Wayne was sitting in the living room and a million thoughts were going through his head.
He was sitting there instead of being in his bedroom because he wanted to see Rose as she soon as she came back.Well, if she came back.She did have to return eventually because some of her stuff was still in his house. But he was not sure if it was going to be this night or another time.“Maybe she has decided to spend the night with Victor.” Wayne muttered bitterly and took a sip from a glass of scotch.He had been nursing the bottle ever since he got home an hour ago. He had delayed coming home because he had been hoping to meet Rose here; but she was still nowhere to be seen.Wayne glanced at his wristwatch for the hundredth time; it was 6:47pm. Rose had disappeared with Victor at noon.Why was she taking so long?Maybe they were having makeup sex.Wayne wondered if he had made her feel as good as he did.Rose stared at Wayne in stunned silence.Wayne glanced at his watch. “Tick tock Rose, I haven’t got all day.”Rose shot him a bewildered look. “I haven’t even said anything but you are practically in attack mode.”She had never seen him act this way and it was more than a little surprising.“I’m not attacking you Rose. I only want to make things easier for you, so perhaps I should get the ball rolling since it’s taking you so long to start. It felt good to see Victor today right? All those bottled up feelings suddenly bubbling to the top.You love him so much that you are going to believe any ball of crap he tosses your way. He doesn’t even have to put in much effort into spinning his web of lies and you are already caught in it. He has given you exactly what you want to hear; a justifiable reason for abandoning you without a word.So now, it’s easy for you to jump back into his arms and pick up where you left off.”
Rose watched Wayne leave and she felt powerless to stop him.A huge part of her didn’t want to stop him because she knew that if he stayed, he would probably say something mean to her again. She fell to the floor and wept.This really hurt; it hurt worse than how she had felt after Victor had disappeared. It hurt worse than all those private investigators hitting dead ends. She was stupid to have thought that anything good could come out of her being more than just friends with Wayne.Rose allowed herself that moment of weakness to slightly grief. But she needed to get herself together and leave with her things before Wayne showed up again; she could continue her grieving in the comfort of her home.She did not want Wayne to return and find her bawling her eyes out. He would probably find another terrible thing to say.Rose slowly got up and made her way to the purple guestroom. She checked the closet and drawers for h
While Wayne and Rose were tearing their hearts out and Jessica and Winfred were drinking champagne over it, Nathan Reynolds was enjoying dinner in his hotel room.He breathed a sigh of relief that he had been a good boyfriend and not fully ended things with Rose before disappearing. It had given him the opportunity to return and weasel his way back into her life with a spectacular sob story.Nathan was proud of himself because of his outstanding performance and thought that he deserved several pats on the back.He had even been able to pretend not to know who Wayne was. Who didn’t know Wayne Blackstone? He was proud of Rose to have entangled herself with a huge fish like that; she had always been a smart girl.He had been really scared that the billionaire would have completely taken Rose away from him. But he had been able to resurrect her old feelings for him and it looked like he had a fighting chance against Wayne.
“Sir?”Wayne snapped out of his reverie and realized that Tom was holding the doors and waiting for him to step off the elevator. He stepped off the elevator without a word and made his way to his office.“Sir? Umm, excuse me Sir.” Ben spoke up meekly.Wayne sighed with exasperation but didn’t stop walking. “What is it Ben?” This better be good because he wasn’t really in a talking mood after seeing Rose walk away like that.“Umm… Sir… Are...” Ben hesitated to say what was on his mind.“Spit it out for God’s sake.” Wayne stopped and looked at Ben.What was getting his personal assistant all flustered?“Umm, aren’t we going in the wrong direction?” Ben finally let it out.Wayne was about to give a sarcastic reply but looked around first.This wasn’t the way to his office.Wayne had thought that he was going to his office, but he had been walking towards Rose’s office.
Nathan had spent the night counting down the hours until what could be considered a reasonable amount of time to give a woman space to forgive you; after you had abandoned her for seven months had passed.He was able to wait until the next morning and had finally decided to call Rose. He picked up his phone and dialed her number.As he listened to ring, it felt like his heart was vibrating in sync to the tone. It didn’t bode well for him if she didn’t pick his call; unless she would call back with the excuse of being busy or something.If Rose answered his call then it meant that she hadn’t written him off yet and was still ready to give him a listening ear. So he would have the opportunity to fill her head with more lies.Nathan had taken a course on Psychology in college and thought of himself as an expert when it came to human nature. He attributed his expertise to how he was able to easily manipulate Rose.Maybe it was because he knew
“Well, that’s the story.” Rose finished with a sigh.She had just told Jessica the reason Victor said he had left and how he wanted her back.“Damn, that’s really something.” Jessica remarked thoughtfully.“Sooooo, what do you think about it?” Rose asked eagerly.She really wanted to get Jessica’s thoughts on the whole issue. She had believed Victor when he had told her the story, but Wayne didn’t believe a thing Victor had said.Rose couldn’t even understand what Wayne’s issue was. He didn’t want her but he was trying to discredit the man who had come back for her. He hadn’t even been there when Victor had revealed everything.He hadn’t seen the raw pain and emotion in Victor’s eyes when he had told her about the trauma he had endured. So who the hell was Wayne to sit on his high horse and call people liars?But Rose decided she would have a second thought about the whole thing if Jessica thought something fis
“Earth to Rose! Hellooooooo? Can you hear me Sweetie?” Theo snapped his fingers in front of Rose’s eyes before she finally blinked and snapped out of whatever reverie she had been trapped in.“Oh Theo! I’m so sorry; I drifted off for a second. What were you saying?” Rose smiled apologetically and hoped that he would just let it go.Theo raised a brow as he stared at her and she widened her smile. “Theo pleaseeeee! I’m really sorry. It won’t happen again.”It was her lunch break and she was currently at ‘Fits like a Glove’ so she could try on her dress for the Business Awards which was coming up in a few days. Theo was also a designer and he had decided that it would be better if he customized a dress specially for Rose’s big night instead of just stuffing her in a ready-made dress.So he had tapped into his well of creative juice so that his girl could shine brighter than everyone that night. Rose was surprised with the marvelo
“Are you sure that you wouldn’t rather go with Victor?” Jessica pressed on for the hundredth time.“Like I told you before, he’s not going to be around because there’s an emergency concerning his pigs back at home.” Rose said as she tried not to sarcastically roll her eyes, although Jessica would never know from the other end of the line.Rose had walked into the office a few minutes ago and decided to call Jessica before delving into work. This was the last day before business would be put on hold in celebration of the Business Awards and she wanted to tie up any project with loose ends before taking off.She had been unable to reach Jessica the night before because there had been a big celebration going on at The Pink Glass. Jessica was probably still a little drunk and that was why she kept repeating the same question.Normally, Rose would have given her a few more hours to sleep it off but they needed to finalize plans on going to ge