Alexander nodded, "let's go", he said, leading them deeper in the cave, they followed."How do you know Alexander?", Kate whispered to Charles."Why do you ask?", Charles whispered back with a raised eyebrow."Just curious", Kate shrugged."Well me and Alex go a long way back. We are brothers than friends, including Vincent ","Who's Vincent?","A pal of ours, he's not in the city but you'll meet him soon", Charles answered."Oh", Kate nodded, "so you, Alexander and Vincent have known each other for a very long time"."Since high school", Charles answered."Wow, that long"."Hmm", Charles nodded. "They've been with me every step of the way, and if there's anyone I trust with my life it's them".Kate could see how much Charles trusted his friends, and she could sense they were good too. Though she hadn't meant Vincent but if Charles trusted him, it meant he was a good person. Unlike her, she was not lucky when it came to trusting people and making friends. "Alex ran away from home be
She already knew Rose was the one behind her accident, that's why she never bothered to find out what caused her accident in the first place. She also thought it was brake failure but now she thinks about it, she couldn't open her door nor window when she tried to escape. So it was surely more than some brake failure."A brake failure can't just happen in a night except if it was done intentionally", Charles added, ignoring Kate's question."Here's the weird part, when we checked the car engine, the brake fluid reservoir was fine, just burnt", Gracie said, confused."Car engine??"."Yes", Gracie nodded, "Thanks to Mr billionaire here we have the car's original parts, not in a good shape though"."There was no sign of leak of the brake fluid, and at the scene of the accident either", Gracie added."That's strange", Kate nodded, "there was nothing wrong with the brakes then why wasn't it working", she thought confused."Then why did the test and investigation say it was brake failure?"
THURSDAYIN THE MORNING, AT THE ANDINO'S MANSION, Nathaniel sat in the study room with Old Man Andino."You mean she decided to leave the house", Gabriel repeated his son-in-law's words. “No wonder the house seemed quiet today", he added."This is a serious matter Dad, Rose left the house we don't know where she went and Tiff is really worried about her", Nathaniel signed, rubbing his forehead."It's a good thing she left the house, and don't worry about Tiffany she'll be fine, she's my daughter after all", Gabriel said unbothered."At least she still goes to the company"."I don't care whether she goes to the company or not", Gabriel snapped, eyeing his son-in-law. "I made a mistake letting you allow her to work in the company, letting her think she could ever be the heiress of this family, as long as I’m alive it will never happen", Gabriel vowed fiercely."I'm disappointed in you Nathaniel, how could you give your daughter's right to an outsider, a stranger", Gabriel stressed, di
Kate stepped out of the elevator with Stacy, she could already feel Rose's piercing gaze on her."Even I can't wait to meet you Rose, and find out what you have planned", Kate thought, following Stacy.Stacy knocked on the door. "Come in", a voice said shortly after.Stacy opened the door with Kate following closely behind."Ma, Miss Cosgrove", Stacy said, gesturing at Kate.Rose nodded, "leave us", she instructed.Stacy nodded leaving only Kate and Rose in the room."Long time no see Miss Andino", Kate greeted with a fake smile on her face."Indeed Miss Cosgrove, the last time we met was at my engagement party. I didn't get the chance to ask if you enjoyed the party cause you left early", Rose said with a fake smile on her face, sarcasm in her tone.Kate balled her hand into a fist, a frown on her face."Am sure Miss Andino didn't make this appointment to talk about her engagement party", Kate said in a serious tone."Of course not", Rose said, clearing her throat. She didn't fail to
"Kyle? What was he doing here?" Kate wondered, surprised and confused. "Was he really here to see Rose??"."Taylor, surprising to see you. What are you doing here?", Kyle asked nervously, hiding the takeaway bag behind him."I could ask you the same. I'm here for business with Miss Andino, what about you?", Kate asked with a raised eyebrow, eyeing Kyle suspiciously."Well I'm h..ere..be..cause...", Kyle stammered, suddenly feeling nervous.Rose gave Kyle a deadly glare then turned to Kate with a sweet smile. "I'm really sorry Miss Cosgrove, my friend here doesn't know when he's meant to visit", she said, coming to Kyle's rescue, standing up. "No problem, I guess it must be urgent if not, he won't barge in like that"."Yes, It better be", Rose said, annoyed, eyeing Kyle. "She won't spare Kyle for interrupting her meeting", she thought."Please excuse me for a moment '', Rose turned to Kate with an apologetic smile."No worries, take your time", Kate gave her a polite smile in return.
"You're demanding too much Miss Cosgrove, how about we change the profit percent. Instead of fifty fifty, let's make it 51 - 49, what do you say?", Rose asked expectantly.Kate hissed, "wasn't your action too much that day when you lost the chance to finalize this same deal. I don't like to cheat my business partners so leave the profit percent as it is"."I've already told you what I want Miss Andino, is either you fulfill it and I'll sign the contract, no one will find out about this, or.... I don't finalize this contract and no more contracts from us in the future", Kate said with a shrug.Rose gritted her teeth, her hands balled into a fist. "She had to make a difficult choice. Was it really worth sacrificing her shares, her chance in taking over the business to make Taylor sign the contract?", She thought."If you need some more time to think about it, no problem. You'll just have to make another appointment", Kate said, grabbing her handbag about to stand-up."I agree", Rose blu
"Beauty", Kyle said as he walked over to her, stopping Kate in her tracks."What now Kyle?" Kate turned to him with a displeased look."Don't look at me like that Beauty", Kyle said, nervously rubbing the nape of his neck."If it's about me interrupting your meeting, I’m really sorry", he apologized, "Rose had already given him an earful for what he did ''.Kate crossed her arms, she had almost forgotten, Kyle did barge into the office though his presence was a blessing in disguise for her."Why did he even come here in the first place?"Kate thought, eyeing Kyle. Something fishy was going on between Rose and Kyle, she could sense it."So why did you want to see Rose anyway?", Kate voiced out."Well.....I came to see her, just a friendly visit", Kyle lied, feeling nervous under Kate's intense state."Oh! really, don't you have a company to run or something. You must have a lot of time on your sleeves Mr Bruce to come for a 'friendly' visit", Kate teased with a raised eyebrow, putting a
"Yes I was", Kyle nodded.Kate looked between the two men, "why did it seem, her grandpa knew Kyle was here to see Rose", she thought confused."The moment Kate died, you finally showed your true colors and went after her best friend", Gabriel hissed, a disgusted look on his face."You got it all wrong sir, Rose and I are just friends. We've been friends for a very long time, even when Kate was alive".Kate turned to look at Kyle shocked, "as far as she remembered Kyle never liked Rose when they were dating, something wasn't right".Gabriel hissed, rolling his eyes, "did the fool think because he was old, he was blind and couldn't see what was going on between them".A phone rang interrupting them, Kate checked her phone it wasn't hers, then turned to look at Kyle who had placed his phone at his ears."Where are you, you dimwit", someone yelled over the phone, causing Kyle to squeeze his face in annoyance."I just went out to see a friend, dad, no need to shout", Kyle answered rudely,