Rose stood silent for what felt like an eternity and just stared at the car. She noticed Wayne walk up to her but she was still too stunned to say anything.
“Well? Do you like it? I made sure it was the same color with Chelly.” Wayne said with a wide smile.He was not surprised by her reaction and had already steeled himself against her protests. It was a relief that his mom, Tom and some other staff were watching them; it would make it harder for her to object.“Wayne, you got me a car? I can’t accept this, it’s obviously too much. Can we go inside to talk about this?” Rose finally found her voice.She noticed they had an audience and didn’t want to admonish Wayne in their presence.How the heck could he have gotten her a car? She had seen it a month ago on TV while spending the night at his house and had commented on how nice it was but the price had been staggering.Wayne had obviously been listening to her.“NothingFor years Rose had been held back through no fault of her own and she had always known she could do better if given the opportunity. But no one was ever willing to take a chance on her; until Wayne came along.As she listened to the announcement, it felt like she had finally been validated. She had set her mind to do this thing and had persevered in spite of all the obstacles and mockery. She would have never gotten this platform at Sage Poll Inc. because Jack always took all the glory for her effort.Wayne had trusted her and she was so glad that she had not let him down. It was so hard to believe that her picture was on TV because she had spearheaded a project which had broken a major record. It was hard for her to keep her cool and she turned to Wayne.As she met his green gaze she remembered all the times he had encouraged her, refused to allow her to give up, stayed up with her and listened to her fears about things not working out. She started crying
Jessica was having lunch with Winifred in her Manhattan penthouse. They had exchanged contacts at Rose’s birthday party but this was the first time they were meeting up since then. Winifred had decided to stay at her place in the city instead of getting a suite at The Ruby Tulip Hotel.She was going to be spending a while in Manhattan, plus she didn’t really want to see Mary; the receptionist at The Ruby Tulip Hotel. She was still embarrassed from their last encounter on the night of Wayne’s birthday party. She moved out the next day before Mary’s shift.Jessica was trying to discreetly admire Winifred’s place without seeming like a country bumpkin. By now, she would have been rolling with the likes of Winifred if Rose had not taken her opportunity. For the millionth time she wished she could change the past and drag herself to perform for Wayne; instead of sending Rose.But all was not lost. Perhaps she could make the best of this situation and
It felt like years since Rose had last been at Jerry’s office; it was so funny how it seemed like time could fly without restraint. She was driving the car Wayne had given her as a birthday present and she hadn’t decided on a name yet.One of the reasons she had named her previous car was because she had needed a name to murmur when she was begging it to start. There was no such need with the Mercedes-Maybach. It was a testament to how much her life had changed since the last time she had driven up here with Chelly.She took a deep breath and walked into the building. There was still that same sweet old secretary from the last time. There were people waiting and she hoped that she wouldn’t have to.“Good morning Miss.” The secretary greeted as Rose walked up to her.“Good morning, my name is Rose Cohen and I have an appointment with Mr. Jones.” Rose was able to keep a smile frozen on her face.The secretary did not bother consulting their
“Sir, how about the meeting with Minister Xing?” Ben was practically panting as he chased after Wayne.“Tell him something important came up and reschedule it.” Wayne said just as the elevator doors shut. The last thing he saw was Ben’s confused expression.He made it down and was trying not to snap at any workers who approached him as he tried to leave Blackstone Corp. He would have taken his helicopter straight from the top of the building if he had known that it was going to be this way.Tom was actually struggling to keep up with him.He felt like the universe was on his side and rooting for him. The universe wanted him to be happy and that was why Rose’s fiancé had not been found. He hated her being sad but it was for the best because he was going to be by her side to comfort her.Wayne was relieved that Victor was still nowhere to be seen. The thought of Victor being found and watching them walk down the aisle caused
“Rose please,” Wayne groaned in agony.“I’m not doing this to get over Victor. I’m doing it because I want to and maybe the thought of Victor is what has been stopping me from making a move. Please don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect anything from you after.It’s not like I’m going to force you to really date me, there are no strings attached. We can just do it and move on; that’s if you are up for it. I’m making everything clear so you can decide if you want to do it. You can say no if you want and there will be no hard feelings, I promise. I don’t think it will ruin our friendship if we do it or if you say no. But that’s in my opinion, not yours.” Rose said sincerely as she watched him. He broke eye contact and lowered his gaze to the bed.She would have wanted things differently because she was more than sexually attracted to Wayne. But she was going to take him in any way she could. It would be nice if she could at least ta
When Rose woke up she noticed that something was a little different. The room was dark but she was able to detect the differences.She was not lying on her side of the bed, her head was on Wayne’s chest and his arm was around her; it was a fantastic position to be in. She also felt a little sore between her legs. They were still naked but the covers were drawn up over themOkay, things were more than a little different.They had done it three times before finally drifting off to sleep. Each time they had been done, they would rest, cuddle, start making out and get all heated up again. The last time had been in the shower and they had collapsed on the bed in sweet exhaustion.Wayne was such a sexy beast.She blushed thinking about some of the things he had done. Well, she was no saint either; she had given him a run for his money.Rose couldn’t help smiling. Who would have thought things would turn out like this?
Wayne, Rose and Maggie finished up with dinner, cleaned up and decided to play a game of Monopoly. They were all sitting on the plush rug in the living room. It was really fun and Rose was soon a property tycoon.“Muahahaha, pay up.” Rose ordered Wayne with a wicked glint in her eye when he landed on one of her properties.“Ouuuuu, I’m not sure you can afford that Wayne. Would you care to declare bankruptcy?” Maggie snickered although she was going to be in trouble too if she landed on one of Rose’s properties.The girl had hotels set up everywhere; it was like navigating through a minefield. Wayne handed Rose some money and she counted it with disdain written on her face.“What’s up with this paltry sum? It’s not even enough payment for a house and I have a hotel built there.” Rose raised a brow.“Oh really? When did you build a hotel there?” Wayne feigned ignorance.“Ages ago now pay up!”“Do you accept payme
Wayne tried to concentrate during his meeting with Minister Xing but it was hard to do that when a sexy vixen like Rose was on his mind. The meeting was held at the Chinese Embassy and Wayne wanted to leave as soon as they were done so he could see Rose.He tried to politely decline the minister’s offer to stay for lunch but had to change his mind when he declared that lunch was a traditional family meal which had been passed down for generations. Wayne tried to eat as politely and fast as he could,He practically jumped for joy when he was done and tried to walk briskly instead of breaking into a run.He missed Rose and wanted to see her as soon as possible. His brain was telling him that he was stupid for getting involved in this kind of situation and he should have kept his distance from Rose to avoid getting hurt.This was someone who was probably still hung up on an absentee fiancé. He couldn’t even find a woman with no baggage; if such a per
Rose thought she was unconscious because reality had taken a dark turn.There was a probability that the man she loved had almost killed her on purpose. Now, her best friend was holding a scalpel to her throat.“Jess what’s going on?” Rose’s voice was shaky and she didn’t want to make any sudden movements.“Jessica, step away from her. I know everything so you can’t pretend anymore.” Wayne slowly stepped into the room, Tom, Winifred and Amanda followed him in.“Lock the door!” Jessica snapped and Tom slowly obeyed.“Jessie? I still don’t understand what’s happening. Please talk to me.” Rose looked in Jessica’s eyes but it didn’t feel like she was staring at her best friend.There was so much hate and anger in Jessica’s blue orbs.“Jessica has been trying to ruin your life. She has been trying to break us apart and make you lose your job. But today, she took it a step further and tried to kill you.” Wayne’s voice was hard
Wayne was considering having his ears checked since he was already at the hospital.It sounded like Jessica just said that Rose thought he was a threat to her.“What the hell do you mean?” Wayne’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.“Wayne, the thing is Rose said she started feeling sick after she ate a cake you sent her. So she’s scared that you tried to poison her or something.” Jessica said sadly.“But I didn’t send her any cake!” Wayne protested and he struggled to remain calm. “Look, there’s something going on and I want to get to the bottom of it as well. Just let me get in there and explain to her. It was Amanda who gave her the cake.” They might let him in if he remained civil and stayed calm instead of hollering like a mad man. But it was hard to remain calm when you were innocent and fingers were being pointed at you.Tom was searching for Amanda, because she was currently the only one who could shed light on the sit
Jessica instantly noticed how terrible Wayne sounded and she was excited to hear it.Yes!This was what she had been waiting for. Wayne was finally reaching out to her. He was sad and she was the person he was calling for comfort.Who else was he going to call when Rose died? Both of them had been really close to Rose so Wayne probably felt that Jessica was the one who would understand most how he felt.This was an avenue for her to weasel her way into his arms. Two people consoling each other and trying to get over the death of a mutual loved one.There was no hard and fast rule when it came to getting a man. It was best to use whatever worked for you.“Wayne? Jeez why do you sound like this? What’s going on?” Jessica’s voice was filled with concern.“It’s Rose. I’m not sure what happened. But she… she… we are at the hospital and she...” Wayne sounded confused.“Yes? She what?” Jessica was trying not to sound too eager.Wayne took a deep breath to steady his nerves. Rose needed him t
The morning started pretty well for Wayne.He woke up with the love of his life happily asleep in his arms and carefully slipped out of bed so he could go to the bathroom to pee.He came back and quietly laid next to Rose because he didn’t want to risk waking her up by trying to wrap his arms around her.Wayne planned to go to the kitchen soon and make breakfast for his Queen. But first, he was going to scroll through the news on his phone and reply some messages.He was surprised when he turned on his phone and was immediately faced with a lot of notifications. This was his private phone and was never this busy because he liked to keep it that way.What the hell was all the fuss about?Wayne understood when he saw the latest story which had been released by Drew Davies of The Inky Apple. The headline read “High Profile Marketer Rose Cohen Leaving Wayne Blackstone (Blackstone Corp) for Damon Renick (Renick Corp)?”On the front page was a picture of Rose having lunch with Damon, his as
Wayne and Rose enjoyed their time together and it was wonderful being oblivious of the outside world and the threats it held.They watched different movies and tossed popcorn at the screen when it didn’t go the way they wanted. They played different games and Wayne tried to distract her with kisses when she was winning so he could try to quickly move the pieces to his advantage.Rose caught him each time though.They made love many times like Wayne had promised; it was like catching up with all the sessions they had missed.They talked about different things and the little occurrences which had happened in their lives while they had been apart. They were cuddled up in bed now and having one of those conversations.“I think I freaked Tom and Ben out when I told them to call me by my name; especially Ben.” Wayne barked out a laugh.It was good to be able to laugh about those things now.“Oh, the poor thing probably almost fainted.” Rose could just imagine Ben’s expression.“Yeah, but I
“Wayne! You’re staring at me again!” Rose giggled and rolled her eyes.“Really? Are you sure?” Wayne asked in feigned shock.They were sitting next to each other at the dining table in Wayne’s penthouse. Rose was trying to eat her mac and cheese while Wayne had his hand on his chin and was just staring at her; his plate of food long forgotten.“I’m pretty sure; just as sure as I was the first three times.” Rose shook her head with a smile on her face.“So what if I am? There’s no need to pretend like I wasn’t; I enjoy looking at you and I could do it all day. You’re just so beautiful.My only problem is that you’re supposed to be sitting on my lap while I feed you; I won’t let this mistake repeat itself.” Wayne said firmly.Wayne couldn’t help but admire her. It felt like it had been so long since he could freely sit next to her like this and just stare. He couldn’t wait until she fell asleep again so he could watch her; that was a totally different and exciting show on his Rose TV.W
Rose took a moment to look at Wayne. It felt like forever since she had seen him and he was still as handsome as ever.“Rose? Is there a problem?” Wayne gently pressed on.He never expected that he would see her in his penthouse and assumed that it was because of an emergency.He wanted her to tell him what was wrong so he could try to fix it as soon as possible.“Ben showed me the video of your speech after I left The Business Awards.” Rose said finally.“Oh.” That was why she was here.“I heard you talk about how I was your girlfriend and you loved me.”“Rose listen, I’m sorry.” Wayne sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He winced a little because he forgot that they were still tender from the visit to Nathan.“Why are you sorry?”Jeez, was she really going to make him spell it out?“I told them you were girlfriend knowing fully well that we weren’t together. I thought it would be easier to get them to not talk about the incident if they were under the impression that we were
Nathan felt like he was going to pee his pants but he tried to put up a brave front.“What the hell are you doing here? You just broke down my door! You have ten seconds to get the hell out of my house before I decide to call the police.” Nathan really wished his voice wasn’t quivering so much.Wayne let out a cruel laugh, ignored Nathan’s threat and continued walking towards him. Nathan kept walking backwards until his back hit a wall and Wayne stopped a few feet away from him.Wayne grinned coldly. “You won’t believe how happy I am that your arm is no longer in a sling. It means I won’t feel guilty about doing this.”Wayne gave Nathan a right uppercut and Nathan’s feet were slightly lifted from the floor. He landed on the floor in a pathetic heap.There was blood coming from his mouth and he spat out a tooth. It was one of his incisors from the front of his mouth.Nathan’s eyes widened in shock when he saw his tooth on the floor. He looked up at Wayne and shriveled back in fear.“You
Theo and Jessica spent the night with Rose because they wanted to make sure she was alright. She and Jessica had slept on the bed while Theo slept in the living room.She had tried to convince him to go home since there wasn’t much of a difference between her living room and his apartment next door.But he had refused because he wanted to be under the same roof with her.Rose barely slept a wink that night and spent most of it with tears rolling down her cheeks. Her trust had been destroyed. Her big night had been ruined.She couldn’t even bear to look at the award and a part of her wished Ben had left it onstage.Rose pretended to be asleep each time Theo tiptoed to the room to check on her. Bless his soul; he really was a sweetheart.Jessica slept soundly through the night and Rose was okay with that; she knew how much of a deep sleeper Jessica was. Plus she really wasn’t in the mood for conversation.Rose managed to close her eyes for a few minutes and woke up to the smell of Fren