ROSY “Are you okay?” Casper whispered beside me and I nodded, inhaling deeply. “I have to do this,” I muttered. We were behind the stage, getting reading for the interview. “Are you ready for the questions that will be thrown at you?” He asked and I nodded. “I’m ready for anything,” I grumbled in reply and applied a lip gloss on my parched lips. “I applied some moisturizer some moments ago,” the make-up artist said, glancing at my lips. “It got parched again,” I replied and she sighed. Everyone in the room knew how nervous I was, I was extremely nervous that after such a long stretch of years, I’d get to talk about Sherry to the public again. I hope I don’t fidget so much for people to notice, I hope the cat won’t get my tongue when I get out there. “It’s time,” someone announced. Casper nodded me ahead and the make-up artist grinned to add some light to my heart. No, I don’t need much light in my heart, it will only soften what should be hardened. I inhaled and
ROSYMy breath hitched as the cold metal pressed further into my numb skin.“Don’t you want to move?” I heard a husky voice behind me.“Who the hell are you?” I breathed out; a part of me wondered why I wasn’t afraid while the other part strived to push fear out of my body.“Alright then, I am gonna pull the trigger and release this fucking bullet into your wretched body,” he voiced out.The sound of his finger pressed against the trigger propelled me to obey his order and slip into my car.He released a mocking laughter and slid into the driver’s seat then ignited the car.As the car roared to life and began to roll away, I was tempted to ask about the whereabouts of my chauffeur.“Where is my driver?” I asked, mustering up every bit of confidence in me.After a long stretch of silence, he answered my question.“The poor man took my place. It was unfortunate that he had to work for someone like you,” he chuckled.I balled my fist, breathing out anger.Who the hell is this
ROSY As my head hit his hard chest, I let out a sigh of relief, holding him tightly so he wouldn’t let go. “Help me, save me,” that was all I muttered. He stood still, neither pushing me away nor assuring me that he would help me. I raised my head and stared into those blue eyes that had been crossing my path lately. “Why do you look familiar?” I muttered, hoping within me that he wouldn’t turn out to be who I suspected him to be. But that mischievous smirk proved me wrong. I let go of him and stepped back, glaring at him in disbelief. “Caleb?” I scoffed. “Do you need help?” his eyes twinkled as he asked. He looked across my shoulder and huffed when he saw that man staggering closer to me, I mean, us. I guessed the man stopped to study the person I ran to, and now, he has continued his mission of getting me. “He wants to kill me, you have to save me,” I snapped when I noticed how relaxed Caleb was as he watched the man. “Shouldn’t you be pleading?” he mumbled.
CALEBI stared intently at her sleeping face, then smiled to myself.“You grow more beautiful every day, Rosy; what’s the secret?” I muttered teasingly.It seemed my voice drifted into her ears because she stirred, humming loudly.I moved away from her and slipped back into my bed, pretending to be asleep.We were in the hospital. After the police arrived and arrested the psychopath, we were taken to the hospital for treatment. When Rosy fainted, I thought that the world had stopped moving; every event that took place afterward didn’t make any meaning to me. All that was on my mind was for Rosy to wake up safe and sound.I heard her groan, and then a scream followed; before I could open my eyes, a pillow was thrown at my face.“What the hell are you doing here?” I lay calm on the bed, staring blankly as I brushed the pillow away from my body.If glare can kill, I’m certain that the level of hostility emitting from her glare should have made me drop to death.“What are you d
CALEB The look on my mom’s face was horrifying. Katherine’s ear-piercing scream echoed in the room, and everyone pressed their fingers on their ears. She threw her bag away and rushed towards us, then yanked Rosy off my body; Rosy tumbled to the ground, wincing in a low tone. “Don’t hurt my Mommy!” Daisy screamed and sank her little sharp teeth into Katherine’s arm. Katherine growled and slapped Daisy’s head away. Anger shot through me, and Rosy snapped up; she spun Katherine around and then landed an agonizing slap on her face. Katherine staggered back and began to fall into my bed, I moved the bed away and watched her body hit the ground. Daisy burst out laughing, and my mom gasped as she rushed towards Katherine, who was sprawled out on the floor, wincing loudly. She helped her up to her feet and swerved her head towards Rosy with a scowl laced across her face. “Haven’t I warned you to stay away from my son? And you dare hurt my daughter-in-law?” my mom sneered
ROSY I wanted the ride to be a silent one and so was it. Evan kept stealing glances at me as he tried so hard to endure the unfair punishment I was giving him. “How long are you going to remain silent?” He questioned when he couldn’t endure it any longer. “As long as possible,” my reply was blunt. He sighed and I watched his head shake in dejection from the corner of my eye. The word ‘gold digger’ wouldn’t stop ringing in my head. I will have to prove to Cassandra that Evan is not a gold digger, but how will I be able to do that when he doesn’t have anything to do for a living? “Why did Daisy call Caleb daddy?” he kept on intruding into my thoughts I snapped my head in his direction and shot a hard glare at him. “How will I know that?” I snapped, narrowing my eyes. He kept quiet and didn’t say any other thing till we arrived home. I ignored him totally and took Daisy into the house. “I’m sorry, Rosy,” he muttered when he stepped into my room while I was getting re
ROSY The longer I stared at the lines, the more my blood froze. The words began to look vague in my eyes, I couldn’t read or interpret the meaning of the words anymore. It felt like I was in one of those horrifying dreams; the reality suddenly felt like a lucid dream. “Am I dreaming?” I gasped out before I could stop myself. “It is not a dream, ma’am Rosy, you’re completely awake,” Theresa fired me with disappointment. The tablet fell from my pale hand as I rubbed my forehead, which had begun to burn up. “Ma’am, will you need a cup of coffee?” Casper’s annoying voice made me snap my angry eyes at him. “Coffee? You want me to drink coffee in this situation?” I growled, banging my fist on the desk. Casper jumped back, shivering slightly. “Pardon me, ma’am,” he muttered an apology. “Summon the board of directors immediately, we need to get to the root of this before our stock prices crash,” I ordered Casper to get him out of sight. He nodded and bounded out of the of
ROSY“What are you going to do?” Theresa asked as we walked out of the company.I turned around and faced her with a blank expression.“Stay back, I want to go alone,” I replied.“Are you going to the apparel company?” Theresa muttered she didn’t look like someone who would obey me.“Well, yes, and I want to go alone," I admonished.“You…”I turned around and glanced at my wristwatch, signaling an end to the headless conversation.“Alright, I will stay back and try to help in fixing this mess up,” she relented.A sigh puffed out of my mouth when I heard her retreating footsteps.“Connor Apparel world,” I ordered the driver as I slipped into the car.The shrill ringtone of my phone made me abandon the seatbelt I was trying to strap across my body.I picked up my phone, and my brows furrowed when I saw the unidentified ID flashing on the screen.I keep getting anonymous calls and messages these days.I accepted the call and placed the phone to my ear, waiting to hear ano