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
ROSY I ran madly into the building, it took a lot of effort to stop myself from fidgeting like a chicken. The staff around turned and stared at me like I had gone crazy Melinda was about to walk out of the apparel store when I stepped in. Her eyes widened and she staggered back in fear when I stood in her path. I took a step forward, and she took a step backward, her eyes bulging out in horror. I could tell that her heart was shrinking away after a second. “What do you want?” She asked in a throaty voice. “Don’t you think we should talk in your office instead?” I muttered and she huffed “If you’re here to demand that I…” “I came for something different,” I cut her off and she narrowed her eyes before spinning around and leading the way to the office. She couldn’t even wait for me to settle down before she began to throw questions at me. “It seems he left you to carry the burden alone,” I muttered amidst her chattering. She went mute and pursed her lips. After s
CALEB I sighed when I didn’t get any positive response from the police officer before me. “There are security cameras in the corridor, I’m sure of it,” I repeated. The officer nodded, staring down at a file on the piled-up desk. “The cameras were broken down that night, and when we repaired it today, we discovered that the CCTV footage of last night had been deleted,” he finally answered my question and looked at me. “Why are you so interested in this case, Caleb?” He asked. “I am a friend of the man, and that man had vital information to pass to me, but he was murdered a few hours before our meeting,” I said, telling a half-assed lie. He raised his brows in surprise. “But what business do you have with the financial secretary of Connor Group?” I sighed and leaned closer. “You won’t tell anyone will you?” I asked. He cranked his head in a thinking posture. “No, I won’t.” I glanced around surreptitiously before talking. “He wanted to tell me how to make Rosy
ROSY I knew Evan was suffering silently with my head on his shoulder yet he didn’t utter a word of complain. They wanted me dead too? They wanted to kill me after shooting Melinda. who could be behind all this drama displayed right now? I hope Malinda gets out of this soon, I hope she wins against death. If anything happens to her then I will forever remain guilty. I can’t believe that people around me are getting hurt one after the other. First was Sherry, then my driver, Martino, and now Melinda. “I want you to search every nook and cranny of this city, I want that scumbag found!” Madam Helen growled over the phone and huffed loudly, clutching her chest. “Grandma, you need to calm down, your health is important,” Melanie muttered and led Madam Helen to a chair. “How did you know where I was?” I asked Evan. “I followed you; I knew something was wrong with the way you reacted, so I decided to follow you,” he explained, and I hummed. “Thank you,” I whispe
ROSY My belly fluttered when he pressed his lips against mine. I felt shivers run down my spine as he fought his tongue into my mouth. His hands snaked around my waist, and he pulled closer to me, pressing his body against mine. Shouldn’t I be pushing him away? Why the hell am I letting him do this? It felt like my senses returned to me as I ended the semi-intense kiss and pushed him away from me, panting heavily for breath. He smiled mischievously as he locked my eyes with his. “Did you enjoy it?” He muttered and a deep frown creased my face. I lurched forward and slammed my fist into his chest then pushed him roughly. He staggered back but didn’t fall to the ground. “You rascal!” I spat, glaring venomously at him. “My mom kidnapped me when I was coming to you,” he sighed and I blinked, repeating the words he said so that it sinks into my head. “Your mom did what?” I asked. He stopped staring at his hand and looked at me. “My mom kidnapped me to stop me from gett
ROSY “Do you agree?” He smirked. I scoffed, wondering what way would be suitable to get rid of Caleb. “Fine,” I snapped and opened the door then stomped out of the restroom. I tilted my head and glanced at the bold inscription on top of the door. “Men,” I read out and sighed loudly. As I began to walk out of the corridor, I collided with a hard chest and groaned, rubbing my forehead as I muttered a curse under my breath. “Are you okay, Rosy?” Evan’s unmistakable voice said in concern and I raised my head. “Yes,” I replied and took a step back. Evan looked around and swerved his head back in my direction. “What took you so long? You were spending an eternity in there,” he ratted, and I chuckled nervously, hoping he didn’t catch the clue. “I…uh…I…” “It’s so nice to meet you again!” Caleb’s annoying voice came up behind me, and I shut my eyes, praying he would not rat me out. “Hello, it seems like our paths are destined to cross every day,” he chuckl
ROSY “A jerk named Caleb,” Evan spelled out the name flashing on the screen and glanced at me with disappointment on his features. “What’s this Rosy? Don’t tell me you have gone back to this scumbag,” pain filled Evan’s voice as he spoke. I shook my head, hoping he would believe me. “I… I don’t have anything to do with him, why will I go back to my past and vomit?” I tried to convince him, but Evan’s scoff showed that he wasn’t convinced at all. “Why is he calling you and how did he get your mobile number?” Evan said I could tell that he was refraining from blowing up in anger. “He probably got my number from someone or somewhere, I have no idea,” lies rolled out of my tongue smoothly. When did I learn to lie this much? Evan stared at me in bemusement and disbelief. “His fucking number is saved, Rosy! You’ve been seeing him, haven’t you, this is not the first time he is calling, right?” Evan finally flared up. I have lied to him enough, I have cheated on him enough.
ROSY I turned my face away, neither looking at Evan nor Caleb. “What is he doing here?” I knew Evan directed that question at me and not at Caleb. I slowly tilted my head in their direction, I was filled with guilt and couldn’t even stare into Evan’s eyes. “Oh… I didn’t know he would come earlier than scheduled,” I bit my lower lip as I wallowed in regret for sputtering out words that I didn’t think about before letting them out. I wondered what was wrong with me, my tongue was dictating and rolling out words that shouldn’t be out. “What?” Evan muttered gravely and I heard a chuckle from Caleb. I muttered inaudible curses under my breath and looked at their face with courage that flew out of nowhere. Caleb’s face held a smirk, and Evan’s face was smeared with disappointment; no, not disappointment, it was something worse than that. This is so bad, too bad! “Actually…” “I came to pick up Rosy and the kid,” Caleb interrupted and I snapped my eyes at him.