Rosaline fell asleep on top of him just like that. She woke up after some time feeling something wet between her legs.William coaxed her back to sleep. The next time she woke up, it was slightly over 5 am, and she had woken up to drink some water only to realize William wasn’t in bed. She hurriedly put on some clothes, stretched for a bit, and looked around, only to realize he was not in the apartment.Then it hit her - he must have gone out for a run.She decided to surprise him and prepared simple rolls with a bit of meat and lots of veggies as filling and a smoothie.When she finished cooking, William was not back yet, so she decided to tease him.She removed all traces of having done anything in the kitchen, took off her clothes, and went back to bed.A few minutes later, William came back. He was planting slowly, and she could smell sweat even before he got close to her.As soon as William changed his shoes, he came to check on her, kissed her on the forehead, tucked her in,
The next time Rosaline woke up, it was around 8 am.She was still in William's embrace. She instinctively called his name. Upon hearing his reply, she snuggled close in his embrace and closed her eyes. Then she suddenly recalled what had happened in the morning.She had prepared a surprise, but he had ruined it.She bolted upright and pulled the blanket to cover herself, realizing she was still naked.William was surprised and looked at her questioningly as she glared at him.“Baby, what’s wrong?” He asked as he slowly reached out to her, afraid of startling her.“I prepared breakfast for you and planned to surprise you. You have ruined it.” She grumbled. William laughed, which made her punch him in the chest.‘How could she be so adorable?’“Baby, I had the most delicious breakfast that exists. I would not call it a ruined surprise.”William consoled her, which only made her choke.“How can you be so shameless so early in the morning?” Rosaline glared at him.“You did not think I w
Albert spent the next few days traveling to and from S city and Apex city.He had wanted to talk to Tessa about their relationship but did not get the time as they were busy.He did not want to say his piece and leave. She was special. Albert could not bear to treat her otherwise.He had thought about their relationship long and hard. Although the dynamic between him and Tessa was not the same as his parents or William and Rosaline, he could not bear to just break up with her just like that.At that time, they were more friends than lovers, and the vibe they had was comfortable - like snuggling inside a warm blanket.It might not be burning hot and bright, but whatever they had was too precious to lose.He visited Johnson Group of hotels and did an impromptu check on their accounts, taxes, and royalties they had paid over the years, making sure there were no gaps or misconduct.He knew Tessa was busy and wanted to ensure no one was taking advantage of that. He had not planned it no
Albert ignored Tessa for the entire day. He flew back to S city at night as planned.Tessa had been feeling bad the entire time.She confirmed with Rosaline that he was on the 8 pm flight as planned.She drove to the airport to pick him up.To appease him, she made a placard in the shape of a character he had designed in the first game he and William had developed.She decorated it with LED lights and wrote his name in big-bold-red letters. Albert noticed the eye-catching placard as soon as he came out.He was surprised to see someone use a placard like that but stopped in his tracks after noticing his name on it.He looked at the person holding the placard from afar and realized it was Tessa.‘This girl has some conscience, after all.’He thought, all his frustrations having swept away.He stealthily made his way toward her, but there weren’t many people at the arrival gate, and she quickly noticed him.She waved at him and walked toward him.For the first time, he got the urge to h
Tessa smiled smugly at him.“It’s kind of funny seeing him sulk. Rosy keeps him on his best behavior.”She said as they both laughed.“I have to admit. I had never thought my brother would fall for someone. That too so quick and so hard.” He said.“Of course. It’s impossible not to love my Rosy. Although, sometimes, Rosy can be a little nag.” She beamed.“She is not your Rosy,” Albert made a face.Tessa just shrugged at him.They talked about work and things at Johnson group of hotels on their way back and while eating.When they were done and had cleaned up the kitchen, they sat on the couch as Tessa broached the subject.“What did you want to talk about?” She asked directly.“About us. What are we? How do we feel for each other?” Albert said, sighing.“What’s there to talk about us? I thought we would just go with the flow. And maybe confess when we either fall in love or feel like it’s not going anywhere.”Tessa asked in confusion.“That’s what I thought. But Dad said he had a thin
Tessa was thinking hard and suddenly started to process everything that had happened in the last 2-3 days, including what they had just discussed.She frowned and asked, “Al, you were confused. Then why did you kiss me?”Albert stopped pacing and looked at her, “What are you talking about?”“In the parking lot today. You were angry and confused, so why did you kiss me?”“You have some nerve to ask.”“Of course! You said they got you all confused, and you weren’t sure, then why kiss me out of nowhere and confuse me as well.”“Honey, you kissed me back.”“Because I was not going through all this nonsense in my head.”“I don’t know, okay? I saw you standing there and suddenly wanted to kiss you. Then I remembered you hate PDA, so I only held your hand and hugged you. I could not help myself when you kissed me on the cheek. Besides, I waited a few seconds for you to react if you didn't want to. You did not push me away.”“I think we should stop thinking about this too much. How about we t
Time flew by, and the year was about to end.Things were looking great for the two couples.Tessa and Albert were doing great.They figured it was okay for their relationship to be based on friendship and develop slowly instead of comparing it with that of others who just clicked from the word go.They were friends first, and no matter what happened, they would remain friends.Knowing this strengthened the bond as it took away all the unwanted pressure.Rosaline and William were doing great. Despite living in different cities for two months.They had bought a rundown apartment on the top floor with rights to develop on the roof.It was located halfway between the Dayne family mansion and CARE, which made Rosaline’s life easier.They had been working on renovating it for the previous two months. The renovations were almost complete.William tore it down rather unceremoniously, and they both designed it, including adding a studio apartment on top. They turned the rundown apartment into
It was another new year since Rosaline had returned.The three couples were excited.As usual, AR Group gave two weeks off with additional incentives for the support staff who would still work during the time.They decided to ditch their families this year and celebrate together on a much-needed vacation.However, a few of them happened to be broke, and thus they shelved their plans for an exuberant vacation abroad.Asteria wasn’t aware of the concept - of being broke - so Felix spent quite a time explaining it to her while Rosaline and Albert helped.Tessa - the wealthy heiress, and William - the young master of the Brown family and boss of the AR Group, were never broke.Besides, William’s family had been putting money on his card for the past fifteen years, which he had yet to touch. He did not even know what the amount was.They settled for holidaying in T city in Rosaline’s villa.The five people chipped in to pay for everything else since the villa was Rosaline’s.They overruled