“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 tRose 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
Wayne had not meant to sound like a whiny child about to throw a tantrum. When Rose had rejected his gifts, he was just supposed to shrug and accept her decision. But it made him happy to give her things and it kinda hurt when she flatly rejected them.It seemed like she never accepted things from him without some form of resistance. Heck, he remembered the effort it took to convince her to accept a job from him. He just wanted things to be simple: he gives her a gift, then she squeals with joy and accepts it.Why was this bothering him so much? He was supposed to slowly drift apart from her but here he was pulling off crap like this.Rose was starting to look at him in a weird way and he could not blame her for being so surprised by his sincere outburst; he was surprised as well. If she did not want his gifts, there was nothing he could do about it.“I’m sorry about that Rose, it’s fine. You don’t have to accept them.” Wayne stretched o
When Rose got home, she sent the text she had promised Wayne and delved into the delicious work secrets contained on the laptop; because she wanted to know as much as possible in as little time as possible. She paused many times to say a little prayer for the person who had put the files on the laptop.They had done a splendid job of giving her the background she needed and the current status of things. It gave her an in depth knowledge of what Blackstone Corp was about. It was not solely a finance corporation but compromised of other layers and she was the Chief Marketing Officer of the Manhattan branch.The Manhattan branch was basically the headquarters of the company and the other branches usually followed their lead. So she was like the Chief Marketing Officer of Chief Marketing Officers; Wayne had managed to leave that part out.Gulp.Asides from the financing bit, Blackstone Corp manufactured products and offered a wide range of services wh
Wayne strolled into work that morning and wondered how Rose was finding her first day. Ben was walking beside him and listing off things on the schedule but he was honestly not listening to a word. Wayne signaled for Tom who was walking a few feet behind them to come closer.“Sir?” Tom leaned towards Wayne so no one would over hear their conversation.“Has Rose come in this morning?” He was just making sure that one of his employees had not gotten lost on the way to work.“Yes, she came in by 8:44am.” Tom answered without any hesitation.Wayne could not help but smile because Tom knew him so well. Tom knew that he was interested in Rose and had anticipated that question, so he already had his eyes on her.“Very good work Tom.” Wayne commended and nodded in approval.“I aim to please.” Tom said with a small smile and retreated to his former position.They got on the elevator but when the doors opened, Wayne did not walk t
Rose turned towards the glass walls. She could see Tom and Ben standing outside, although they were not looking at her and Wayne. Anybody walking by could easily see them in the conference room. There were blinds above the walls which could be drawn down to prevent unwanted eyes and ensure privacy. But Rose preferred people being able to see them, so they could see for themselves that nothing improper was going. If they drew the blinds, it would look like they were trying to hide something and it would arouse suspicion. Rose stepped forward and calmly took a seat by Wayne’s left side. Wayne had been leaning back with his legs crossed but sat up straight when Rose sat down. “Yes Wayne?” There was a small smile on her face but her eyes were filled with fury.Wayne knew that she was smiling just to put up an appearance for those who could see them from outside. It would be rather shocking for them if they saw a new employee venting out her anger a