“Hey, buddy?” Mrs Taylor said as she peeked into Leon's room. He was using his computer. He out his headphones down and looked at her. She said with a wide smile, “Are you happy to see me?”“Why would I be?” He asked in a very grumbling tone. He dropped the bomb, “We are not even friends.”She gasped. How could someone be so young and brutal with words? He could not just break her fragile heart! He added, “We broke up.”Now it was getting too much. She was not going to approve this break up. She said to him, “Just like I don't remember when we became friends, I don't remember breaking up either.”She added, “I know you are happy to see me. Show it on your face.”He gave her a fake smile. Hah! “Can you forgive me?” she asked in a soft tone. Of course, a hard tone was not going to work on him. After all, they both were the same kind of people who didn't take hardness well. He said with an attitude, “Only on one condition.”She was ready to do anything for his forgiveness, “Okay. I
“If you cannot find me, just give me a call,” Nicholas told Roseanne as he was walking beside her and entered the big auditorium. He was attending an annual event for the business association. This time, he asked Roseanne if she would like to join him as his plus one. Luckily enough, she did not decline his offer. Of course, he knew that she came more for her own benefit but he was glad that she came with him. Because of lawsuit on her cafe for tax evasion, her cafe was getting in losses. No matter what strategy she used, it would not work out well. She and her financial team came up with a suggestion that she could collaborate with another company. A few names were suggested and she selected one of them. Luckily enough the planning director of the company was supposed to attend the event with the CEO. She decided to tag along with Nicholas. She was glad that even though she told him the real motive behind her visit, he didn't appear upset. “I will be going back stage,” Nicholas to
“Oh, hi, ”Roseanne said as she saw Sabrina while she was washing her hands while Sabrina was applying lipstick. Sabrina smiled at her. Roseanne didn't know why, but she felt like she should say something to Sabrina. Then, she said, “Congratulations.”Luckily, Sabrina had won an award tonight for her brand. “Thank you,” Sabrina said. They could only talk this much as none of them knew how to move forward with their conversation given their controversial positions in each other's lives. They left soon after. When the award show ended, there was an after-party, and Nicholas and Roseanne were supposed to attend that. It was where she would be meeting that director.“Are you ready?” Nicholas asked her. Roseanne looked at him in worry and then nodded her head. “Go, I will root for you,” Nicholas said, hyping her up. She mustered up all the courage and left to talk to that director to strike a deal. While Roseanne was striking a deal, he was having a drink alone in the room. On the ot
“I thought you would leave without meeting,” Nicholas said as Ryan took a seat next to him. He was well aware of Ryan's feelings about him. It was not that Ryan hated him. Their bond, if there was any, was hard to describe. They acted as if they hated each other but they were not. “As if I can do it,” Ryan muttered as he poured himself a drink from the bottle Nicholas was drinking from. Everytime they would meet which was often as they always encountered each other in parties and events like this. Although they didn't like each other, they stuck around. Not because they couldn't find anyone but because this unexplainable relationship was better and comfortable for them. “Why did you leave her alone?” Nicholas asked him. “She looks miserable.”Ryan scoffed. “And you care about her?”“Don't you?” Nicholas asked instead. “Each time we meet you preach how I should treat her better. Now, you left your friend in a miserable condition.”“If she's my friend, then what's she to you?” Ryan as
“Nicholas…”Roseanne came to Nicholas with a broad smile on her face. However, it left her lips as she saw Nicholas lunging to hit the man standing before him. Before he could hit anyone, Roseanne stood in between them and held him from his chest. She was not tall enough to stop him. She could only hug his stomach tightly and stop himself from indulging in a fight. When Nicholas looked down at Roseanne, tightly hugging him, he paused in his actions and began reviewing them. How could he lose his temper during a party at Ryan?Another tall woman with shiny brown skin appeared and began to look at Ryan, checking if he was hurt. “What the hell is wrong with you?” The woman turned to Nicholas and asked in anger. Roseanne blinked her eyes. It was for the first time she saw a woman so bravely threatening Nicholas. Everytime, they would not be able to utter a word in front of him. As charming as he was, he looked dangerous. However, this woman bravely confronted Nicholas. Also, this woman
“Nicholas…”Roseanne tried to handle him but he was too heavy for her small frame to handle. As she left the venue, the guards always following them, arrived to take him but he was not letting go of her. He would glare at the guards if they would try to touch him. The guards looked at her, helplessly. He was heavy and she was supporting his heavy and robust body. “Nicholas! Stand still,”Roseanne scolded him. “Let them help you.” When he didn't listen to her, she added, “Let them hold you to the car. And don't glare at them. The poor men are doing their work.”Instead of listening to her, Nicholas made a puppy face, resembling Leon quite at this moment. His eyes shone with vulnerability and innocence that she couldn't dare to say no to him. “Alright,”Roseanne said. “How about this I will hold your hand and you will walk to the car? I know you are in your senses and can walk yourself. Am I right?”Nicholas nodded his head. He decided to hold himself on his own. She was tightly holding
When Roseanne woke up in the morning, she found something hot touching her bare skin. As she opened her eyes, she found her body rubbing against his. Her brows furrowed as she realised that the hot thing that she just touched was Nicholas. His body was burning like a furnace. He had a high fever, but she couldn't tell until she checked it. She got off the bed and found a thermometer to check his temper. His eyes widened, seeing that he was having a very high temperature. Immediately, she went outside to call the doctor to check on Nicholas. His fever came out of nowhere, and it put everyone under worry. Although fever was not a significant disease, it was unusual for everyone to see Nicholas fall sick. He had never fallen ill for as long as they could remember. Ellora couldn't remember the last time when Nicholas had a fever. However, during Nicholas' sick face, Roseanne was taking care of him. She would feed him food, give him medicine on time and all the emotional support. Usuall
After that award event, Sabrina flew back to DC. She hated and regretted the moment she decided to go to New York to take the award. She should not have gone there. It was the biggest mistake of her life to go back when she decided that she should focus on her current life.Throughout the journey, she was engulfed by the nightmares of all the mistakes that she had made. She wanted to forget about them but she couldn't. It was difficult for her to remember the truths that she had buried a long time ago. When she reached, she saw servants and workers busy with their work. She was trying to find the person who could pull her out of the shit that she had created for herself. However, it was not her father. She was not even able to meet his eyes and tell him the truth. It was her stepmother. She knew that her stepmother would never judge her and had always cleaned her shit. Her stepmother had come to her rescue all the time. Even this time, only her stepmother could save her. “Where is