It was a long night for everyone involved.William had fractured both intruders’ hands and kicked them hard on the balls.He was stunned to hear that. He had never lost control like that. It was adrenaline.But he was not sorry for what had happened to those bastards.The sight that had greeted him that time would forever haunt his memory.He vowed to avenge his women and get back at everyone who had even the most minor involvement.The doctors identified that Rosaline had inhaled some sort of illegal drug which combined anesthesia, aphrodisiac, and hallucinogen.As she had orally inhaled it, the effects were marginal. If it had gone to the bloodstream, it would have even adverse effects and could have even a long-term impact.The police officer left after learning from the doctor and took a vile of blood for cross-testing.It was nearly 11 pm when Rosaline regained consciousness.Not that she was any restful before. She had been trashing in her sleep and mumbling incoherently.When s
Under the persuasion of the “guard” sent by William, Rosaline drank a lot of water.The doctors had refrained her from eating anything.She calmed down a lot after an hour. Finally, she agreed to take one arm out and get the infusion set up.William called the doctor and watched him closely as he did so.She drifted to sleep at around 2 am. She was still restless, and William tried to speak with her gently and soothe her without touching her.He called her little animal names.It seemed to work as she did not violently react when called these, unlike how she responded when called ‘baby’ or Rosaline.Throughout the night, he acted as a guard and persuaded her to calm down.It was better than being himself and confusing her.Maddox and Ria also stayed in the hospital.William urged them to go back to no avail. He had more important things to focus on, so he let them be.When Rosaline stirred up in the morning, she saw William looking at her intently.For a second, she thought she was i
William followed Rosaline to her room.He only politely greeted Miranda and Jeremy but was otherwise indifferent.When they reached her room, he locked the door from inside, strode into the bathroom, and drew her a bath.He adjusted the temperature and left the water running as he came out to find Rosaline standing outside the bathroom door.“How do you feel?” He asked softly.“I feel dirty.”“I am sorry.” William sighed.“Why?” “I failed to protect you.”“Don’t be. You saved me. I knew you would.”“Don’t shut me out.”“I won’t. I just feel so dirty. I need a shower.”“I will help you.”“No. Please, William! They pretended to be you. I was so scared. I can feel their hands on me. I feel sick.”“Shh…don’t. I reached you first. I heard everything. Let me be there for you.”“I am not pushing you away. I just want to wash away the filth.”“There is no filth on you. You could never catch it.”“Please!”“No,” William said as he decisively picked her up and got into the bathtub carrying her
William and Rosaline came downstairs to find everyone waiting up for them.They had their breakfast, and everyone sat in the living room before they finally broached the subject.William held Rosaline tightly in his arms as she explained everything. William and Maddox filled in the rest. Miranda was horrified and hugged Lina in her arms.William was displeased but contained himself.Jeremy thanked him, but William shook his head, saying it was his responsibility to protect his women.He apologized for a job poorly done.Ria was astounded looking at her brother.She had known that William and Rosaline were in love and rather lovey-dovey, but seeing with her own eyes was a whole different thing. Rosaline had to console Miranda and help her settle down before she sat beside William.He immediately wrapped his arms around her and tugged her closer. The police had not come up with anything until then about who was behind it.William knew Albert and Tessa must have been looking into it a
One month had passed since the attempted assault on Rosaline in Bellum city.The only thing the police had uncovered was that whoever the mastermind was, they were trying to frame both William and Rosaline for dealing with drugs and illegal prostitution.If Rosaline had not been vigilant and called William, who recorded the entire conversation and rescued her in time, the perpetrators would have successfully framed them.Unfortunately, the police had failed to uncover anything, much to Maddox’s fury.He had put a lot of pressure on the authorities, but it all had come to nothing.On the other hand, Rosaline had had nightmares for a month and was just starting to get better.William had been with her every step of the way. Rosaline did not hide her panic, fear, or insecurities from William and accepted his help in everything.William also shared his guilt and restlessness with her.They were partners and would go through everything together as one unit.The transparency helped strengt
Things stood at a standstill for around a month.Everyone in the AR Group suspected that Rosaline had left S city. Asteria confirmed everyone’s doubt when she messaged Felix asking why Rosaline was in NewT city and had been staying there for a while, looking somber during the day, and drunk during the evenings. Unfortunately for the parties involved, an entire team saw the message.Felix had connected his phone to the projector. He was explaining the doubts he had about the game.AR Group was abuzz again.The President had lashed out for gossiping during work hours. But otherwise, he had remained indifferent.But a few discerning people had seen his knuckles turning white with the sheer force he was using to clench his fists involuntarily.William had abruptly canceled everything in his schedule for the next three days and was as unbearable as ever the other times.Albert went to William’s office, closed the door, pulled the shutters, and had a long chat with William.The day after,
Three days later, there was an uproar in the AR Group. The new app released by AR Group a week before had a privacy issue, and there were reports of a suspected breach of user data.The designs of a Shopping complex in S city drafted by the AR group turned out to have several security issues. The experts analyzed that it would fall apart even before completion.In the hour of crisis, the CEO, co-founder - William Brown - was nowhere to be seen.The rumors said he was running after a woman after being in an ‘off’ state for more than a month. Felix - the CEO’s trusted assistant, and Albert - co-founder and Chief Legal Officer - were left to pick up the slack. Felix was sick, and the constant coughing and running nose were not encouraging.Albert’s focus was more on his cold and estranged girlfriend of a few weeks only.Asteria heard the news and came back to support them, but she was out of her depth and only really served to distract an already out-of-depth Felix. AR Group was bein
The AR group was in crisis, and CARE was under scrutiny.Yet the founders -William and Rosaline - spent their days in each other’s arms.They seemed unbothered about what was going on outside.They had spent a month and a half apart without even talking on the phone.And a month before that, they had been in a tense state, with Rosaline getting nightmares and flinching from everyone’s touch.That had been a difficult phase as Rosaline would instinctively flinch and fight as soon as she was touched when her eyes were closed.It had taken one month of William’s meticulous care before Rosaline finally broke through and got better.But before they could relish in the joy, their intricate investigation and trap had finally laid fruit.The time had come for retaliation, and they had formed a plan.Acting as they fought had not been easy, though the cold frosty atmosphere had come naturally.William and Tessa had wanted to postpone the plan as neither were happy with the idea of Rosaline cel