Roxanne stared at the shard of glass by her feet. Her face etched into a frown as her eyes roamed the countless sharp fragments of the shattered glass.“Oh no!” She finally spoke and when she glanced in Lance’s direction, he was simply watching her with a blank expression.Roxanne took this as his usual stoic expression, unaware of the joyous emotion he was feeling after seeing her on her feet.“I…I’ll clean it up.” Roxanne said and bent down to gather the shard of glass- once a cherished memory of him and his late mother.She expected Lance to have a raging outburst and mercilessly scold her for her carelessness.But To her great surprise, barely seconds passed before Lance showed up directly above her, concern etched on his face. Rather than admonishing her, he quickly bent down and stopped her fingers before they could make contact with the shards of broken glass. “You should be more careful, Roxanne. Picking this up with you bare hands could hurt you.” His voice held an unexpected
A week had passed since Lance rescued Roxanne from the clutches of Christopher and Amber. During that time, Roxanne had found solace within the familiar walls of Lance’s penthouse. With the passing days, her dislocated wrist had begun to heal, gradually regaining its strength.Because of numerous and reasonable persuasion from Lance, Roxanne had remained within his penthouse, laying her days away as she waited for her wrist to fully heal and for the dust to settle.Seated comfortably on the plush couch, Roxanne was deeply engrossed in a book she had picked off Lance’s book shelve, when she heard the from behind pull open. Looking up and behind, she saw Lance entering the living room, his face a mix of relief and exhaustion after his call.Realizing he was done, Roxanne closed her book and set it aside before standing up to greet him.“Hey,” she said softly. “Everything okay?”Lance glanced at his phone, debating whether to tell her that Iris had practically been eating his head off a
Lance’s time spent at the pharmacy was rather short and he stepped through the front door of his penthouse, mind consumed with thoughts of all that has happened in the previous days and more importantly how he was going to deal with his stepbrother.He was hardly expecting to find anything out of the ordinary upon his return. But as he entered the living room, his eyes fell upon the sight that instantly stole his attention, soured his already rotten mood and sent a jolt of irritation through his veins all at the same time.Roxanne stood near the doorway, a determined look on her face as she packed her belongings, the exact ones he had bought and gotten for her during her stay with at his house just recent, into a small suitcase.She hadn’t seemed to notice him yet, and as he crept closer, eyes glued on her back figure, Lance felt his heart skip a beat, his confusion mingling with the annoyance that was bubbling up inside him."What's going on here?" he asked, his voice loud with not o
Lance stared at the name across his phone screen, watching as the call continued to ring on. When the call ended, the notification on the screen showed none missed calls, four from Penelope and an extra five from his father.What did he want? Lance pondered as gulped down the last of his whiskey while seated at the mini bar installed in his penthouse.The first thing the male had done when Roxanne stepped out of his apartment was to drown himself in whiskey. For some reason, he felt like that was the only and actually thing that could make him forget the sudden emptiness he felt inside him.With her not being around, the entire penthouse suddenly felt bigger than it actually was and every second and minute that went by, the scene of her perfume and body wash continued to intensify in the air, even though she was no longer anywhere in his sight.When he remembered this thought, Lance sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.Why was he feeling so miserable? It's not like she had dec
Earlier that day when Roxanne left Lance's penthouse. She was dropped off by the cab she called, however, the moment she approached her house, Colton was standing right in front of her house, hands stuffed into his pocket.The sound of her moment from behind made him turn around. His eyes lit up with an emotion she couldn't understand, but the next thing she knew, Colton had wrapped his arms around her.Roxanne stiffened up at first, but slowly, she melted into his hug. The two remained in their bond for seconds, even minutes longer, silently appreciating the warmth of one another.After a while, Colton sighed out loudly and snuggled closer to her."Thank god you're safe." She could hear the relief and joy in Colton's voice.Roxanne held Colton by the shoulder as she pulled back, a smile on her lips but she didn't make any effort to give a reply to what he had just said.After all, she didn't want to bring up such a topic and make nightmares resurface...... nightmares. She had a lot
Roxanne was taken aback by the sound of Henry's voice. For a few seconds she remained silent and when she could finally speak, the only thing she said was: "Hello?"Henry didn't immediately speak after she did, but when he did, Roxanne involuntarily felt shivers run down her spine. For some reason, hearing his voice brought back the fresh memories of her encounter with Christopher."Roxanne, it's good to hear from you," He said in a pleasant tone that was meant to immediately put her at ease, however, it did not."Good to hear from you too, Mr. Laurent," She replied, a clearly tensed as she shifted her weight from one leg onto the other and looked around. "Is there anything i can help you with?""Ever the clever girl. Grace is preparing a feast tonight, come over and join us."Join them? Roxanne didn't even need to think the answer through before she responded."I'm quite busy tonight so i'll have to turn your offer down." She rejected.From the other end of the line, Henry chuckled.
As per Henry's words, Roxanne sat down in the chair opposite him. After she had settled, she sighed out quietly, internally getting herself ready before she began the topic at hand.After a few seconds of inward encouragement and moral boosting, she final had the guts to speak up."Mr. Laurent, I came as you requested, you should also keep up your end of the deal. Let's finalize Christopher and I's engagement annulment as soon as possible, no, in fact let's do it today, right now." Roxanne affirmed.Much to her surprise, Henry chuckled. "Don't be so eager, Roxanne. You've been engaged to Christopher for nearly eight years and have been a part of this family for that much time, are you sure you really want to throw all that away?""Yes." Roxanne did not hesitate in answering. "I'm sure, so let's get on with it.""Okay, I understand." Henry said with a smile, but Roxanne could tell that it was forced and fake.Understandable. No father would be happy to see his son's engagement falling
~Earlier that day~Lance had just stepped out when Penelope appeared in front of Roxanne. The blonde, as she watched the fiery goddess take steps inside and shit the door behind her, didn't know what to say.Shit! Why had thinks turned out this way?!Roxanne thought just as Penelope fully fixed her gaze on her."So you are the reason why Lance has been acting odd and even ignoring my call." She stated firmly with a tone of conviction in her voice, almost as if she already knew the whole thing that was happening between Roxanne and Lance.The blonde gulped at this thought, but quickly shook it off."What do you mean? I don't know what you are talking about." Roxanne tried her luck and faked ignorance, but even she knew that was useless seeing as she was literally on his sweatpants and sweat shirt he had lent her this morning.It would be damn normal if somebody...anybody misunderstood the situation.Roxanne didn't have time for this shit, but the fact that it was coming from Penelope a
Roxanne sat by the window of her favorite cafe wrapped from head to toe in seasonal clothing befitting winter. Her hair was pulled into a ponytail while her fringe hung on the side of her face, she wore a brown and white beanie while a black scarf was wrapped around her neck. Her outfit consisted of black jeans and a beige winter sweater along with a pair of white boots to complete her look. She had ordered a hot chocolate along with a pastry and was sipping on the drink when her phone rang.She looked down to see that it was Colton and she quickly answered the call, placing her cup down on the table. "Hey, Col, where are you?""In front of the cafe." The voice from the other end of the phone responded and Roxanne looked outside to see her friend waving. She smiled and waved back."Alright, I'm coming out." She said and got up, throwing her cup into the bin before grabbing her bag and walking out of the cafe.The winter was getting harsher and harsher with each passing day but she had
"You are absolutely pathetic, Penelope Cube." She said and glanced over to the crowd before returning her gaze to Penelope. "You're absolutely pathetic." She repeated in a much louder voice, making sure everyone in the room could hear. "All this while I had my eyes on you, waiting to see how far you'd sink before you drown." Roxanne smirked. "But you're the one that ended up drowning yourself, it's you that lost the game and now, you're going to have to pay for it."Immediately after Roxanne's words, Claude emerged from the crowd ready to defend his daughter. But Lance was faster.He rushed forward and blocked Claude before he could get closer to Roxanne. "Don't you dare?" He sneered.Claude stopped short in his spot and looked around from Roxanne who was standing her ground and looking unfazed to Penelope, his daughter who was drenched from head to toe in wine and then to Lance who was shooting daggers at him through his eyes. He didn't like the look that the young lad was giving him
The rest of the party went by peacefully, that is until Henry clinged his glass, drawing the attention of everyone in the room as he announced that he had something to say. In that moment, Lance and Roxanne glanced at each other, remembering how Henry said he was going to announce Lance as the new CEO tomorrow and step down from the Company."Can I please have your attention?" Henry said with a smile on his face as he stepped forward from his place where he had been standing with Frank and took to stand at the center, while everyone watched in anticipation."I know this might be quite sudden but I want to thank everyone here today for being a part of welcoming back my father from the hospital, it means more to me than any one could ever imagine." Henry said and glanced at Frank who nodded his head in agreement and looked back towards the crowd with a smile on his face."It's been an honor and a pleasure to meet all of you, whether you be the regular guests or some of the close family
After looking at herself one last time in the mirror, She decided that her outfit was okay as well as every other thing on her."You ready?" Roxanne asked when she finished dressing up and found Lance standing in the living room in his black suit."Yep." He answered and extended his hand for her to take, which she did, giving him a smile of confidence."Let's go." She said, and the couple exited the penthouse, locking the door and taking the elevator to the ground floor and stepping out into the bright sun of the morning.The city had woken up early that day, and the streets were already packed with people going on with their daily business, having no idea about what was to happen later that day.The couple strolled towards the parking lot, hand in hand. Roxanne took a deep breath before entering the car. She buckled up and strapped the seatbelt while Lance slipped into the driver's seat and started the engine."How nervous are you?" He asked once he pulled out of the parking lot and
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
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.
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
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
"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