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
Chapter 61Daniel dropped the yellow box on the top of the chest of drawers next to Rose. He went behind her and let his hands slip around her waist. He pulled her closer to him, her back hitting his chest. Rose took a deep breath when she felt him. His hard penis against her butt. She had suspected he was horny when he started to blab throughout the ride to his place. Daniel's head moved to the crook of her neck and subconsciously she cocked her neck giving him entrance to her neck. His hand around her waist tightened and his soft lips made contact with her neck.Rose's white skin turned red and she let out a shaky breath. Daniel took his time kissing her neck and trying to pull her closer than she already was. His lips parted open and his teeth softly glazed the crook of her neck. Rose bit her lip trying not to push him off. His hands on her body felt like fire and it irritated her. Daniel kept on giving her a love bite trying to get her to moan since he was working on her soft spo
Chapter 62Roman's eyes fluttered open. He sat up and wiped his face with his fingers. He had gotten home really late the night before and he couldn't sleep right away. He took his phone and tapped on it. The time was just a little past eight. He was really late for work but he was the boss so he could take him time. Roman was a workaholic. He was so passionate about his job and with his passion, hard work, perservance and resilience he was able to get his business to one of the leading businesses in the country and he was also able to get himself to become one of the leading billionaires of the country. Reluctantly, Roman got up from his bed and took of his clothes. He went to the bathroom almost immediately. He looked out of the window in the bathroom for a moment. He could see the golden ray of sunshine, dew drops over green grass and he could hear faint tripping of the birds. His eyes caught on a two lizards running around the garden. The twins came to mind. They must have gone
Chapter 63This is really beautiful but it's certainly not your style, girlfriend." Tiffany had Rose's left hand on her lap. "Why would Daniel even get you something so big? Our guys have been dating for years now. He should know you better than this.""It's really beautiful." Rose had her finger up checking out the ring. "I'm not saying it's not beautiful. I'm only saying, it's totally not your style." Tiffany watched Rose as she checked out her ring. "It looks really expensive too."Rose scoffed. "I really don't get why everyone keeps saying this. It's obviously just a cheap knock off." Tiffany took Rose's hand and slipped off the ring. She held it by the band,scrunti scrutinizing if it was authentic or a fake. She had a town on her face and it was like her eye balls wanted to pop out as she moved the ring inches apart from her face..Both ladies were on the top bunk of the double decker bed. Rose had her back leaned on the wall while Tiffany was just across her and a plate o
Rose folded the shirt neatly and put it in the top drawer of Christopher's wardrobe. It was the last of his clothes she was folding before she was going to move to the other side of the room which was Christine's. The previous day as wash day so their clothes that were newly washed came in this evening so Rose was busy with settling all that while eating chips which she collected from Christine. Usually, Christine wouldn't have given her but Rose was salivating when she saw Christine with the chips and so she started craving them. Christine wouldn't give her but somehow she had started to cry and so he five year old had to succumb to Rose's will. The kids were in the living watching television. They were done with their homework and all they were waiting for was for dinner to be ready. Rose made her way to the other side of the large room. She straightened up the bed then moved to the wardrobe. The laundry basket was next to the wardrobe. Rose took a yellow Barbie blouse from the bas
Sighing, Roman button up his black suit. His hair was gelled back with a side part and he hand on sun shades. The sun shades was going to be needed because it was a big day. It was the first court case with Eva and he didn't want to appear weak or seem like he was scared and so the conceal his emotions, the best thing for him was the sun shades. He wasn't going to let Eva get to him or cower before her. Showing any sign of weakness before Eva was going to make him come off as weak and it was also going to let think he was scared of her and that was second thing he wasn't going let happen. The first was letting her win and getting custody of the twins. Through the dark lens of his shades, he peered at himself in his dressing mirror. The grey shirt he had beneath his suit took a black color due to the shades. He took a piece of cake from the plate on the dressing table. He couldn't get any sleep at night so he had spent the whole night baking. His tasrw bursted in joy at the taste of
Roman flipped the pancakes, causing a loud simmering noise from the frying pan. The partly done side of the pancake was down while the side which was well cooked was now up. He set the spatula aside and had his arms crossed against his chest. He averted his eyes to the cooked pancakes stacked on a white plate then to he pancake batter next to the plate of pancakes then he returned his sight to the cooking pancakes. While his eyes were focused on the partly done pancakes still being cooked, his mind was far, far away thinking about every other thing except the cooking pancakes.He couldn't help but think about how the day went. It was heart wrenching for him. He felt like his heart was being squeezed of all it's blood and each time he remembered all that happened earlier at the court hearing, his heart beat accelerated. It almost drove him insane. At each allegation of the other counsel, Roman couldn't help but yell and dismiss them angrily and rudely. If it wasn't because Lola had w
Roman pulled open the glass doors and walked into Lola's office. He was in a white suit and pink shirt. He went right over to Lola's round desk and sat before her. She had her head focused on the paperwork on the desk and a pen dangling in her left fingers. She had her glasses on and her hair that was always in a short bob had a centre part different from the usual curved, side part she always had. She was in a baby pink jacket with he sleeves to her elbow and a white blouse underneath. One thing Roman like about the lady apart from the fact that she was a really good lawyer was her confidence and dess sense. It was top notch."Good morning, Miss Lola." He had a wide mile plastered on his face as he wanted to hear he good news so his already wide smile could grow wider."I thought we already established you should do away with certain behaviors one of which is not knocking before walking into people's private space." Her head came up or the first time since Roman got into her office.
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