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
Zayne let go of the calf’s head, letting Jay place it onto Rose’s plate. Rose was speechless… This tête de veau was the most expensive one she had been served.Rose loved to eat calf’s head too! Zayne’s curiosity for Rose only grew each time he found a common interest shared by both Rose and Angeline. Waiting for Rose to leave for the toilet, Zayne excused himself as well and blocked Rose’s path when she was halfway there.“Rose, I want to talk to you.” Zayne leaned against the wall with an aloof expression on his face. Seeing Zayne’s unruly behavior, Rose reprimanded, “Stand straight, or the Ares family will think that their future son-in-law is a frivolous and unreliable man.” “Who am I to you? Who are you to control the things I do?” Zayne questioned angrily. At his questioning, she became silent. His inquisitive gaze fixed on Rose. “Rose, alias, Ange Lin. What are your intentions behind approaching my father?” Rose had nothing to say. “...” “You act as if you ha
Rose might have her blood spilled today. Turning her head, she finally removed her lips from Zayne’s cheek. She opened her mouth to speak, “Zayne Severe, my hair’s caught on your button.” Zayne took the chance to push Rose into more trouble. “Your hair wouldn’t have caught onto my button had you not made a move on me, would it?” “B*stard, untangle my hair!” Rose felt despondent. Jay walked over and carefully untangled Rose’s hair from Zayne’s button. The act was surprisingly gentle. Free once again, Rose took in a deep breath. Josephine walked over with a disappointed look in her eyes as she stared at Rose. “How could you seduce your brother-in-law?” “I didn’t. Josephine, you have to believe me. It was all an accident.” She protested, her words frail and weak. Josephine spoke, “Whether I believe you or not is not the point here. What matters is whether my brother believes you or not.” Zayne stared at Rose with a touch of schadenfreude in his eyes! His gaze read, ‘Yo
Offending Josephine was a small matter in contrast to offending this divine being. The latter was truly a crime that would easily end with her annihilation. “Sir Ares!” Rose yelped nervously with her head held down. She mulled over how he would punish ‘disloyal’ women. Would he drown her? Feed her to the sharks, or maybe snipe her? As if seeing through the woman’s fear, Jay reached out a hand to ruffle her hair. However, Rose evaded him by jumping a meter backward as if she had met an enormous enemy. Jay’s hand was suspended mid-air while his expression revealed his displeasure. “Come here!” His tone was still rather gentle. “I’m sorry, Sir Ares.” Rose whimpered. “About what?” “I shouldn’t have seduced another man in front of you and embarrassed you.” Her voice was small. “I’m not angry at you.” With widened eyes, Rose was wondering if she had heard him wrong. Then, she quickly understood. Why would he get jealous if he did not love her at all? “Okay.” “Let’s
Josephine’s heart softened at Zayne’s pitiful expression. Taking over the ointment, her face flushed as she applied it over his behind. Zayne could not help but laugh at Josephine’s beet red cheeks. “Why are you so shy? You do know that there won’t be any hiding between us after we get married, right?” Using her hands, she covered his face.“Okay, okay. I’ll stop.” Zayne stopped teasing. Chirp, chirp, chirp.The sound of birds singing drifted through the quiet park. Sighing, Zayne lifted his head to stare at the scenery outside the windows. “The Tourmaline Estate is beautiful. What a quiet and pleasant place as well. I’d say it’s quite the paradise.’ However, Josephine sounded uneasy when she spoke, “Both Uncle Jacob’s and Uncle James’ illegitimate children have become adults in these few years. Every year they use the Grand Old Master’s birthday to make themselves known to the world with all sorts of oppression.” Pausing for a while, she continued, “Tomorrow will be Gran
Rain fell harder. There were no roads in front of her for it was densely packed with bushes after bushes that never seemed to end. Pushing the bushes apart with both her hands, Rose found footprints the other woman left behind and trudged on with difficulty.After quite some time, she had finally walked out of the thorny bushes only to stand in front of a uniquely designed mushroom house. ‘Why are there buildings of such styles here?’ Dazed, Rose paced back and forth in front of the mushroom house. She was curious about the world behind those doors, yet afraid that it would lead her to pieces of truth that she should not be aware of. In the end, curiosity overtook Rose and she pushed the small door of the house. Thanks to her small body, she was able to climb in.It was dark inside, but she could vaguely tell that the room was spacious from the little bouts of light the hole in the door provided. Groping her way through the dark, Rose found that the inside of the dome reminde
The man suddenly raised a syringe. “This is a drug we’ve just invented. We need someone to test it out on. How does being our lab rat sound?” At that, the man walked toward Rose and injected the syringe into her arm before she knew it. Then, the man took a skull necklace out of his breast pocket and waved it in front of Rose. “I’ve got to hypnotize you as well. I need to implant new memories into you…” the man spoke sinisterly. Rose’s gaze landed on the skull necklace. It belonged to Jaybie. Why did this man have the same necklace? “Who are you?”“Curiosity kills the cat, Miss.” The drug began to take effect not too long after… Rose felt her consciousness begin to slip. With a thud, Rose fell onto the floor. “Well, that was fast. What weak willpower.” The man kept the necklace. “This means that the effectiveness of our new drug has been greatly enhanced.” “Bring her away. Watch her after she wakes for abnormalities and send her out if all is good.” “Yes, Sir.”