Jack was relieved after hearing that.He had gotten to know William while working for him. So, he could somewhat understand his character. Besides, he was Tristen’s brother and Tessa’s alumni and boss. They knew he wasn’t a nasty person.He seemed thoughtful in his interactions with Rosy. It was evident in minor things.“That’s good to know. Remember your words because if you ever hurt Rosy, I will make your life miserable. I may not be successful. But, I assure you, I will try my fucking best. And my Leena will support me.”“I know. Thank you for telling me this. At least I won’t be caught off guard.”William sighed at that.He felt like he had picked a rock to hit his foot.“It’s good to know that she has always had you and Tessa Johnson with her. As much as I hate that she relies on you more than me, that you know her better than me, I am truly thankful that you guys have always been her rock.”“Well, you will have to live with that. Leena had trouble with that for a while, but sh
William finished his tea in a big gulp, set his cup aside, put down her cup, and pulled her into his lap.Rosaline did not know what he was up to, but she got comfortable straddling him.“My dearest Rosaline, are you giving me an explanation?”“Huh? Did I?”“Mhmm.”“I did not realize I was doing that.” She sighed.“That’s even better.”“How so?”“Because it means you love me more than you admit. I would rather it is this way than the other way around.”“Hahaha! You make a good point.”“Talking to Jack made me realize I still have a long way to go before I have you reasonably figured out.”“And what would you do when you do that?”“Pursue you every which way, so you are stuck with me forever.”“You are so sweet. I love you.”William was shocked as he had not expected her to say it that soon, or even like that amid laughter.“What?”“I love you, William. I did not even realize when I fell for you in such a short time to boot.”“Do you mean it?”“When you were drugged, I realized I liked
By the time Rosaline orgasmed, William was very uncomfortable in his lower body.He settled her down and kissed her before he tried to leave and go to the washroom to relieve himself. But unexpectedly, she pulled him towards him and asked him to be gentle.He was dumbfounded, but she did not give him the chance to react as she kissed him deeply and urgently.“I love you so much, William. I want to live with you, create memories, grow old, and die in your arms.”She muttered in between her kisses.He barely responded to her as he was too high to register what was going on as they blended into one.He was gentle and incredibly patient with her as he focused on making her feel good.He uttered sweet nothings in her ear and worshiped her body while she reciprocated with equal enthusiasm.When she yelled in pain and bit him on the shoulders, he paused, kissed, and caressed her until she stopped biting him and started kissing him.He slowly and gently let her set the rhythm. He only sped
On the same evening, Tessa had a visitor. A woman showed up at her place asking for her. She introduced herself as a therapist for the army hospital and announced that she would be her therapist and personal trainer for the next two months.She would also prefer to stay in the hotel if Tessa didn’t mind.Tessa stared at her dumbfounded.The woman explained that Commander Brown had sent her.Tessa excused herself and called William but did not get a response.She called Rosy, but she had switched off her phone. She could only make the living arrangements for her as she had all the credentials. Moreover, she needed it.Tessa was stubborn but not an idiot. She would not refuse the help she needed.Besides, she thought it was William’s father’s way of apologizing for what his mother did.After making the living arrangements, she invited her for a cup of tea, and they started talking about the plan.The women had come prepared. She asked Tessa to spar with her to determine her strength a
William picked up the letter and opened it very slowly.He unfolded the letter to see Rosaline’s neat handwriting.Dearest William,I wanted to say that I am sorry, but I know sorry doesn't cut it. I knew you would get hurt and be mad at me, but I left anyway.I wanted to tell you my reasons for doing this, but those just felt like lame excuses.You told me you wanted to be there as I sorted out my emotions and picked myself up. But I could not bear to let you witness that.I can only hope that you will find it in your heart to give me a chance to earn your forgiveness when I come back.And yes, ‘when’ not ‘if’ because I meant everything I told you last night.I love you, William. I don’t know what magic you used to make me fall head over heels in love with you in one short month, but here we are.I want to spend the rest of my life with you and grow old together. I know we are far from that now, but the possibility of that makes me giddy.When I come back, I hope you will give me the
The word rang in her ears, but Tessa could not register it.Even Leena was surprised, though she had somewhat expected it.“Gone!”Tessa widened her eyes. Trembling, she asked, “Come again?”“When I woke up, there was a letter.” “She told me not to find her, take care of you, and that she would come back,” William said indifferently, masking his emotions.He was back to being the person Tessa knew him as before he met Rosy.“Why?” She asked, barely suppressing her cries.“What’s wrong with you?” He asked directly.“What do you mean?” She was confused with the question.“Why do you need therapy?” William asked specifically.It took a moment for Tessa to realize what he was asking.Rosy’s pretend happy face and acting as if nothing had happened popped into her head. It all made sense now.“Hahahaha." She laughed self-deprecatingly."I knew it! I knew she wouldn't be able to handle it. That’s why I wanted to hide it from her.”She abruptly stopped. She looked at William and asked, “Is th
It was a typical morning in the headquarters of the AR group.10-11 am in the mornings were for meetings for Felix and his boss.The first fifteen minutes every day were for the IT and security team.Felix thought his boss was paranoid about data security. Not that he dared to say it outright, but he still thought about that every morning.While Felix admired his boss's reasons for wanting to protect his company’s reputation and not wanting his employee’s efforts to go in vain, he still thought he was a little paranoid.Felix, the boss’s chief assistant, was forced to learn all the technical jargon.Even though there was now one more assistant supposedly assisting his boss, that rich brat was only making trouble for Felix and not being any help at all.In the entire year since Asteria Scott joined, Felix could not remember a single time when he felt his burden decrease.If anything, he felt he had to serve one more person without pay or position. Even more surprising was that his bos
At 10 am, William and Felix held a meeting with the IT and security team.It went on well - no concerns or problems.Asteria jotted down the notes while coloring the hearts she drew on the notebook.After that came a long depressing meeting where the team that was - sacrifice of the day - it was different each day and repeated every two weeks - was in utter chaos, looking at the CEO’s unimpressed face.The market research team was supposed to bring quantifiable data to support one of the two proposed software they needed to develop.But they came back with crap with a small unrelated sample set.Felix could see that William was about to lose his temper and admonish the entire team for producing poor-quality work.Just as he was getting ready to hear William’s cold voice, he heard a familiar beep.Felix and a few people who had heard it before sucked in a deep sigh of relief. Asteria was confused and jealous but could do nothing about it.For an entire year, she had been hearing these