William went to Tessa’s place first.Then he escaped through the backdoor leading his stalkers to think he was inside the whole time.He did not bother going inside as he knew both the girls would be sleeping. They probably would not wake up before noon or could even sleep till evening. As much as he wanted to see his girlfriend in her half-asleep-messy state, he could not be sure she was alone in her bedroom. Besides, he knew she wouldn’t appreciate the invasion of her privacy.So he left directly.When he arrived at the AR mansion, he went inside his study on the ground floor, locked himself in, opened a closet, moved the stationary supplies to another cabinet, and opened the detachable bottom part of the closet. It revealed a staircase.The staircase went from narrow to spacious and finally led to the hidden basement. For something hidden underground, it was well equipped.It had two bedrooms, a kitchen with an island, a study, a living room, and most importantly - a large surveil
William and Albert spent the better part of the day fixing the ring.A few years previously, William had designed a ring when Albert went missing, and Aunt Aria had panicked.It was the first time he had seen her panic.To give her a sense of security, he designed a simple gadget for himself and Albert that would help them keep in touch no matter what.It did not have many features, just live GPS transmission between the two devices, a one-number-only call function to each other, and a voice recorder.The prototype had looked rather suspicious and ugly, so he discarded it.But Albert had kept it as a souvenir. William had never thought it would come in handy one day.The ones William and Albert used looked like a simple silver band on their thumb. It looked ordinary and cheap.The rings looked like something one would wear for sentimental reasons.Hence it was inconspicuous. After a couple of hours, they managed to update the old prototype and copy the functions to it as well. They a
Rosaline sighed as she looked at her friend. She knew Tess was just worried about her.She turned around to find William squinting at her.She cocked her head as she asked, “Are you going to try to talk me out of it?”“No. I was going to say that you can stop when you are tired.”“You sound like someone who reluctantly gave up.”“I just don’t want you to be hurt.”William pinched her cheeks as he pulled her down from the couch to his lap.“Oie”“What?” He asked innocently, still pinching her cheeks.“Why are you pinching my cheeks?”“You look adorable. Such rosy cheeks.”“Have you lost your mind?”“Maybe!”“Let’s go to my room.”“huh”“I don’t want Tessa seeing any of this. The teasing will never end.”“Be my pleasure,” William murmured in her ear.He picked her up in his arms and headed to her room.William sat on her bed, leaning on the headboard with Rosaline on his lap.He asked mischievously, “Aren’t you worried I will get ideas when you tell me to go to your bedroom?”Rosaline s
Rosaline and William fooled around for a while.Rosaline was frustrated.William kissed her on her face, lips, neck, cleavage, and the corner of her breasts but would not move beyond it.His hands trailed on her thighs - on the back and inside - but would not touch where she wanted. Moreover, he would not let her do anything to him.She would tug on his hair and caress his back, but he would promptly stop her when she moved her hands to his chest.Unable to bear it any longer, she pushed him away. She angrily bit him on the neck.“You are such a bastard.”She said through gritted teeth, but William found it hilarious.Her eyes had filled with tears, and she was sniveling a little, frustration evident on her face.“Tell me then, what do you want?” William teased her.She widened her eyes in surprise and then in anger.“Get out of here. I don’t want to see you ever again.”William chuckled, making her angrier. She only felt worse as her eyes grew mistier.William kissed her on her eyes
Rosaline stared dazedly at the closed door and could not organize her emotions. She gave up after a while and went to Tessa’s room instead.She knocked on the door and said, “Tess, are you there?”“Yep, come in.”Just as she entered Tessa’s room, she received a text from William.“I wanted to talk to you about something, but we got distracted. Ria’s sister-in-law is involved somehow. I think we are missing something big. Let’s talk tomorrow. Stay safe!”Rosaline did not reply, keeping up the pretense of still sleeping.Tessa teased her as she was looking at the phone.“Can’t keep your hands off each other when together, and can’t keep from the phone when not? My dear Rosy, how did you come to be like this?”“He said he loves me.”“What?”Rosaline made herself comfortable at the foot of her bed, hugging a cushion as she replied.“He did not know I had woken up. He kissed me on the forehead and said he loves me before leaving.”“That’s big! Wow. You two are sure moving fast. Congratulat
Rosaline was not surprised at that.“That’s understandable. Leena’s brothers have always treated us well. You did not tell him our reason behind this, did you?”“Of course not. I said I wanted to buy farmland and grow crops for the hotel.”“Did he believe you?”“Yeah. Brother liked the idea, though not the thought of me doing it personally. I said I’ll hire professionals for that.”“It’s good as long as he bought it. Besides, building a farmhouse and growing crops is a good idea.”“You realize neither of us knows how to do that or even cook.”“I am aware. I was not saying we should do it. Just that it was a good idea.”“Shall we complete the formalities the day after tomorrow?”“What about that plot by the lake?”“Are you still stuck on that?” Tessa shook her head.“Yes. I told you I fell in love with it at first sight. We have spent a year negotiating with all of them. I don’t want to miss out on that.”“Then what should we do?”“Let’s check all our accounts. I think we are probably
On the other hand, William was suffering at the party.His mother had insisted on throwing a party for the bride-to-be. As a host, naturally, he could not skip it. Tristen, on the other hand, managed to evade it. His mother, as always, had called her friends and their children that she liked or approved. There were none of his, Ria’s, or Tristen’s friends. Ria was diplomatic and had a friendly relationship with most of them, as they would run into each other from time to time.Despite not being close to any of them, she enjoyed the party all the same, or at least she looked that way.Tristen knew he would not like it and did not want to endure it. He cleverly called and said he had a run-in with his teachers and could not refuse their invitation.He had sounded so sorry that Anabella would frequently lament on his behalf.William and Ria, who knew he had deliberately invited his teacher on the pretext of Ria’s wedding to avoid this party, tactfully kept mum.They had to admire thei
William had never gotten wasted before.He had a decent alcohol tolerance. Besides, he disliked socializing. He never had to drink a lot.He had never taken any drugs either.But it did not take a genius to figure out that he had ingested an aphrodisiac. He could not be sure precisely what drugs he had ingested, but the burning and the itchy feeling made things evident.Images of Rosaline filled his head. Her blushing face, her moans, her red and glistening lips after he kissed her, her smooth skin littered with hickeys.He quickly turned on all the lights in the room, turned the AC to 15 degrees, and dashed to the bathroom.But someone had cut off the water supply and broken the lock in the bathroom.He tried his phone, but the signal seemed to be blocked.He loudly cursed and quickly enabled all three functions on his ring.Thankfully, all of them seemed to work, although he did not get to check them clearly as he was already quite dizzy.He consoled himself that Rosaline and Alber