Rose rolled her eyes lazily when she heard the third sneeze from the same person after inhaling the spicy aroma, which was emanating from her half-finished spagetti. Rose just needed to separate a few pieces for a 'less spicy level' like Theo wanted, or her own. Then she added the chili seasoning and stirred the spaghetti thoroughly.
"That's taking too long, Sugar!" a protest from the bar counter prompted Rose to turn around. "You can't even help me. So don't talk so much, just sit there. Wait for me to finish with your big portion!" said Rose exasperatedly. She still remembered every detail of Theo's answer when she asked him to take part in preparing the food. 'Can't turn on the stove.' That magical human could only blame passion and anger! There was absolutely no point in being at the kitchen table, except waiting for the dishes to be served. The impatient face, which even Rose"Where are my normal clothes?" Rose's emotions overflowed, coming at the man who was busy facing the monitor screen in the living room. His demeanor was nonchalant—still sitting relaxed, with his back against the back of the sofa and his laptop on his lap. He stared at Rose for a moment, then refocused on the screen. "You suddenly become a robot when you're immersed in your laptop!" Rose said. Throwing some lingerie from the palm of her hand until it landed right on target. She succeeded in making Theo's body jerk with the sheer fabric lodged in the adonis' face. Instead of getting angry. What Theo did was cause a reddish effect on both of Rose's cheeks. Red exactly like the fiery color of one of the lingerie spread wide before her eyes. Damn Theo, the man deliberately emphasized the shape rather than the size of the lingerie by holding it up high. "It fits your body perfectly. S
Rose's breath came in ragged gasps. She stepped carefully along the edge of the pool, thinking about Bridgette's few sentences, which made her feelings race uncertainly. Rose didn't try to believe it. However, the fact about Xelle 'being such a bastard' would never be forgotten by Rose. She still remembered Bridgette's words on the phone this morning, 'Xelle's nature changes rapidly over a period of time. Not as controllable as Xelle had been, even outside of his mental health issues'. Maybe it was none of Rose's business, but what if Xelle hurt Bridgette in a way that couldn't even be analogized? "Sugar." Rose's body jumped at the call from the balcony, second floor. She looked up, but no faster than the body that had disappeared. "What are you doing there, Sugar?" Again. Rose gasped, turning to stare at Theo in disbelief. That fast Theo had caught up with her?
"You can leave now." Verasco's stern tone left a crease on the forehead of Theo, who could only stare at the monitor screen. Despite being out of reach of face-to-face meetings, Theo did not miss the opportunity to participate in the cooperative meeting by becoming a virtual member. Strangely, at the end of the closure he felt that Verasco had targeted him. Or Verasco should have been the first to leave the meeting room, but the man lingered. Fixing Theo's face with an unblinking gaze. "Long time no see, Son. You look happy." Theo's gray eyes were half squinted, taking in every gesture of the middle-aged man in front of him from the screen. He had never received such a warm greeting. Moreover, it was not Verasco's habit to simply comment on what he was feeling and what he was not. "Do I owe you something?" Theo answered with a question. "I don't like small talk. What do you want?" he continued. However, t
The night was getting late, which Rose expected would bring the man back. It shouldn't have taken long for Theo to leave in a fit of rage. 'He' should have been in Rose's presence, as was his habit of never letting go of his crazy antics. Yet, until the waves roared loudly. Roaring with an auditory tingling propagation. At no point did Theo show himself. Rose's breath came in rough gasps, staring at the translucent view through the glass wall. The sea water was a representation of Rose's feelings. Tossed around by the elements. Theo knew Rose was afraid of being alone in an unfamiliar place in the middle of the night. Even stepping into the small distance to close the curtains, she had to grip the edge of the bed tightly. Dark shadows seemed to haunt the inside of her head. Rose couldn't say anything about how badly she wanted to go looking for Theo. Unfortunately, her body was frozen. She didn't move. Unmoving. Just hoping that the door to the room would open to rev
Two suitcases were already neatly arranged. The last remained, containing Theo's clothes, after the first suitcase was filled with lingeri and the second, medium-sized, was neatly organized with the man's 'personal' interests - some in the form of firearms, the rest small, expensive-looking tools. However, Rose had no idea what they were and how they were used. She didn't try to find out. Didn't want to fill her head with things she couldn't possibly know. Theo was used to holding such weapons, what else did Rose need to ask, other than the fact that could not be denied. Theo was dangerous. And it was true. Rose's breath hitched. Occasionally looking back. Theo was still lost in a sleep that Rose couldn't tell. The night is a sea of unconsciousness, bringing back dreams - nightmares. The same name. The pain is not much different. Constantly calling out amongst the chaos and the violent rebellion of the body. Thankfully, Rose took control of the situation, bringing Th
Not everything can be clearly understood. Rose bit her lip, trying to break free from the ambiguous words, which were crushing the contents of her head. "It depends on the context," Rose replied thoughtfully. She watched in more detail the face that was becoming more and more still. Theo seemed about to speak up again. "I might not have minded that old fart's foolishness in the past. But it was different when I was about to have a little family. He knows my name, still calls me something else. Am I not that important? We're obviously different, why should he equate something that's right in front of him with something that's not." The disappointed tone didn't go unnoticed by Rose. She didn't know how to react. Theo should not have said his initial sentence with those words. "Old fart... it's very rude of you to call him that. He's still your father." Rose whispered softly. In fact, Theo still closed his eyes indifferent
"I got you." Rose pulled herself back after getting something, which rarely ended up as an opportunity for her. Making Theo the object of a picture. That was definitely an impossibility when Theo was in a state of alert. The 'kitty pa' T-shirt, which fit perfectly on the body, seemed to match the striking expression, which was unfortunately still so handsome. Rose's smile widened in satisfaction. Theo's face seemed to be filled with vengeance as he looked at her. "Delete the picture, Sugar!" "No. No, no, no. I didn't. In your dreams," Rose replied half-mockingly. She took a quick look at her phone. A rare picture of Theo, she didn't know where to put it. Rose wasn't sure it would last long if she left it buried in the gallery. Spreading it to one of her social media accounts might not be a bad idea. "Delete the photo!" A tone full of warning would not have been able to criticize Rose. Rat
"It's late, Sugar. Hurry up and go to bed." "Later," Rose said indifferently. In the midst of the dim bedroom light and the glow of her cell phone on her face. She wrote down the same email address and password repeatedly. The result was nil. Rose could not log back into her instag*am account after being automatically logged out, which was the first time she had experienced login problems. Rose sighed. In an instant, she was in a bad mood, just changing her body position. All she could do was sit pensively, regretting that the account had vanished into thin air. She had tried hard, but the reality before her made her feel sick. If Theo wasn't beside her, maybe Rose would have cried a little more about it. "What were you thinking, Sugar? Sleep!" There was no answer. Rose had no intention of replying or saying a single word. Her account could go back to normal, that's what she wanted. However, for thi
'Are you jealous?' Rose vividly remembered the question before Xelle said goodbye, and she had to follow the nurse's departure to the main room. What wife would stay silent if something wrong was lurking in front of her. Rose felt that way. In her eyes, the nun was not at all reflective of someone in the nursing profession, who should not be showing her breasts beneath her clothes. Rose had to be wary that the nurse might do something out of the ordinary. Or actually Xelle was right... Rose was jealous of that one. She couldn't help herself. On the other hand, in the case of the video evidence from Xelle, Rose had already agreed that she would investigate the real culprit together with Theo one day when her husband was fully recovered. Now she had to focus on how and when Theo would open his eyes, and most importantly be meticulous in monitoring the actions the nurse demonstrated to him. Luckily, Esmeralda's presence was enough to interrupt every a
"Axe, is this your flash drive? I found it in your pants pocket when I was washing." The man focused on the desk shifted his gaze to the woman walking slowly towards him. The forehead was folded like he was thinking about something. No idea for how many seconds the owner of heterochromia eyes was trying to pry something out of his mind. A flash drive .... Xelle grasped the object firmly. "Damn!" He then rubbed his rough face, having forgotten the CCTV evidence he had gotten to show Rose. "I have to go, baby girl." Everything in sight was packed up in an instant, including the laptop that was about to be taken out. "Where are you going?" A soft voice interrupted the wide strides. "To see Rose." As if he ignored Bridgette's presence. Xelle approached his wife again, gently touching the skin of the woman's face as she gazed deeply at him. "Can I come?" Bridgette's spontaneous question made the man shake his head faint
The faint howl of a loud howl drew Rose's senses slowly blinking. The first time she opened her eyes the only sight she got was her husband's handsome face. The too-close position presented how the texture of the skin lured Rose's fingers to just touch the forehead and creep smoothly towards the jawbone. She thought once he woke up, those eyes would show a beautiful infusion of color. Turns out Theo was still comfortably in the same state. Not even a hint of anything else, Theo was quietly closed, too far away for Rose to reach. He murmured a little .... Louder howls from outside forced Rose to blow air through her lips. Then she got up, releasing the hug on Theo's body indirectly. Half transfixed, Rose huddled with Lion in the doorway. The frame was still submerged in Rose's body, only the face poked out and when she glanced down... Rose's senses found Esmeralda already equipped with an oversized pink ribbon pinning the fur on the top of the head. "Why did you
"Thank you for your help, Miss. Can we leave now? I need to check on Mr. T, and Lion... I think it's time to take Esmeralda for grooming." Rose looked up and took a breath as Travis and Lion took turns looking at her. A moment ago they had just returned from the Verasco mansion. Several wounds lodged on the body due to the shootout incident, Rose was instead responsible for treating the three men who barely even complained during the cleaning of the blood on the gaping wounds. The wounds were fortunately not that severe. Only wide scratches on the hands, shoulders, and legs, so it was not enough to make it difficult for them to return to their activities. "With my pleasure, Travis. I'll catch up with you later." Rose's thin smile signaled to Travis something he could easily understand. Still Rose looked over the shoulders of the two men away. The curl on her lips disappeared as she looked down again. "They're so single, why didn't you date one of them yesterd
Verasco recalls memories of a stack of dusty albums. It was .... 25 years ago a deal was struck between him and O'Douglas. The two partners had contradictory jobs. He who was in power in a dark organization—disguised the truth of himself by becoming the owner of a large business. O'Douglas is a geneticist or doctor who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and organism variation. O'Douglas has done some research. The man who actually works under a non-governmental agency to create a genetic engineering of living things, whether humans, animals or plants with his wife, Elisabeth O'Douglas, a chemist. However, due to one thing and another related to the ability that is used for crime. O'Douglas decided to leave the non-governmental agency. Then switch functions together with Verasco to conduct a research in the form of personal needs. At that time, O'Douglas' baby girl, about three months old, was tested on a new invention with Elisabeth's help, namel
Verasco was too enamored of the impossible. Rose couldn't, and wouldn't want to get involved in something that wasn't ingrained in her life principles. From the beginning, Rose's goal in trapping herself there was Theo, so it would always be Theo she wanted. Even if he didn't respond at all to the various activities around him, including her standing a few meters away from him. Three months. Rose imagined how she would have to vent everything she had missed during that time. Too long to admit that she missed Theo. Everything that had ever happened between them, whatever it was, it felt like Rose wanted to hug that body right now. It didn't matter that she would be stung even worse by the menacing and dangerous surroundings of the electric shock device around her husband. "Stop where you are." Rose's steps paused as she took a step towards Theo's body, pushing him closer. However, the reflection of Verasco's sardonic smile was the worst part of Rose's decisio
"An intruder has entered!" The warning from outside broke the silence in the clawed skies of the building. The troops hidden in the scatter hallway rushed out. Some of them were already dedicated to acting when informed. It was a strategy that Verasco had made accommodations for in case even under the best of circumstances they still had to be vigilant. Thus, the enemies in front of them would be easily conquered. Right at the entrance of Verasco's large mansion. A group of troops led by two people at once were already attacking each other, as if they were ready to fight over the order of power that belonged to Verasco, an organizer who did not even look where he was. It shouldn't be that way .... It was just that when Travis and Rose had left, on the other side coinciding with Edward's arrival—followed by Anthony next, that second Xelle began to think about pulling the bait. He single—handedly went to the guard at the very front simply to distract the attention
"I warned you not to participate. Now your presence is like a second barrier. We can't act freely." Rose turned away when Xelle chided rudely. "You mean I'm a burden here? I can take care of myself if that's what you think." No less sharply she lashed out at the man who was staring straight ahead. "I wonder how far you can take them. You'd better sit quietly in the car." Still with the focused, indifferent gaze Rose was getting from the man in front of her. She turned away solidifying the sentence buried in the back of her throat. "You underestimate women too much. I'll show you that I can handle anything that comes my way." "And if you continue to pick a fight with me here. I can assure you we'll never get started," Rose continued half-commemoratively. Xelle reminded her exactly of Theo who almost never relented when it came to arguing. Rose looked away not wanting to be influenced further. Momentarily noticing Travis pulling himself forward a step. "Wh
There wasn't enough feeling during the trip to Italy. Rose's gaze was always unfocused, still speared by a jumble of bad thoughts regarding Theo's condition and how she would get her husband back. Theo was taken away and hidden by Verasco. No idea where. But the next stage of the location they would go to was Verasco's headquarters. Lion assumed it was there, a little approved by Travis who confirmed. A while ago, they had tracked the last point of Verasco's car through GPS coordinates. Unfortunately, the middle-aged man knew such things would happen, so he deliberately blocked access by not turning on the GPS function in the car. They could have hacked into the city's CCTV footage. Analyze the license plate or where cars similar to Verasco's stretched across Milan. However, the decision would have affected their chances. At worst, from the time Rose and the others arrived at Theo's mansion, two hours back was all Verasco required of them, especially Rose—