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",
"Then make me yours", Charles said hoarsely, wrapping his arms around Kate's waist pulling her closer to him.Kate suddenly forgot how to breathe, their closeness was driving her crazy. The lust in his eyes turned her on. "No Kate get yourself together", she chided, she looked away, letting out an awkward cough.Realizing what he was doing, Charles removed his hands from her waist, not able to look at her. "I'm sorry", he apologized, his desire had gotten the better part of him.Kate nodded, standing up not trusting herself to speak, why did her heart suddenly feel heavy because she stopped Charles. The air in the room became awkward, neither of them looking at each other.Kate cleared her throat, looking at Charles. "I found it", she blurted out.Charles stared at her confused, his eyebrows raised questioning."The blueprints"."Really?"Charles asked surprised, Kate nodded in response."Let's go meet Gracie to tell her, so we'll think of how to get it", Kate suggested.Charles nodded
THE NEXT DAY. Rose kept her suitcase in her car, got in and drove out of the city. She didn't bother telling her adoptive parents she won't be in the city for the weekend. It was a 2 hour drive to her cottage, as it was in the suburbs of the city, where she grew up. Rose finally got there, taking out her suitcase then stared at the supposed cottage, which was actually a 2-storey building, not the kind of house you see in the suburbs. She walked to the door, turning the knob but it was locked. "Wasn't he home? She had informed him, She was coming today", Rose thought confused. Taking out the spare key with her, she opened the door and walked in. The house was quiet like no one was in. Rose closed the door, there was one place she knew he would be in. Leaving her suitcase in the living room, she made her way to the basement and sure enough she saw him there, engrossed in whatever he was doing on his laptop. "Steve", she called out, but the man didn't notice her presence. Rose w