Rosalie paled.She didn't know which one that her mind should process first the fact that Frank had invited her to his welcoming party after years of not even contacting her, or the fact that he was being discharged from a hospital in a few days.Without thinking things through, she voiced her most eminent concern. "Discharged? Why? What's wrong? Wasn't he fine?" She asked adjusting closer to the edge of her seat with each and every question."He's fine...now." Roxanne answered. "He had been unconscious for some time, but he's fine now." She added with a sigh. "But grandmother, please understand that it's okay if you don't want to go. I mean I can tell him that you can't make it since it's such a short notice.""What?" Rosalie asked, sounding offended at Roxanne's words. "Why would you tell him that?""Because I don't want you to force yourself to attend and do things that make you uncomfortable, you did say that you didn't want to cross paths with him again, right?""What, when did I
Roxanne embraced him in return, not really caring that her makeup was probably all smudged and her hair probably looked like a birds nest. She needed comfort, she needed to be reassured, she needed someone to tell her that she had done the right thing by putting up a tough front in front of Claude, that she didn't give him the satisfaction of knowing how much he was getting to her, because if she didn't, she knew she would have just broke down in tears.Roxanne sighed heavily, her heart rate returning to normal after a few minutes in Lance's arms as he stroked her head, waiting till she was either ready to move or explain why he had found her in the state he did. Roxanne appreciated his thoughtful gesture, now more than ever, she believed that Lance was a one of a kind boyfriend, and that she made the right decision by opening her heart up to him. One she was sure she wouldn't regret.After some time, successfully calming her heart down and stopping whatever flood was about to be prev
The next morning Roxanne had woken up feeling all sorts of energized.After getting out of bed and doing her morning routine, she went out of the room and into the living room where she found Lance having breakfast."Good morning." She said in a groggy tone as she sat beside him and then proceeded to stuff her face with the toast he had already prepared for her."Morning. Did you sleep well?" He asked, a slight smirk on his face as he watched her eat.She nodded her head. "Yes. You?" She asked him back, popping the last of the toast in her mouth before leaning against the chair and facing him.Lance nodded his head. "Yes." He said then leaned forward to kiss her cheek. "Did you enjoy last night's cuddle?" He asked with a sly smile and Roxanne blushed at his question.She had indeed enjoyed it, and even though she didn't want to admit it, she had cuddled closer to him while they were asleep. She simply didn't want to say that since she was a strong girl, but at least deep down, she had
"Penelope Cube, the daughter of the Cube family is the customer claiming to have already wanted those dresses.""Oh my freak fucking God." Roxanne cursed as she rolled her eyes and later on groaned in annoyance while Lance on the other hand sighed out loudly in frustration, both leaving Catherine confused."So you mean to tell me the person playing owner over the dresses I picked is Penelope Cube?" She asked once more out of confirmation sakes.Catherine hesitantly nodded her head. "I'm afraid so.""Oh fuck my life. That girl has been making it her mission to be the worst person ever. Why she had to come here to spoil our time together is beyond me." Roxanne ranted with a roll of her eyes. "I can't fucking believe this.""I know this might sound like a difficult task, Catherine, but I need you to get me those dresses. Not a single one of what we picked should go missing. Am I making myself clear?" Lance instructed with a serious look on his face and Catherine nodded her head immediate
Roxanne quickly looked over the document, reading the information and then quickly turning to look at Lance, her eyes wide and her heart racing with excitement. "You've got to be fucking kidding me!""What is it?" Lance asked as he walked over to her and looked over the documents in her hand, his brows creasing with equal confusion. "I wasn't aware that Grant Enterprise had a medical center." He commented."That's because it doesn't." Roxanne informed, flipping through the documents all the more to get headings and after a while, she scoffs. "This is ridiculous. What are we meant to do with fake documents."She tossed the paper back into the podium and ran her hand through her hair, pushing them back and out of her face. In the process of doing so, she had missed as Lance bent down and picked off the floor the piece of paper that had slithered out from in between the pages of the document as she had tossed it away."Perhaps it isn't fake," He began, looking over the small piece of pap
Rosalie was rather surprised when both Lance and Roxanne showed up at her house, so suddenly."Lance? Roxanne? Why are you both here? Isn't the party until tomorrow?" The elderly woman asked, looking confusingly between the young couple."Hi, grandmother." Roxanne greeted, followed by Lance who gave a curt and respectful nod in her direction. "Yes, the party isn't until tomorrow but that isn't why we're here, we need to talk." She said seriously."Oh," Rosalie uttered, surprised by her granddaughter's sudden serious demeanor. But she recovered from that quickly and smiled. "Well, how about we have a chat in the living room." She suggested politely, gesturing for both Roxanne and Lance to step in.They both did as told and sank down together in the same chair, waiting till Rosalie had served them glasses of water and sank down in her won chair before begining to discuss the reason why they had come here for."Grandmother, can we ask you a few questions?"Rosalie viewed her granddaughte
Lance and Roxanne spent a few more hours in Rosalie's place, talking things over and planning for the party the next day. By the time they had finished, the sky was already darkening and Lance and Roxanne feeling tired. They bade Rosalie goodbye and began the journey back to Lance's penthouse which was now virtually like Roxanne's place too."So, you and me, huh?" Lance asked playfully once they were in the car on the drives back home.Roxanne who had her head leaned against the window chuckled. "Don't even push your Luck, Laurent." She teased, earning a hum of disapproval from him."Why not, you're already my girlfriend, I don't see any harm in making you my finacee.""True, but it'll be awkward to explain this to everyone since we only just found out that you and I are apparently engaged since childbirth, but without a doubt, it'd be funny seeing Penelope's face when she learns of this." Roxanne pointed out with a chuckle which faded almost instantly as she said. "Funny and pitiful.
Henry went stiff and his gaze momentarily flew to where Roxanne was seated beside Lance, finding her eyes glued on him before he looked away."I..." He hesitated. "I did so because I wanted to protect Roxanne."His answer left both Roxanne and Lance stunned and confused."Protect Roxanne?" Lance asked."Protect me?" Roxanne asked."Yes." Henry nodded. "At the time which your parents had died and their case was being handled, Claude had been proven guilty In many ways and as a result asked to pay compensation worth thirty five billion to the victims daughter, Roxanne, or spend the rest of his life in jail. So Claude taught that if Roxanne wasn't around then he could pass under the charges. He was planning on harming her in other to walk Scott free and I couldn't allow that, so I bribed the judge to drop the case to make sure that Roxanne remained safe."Lance's eyes narrowed in on his father and he frowned deeply. "You mean, that monster that killed Roxanne' parents had actually attemp