William asked her what was on her mind instead.“So what exactly are you thinking?”“I have a friend who happens to require restoring grandma's old house. It’s been vacant for the past five years since Grammy passed away.”She added, “I promised to help her with interior design, and we are looking for someone else to help with the restoration work. I guess you can help her with it. Her family owns a hotel close to her Grammy’s house.”“So?” William questioned with mischief in his eyes. “I think you said something about giving her content.” William did not like where her idea was going.“Are you sure about that? It’s most likely to spread out. The pictures were blurry the last time, but that won’t always be the case. We can get you a fake identity, but we can’t change your face. I don’t think that’s worth the risk.”“Don’t worry about that. A clean hand needs no washing. Let Supriya do as she wishes. We’ll collect evidence and sue her all at once.”Rosaline added as an afterthought.
They continued to eat and drink some more amidst the awkwardness with their thoughts all over the place. After a while, Rosaline excused herself to go to the washroom.William took this chance to open the windows and breathe the much-needed fresh air to calm himself down. Rosaline was the first and only person he was attracted to in his entire life.He had never thought about romance or even sex. His best friend, Albert, often teased him that he had a physiological problem or maybe he was asexual. William had never paid attention to it.But Rosaline was driving him insane.When she bit her lips, as she subconsciously tended to do quite often, it took all of his restraint to resist the urge to kiss her and maybe bite those lips until they became red and swollen. He could not take his eyes off her when she walked in today.The tattoo on her fair shoulders was tempting.He wanted to trace them with his tongue. Move up to Rosaline’s slender neck and touch and kiss every inch of her ski
Engrossed in their thoughts, neither commented on how long it had taken Rosaline to visit the washroom.They reverted to the casual conversion and ironed out some more details while waiting for Tessa to join.Some more food and wine later, Tessa made a grand entrance.The Pavillion’s security was top-notch.The waiter got the ID from Tessa, then asked William and Rosaline if they had called the person in the ID.Only after the guest’s approval do they let in the person.When Tessa came in, both William and Tessa were astonished.“WTF, boss! How do you know Rosy?” Tessa inquired of William.“She is the help you called?” William asked Rosaline, ignoring Tessa as he was wont to do. “Damn! Can you be a little more human, boss? I spent so much effort digging on your bitch?”“Interesting!” Rosaline finally said.William had a bad feeling about it. “Babe, who is he?” Rosaline asked Tessa.“Babe?” William frowned, not being the object of the address.“Senior Will, how do you know my Rosy? I
Rosaline and William filled Tessa with what they had planned so far.When they had just about finished, food also arrived.Tessa started eating like a hungry ghost and did not talk at all.Rosaline and William had known her for a long time and knew her well. They let her be and started chatting on their own. “How did you guys become friends?” William enquired.Rosaline explained. “She stole my food, and I poured water on her head. I got thirsty later on and stole her water. She got cold and stole the jacket that I had taken off. We somehow became friends after that, and the rest is, as you can see.” William could not help but smile. “This reminds me of how Pete and I became friends.”“How?”“We were in 1st grade at that time. I saw Pete was about to kiss Ria, so I punched him and gave him a split lip. Unexpectedly, Ria kicked me instead. She had a bet with her classmates that she could get Pete to kiss her in front of everyone. She had spent an entire day harassing him, and when she
By the time Rosaline, Tess, and Wiliam had finalized all the details, they were all slightly tipsy.Rosaline called home and said she would crash at Tessa’s. Tessa had lived alone since her Grammy’s death, and Rosaline would often crash at her place.The Dayne couple was used to their daughter staying away from home.Apart from the usual grumblings from her mother, Rosaline did not hear much.Exhausted and drunk, Tessa decided to party. She went to the dance floor and started to dance like there was no tomorrow. Tris had run into her classmates and was still there, so she caught up with Tessa. They looked like a pair rather than two girls dancing, so no one bothered them.They were childhood friends and had good chemistry. They set the dance floor on fire. “You don’t want to dance,” William asked Rosaline. She was looking at Tessa from their private box.“Can’t. Two left feet.” Rosaline replied honestly.“Let me help.” William offered and dragged her to the private dance floor on th
Rosaline woke up when she heard the relentless doorbell ringing and dragged herself groggily to check who was there through the peephole.“What the hell is wrong with you? Who wakes up this early?” Rosaline shouted as soon as she opened the door to a stunned William.“Good afternoon to you too.”“Huh?”“It’s 1 pm already, sleepyhead,” William said as he knocked on her forehead. “Annoying!” Rosaline murmured as she led him to the living room. William’s mouth twitched as she directly jumped on the sofa and continued to sleep, forgetting him completely.He sat on the ground on the sofa as he examined her. She looked so adorable and so damn kissable in her half-awake state. He held down his impulse, leaned in, and blew on her ear, neck, and face until she couldn't take the itch anymore and woke up with an alarm.“Now you are awake,” William snickered. Rosaline was speechless. She scratched her hair to make sense of what happened while William handed her a glass of warm water.She took
The best and most believable lies have certain truths.Keeping this in mind, William, Tessa, and Rosaline began to fill in the blanks for “Alexia Rosy Hill’s” life.She went to the same preschool and elementary school as Rosaline did. But she went to a community college in Clint City. She dropped out before graduating.She even had a police report in Clint City during her stay for stealing. They filled in on her life as an orphan taken in by Tessa’s grandmother to be Tessa’s playmate when she was a child. After that, they started to fortify the security around the house and hotel.When they had started planning, Rosaline was unsure how much she could trust William. After all, he was a stranger.But Tessa seemed to know and trust him very well.She even confided that she had wanted to set them up for ages but had refrained from it since she was unsure of William’s preference.Tessa showed them the hidden route from her hotel, one of her family secrets.William was apprehensive about g
Three days went by in a flash.They had completed creating fake life for “Alexia Rosy Hill” and fortified all the security measures around their respective houses and hotel while installing several secret surveillance cameras everywhere.Albert had flown to Apex City and settled in William’s house without contacting anyone, including William.Chandler was already in Apex City, and he was communicating with William via encrypted messages.Rosaline has gotten a new hairdo with the bottom two inches of her hair dyed Blue. Finally, it was time to lower the bait and wait for the fish to catch it. William dressed neatly and drove his BMW straight to the LTR shopping complex. The car was his 16th birthday gift from his family. He had not used it all that much since he did not stay in the city.After parking his car, he quickly rushed to entrance D, where he had decided to meet Rosaline. It was to be their first official fake date. William stooped in his tracks when he saw Rosaline in a on