___ROSE'S POV____
The "No!" came out a bit higher than I intended and the kids all looked up and faced me. I smile at them.
"It's fine. I was just a little loud. Sorry". Several faces quizzed me in their own different ways to know if I was actually telling the truth about being fine or if they need to come and rescue me. Using my face, I assured them that I'm fine and they continued what they were doing. I can still see some of the look up in my direction on several occasions. I know one wrong seating or word and they'll all be here. They might be kids but they're strong and together, they can be very intimidating. I love my family.
"See what you've caused. Now the kids are highly suspicious of you. I'm sure several of them are now using their super hearing to listen to this conversation. O
___ROSE'S POV___The boys shook their heads. She must have been very good at hiding her depression as well as her anger towards me even from the people she lives with. I know I haven't been such a good sister recently and some of the things she said are true. I am mostly always talking about Nate in our calls and that's because he always pisses me off and I have to complain to someone to let out the steam but I honestly always thought that they enjoyed my rants since they do the same to me afterward.About what she said about Nate, it's not like I'm in love with him or something, but why would she think like that? It means that what she said during the game day the day Nate first properly met her must be true. She has always wanted him since then. My younger sister is having a crush on my husband and wants him for herself. That's absurd. It sounds l
__ROSE'S POV___For the next two days, things were going smoothly both at home and in the hospital. No one was fighting anyone, except I and Nate whom I'm still not talking with. He's come to me twice more to ask me if I've reconsidered but I didn't reply him and always found a way to exit the conversation before he even starts sometimes. Jo and the boys have been on their best behavior and none of us have mentioned the previous incident except when I told the boys that Jo and I have sorted ourselves out and I explained the arrangements for the therapy sessions which they all agreed to.The hospital called to let us know that the removal of organs from the donors was successful and both of them are now recovering. Nate, true to his word, sent them the money and paid for all of their bills. He didn't accept my offer to pay part of the payment, stating that
__ROSE’S POV__I was woken up by the scream of someone from downstairs. I don’t even know how I heard it from my sleep but it was extremely loud, loud enough to have gotten to me from upstairs. I bolted out of bed as fast as I could and ran out of my room, trying to put on a robe at the same time.“What happened? Who screamed? What’s wrong?” I threw rapid fire questions at my siblings who were gathered in the dining room, looking extremely guilty. From the looks on their faces, it wasn’t something serious and whoever screamed didn’t mean for it to be loud enough to wake up everyone in the house.None of them answered me and this is pissing me off. “Is anyone going to answer me here? Why did someone scream? You guys should not scare me like that. Wha
___ROSE’S POV____“Nate?” I called out, more like a question. He started, looking guilty like a kid that have been caught with his hands in the cookie jar, doing what he’s not supposed to do. He looks like he didn’t want to be caught dead here and least of all by me.He also looks like he didn’t get enough sleep but that has been his look for the past few days. I can see that he’s still in his nightwear which means that he hasn’t had his bath yet. He must have just woken up then.“Good afternoon, Rose” He greeted and cleared his throat, looking everywhere but me. I didn’t understand why he wasn’t looking at me directly in the eyes. His eyes drifted off to my body and back away. I looked down at myself and saw that my robe was
__ROSE’S POV___When I was satisfied with the amount of times I’ve fawned over myself, I left the closet to meet Jo and Jerry, the former who had her camera already trained on me.The squeal that came from her confirmed what I already know. I look too good to be true. Jerry’s hands were on his mouth and he looked like he was about to cry.“I didn’t imagine it will look this good. You definitely have to come and model for me sometime, Rose. You bring the beauty of my clothes to life and that’s what I’m aiming for. You make me so emotional, I can’t believe this is what I’ve made” Jerry is being dramatic now. It’s not me who has brought the beauty of the dress out, it’s the opposite. The dress had brought out the beauty in
___NATE’S POV____When I left the hospital, I didn’t know I was going to end up going to my parent’s place. I had originally planned on getting something to eat because I was getting hungry when the call came in. It was my dad. He asked that I meet him at the family house as soon as possible. There’s no way I can ignore a direct order from the current alpha, so I had to go.There was no time for me to go back and tell Rose or any of her siblings, so I left without them knowing. Since I was in the hospital area, the drive from there to my parent’s was short.“You came earlier than you’re expected to” that was the first thing mom said to me as soon as I walked into the door. Of course, there’s no welcome son, how are you doing? Becau
__ROSE’S POV___The reception of the party was similar to the first one; a lot of paparazzi outside trying to get pictures of everyone. They are even more than the previous one so I’m assuming there’s a celebrity here somewhere. When I got down from the car, there was a collective intake of breaths and the snapping became plenty in earnest that I almost got blinded by the lights.Nate took my hand and guided me through the sea of bodies. Even though bodyguards are everywhere trying to push them back, the paparazzi weren’t relenting and threatened to break out of the line they are confined to. Everyone of them were trying to get pictures, not necessarily of me, but I know I’m part of the reason. Questions were being shouted but we paid no attention to them as we made our way to the hall where the event was.
__ROSE’S POV___I watched as the two of them jumped apart in their seats. The woman’s face went from annoyance at being disturbed to recognition of me. She stood up and left without another word.“You couldn’t even wait for a few more days, Nate? We have just two days left and you can have basically anyone you want. You got annoyed with me for walking, just walking around with Ralph but the second I got into the bathroom, you start talking to some bimbo you want to sleep with. Have a little bit of self respect, would you?” I said all of these calmly, taking a sip from the glass in my hand. This is some good stuff. They’re really big on what they serve here.“You don’t have to assume that I’m trying to sleep with every woman I