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 chuckled when Rosaline heaved an audible sigh after he stopped the car at the garage of AR Mansion.“What’s so funny?”“If you were scared, you could have told me. You were clutching my jacket so tightly. There are probably finger-shaped holes on them. Did you also hold your breath throughout the way?”“I could not possibly hold my breath for that long.”“If you are scared, just tell me. Don’t keep it in.”“You were the one who told me not to disturb you.”“I did, but that’s not what I meant.”“What did you mean?”Amidst the bickering, Rosaline did not realize he had lowered the car seat, and she was practically lying on his chest.She looked up when he laughed, only to find herself in an ambiguous position. “Wait. How did we get like this? And oh, dear god, I wanted to go to Tessa’s.”“I thought you agreed to stay with me.”“No, I was just teasing you. My clothes and everything are still in Tessa’s place. We planned to get our hair and makeup done in her place before going t