.“Miss , let me confirm the details as you have mentioned previously. You met Peter a year ago in a cafe. He asked you out, you refused, he started to harass you, and then you filed a complaint against him.”“We found the complaint in the FIR box in the police station of south branch-9, which is close to your house. You and your parents met with an accident five days after you had filed an FIR.”The girl trembled, and Rosaline hel
Rosaline asked.“Whose permission do we need to terminate any possible pregnancy? They are too young to consent to anything, and god knows when we will find their families.”She slumped down and leaned on the wall as she sighed.“On top of everything, I don’t want them to have to carry a pregnancy to term. Under a proper environment, there is a chance they might heal and have a life, a family, and a future ahead. Let’s protect that.”“Thank you, Chief!”“Can we also get permission for the girls to choose if they want to return to their homes or stay in CARE?”“I suspect one of the girls got sold by her family. The others were in unwanted, improvised conditions. Only the 13-year-old seems to come from a loving family. If they don’t have a healing environment at home, let them stay in CARE. When they are better, they can move out anytime they want.”“Thank you, Chief. I will get the documents from you and prepare them after I get checked at the hospital.”“Don’t worry! I won’t mess with
A reporter asked a question that was not related to the case.“Miss Dayne, there are rumors that all the rescued rape victims get forced to have an abortion before being admitted to CARE. Could you shed some light on the matter?”The host replied, “Please keep the questions limited to the case.”Rosaline smiled at the host and answered, “That is not true. But I think I should be able to answer more clearly if your question was specific.”The reporter was stunned but soon asked, “Is it true that you have signed the consent form for abortion for the rape victims who were underage?”“Yes, that is true.”The reporter sneered, “In that case, it is true.”Rosaline countered, “I think you should get your facts straight and understand the nuances while discussing a sensitive topic.”“I have signed a consent form to terminate the pregnancy caused by six months of continuous rape of an 8-year-old who was in no way capable of sustaining a pregnancy on her physically undeveloped body that needed
Chief Green continued after the reporters quieted down.“After an in-depth investigation, we uncovered some evidence which indicated Mr. Jackson Senior’s involvement in the accident of Mr. Andrew Scott’s pregnant wife.”“Mr. Jackson Junior’s involvement in missing funds and misappropriation of money and resources within Scott Group subsidiaries came to light. We also found evidence of him bribing many staff members of Scott Group.”“Ultimately, there was evidence of their involvement in child trafficking. It linked both cases together.”“Furthermore, Mr. Jackson Senior was the leading investigator of the case of Mrs. Andrew. He was also the senior leader overseeing the capture of the suspect - Peter.”“However, there was no motive linking them, and their accounts were clean. And the evidence was not enough.”“So, we had to dig deeper, and we uncovered Mr. Jackson’s sister, who had wanted to marry into the Scott family, had gone missing and was presumed dead two years before Mrs. Andre
“You bitch, you called the cops,” Michael said venomously, spittle spraying from his mouth.“Someone is indeed helping you from the inside. No wonder we failed three times.” Rosaline said calmly.“Hahaha, you are smart. No wonder you found all my hideouts. Too bad you can’t catch me, though.” He sneered.“For what you did to those little girls, I will make sure you get caught, even if it’s the last thing I do,” Rosaline vowed.“Those little cunts were so tight. I am getting hard just thinking of them. The youngest one, how old was that bitch again? Ah! 8, 7 when I bought her. She was one feisty bitch, so much like you. When I shoved myself inside her, she begged until she passed out. One day, I will make sure you do the same. I won’t kill you today. I am going to fuck you bloody first. And, you won’t be able to do anything because you can’t touch me.”Michael punched her on the stomach, spat on her face, and left.Rosaline took a minute before she managed to stand.She took off her ea