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
ROSY She backed away, her eyes wide as saucers. Her body was as cold as ice when I touched it. “You…you dug into my private life?” She stuttered, trying so hard to retain her breath. I chortled and slumped back into the couch then picked up the teacup. I spilled the cold espresso, wrinkling my face in disgust. “Darn it, the espresso your staff served is already cold. Tell her to make another one,” I ordered, smirking evilly. She stared at me in disbelief as her lips shook in anger and fear. “Get out,” she breathed out. I raised my brows in surprise. “Get out?” I chuckled, “Fine, I will just have to upload these pictures onto the internet. It will be tagged ‘CEO of one of the famous apparel companies in Sicily caught cheating on her husband.’ No, no, I think I’ll pick another headline, ‘Mother of two and wife of a renowned artist, Melinda Alejandro was caught cheating with a minister.’ No, let’s make it more captivating…” “Shut up!” Melinda screamed and tore the pictur
A long stretch of silence followed my request. “You still owe me for saving your life the other day,” he quipped making me crinkle my nose in annoyance. “Are you helping me or not?” I snapped. I wonder what I’m doing with him again. Shouldn’t I be avoiding him? But instead of pushing him away, I’m giving him a reason to pull closer to me. It is not my fault; I blame scumbags like Melinda, who keeps getting into my path. “Let’s meet at the midnight Café,” he replied and I scoffed. “Is this some date or something?” I spat venomously. “You said you need my help right? I’m trying to offer that,” he replied. “Can we meet before 9 pm?” I asked. I heard a humming sound before his response broke out. “Yes, seven will be convenient for the both of us, right?” “Yes,” I replied bluntly and ended the call. I tapped my message box and scrolled through it for a random pop-up message but found none. “Why hasn’t he sent the address yet?” I muttered as I walked into the car.
ROSY“What’s with all these decorations?” I asked as I approached him.He stopped twirling the glass and looked in my direction.“You’re late,” he teased, smiling sweetly.I glanced around the place and noticed that it was silent as a graveyard. There was no one there aside from the both of us.“Why’s everywhere so silent?” I muttered, my eyes roaming around the place.“I rented the whole place, I wanted us to have as much privacy as possible. Something tells me that whatever you want to say must be a piece of confidential information,” the smile never left his face as he chattered.I rolled my eyes and sat down.Caleb chuckled and took a seat, his brows curved up as he ran his eyes over my body.“Hmmm…you look beautiful in that dress,” he muttered and leaned closer, “Did you dress up like this just for a casual meeting, or do you have something else in mind?” his breath fanned my face as he whispered.“Stop the flirting, you know how much it disgusts me,” I sneered with d
CALEB Rosy was visibly shaken by the news. She gasped loudly and clenched her dress as her hands slipped away from the edge of the table she held for support. She kept gasping for breath as she slipped to the floor. I was in a state of shock, too; my entire body was numb and stiff. I couldn’t move from where I sat, all I could do was helplessly watch Rosy suffer and let the words of the reporter drift into my ear. “Mr. Martino Silas was murdered in the early hours of the day in a public restroom…” “Darn it!” I screamed out and jerked up from the seat that I was confined to by shock. My hand gripped the bottle of wine and sent it flying to the television. It crashed into it, and the screen shattered, causing the irritating words of the reporter to stop flowing. Rosy calmed down after that and bit her lips to stop more tears from spewing out. It seemed the continuous flow of those words affected her too. Rosy chuckled and lifted her teary face. “Who could be doing t
ROSYI held my phone against my chest as I paced around the room, anticipating Caleb’s call. The call finally came through and I sighed in relief before accepting it.“You need to prepare your answers because you might be summoned to the station for questioning,” his voice quavered as he spoke.“Shit! What has his death got to do with me?” I cursed.“You were the last person Martino Silas called, you’ll possibly be tagged a suspect .”I ruffled my hair and leaned on the crème wall.“What do I do? What do want me to say? I can’t tell them why Martino called,” I groaned loudly.“Brace yourself, just search for any reasonable answer you can give. Don’t fidget or act suspiciously or else your name will remain on the list for suspects for a long time.”Caleb’s voice sounded hoarse and throaty, did he get a sore throat?“Do you have a sore throat?” I blurted out before I knew it.There was a long pause from him before a chuckle was heard.“Are you suddenly caring about my healt