Chapter 59. Who Owns Her?

ROSE

"I was expecting you," he said after watching me for what seemed like an eternity.

"I know," I bit my lower lip as I continued towards him, then stopped when there was a considerable distance between us.

"The chairman-"

"Told you everything, didn't he?" He asked with an arrogantly raised tone.

"Yes," I replied with a lower tone, not sure what my motive was, whether to garner pity...

"Yes, he did."

"You should be happy. That's what you've always wanted," he continued, and as I patted my lips to say what I didn't even know, he continued.

"Oh... it was what you were paid for. Of course, you were passionate," he said with a smile, which didn't look like a true smile because the look he kept giving me was void of emotion. If hate was not such a strong word, I would have used that to describe it.

"We were just a job to you," he said again with a bitter smile.

"I'm not-"

"How would the others feel when I tell them that."

"It was the chairman's orders, Valentino. And trust me, as time we