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,
AT DONOVAN CAR ENTERPRISE,Charles paced around in his office. Taylor wasn't back, and an hour had gone."What the heck was she still doing there, could Rose have done something to her", Charles thought worriedly."Shit", he cursed at the thought of Rose doing something bad to Taylor. Grabbing his car keys, Charles headed for the door but stopped when the door opened and Taylor walked in with an exhausted look on her face."Taylor", Charles rushed over to her, scanning her body.Kate was taken back at Charles' action, "what was he doing?", She thought confused.Charles let out a sign in relief, "She was fine no harm done", he thought. He looked up at Kate who gave him a quizzical look."You were gone for long, I thought Rose had hurt you", Charles explained.Kate let out an "ohh". "I'm m fine as you can see, she didn't do anything to me", she said, slumping on the nearest sofa, her eyes closed, massaging her temples."Then what took you so long?", Charles asked."I ran into grandpa",
At the Andino’s Mansion.Tiffany was walking down the hallway, stopping at a familiar red door. It had been two weeks since Rose left - time really does go by quickly - and she wasn't back yet.She walked away from the door, wiping a tear off her cheek, she hadn't noticed fall off her eyes, taking the stairs she went to the living room.The quiet house greeted her, it was always like that during the day. Rose at work while her husband locked himself in his study, doing whatever to "give them a comfortable life", he says.But now the house had gotten more quiet, dull, less vibrant - lonely, just like her over the years.Nowhere to go, Nothing to do. Only the ticking of the grandfather clock accompanied her in the quiet house. Tiffany had decided to quit her job as the finance director, after giving birth to Kate. Being the first child and daughter it was only normal for her to work at FastTech Limited after college. Her decision had come as a surprise to everyone, especially Old Man
Kate stared at Charles, lying weakly on his bed, looking pale. They were at Jade's resort at Charles' penthouse, as the latter had refused vehemently to go to the hospital, no matter how hard she tried to persuade him. Kate shook her head, “for someone ill, he knew how to put up a fight”. With Jack's help, they brought him to the penthouse, while the latter had left to get Charles' doctor. Kate walked over to sit by his side, taking his hand in hers. It was the first time she saw Charles weak and vulnerable. It made her scared. “Was he gonna be alright?” She thought, forcing back tears. The thought of Charles' condition getting worse made her sick to her stomach. “It was her fault”, Kate muttered, her head hung low, staring at their hands. “Don't be silly. I'm human, and I get sick too”. Kate raised her head to see Charles wide-eyed, “You're awake”. “I had to, cause it seemed someone thought I was dead already”, he groaned. Kate helped him sit up, she chuckled, sniffli
“Rose doesn't have the connection to get the list of owners by Monday. It will take at least 5 business days before she gets them”, Kate explained. “And I'm guessing Rose found the earring on either Wednesday or the Thursday you had seen it. So we've still got time to execute our plan”. She turned to Catherine with an affirmative look. “Leave it all to me”. “Good”, Kate nodded. “Now get out of my car”. “Hey! No kiss goodbye”. Catherine crossed her arms, pouting. Kate gave her an are you serious look, arching her eyebrow. “C'mon I was just joking”, Catherine smiled sheepishly, getting out of the car, grabbing her handbag. Kate watched her walk into the building, a worried expression on her face. “Oh God please take care of Catherine”, she prayed. She trusted Catherine and her capabilities, but was scared of what Rose would do to her, if she got caught. Kate let out a sign, about making a U-turn to leave, when she heard a knock on her car window. “Grandpa”, she uttered surpri
“Did you find out what you needed?” Jack asked his Boss, as Charles walked out of Rose's office. Charles shook his head disappointed, heading to the elevator, with Jack following closely behind. “Taylor mentioned Rose having something to do with her past, but Rose clearly had no idea who Taylor was. What was he missing?”. The elevator came to a stop at the reception floor, as the doors slid open revealing a familiar face, waiting outside. Charles stepped out of the elevator not breaking eye contact with the person. “Mr Donovan”. “Mr Bruce”. Charles eyed Kyle, who gave him a smug smile. “I see you came to visit your ‘fiancée’ ”, Kyle said, stressing on the last word, reminding Charles he was engaged. “No wonder Rose was in a bad mood when she had called a few minutes ago”. Charles' eyes turned dark, maintaining a calm expression. “Stay away from Taylor. She will be mine and just focus on making your fiancée happy before someone else does”, Kyle grinned, before turning to the
“For you”. Charles handed her the plastic bag. “Thank you”, Kate nodded, collecting it. Charles wrapped his arm around Kate's waist, pulling her in for a kiss. “Make sure to take the medicine and eat afterwards”. “I will”, she nodded, blushing. “See you tomorrow darling”. Kate watched Charles walk down the stairs to a Ferrari Roma where Jack stood, before closing the door. She placed her hand on her chest, feeling the fast drumming of her heart, threatening to burst out of its cage. She checked the contents in the bag, a tint of pink appearing on her cheeks, taking small steps towards the kitchen. “Looks like someone has been shot by cupid's arrow”. Kate turned to Catherine, who sat on one of the kitchen islands, munching an apple - the second one, momentarily forgetting she was here too. “No I'm not”, Kate denied, vehemently. “Yh right”, Catherine grinned, making a heart sign with her hand. Kate rolled her eyes, placing the plastic bag on the kitchen counter
Charles gently nudged Kate to lie down, without breaking their kiss, his upper body hovered above hers. He moved his mouth to her neck, sucking on it. He heard her whimper, causing his cock to jerk in his pants, straining against the zipper. Charles groaned before capturing her lips in his again. His hand went under the duvet, finding its way between her legs. He rubbed on her inner thighs. Kate moaned, clamping her thighs on his hand. She heard Charles chuckle, before forcing her legs open again, teasing her. She arched her back towards him, wanting his hand to go deeper. Charles couldn't help grinning, his mouth trailing kisses down her neck, as his hand went deeper, brushing the wetness soaking her underwear. She moaned underneath him, her toes curling in delight, digging her fingernails into his back. “She was wet for him”. “Charles”, Kate moaned breathlessly, moving her hand down his chest, stopping at the band of his pants, when she suddenly felt her hands pinned
Kate watched Charles walk towards her, crouching to her level. “Better?” He asked, concerned, stroking her back gently. Kate nodded weakly in response. “She shouldn't have drank so much wine”, she hissed, rubbing her forehead, feeling a headache. “C'mon let's get you sober”, Charles spoke softly, a teasing smile on his face. Kate nodded, allowing Charles to pick her up bridal style out of the bathroom. She didn't have the energy to protest anyway. He placed her gently on the bed in a sitting manner, placing the duvet over her legs, then gave her a glass of water from the night stand. “Thank you”, Kate muttered, handing Charles the cup back. “What time is it?” she asked, her voice coming out as a whisper. “It's 11 in the morning”, Charles answered. “The next day already! ”, Kate thought, shocked. “Work!?”. Charles could already guess what she was thinking, seeing the expression on her face. “Focus on resting today. Come to work tomorrow, okay”. “And you? Aren't
“Where are we going?” Kate mumbled, as they got into the elevator. Charles pressed the button to the underground parking lot where his car was parked. “Home”, He answered, sternly, as he watched Kate nod before nestling her head on his shoulder. The ride down was quiet, as none of them spoke. Until Kate started humming a tune while stroking the side of his neck. “Stop”, Charles groaned in a warning tone. Her humming didn't annoy him. It was her touch leaving a trail of fire on his skin, making him more hard than he already was."He needed to get her home fast". The elevator came to a stop. He walked over to his car. Opening the front passenger door, placing Kate in carefully. “Lie down”, he instructed, strapping her in before walking over to the driver's seat, buckling his own seat belt. “I missed you….”, he heard her say. Charles halted what he was doing, turning to Kate, her big sapphire eyes already staring at him. “I missed you”, Kate repeated, longing in her tone. “I w
At Jade resort, “Don't tell me you're still annoyed at my cousin because of what he did”, Gracie said, laughing. Kate rolled her eyes at Gracie, crossing her arms over her chest. Charles had canceled her date with Kyle for the day, not allowing her to speak before dragging her away. Yeah! she didn't like going on dates with Kyle, but she certainly didn't need Charles' help to deal with Kyle either. “D*ckhead”, she muttered, as eyes searched for him in the room and they found him, sitting lazily, away from everyone else, a tumbler in his hand, casually swirling it. The sleeves of his shirt rolled to his elbow, showing off his muscular arms, his hair slightly disheveled with some strands at the side. His chest hair could be seen due to the first three buttons of his shirt left undone. He had a carefree aura around him, sexy and yet powerful. “My cousin is hot, isn't he? A fine species of men”, Gracie whispered in Kate's ear. Kate turned red in embarrassment, caught red-handed by