ROSY “Have you seen the news, Rosy?” Melanie gasped, staring at her phone. I dropped the fork I was holding and watched as everyone brought out their phones and began to scroll through for the latest news concerning me. Madam Helen was also so curious that she took out her phone and began to look through it. What’s going on? What could be on the news about me now? My heart thumped loudly in my chest as I remembered Jennifer. Could it be she carried out her threats? No, it can’t be! My fears broadened when everyone began to glance intimidatingly at me. “Woah, look who we have here. A fake!” Francis laughed and they began to chuckle and join in his laughter. My hands began to tremble, and I couldn’t even touch or hold anything. My lips shook, till I had to sink my teeth into my lips as I slammed my eyes shut. What am I going to tell Madam Helen? How will I explain to her? “Rosy!” her voice boomed, almost shattering me into pieces. I gasped out loud and slowly open
CALEB I slammed the laptop on the wall and growled loudly before slumping down into a chair. I balled my fist, trying to calm down the anger roaring in me. But how can I calm down after getting betrayed by someone I trusted? My phone kept ringing, and the media agents were hiding around the corners, waiting for me to slip out of the house. Some people were waiting outside the house to shower me with eggs and rain curses on me. I was left deep in thought that I didn’t hear my door open. A cold hand touched my shoulder, and I jumped, crooning my head backward. I sighed and relaxed when I saw Katherine smirking down at me. “I saw the news,” she stated and I narrowed my eyes. Everyone has seen and is beginning to take action against me. “You seem to be in a big mess right now. If I had known that she was making a recording that day at the ward, I would have smashed her phone to pieces. But even if I do that, you won’t be grateful to me; instead, you will back her up and t
ROSY I panicked when Veronica mentioned the press. My heart thumped loudly in my chest as beads of perspiration covered my forehead. My palm grew wet as I wondered what I was supposed to do to get out of here without being caught by the press. “Come with me,” Veronica said and gripped my hand, pulling me towards a door that I had never taken notice of since my stay at Veronica’s place. “There is a backdoor that leads into the woods behind the house. I have a pick-up truck packed there for emergency purposes,” Veronica explained and I nodded without even giving her words a second thought. She opened the door and we stepped into the woods. Veronica seemed to know the woods like the back of her palm. She navigated her way out and led me to an old pick-up truck packed at the end of the woods, just like she explained. The paints were almost washed off, and the license plate was dangling weakly, threatening to fall off at any time. “Why do you carry this kind of thing
CALEB I glared at Katherine from the corner of my eye, wondering what she had up her sleeves. This wasn't what she agreed on. Why is she exaggerating everything? A thunderous load of applause followed her speech. She smiled and walked towards me then placed a kiss on my lips. “Smile," she whispered and I forced a smile into my face, wrapping my hands around her waist. We walked out of the conference room and headed into our car. Immediately we entered, I shifted away from Katherine and rubbed my hands together, narrowing my eyes in anger. “It was just a little act, what's the big deal?" She scoffed. I slowly crooned my head and shot her a glare that made her slam her lips together. “That wasn't what I told you to say," I said and she shrugged. “Well… it saved our face,” she muttered. I couldn't feel less grateful for the silence that loomed between us and stopped us from continuing the conversation. I will show Rosy that Caleb Thompson never loses a game. She made a grav
CALEB I couldn’t think of anything else but the suffering Rosy must be passing through because of Katherine’s words. She deserved it anyway. The tables have been turned, and unfortunately, she suffered from her plots. I chuckled as I let the water cascade down on me. Everything was fine between Rosy and me until she made the mistake of trying to ruin me, now she has ended up ruining herself. I turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around my waist before stepping out of the bathroom. My eyes caught Katherine who was sleeping on the bed. I huffed in annoyance, furrowing my brows in anger. I ignored her and pulled out a shirt and black pants before texting Julius to meet me in the clubhouse. He replied almost immediately that he’d be there before I arrived. I rolled my eyes and scoffed, picturing his large face grinning in excitement. “You were moaning her name all through.” I paused and cranked my head backwards to Katherine whose angry eyes were peeking at me.
ROSY I took a step towards Caleb, staring into his startled face. He batted his lashes and shifted away from the car, his eyes still fixed on me. “Rosy?” He muttered and his throat bobbed. “I guess you must be happy now,” I muttered. He sighed loudly and averted his gaze from me, remaining mute. I pulled my hands into my coat pocket and pulled out the card I found earlier on my wall. I gripped Caleb’s hand and his eyes widened as he wondered what I was planning to do. I dropped the card into his palm and let go of his hand. “You can keep on blaming me, I don’t care,” I said as he glanced at the card, reading out the words aloud. “Let’s end the deal here, I don’t want to have anything to do with a man who doesn’t trust me,” I said and watched as his face turned grave. “Rosy, I—” “It was nice working with you so far, Caleb Thompson. I want to fight this war alone,” with those decisions, I spun around and headed toward my car. Caleb gripped my hand, begging me wi
ROSY I slowly pushed the door open and stepped into her room. Madam Helen was seated in front of the fireplace, her eyes looked into a distance as the fire before her cackled and roared. I slipped into the room and stood behind her, letting the heat from the fireplace warm up my body. “The chair beside me is empty,” her voice made me jump into nervousness. I swallowed hard and forced my numb feet to shuffle close to her. I dropped into the rocking chair and stared into the bright fire in the fireplace. “I am not going to apologize for putting you through the pain of running in the rain and getting your blood pressure hiked up because of me,” she began. “I wasn’t expecting one either,” I rasped out a reply. Silence ensued between us after that exchange of brusque words. The door opened and a maid walked in with a tray containing a teapot and some cups. She set it down on a coffee table and poured out hot tea for the both of us. “This is the best recipe for a cold lon
ROSY Caleb’s whisper froze me and stopped me from pushing him away. My heart thumped loudly in my chest as I melted into his arms, the rain showering down on the both of us. None of us moved nor wanted to move. I couldn’t tell how long we remained standing there, but I knew we stood there till the heavy shower reduced to a drizzle. “I am sorry,” his wobbly voice muttered. I clenched my fist, trying to control my feet, that was almost sweeping me to the ground as they shook as a result of the cold springing up slowly in my body. “I—” “Shhh…” he whispered, shutting me up. I swallowed hard, feeling nervous with the way our wet body was glued against each other. Caleb slowly pulled away from me and bored his sad grey eyes into my heart. “I never trusted you, I—” “Shhh…” I cut him off and he smiled weakly, shuddering slightly. My head swirled as the cold increased, making me shiver. I staggered back and almost fell to the ground but he caught me by the