“Oh my gosh! What do I wear? What doooooo I wear!!!!” Rose groaned in agony.
She had issues thinking about what to wear maybe once a month. But this was the second time in a day she was having a dilemma concerning clothes and she was not happy with the development.What exactly did one wear when they were going to their boss’ house on a Friday night to pick up a work laptop and host a cooking lesson?Why on earth had she agreed to go in the first place? But what choice did she have? She did not want to show up on Monday with her mind like a blank slate so she needed to study the files on that laptop!But the laptop was at Wayne’s house. It felt like an extremely hard level of a video game. There was also the fact that she had promised him cooking lessons for his birthday present and she could not just back out.“Take a deep breath Rose, maybe you are overthinking this.” She mumbled and sat on the couch in the living room.What wa“Rose is just fine, thank you.” Rose replied politely.She had a feeling that she was going to be seeing a lot of Tom and he keeping up with the ‘Miss Cohen’ thing was just unnecessary. He also really needed to tell her his skincare routines because his dark skin was glowing; black don’t crack.She almost snickered just thinking about this buff man with a facemask on but everyone had a right to great skin.“You can call me Tom as well,” Tom replied with a nod.Wayne did not usually invite women up to his penthouse but this woman was heading up there two times in a row. Tom wondered if Wayne would quickly tire of her but he had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be that simple.He made sure she was ready before proceeding into the house and holding the door open for her.“Thank you,” Rose muttered as she tried not to stare like a tourist.Although she had been there before, the sight was still going to take some getting us
Wayne had not forgotten how soft her lips had felt against his on his birthday. It was a thought which frequently lingered in his mind and right now, he was staring at those lips. They seemed to call out to him; giving permission to have a little taste.But what stopped him was the look in her eye. Asides from all that fire, there was confusion and she looked really bothered. There would be time to have a taste later; he needed to first of all fix what was upsetting her so much.Rose had finally gathered the courage to look up at Wayne and it felt like a mistake. There was this hunger in his eye but she shrugged it off as just her imagination. Her eyes zeroed in on his lips and she could not stop memories of how they had felt against her skin.She almost forgot the situation at hand but Wayne suddenly took a deep breath and that got her back on track.“I’m sorry but could you explain further? What do you mean by not being sure how to behave around
Wayne liked the way Rose confidently strolled to the kitchen like she lived in the penthouse. He quickly followed behind so he would not be late for his class. Rose stepped into the kitchen, stopped, took a deep breath and slowly released it with a smile.Wayne could not help but grin as he watched her; she looked so happy and peaceful. She suddenly turned around and cracked her knuckles. “Alright then, let’s begin the cooking lesson for today.”Wayne gulped, “Damn, I’ve unleashed the beast again.” He said under his breath.“What was that Wayne? I didn’t quite get that.” Rose said with a deceptively wide smile, the only thing missing was a halo above her head; but he wasn’t going to fall for that.“Yay, I’m so excited to begin the lesson.” Wayne smiled sweetly in return.“That’s what I thought you said.” Wayne had really missed this. Maybe he could convince her to work as his personal chef as well. There would be need
“Wayne is everything alright? Why are you staring into your glass like that? Don’t tell me there’s a fly in there or something worse.” Rose was starting to get worried because Wayne had never suddenly been this quiet before.It was a square dining table surrounded by four chairs and they were sitting directly opposite each other. Rose was about to get up and go to Wayne’s side when he finally lifted his head up. The look in his eye shocked her.She had never seen his gaze so dark and intense. His eyes were not filled with anger but something else and it reminded her a little of the night of his birthday. As she peered deeper to try to decipher what emotion it was, Wayne quickly averted his gaze and focused on the bottle of wine instead; which was weird because it was not like he could be pretending to read a nonexistent label.Wayne had to look away from Rose before she noticed the desire in his eyes. In the past, many a lover had told him that t
Rose sputtered out a laugh at Wayne’s ridiculous joke; he could be so funny at times and annoying the rest of the time. She looked up but noticed that he was not laughing with her.“You are not laughing. Why are you not laughing? It was a joke, you were supposed to laugh.” Her voice was laced with suspicion.“It wasn’t a joke.” He said with a straight face. Rose looked at him in silence for a few seconds. She was giving him ample time to come up with a punch line or say that he was pulling her legs. But it did not look like he was going to budge.“What? You are being serious?” She was starting to believe him now and blushed as she fully realized what he had asked her.“Yes I am.”“What are you talking about? I can’t spend the night at your place,” Rose protested.“Why not?” “Well for one thing, it would be weird.”“I don’t think it will.” Wayne countered with a shrug.“Well I do. It’s weird s
If she didn’t want to leave then why the hell was she leaving?Was it because she was scared about what people would say? Who gave a damn about that?Rose was looking at her reflection and she could see that she was really happy. She was not hurting anyone or doing anything illegal so why was she willing to allow other people’s opinions mess with her happiness?For so long she had always been concerned about what people would say, but who were they to tell her how to live her life? It was time to focus on herself and do the things she wanted to. It felt like she was entering a new phase of her life and she wanted it to be better than the last one.It seemed like things were finally looking up for her and she was not going to mess with this opportunity. All those doubts and fears about working at Blackstone Corp were suddenly all gone because she was going to do her best; so she could have no regrets.She was going to be more confident and
They were in Wayne’s walk-in closet and trying to pick out something for Rose to wear.Rose was sitting on a stool and her legs were crossed while Wayne was standing and looking around at the compartments. It felt a little nostalgic for Rose to be back here.“Okay first of all, we have to narrow down our options. What would you prefer to wear? Would you like shorts and maybe a tank top? Would you like a matching set of pajamas; like trousers and a button down shirt? Would you like one of my shirts to just wear as a big Tee?You can pick anyone you want. My closet is your closet.” Wayne said graciously as he spread out his arms.“Thank you, but first of all you have to promise that you won’t let me go with whatever I pick out; like the last time.” Rose said flatly as she glanced at him and he let out a guilty laugh.“Fine, I have no problems with that. I will make sure you return my clothes.” The joke was on her, he would probably stop wea
Rose was having a weird dream; everywhere was so dark that she could not make out the characters. She dreamt that she was imprisoned by an evil witch in a dungeon and a knight in shining armor came to save her. But the witch found out and came to stop the escape.As the face off was about to begin, there was a bright flash of light and she finally saw the faces of the characters in her dream. The evil witch was Jessica while the knight in shining armor was Wayne and that was when she woke up in confusion.At first, the confusion was only heightened because she realized that this was not her room but she soon remembered what had happened the night before.She had spent the night in Wayne’s house!It had been really fun; they had nibbled on snacks and watched movies; one of which had been a horror movie. That was probably the reason for the weird dream she had and she quickly dismissed it as one of those things.But then she groaned as she
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