"Who is he, Rose?" Aiden's question rang out, forcing Rose to stare at the two. "He's an insane man, who happens to be a same-sex lover. I see you haven't dated a woman in a while, Aiden, there might be an opening for you. But first ask Sean if they're still in a relationship or not." Rose walked away without saying goodbye. Standing for a little too long made the wound in her stomach ache and being stuck between two humans staring fiercely at each other almost made her head explode. She didn't want to think about things that would add to the burden of life, it was enough this early to deal with Theo's magical behavior. The rest don't. Rose opened the door to the bar soulfully. For some reason her vision suddenly blurred. She walked around feeling for anything that could be used as a pedestal. There was one goal, the place where Rose usually prepared herself before and after work - it wasn't that far away, just a few more steps.
Faint footsteps echoed amidst the silence. Theo entered the bar, leaving the chaos he had created outside. Everyone was in a tizzy, while he focused only on moving forward. It wasn't new that he knew where Rose's dressing room was. A hard-core stalker like him was unquestionable. Even the moment Rose undressed, Theo had witnessed it when he first arrived and found out where he was—before entering the room, waiting like a real client. His eyes sharpened as he stared at the imperfectly closed door. Theo's pace quickened, eager to give a warning. His lips thinned as he noticed Rose sitting with her head on the dressing table. Rose wanted to get away, he thought to himself. "How dare you say such shameful things to your stupid boss." A rough tug on Rose's blonde hair in a clump of hands. The head snapped up and the closed eyes wiped out the pent-up anger in Theo. Anxiety instantly took over. Theo's cold face was replaced by
Theo's intimidating grin appeared with one leg bent over the edge of the couch. "He's an insane man, who happens to be a same-sex lover." His lips said, mimicking some of Rose's words when she was with Aiden. That woman was going to get a beautiful present like Theo had originally intended, as well as yesterday's delayed punishment. "Don't come any closer!" Rose glared, reading every inch of Theo's change in position. She wasn't going to let him touch her. Especially to the point of begging like a few hours ago. She could hear Theo let out a bad curse. "Stop! I'm not wrong. You're a same-sex lover." Rose uttered a sentence that again widened the grin on Theo's adonis face. "Are you sure I'm still a same-sex lover?" Killing question. The distance was shortened even more by Rose's slow movement as she tried to dodge. "Of course, there's no recovery for a sexual orientation survivor like you," Rose snapped as her back pre
"What's the hurry, I'm not done yet." Rose stared at the cruel grin warily. Her body was clutched even tighter, closing herself off from the reach of the big hands. "We can do it one more time. I still haven't forgotten how skillfully your tongue wrapped around me." Rose's face flushed red at the humiliating words coming from those hot, parted lips. Her eyes moved wildly looking for a way to break free from the confinement between the two arms that had just tightened around the head of the sofa. "Come on." Rose shook her head decisively. She clearly rejected Theo's straightforward invitation. If it wasn't for being provoked, Rose wouldn't have retaliated like she did before. "I don't take no for an answer, Sugar. Or do you want Travis to be the victim? He's already ruined my fun." Rose's hands silently clenched at Theo's statement. She was not weak! The man couldn't threa
I didn't know that you were the person I've been looking for. - Roseline Olesya ________________________ "Where are you going, Miss? I've already moved your bag and its contents into the room." Damn! Rose had forgotten her important belongings. She looked sharply at Lion, could he turn around and find her wanting to run away. "Sir is like that. As long as you obey, everything will be safe, Miss." Lion explained, adding a bit of spice to his words. He found Rose arguing quite often. But Theo shouldn't have been provoked into physically hurting Rose. Lion knew his employer was not a man to take a woman lightly. "Come, Miss," he continued. Rose looked away reluctantly. Likewise, she had no choice to refuse. Her feet were forced to follow Lion's lead. Rose's cell phone was important, not only were the numbers of several clients stored there, but it also cont
"Damn it!" he swore irritably. Theo darted quickly to catch up with Rose. She was too busy holding the phone up high to notice Theo standing in front of her. Their vastly different postures made it easy for Theo to take the flat object out of Rose's hands. He smiled sarcastically - curiosity got the better of him, forcing him to find out what Rose was doing. "Give it back," Rose said quietly. Theo's unexpected move almost made her heart drop. How was it that when she jerked earlier, Rose couldn't balance herself? The problem would only get worse! "Is your cheap cell phone that important?" Silence. No weighty response to the teasing question. Just trying to grab back the item that was forcefully snatched away. Rose stood on tiptoe, one hand outstretched, struggling to lower Theo's towering arm. The activity inside her cell phone must not be kissed by outsiders. Rose couldn't let the man know what she had
"Looks like you want me to enter you." Rose glared and then moved away. Because of Theo's words, she failed to reach the cell phone back there, even though Rose could have gotten it in an inch. The man was really becoming a big problem. "Crotch aside, I don't think there's anything wrong with your brain." A sardonic snicker accompanied Rose's sentence. What a way to think! Theo liked it. With Rose, that was all he could think about. Every encounter they had had so far had been based on a one-sided physical attraction-Theo absolutely adored Rose's body. "You remind me of something." His grin equaled a 30-degree angle. Theo quietly slipped his hands into his pants pockets. He forgot to check the activity on Rose's cell phone. What was so important that she was so busy. He pulled out the flat object that was the source of the problem. Theo paused, watching something he'd never imagined. He felt like destroy
The sound of typing on the keyboard breaks the silence. The dim room was taken over by the glow of the monitor screen shining on his face. Theo sat in front of Dara's figurine with his full focus on the attack he was performing on the target computer. His activities were intended to alter the system configuration and damage servers and components. That way the attention of the target, the attacker at the time, would be distracted. Meanwhile, Theo entered the database by systematically retrieving the personal information of the original owner of the computer. Theo was certain that the man who had hurt Rose was not a break-in. A hacker would not neglect to leave the GPS in the car on while committing a crime. It was the same as suicide, which was likely to happen after this. Theo's fingers stopped just as the monitor displayed the perpetrator's profile. Bouldog Aledo's name appeared along with his ID. Theo paid close attention to what
Rose had to admit that Theo was quite different by remaining silent when their position was intact. The last sentence from her was ignored, the man was busy sniffing Rose's body scent. Deeply nuzzling the surface of her flat stomach. "Take a shower." Rose played with the black hair warmly. She smiled as Theo looked up at her. "Take a bath with me?" The ash bead drowned Rose deep in the warm ocean. She pursed her lips as she pulled Theo's facial skin wide to the side. "I'm old enough to bathe by myself. Hurry up...." A faint shake of Rose's head brought her to fall on her back on the bed. Theo's thirsty face and the man's large fingers began to dig into a t-shirt depicting a black bear, just like Theo who was currently resting on top of her. "I told you to take a shower, Theo. Not—" Rose was silenced by the tongue thrusting into her mouth. The sound of a wet sniffle trails off—a greeting of desire igni
Slowly Rose's eyelids slipped from their valves. The same Theo stared, silhouetted against each other in the mirror—Rose was lost in the seduction of the locking gray bead. "I was thinking of Oracle. He knows I don't like wearing earrings. Deliberately gifted me earrings so I'd wear them," Rose replied, successfully drawing one of Theo's eyebrows up high. "He's here, isn't he? Why don't you go straight to him." Theo's baritone voice whispered softly. Comparable to the smile on Rose's lips that curved again-this time briefly and too faintly. "He's back home ...." "Home?" Rose's body was slightly freed as Theo moved his face away from the crook of her neck. "Yes. Axe came to pick him up earlier." One step away she found Theo moving backwards. "Strange. Oracle came home because he was afraid of me, right? Did I hurt him too much?"Theo's quiet tone disturbed Rose's mind. She scrutinized the few times Theo's expre
Rose didn't care how the swaying bed jerked like a violent swinging shock. She maximized each powerful gallop like a giant crashing into the earth. Theo's body was a soft target for her feet. The man moaned in a submerged voice. Yet, also with pleasure... sometimes asking Rose to move from one spot to another. "Up again, Sugar. Up to the shoulders." Rose chuckled, still doing everything Theo wanted. One foot stomped even harder on her husband's hot, sexy shoulders. "That's it," Rose said. One leap ended the earthquake on the surface of Theo's body. She flung herself down beside the sleeping man. "You said you will give me back my gift box!" "I need to know. Who gave you the gift?" "Oracle. Here, give it back quickly." Rose's arms extended to pull the red velvet box in Theo's grasp. Their positions were in sync, both using their arms as a fulcrum to lift their chests. "Let me open it." Theo's large fingers separa
"No, you don't. You had your fill of acting like a baby last night." Rose ruffled the remaining strands of hair that still dangled over half of Theo's face. She looked down, searching for the most comfortable spot to strike. "Ouh, Sugar ...." A contrived hiss. Rose knew that no matter how much she clenched her teeth, it wouldn't give Theo much leverage. "Let go. I have to meet, Axe." "You son of bitch. I hope you don't leave before I get back." The chances of escape were slim in the conditions Rose had to face. She wasn't going to waste it, deliberately hunting her nimble footsteps leaving Theo alone lost on the bed. Rose reached for the doorframe. The hinges clicked after she positioned herself facing the man who had been calling impatiently. "You're taking so long." The stifled protest from the owner of the deep, raspy voice uploaded a barely perceptible smile on Rose's lips. "Sorry, Axe. I h
"Open your eyes, Theo." The throbbing was still as loud as it had been the first time Theo had spoken. Rose's heart and head were fighting each other. Each fighting for the space that overlapped the boundaries she had created for herself. In between came a strange feeling, which Rose could not organize into a symphony. She was a jumbled mess of randomness. Should have reconsidered Xelle's sentence a moment ago, was it true that Rose was trying to stay with someone who made her get lost in her own feelings? .... No, she wasn't. Rose didn't want to be confused by all that reality. As far as possible, she separated the things that shouldn't be lodged in the deepest corner of her heart. Towards a kind of choice which is the most appropriate to win Rose's sanity. She didn't want to be conquered. "Wake up. Get up, Theo!" Rose squeezed the clay muscles in her husband's arm. Turning the curled up body to face the ceiling of the main room. "T
"What conclusion?" A look of unequal color narrowed sarcastically. Rose's face was lifted a little roughly until she looked up and stared at each other. "It's so bad that even saying his name scares Oracle. And you say he didn't mean it?" Xelle's whisper was like a spark of fire. Quite disturbing if Rose had to admit it. She brushed off the lingering link of fingers, though Xelle's actions were not hurtful. "Theo didn't mean to. I was the one who misplaced the Oracle in our midst," Rose argued, not realizing how the blind finally blinked. "You're defending him, Rose?" Rose swallowed harshly. The glint in her eyes flickered quickly. "I'm not. It's just that you don't understand. I told you, that Theo did that out of his control. He had a nightmare last night." Rose held back the lump in the back of her throat. "You know I love Oracle, Axe, he's my son too. But please don't make a mess here. I've seen my husband hurt enough times. Not anymore. P
"Oracle, are you sure you want to go straight home? Not wait for Om T to wake up first?" Oracle's rejection firmly dispelled the offer Rose had repeatedly made. Rose's breath rushed out, lips pressed together thinly. She contemplated everything that had not and would happen. In front of her, from a distance Rose had guessed what Xelle's reaction would be, if the blue bruise on Oracle's conspicuously elastic bandage—covered wrist caught the heterochromia's eye. As slow as a leaf combing Rose changed position. Towering high, she awaited the quick approach of the one who was now beside her. "Daddy." The thin curve of the lips responded to Oracle's greeting. A neat knit of eyebrows rose with Xelle's sharp eyes scrutinizing. He took a deep look at Rose's face, then turned back to the first focal point. His large body knelt down, light as a feather to reach for Oracle's small fingers—noticing carefully the cloth wrapped densely... breaking the suspi
"Travis." Rose pushed her way in, making the man behind the ledger jump. "Sorry, Travis. I was in a hurry." "What is it, Miss?" The light question came after Travis closed the thin sheet marked with a string. "Do you have any painkillers or anything to treat the bruises on Oracle's hands? Theo just had a nightmare and accidentally did this to him. I'm scared if anything happens." Travis's eyebrows shot up. "Mr.T just had a nightmare?" he asked. In stark contrast to Rose's haste. Travis was too calm to notice the extent of the bruise. "No need to worry, miss. You'd better see the master, I'll treat him." Travis smiled. She hesitated between refusing or agreeing. Rose glared at Travis and Oracle's faces in turn. She blinked. "Are you sure there's nothing to worry about?" "Yes, Miss. I can handle it. You should see the master. He may need you." Stunned, considering things from all angles. Rose finally sighe
"Uncle T, you hurt me. Let me go!" "Uncle T!" Rose tried to understand the situation in the dim room. Faint squeals of pain clashed in the air. Rose frowned, as the almost uninterrupted movement in its entirety pulled her closed brown eyes wide open. In front of Rose several black events were fully recorded, broadcasting the silhouette of a rough resistance along with a small body that was trying hard to pull himself out of the grip of the subconscious. Rose's heart hammered violently. All the chaos overlapped to form ornaments in her head. She took definite steps, quickly bringing half the darkness to light. And then some things that Rose couldn't digest properly, appeared in a heap, jolting her feelings. On that torture—like bed .... Oracle was completely unable to resist the strong grip that could be seen from the muscles digging into the surface of the large, clayey, man—sized arms of the person there. The