Rose dashed toward it, only for the wall around the hole to move just as she reached it, blocking the hole. Then, the room’s lights switched on. Rose turned around to see Jay with a dark look on his face. His hand was pressing on a knob on the wall. Rose stared at the knob, then turned around to stare at the blocked hole. Did he close the hole? “Sir Ares, I… I think I’m lost. I wanted to go to the bathroom…” Rose spoke slowly. Her eyes stared at the ground as she made the subconscious decision to hide what just happened from him. Jay reached out his hand. Stunned by the gesture, Rose placed her hand in his larger one. “Come on. Let’s get you out.” The scrunch between his brows from realizing that Rose was no longer beside him when he woke finally relaxed now that he had found her. Rose’s gaze was fixed on the knob as if it was an enormous black hole that threatened to swallow her whole. What was the secret behind this place? Was Jay hiding something from her? “Wha
Despite having never paid attention to his own looks, praise from this woman somehow turned his negative mood around. Rose murmured under her breath, “Don’t you know? The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” Jay shot her a death glare. “What other men do you want?” Rose shut her mouth and shook her head. Moving his arm from her shoulder to her waist, Jay squeezed her tightly against himself to the point where Rose felt as if the air from her abdomen to her lungs had been squeezed out. For a split moment, she felt suffocated. “Since you’ve slept with me once, Rose, you’ve signed yourself off to a lifetime of sleeping with me. You’re well aware of me being a clean freak, yes? I’ll throw you into the furnace should you have the slightest thought toward another man.” Rose nodded and bowed in a puppy-like manner. “There’s not a second of which I don’t remind myself that I’m yours, Sir Ares.” “Good.” Then, he said, “Grandfather wants me to entertain the gu
After Nancy had been taken away, Jay roughly ripped Sean’s jacket off of Rose. Then, he took his own and covered her with it. “Don’t touch things from other men anymore. It’s revolting.” He warned viciously. A soft chuckle left Sean’s lips suddenly.After using every method under the sun to stop him and Rose from publicizing their relationship, Jay had never expected and thus never prevented Nancy Bell from being the final key to telling the world. Just like that, the public was now aware of his and Rose’s relationship. The show had to go on. Sean smiled humorlessly at Jay. “A matching couple’s outfit with my girlfriend, Master Ares? What’s the meaning behind this?” “She’s my wife,” Jay declared his control imperiously. “Ex-wife.” Sean gave an extremely gentle smile. “That’s still my wife,” Jay said, asserting it as a fact.… The knowledge of Sean and Jay fighting over a woman in front of everyone had the Grand Old Master seething with anger. He had people bring the
“Get your *ss here,” Jay reprimanded in a commanding tone as he watched her stand beside Sean. Rose shivered and obediently walked to stand in front of him. There was no other choice. This devil incarnate held the future of Severe Enterprises in his hand. The Grand Old Master questioned menacingly, “Rose, which exactly of these two men do you love?” Rose glanced fearfully at Jay, then turned to look hopelessly at Sean. Choosing any one of them meant she would undoubtedly offend the other. She could not offend Jay, but she did not want to offend Sean as well.“Grand Old Master Ares, I don’t believe I have the right to choose,” Rose answered. “It’s alright, tell me who you love. I’ll have your back,” the Grand Old Master said reassuringly. “You’d better think twice before answering, Rose,” Jay whispered. He might as well have reminded her about the screenplay contract with The Moonlit Sky! Having always lived with the motto ‘to go with the flow’, Rose immediately decid
Sean’s smile dwindled, almost like sand in an hourglass. The more he tried to recollect himself, the more obvious his frenzy showed. Once again, he experienced the terror that was Jay Ares. “Your ultimate goal is to make me hate you so that I’d destroy Bell Enterprise for you. That’s why you used Rose Loyle, correct?” With every bit of his front ruthlessly dismantled by Jay, all that was left of Sean Bell was his riddled fragile self. His handsome features were pale and drained of blood! His body began to shake and tremble. Although, he quickly lifted his head in confusion and spoke suspiciously, “I don’t know what you mean, Master Ares.” He refused to believe that Jay knew of his malicious intent. There was no way Jay could find out his true intentions toward Bell Enterprise so quickly. Not when he had worn this facade for years and had minimal encounters with Jay. “Let’s make a deal!” Jay closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they flared with a strong man’s desi
She had been dismissed by Bell Enterprise? That meant she no longer had a way to avenge Severe Enterprise or to fish out Bell’s mole. Staring at the downcast woman, Jay mocked with his arms crossed. “What? Miss him already?” Rose glared at Jay. “You forced him to dismiss me, didn’t you?” “I didn’t,” Jay replied truthfully. All he did was have Sean stay away from Rose. He never said anything about a dismissal. Rose’s hands were balled into fists. Not only was this man complex and difficult to understand, but he was also two-faced and an absolute b*stard. Jay lazily placed his hands in his pockets. “If you want a revolutionary partner, how about me? Sean Bell is too easily swayed.” “Can’t afford you.” Rose huffed. “At least I’m loyal to you.” Rose rolled her eyes. “As if I’d be stupid enough to believe your bullsh*t.” Jay was speechless. “...” He was as loyal a man as they came! “Let’s go!” Jay spoke. Rose refused to move. Jay stared hopelessly at the angr
Under Jay’s sharp death stare, Zayne’s voice grew softer by the moment. “How about you prove to us as well? You love Miss Rose, right?”Both Josephine and Rose internally praised Zayne for his wits. Looking at Rose, Jay asked, “What do you think?” Rose was siding with Zayne, so she said, “Only as a role model can one persuade others.” “Then what do you want?” “I don’t believe Sir Ares can afford to give me what I want,” Rose muttered softly. “If it’s what you want, it shall be yours as long as I’m capable of giving.”Rose panicked. What psychological shock had this man gone through? After pausing to think, she replied, “I want a luxury car, company shares—” Mischievously, Rose listed off lucrative benefits as a prank as she stared at Jay, waiting for him to go back on his words. “No problem!” She was stunned. Raised the stakes of her prank, she continued to say, “I also want the status of Mrs. Ares.” “No problem!” Rose tightened her jaw. “Then… Could you put the
Snapping back to reality, Rose moved awkwardly back to Jay. Josephine stared questionably at Rose. The discrepancies in her behavior caused Josephine to feel rather… Uneasy. “Sister-in-law, you can’t possibly be having feelings for Zayne, right?” “Huh?” Rose was shocked. Zayne spoke up, “What do you mean, ‘huh’? With how you kept staring lovingly at me, my girlfriend’s bound to misunderstand.” Josephine spared Jay an anxious glance. She was afraid that her brother, being the control freak he was, would misunderstand Rose and thus rain fury upon her.However, Jay took it all in a stride, sitting elegantly as if nothing had happened. There were no indifferent walls put up when he gazed at Rose. This was not Jay’s style at all.“I didn’t stare lovingly at you,” Rose argued with a huff, “You’re not a 100-dollar bill either. Not everybody has to love you!” Zayne choked, wishing nothing more than to throw this woman into the sea to feed the sharks. Jay could not help but ch