Chapter 53There was something about Rose that made it impossible for any man to resist her and it was her beauty. She was an epitome of beauty with brains because just as she was physically beautiful and sexy, she was a really intelligent young woman. Rose was very assertive. She was perceptive and able to see decisions clearly.She always had clever solutions to problems based on her sharp perception She knew exactly how to balance her gut feeling with experience to form a keen sense of the right decision.She was sharp and intellectual and it helped her respond to situations deftly.One amazing thing about Rose was that she wasn't just only beautiful but she had an equally beautiful heart. Rose had a beautiful heart. She was clear about what she wanted without being aggressive.She fought for what she believed in, no matter the cost. She was really friendly and cared about the needs of others.She confidently spokes up for herself and others when necessary not caring about the consequ
Chapter 54Arturo smiled. "You're in luck because this is the last of it's kind in the store today and the next line doesn't get here until his fall." "Wow. I'm really lucky then." Daniel looked from the ring to to Arturo. "Rose is definitely going to love this one." One of the men he met at the counter if the Dazzling Ruby, shot Daniel his frown and made his way away with the other man. Arturo grinned. "I bet she's gonna love it. Let's go pay for that beautiful baby.""Yes, beautiful. It's just as beautiful as my baby. " Daniel told Arturo as they moved to the payment counter. "I'm glad I could contribute to such a beautiful moment." They stopped at the counter and so Arturo spoke up, "the client here wants to purchase the Dazzling Ruby. " Arturo had a grin plastered on his face. The lady at the counter gave a sad smile looking from her colleague to Daniel. "I'm sorry but the last piece was just bought by the man over there." Arturo's smiled vanished as he proceeded those word
Chapter 55Roman moved a hand into her short, sleeveless green gown. It sent a surge of electricity through Rose's body causing more butterflies in her belly. Rose gave out a moan when he bit her lower lip teasing her. Her hold around his neck became tighter. He bit her lower lip again and she let out another moan, this time louder than the former. He pulled her legs up such that she was straddling his waist and all her waist was on him. A hand slipped to Rose's butt so he could have a good grip on her while the other still remained on her thigh.Searching for the light switch, he moved deeper into his room, towards the wall with Rose's legs strapped around his waist. At the sound of a light switch, darkness disappeared and Roman's large room was illuminated with light. Their lips still connected and moving in sync, Roman moved them to his bed and he lowered to lay her on his bed. Her legs remained on his waist while he knelt on his bed. Rose slipped a hand into Roman's hair while th
Chapter 56"What the hell was that!" He raised an eyebrow with his arms stretched out questioning her behavior. "We need to stop this." She said her eyes on Roman's lower body and focused on the buldge on his trouser. Roman got on the bed, his knees pushing down he bed. "I don't understand you." His frown deepened. "It's just..." She stopped her hand running into her already disheveled hair. Roman had did a good job in ruining her perfectly styled hair by Tiffany while they had their passionate moment. Rose knew flirting around with Roman was wrong especially because she was pregnant for her boyfriend. She wasn't just cheating on Daniel, she was cheating with his baby inside of her and it made her feel bad but she didn't know what was going on with her because it was like the hormones were making her crave a forbidden fruit which was Roman. She always yearned for his touch and for his lips to connect with hers. One night, she had cried about not having Roman next to her. She did
Chapter 57"Daniel. My boyfriend." "You're not pregnant for the boss?" Margot asked, trying to confirm Rose's words. Rose nodded. "This baby isn't for the boss and I need you to promise me you wouldn't go spreading any more rumors about my personal life." Margot nodded. "One more thing," the old lady gave a sheepish smile, "I just need to go correct a few notations." Margot said practically running out of the kitchen. "Dear Lord, help me." Rose slapped her palms on her face.* * * * * *"Hi," Roxanne, a lady she had seen in her lectures a few times called Rose. "The young man o er there asked to slip this to you." She gave her a small piece of paper whilst pointing at the man at the door of the large lecture hall. They were waiting for the lecturer to come in so the lecture could commence. Rose gave a small smile and murmured to Roxanne, "thank you," as she collected the note. Her eyes lingered on the man at the corridor of the lecture room then he watched as he made his way to t
Chapter 58Daniel finally made his way to the counter. "Good afternoon." He smiled. "Welcome!" The waitress gave a smile. "What would you like to order?" She added. "I'm not sure. I'm torn between getting a burger and barbecue ribs." He answered honestly, sitting on one of the tall stools on the counter. "Which would you advise I go for?" He placed his elbows on the counter and rested his head on his hands making his fingers cup his cheeks. "Both are really good but I must tell you, you'll adore it barbecued ribs. Trust me, they're to die for." She honestly told him, adjusting the cap on her head. "If you say so then I'll take that with fries and a bottle of soda." As Daniel gave his order, the waitress penned it down into a small book. "I might have to put out a disclaimer at this point. If I don't like the barbecued ribs I will have to request for a refund." The lady chuckled. "You're going to love it. Trust me." She passed the noted through a small opening on the wall behind h
Chapter 59It was all set and ready.It was Daniel's first time in the mansion and he was in awe of how big it was. He had seen extraordinary and billion Dollar mansions he had never behold something so big and beautiful. He had never been here before up until now and he had never met Rose's boss but he just want to surprise her by having the proposal at her workplace. She wouldn't suspect a thing.There were scented candles all around the backyard. It was the only source of light since the sun had disappeared and the moon was very prominent in view. There were white and red rose petals in the pool. Lights were set up on the floor and on the wall and with red rose petals. They were massive blocks of alphabets arranged to form the letters WILL YOU MARRY ME? All in capital letters. Balloons were also all around. White balloons. And in front where Rose was going to come from, there were red rose petals on the floor in an heart shape. The plan was for her to step into the heart while Dani
Chapter 60Daniel jolted up, jumping for joy. He beamed with pride having a grin etched on his face. Penelope and Margot were also shouting for joy watching the lovebirds. Daniel went back on his knees and gave a shout of joy. With grin still etched on his features, he slipped the ring in Rose's fourth finger. He got on his feet and embraced her in a bone crushing hug. In excitement, Margot and Penelope embraced one another, jumping and smiling. Rose saying yes to the proposal for him. No one ever knew how hard he was waiting for this day Rose looked down at her left finger. The ring was distasteful. It wasn't what he would have wanted in an engagement ring. It was too bold for her and she would have preferred something entirely simple. The ring was too big for her fingers and made it look like she was wearing an oversized ring even though it was the perfect size for her slender fingers.Penelope and Margot released each other and captured Rose into a bone crushing hug. "Congratulat
Roman smiled. He was so proud of Rose. He had heen in the hall when she was called as the best graduating student and he couldn't be more proud. The wide grin etched on Rose features was so contagious that a similar wide smile also came spreading across his face. She looked beautiful as always in the pink dress and her hair was much longer than the last time he had seen her seven months ago. She also looked even more beautiful and she was. He liked that she was a very brilliant lady and not only did the award prove that but her speech was simply amazing. It was well articulated. It was worth every applause it got.Seeing Rose again after months of not seeing her was strange. She had changed a whole lot. It was a good kind of change because she was looking much younger and even more beautiful than she already was. He was mesmerized by her flawless make-up and the way the pink dress she had on hugged her body stature like it was a second skin. The way the dress bandaged her body and re
Rose made her way to the podium shocked and surprised. She never thought she would be give the honor if best graduating student. She knew for a fact she was very intelligent and brilliant but she had no idea she would be the best graduating student. Her grades had gone down when she had started to work to pay her outstanding debts so she never expected that she would get hmthe award. Getting into college, she always wished she would be called upon as the best graduating student and have the people she loved the most behind her as she went to receive the award. She had given up on her dreams of getting the honour of the best graduating student because she had become distracted because of the jobs she had to take up. Getting the award was like a dream come true to her because she given up on wining the award. She climbed up the stairs that led to the podium and she looked behind her but there was no one behind her to celebrate her. She had imagined Magarita walking behind her with th
A popular Chinese proverb said, the journey of a thousand miles begins with just a step. Rose had started walking those mile since she was born. She had risen and fallen. She had victories and failures. She had highs and lows. There were times she had great faith in herself and other times she would want to give up on herself. Many times she stumbled while walking that path. The path to success which was a really long journey of a thousand miles. Many times she had risen and believed in herself. Many times she believed in herself and did great exploit and she wasn't exactly where she wanted to be yet but she knew it was only a matter of time before she got to her desired destination. What he figured out was that no one had a desired destination but instead you yearn for more. When you think you have gotten it all, your get a new surge of energy. You begin to want more. You want more than you already have. Not because you're greedy but because because you know from your past victories
Roman's knuckles made contact with the hard wooden door. His knuckles stung and he immediately regretted knocking on the door hard. He made to knock again but this time, softly then he heard shuffle from the office. Roman waited for a few seconds hoping the commander would open up his door. When the commander didn't, Roman knocked again. Softly so his knuckles wouldn't suffer from a hard impact on the wooden. The shuffling continued making Roman frown. The police officer had the front desk had told him the commander was seated in his office although he didn't take his calls. And the shuffling coming from the office also confirmed this. Roman decided to go back downstairs to the front desk. Just as Roman turned around to leave, he heard the door knob click. He turned so he was facing the door again. The door was pulled open and commander Eric got before him with disheveled hair that looked like hands had been in them and a swollen lip with red lipstick stains which he had tried to cl
"Why's everywhere so quiet?" Rose asked Magarita as they walked up the little stairs that led to the front porch of the orphanage. The front yard had tables and shelves with wares which were being sold but no one was with those wares and there was no one around who seemed like they were interested in buying any of the items displayed. Well, maybe it was because it was evening already. Rose was freezing. She had on a sweater and on top a long brown coat with jeans and boots but somehow she was still feeling cold. Magarita had given Rose her scarf to rap around her neck but Rose still felt chilled. It was from her being in the hospital without going out for days. Her body had gotten really used to the warm temperature in the hospital. Magarita shrugged. She was holding Rose tightly and helping her with coming up the little stairs. Magarita was trying to be as careful as possible with Rose because the doctor had said she had some broke bone which were till healing so she was limping an
Daniel hand his hands on the steering wheel and his head was also on the steering wheel. His eyes were closed and he had a firm grip on the steering wheel. Daniel's heart was aching. The conversation with Roman had left him kind of breathless. He felt like he was running on a treadmill, or rowing away as if some ghost from thepast was chasing him. There is burning in his lungs as he desperately tried to drawin enough air to sustain functionality. Daniel are tired. His hands were tired and the grip he had on the steering wheel was loosening His muscles were giving out and he just felt his hand slipping away from the steering wheel. Daniel couldn't take the thoughts going on in his mind anymore after listening to his brother. "Are you okay?" Erin raised an eyebrow as she asked. She was itching to know what had happened between the brothers while they were in the mansion. Daniel had left with sullen look on his face and it seemed he looked worse than he had left. While she was out
Christine looks so much like mum." Daniel breathe as he sat on the sofa. He and his brother had just been able to get the twins to sleep after an hour of bonding with them. Daniel was really excited at meeting the kids. They were shy when Roman had introduced them to him as their uncle but soon Daniel was able to get them to open up and the three started to play so much but Roman just had to ruin the fun by announcing that it was past their bed time and they had to get to school tomorrow. Christine, Christopher and Daniel had let out loud groan and they wouldn't stop grumbling. They twins refused to go to bed except their uncle read them a bedtime story and he also came to see them the next day. Daniel was able to tell them bedtime story but he couldn't promise he as going to be here tomorrow. Daniel coming over the next day was solely dependent on how his conversation with Roman went. Daniel had decided to listen to Erin's advice. The only way to put an end to the mystery behind al
"You've got such a fine house." Daniel complimented, looking around the living room. He was in awe of his brother's beautiful house. The interior was top notch and even the exterior was tasteful. Roman's mansion was even more beautiful than their parents house. It had a lot of paintings. Many of which were abstract. Roman had a flare for paintings hile they were kids. He never drew but he loved them and knew a lot of painters and artiste. Daniel wasn't surprised to see so many paintings in his brother's house. "Thank you." Roman murmured as he watched his brother settle on a sofa. Roman was surprised to see Daniel in his house. He wasn't expecting that his brother was going to ever locate his house. First off, he had kept his house address away from him and the other members of his family and also he never thought Daniel would ever want to have anything to do with him fter their encounter at the hospital. Or was he here to pick a fight? If Daniel was here for that then he was certain
Roman looked around his bedroom ensuring that there as nothing missing and very furniture was in good condition. He had gotten most of the furniture in the house replaced. Left to him, he would have wanted them to sell the house and purchase another one so they could get away from the hurt and trauma they went through in the hands of the armed robbers some days ago but the mansion was where the twins had lived for the past two years. He had also asked them if they wanted him to sell off the house but they had refused. The twins loved the mansion and the people who worked there. They workers had grown to be family and they treated them nicely. Roman had no choice but to succumb to Christine and Christopher's decision. The only thing was that he wanted all three of them staying in the same room. Roman didn't feel okay with them in their room. He got panic attacks thinking about it. Since his bed was big enough for all three of them, he had decided Christine and Christopher come stay in