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2023-06-09 23:05:11Rosalie walked across the room and found it empty.
He looked at the watch on his wrist, it was not so late so he went upstairs to see his children.When the woman reached the last step, she almost fell back to hear Angelika’s cries.Rosalie felt her heart beating wildly, her legs trembled and she slipped as she turned the aisle.Her first thought for Angelika’s cries was that someone had invaded the house and was hurting her.Rosalie stood up and kept running, feeling the verge of collapse.When Rosalie came to the focus of the screams, she found it was in her room.And she was shocked by the scene she saw.Bastien was with several bags of clothes thrown on the floor, while Angelika tried to hit him in tears.Rosalie still felt her heart was beating too fast, however, she approached the scene.Just a quick look and she realized that all those clothes belonged to Duncan...She looked at her youngest son, his face was much like Duncan’s when he was young, when his looks met he could not sustain him for long." Mother! He’s trying to get rid of everything that was my father’s!"She could feel all the pain of those words, saw in her daughter’s eyes the suffering.Angelika refused to let Bastien get rid of the clothes that belonged to her father.The girl had a red face, and her eyes swollen from crying, her brown hair falling around her." Can not let... Do not let... " Begged Angelika, her voice increasingly weak.Bastien was standing behind her, looking at her sister.There was pain in her green eyes, a pain that Rosalie could perfectly understand.The woman approached her firstborn and pulled her into a hug.She enveloped Angelika and held her in her arms and whispered soft words in her ear, even as Angelika tried to disengage and accuse Bastien she held her tighter.Until the girl realized there was no other option, to get involved with her mother.Angelika combusted, having a massive crying crisis and lost her strength in Rosalie’s arms.Slowly the girl was dropping, until both remained on the floor on their knees.Rosalie did not allow herself to cry, only consoled her daughter.But his pain was the same.- I miss him... - Murmured Angelika, his voice was cramped.Rosalie nodded as she continued to hold her face against her heart.Comforting her like a little girl, because she would always be your little girl.When the widow looked up at Bastien, she saw with sadness that he was crying silently against the wall.She raised a hand, offering it to him.Bastien looked at her, her eyes were a misty sky.He was just a teenager, even though his physique didn’t show that.Bastien approached and knelt down giving in to that moment, the three hugged each other for a long time.And they shared their pain, at least in those minutes.Later that night, Rosalie returned all of Duncan’s belongings to her place, and thought about Bastien’s attitude."I see the lady curling up in everything that was his, see you two do it"She remembered his words, and how it hurt him.Pain in every word.Rosalie looked at herself, was wearing one of Duncan’s favorite shirts.She inspired, and realized she still had her scent...I’m not ready yet, he thought.It hurt in his heart.But he couldn’t get rid of anything from Duncan.She was torturing herself, she knew it.But I couldn’t help it. Not yet.She took a deep breath and tried to distract her mind with the work, determined to prove to everyone that she doubted her.Rosalie walked up to some books on business management, and started reading.He was reading about sales strategies, administration, for hours at a time.Studying about the car parts market.When she finally decided to take a break, she checked her emails, hoping to see some news from the investigation into the explosion.I knew Duncan’s death wasn’t an accident, it couldn’t be.Rosalie made her way to the phone, and called the investigator in charge of the case.Minutes later she hit the phone, with the words "No new information" choking on her throat.She lay in bed, and just one thought spun all night in her mind.I’d investigate on my own.Minutes later as these thoughts hammered into his head the phone rang, the woman answered and said "Hello".There was no response from the other side, only one breath.Somehow, without knowing the reason, Rosalie found herself crying in silence.Related chapters
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Duncan walked away from the manor, but his heart remained in his old home.He walked around town for hours at a time.When the first raindrops fell on him, Duncan did not feel them.He kept walking, with feet that weren’t his...A body that wasn’t yours.He watched people running down the street from the rain, he stopped at the curb and considered the possibility of throwing himself in front of a car.But soon the face of Rosalie and her children appeared in her mind, and the man dismissed this idea.Duncan Valois was dead, including Rosalie.He only had one thing left.Find out who did it.The man returned to the luxury condominium where the CEO of the Lecomte group lived, then locked himself in the man’s office.He spent the next few hours reading his diaries, finding out everything he could about him.Until he found a file on himself.It was sealed, François himself had not opened it.In the document was all the information about his life, and it planted a bitter doubt in Duncan.T
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He felt his hands tremble and his whole body plunge into a deep restrained violence.The Lecomte group was responsible for his death, and could see that François was not involved, as far as he knew.However, why did your directors make a decision like that?Duncan Valois slowly released the blade from Petit’s throat, which moved away.Luidi breathed relieved, and looked at Duncan."Chief, the death of Duncan Valois will do business well..."" You will shoot in the world ranking, the Lecomte Group does not have another competitor like the Empire Group! " Said another man, and Duncan recognized him as Martin, another subordinate." Everyone knows that the Valois family was responsible for the great growth of the Empire Group. Like his father Dominique Valois, increased growth in his time as CEO, his son did similar. Duncan Valois was largely responsible for success. " Agreed Fernand.Duncan bit his teeth, he snapped his neck and closed his eyes.He lost his life for money?That consumed
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Louie walked in stride for the company.In his mind Rosalie’s decision still irritated him deeply, his determination to continue not yielding to him drove him crazy.And now she had been approved, this due to her small break-in at her meeting with some shareholders and directors.But no problem, there were still many people who would not support a woman as CEO.Louie Valois walked by the Empire company, chin up he entered the office of the director of Marketing.The man turned to him, surprised at his entrance." Mr. Valois. " Pronounced the director.Louie looked around, and walked to the coffee maker without looking at the director.Then he poured coffee, standing with his back to the other man.After a few seconds, Louie overheard Marketing Director Bresson trying to get his attention.Louie Valois turned slowly and looked at Bresson, who was now standing facing him." Do you need something, Mr. Valois? " he asked him, Bresson.Louie drank some of her coffee, then looked at the dire
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She felt her mouth become dry, and her blood seemed to run faster in her veins, her body looked feverish and her legs trembled.Rosalie was being consumed with anger.Louie looked at her without intending to release her, and when pressed more Rosalie groaned in pain, when the man realized it did not release her immediately." Are you in pain, Rosalie? " he asked mockingly. 'Am I holding her too strong?'Rosalie closed her eyes.When he opened them, there was no fear in his eyes when he said to him:" You must cry in your bed every night, thinking that I, a woman with poor childhood sits in the chair of the presidency and you do not."There were intense flames in Louie’s eyes, but the elevator doors opened.Louie had pressed the button again, and then released her.Rosalie left the elevator without looking back.His heart was beating wildly, his hands were tingling, his legs trembling.When he turned the key to enter his presidency room he dropped it on the floor, his fingers were trem
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Rosalie couldn’t believe what Leonor had just revealed.She got up from her chair and said:" What?"Leonor couldn’t look into her eyes, the secretary was visibly uncomfortable with the vicious rumors surrounding the CEO." They call their children bastards and the Lady a murderer."Rosalie felt her hands tremble, and all her blood boiled in her veins, her mouth dried and her heart pounded into her chest.She had to put her hands on the table and lean on her, not because she would faint, but because the rage that consumed her begged for blood.His heart was destroyed by the loss of Duncan, his days without any joy, and the pain of grief only increased.Now they called you a murderer?She needed to take a deep breath as she tried to calm the bloodthirsty spirit that threatened to possess her body.Leonor quickly went to the water fountain and brought him a glass of water, which Rosalie drank.But nothing extinguished the flames in his veins.Leonor herself took another glass for hersel
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Days later while still tormented by these thoughts without finding any satisfactory solution, Eleanor broke through the door.Her cheeks were flushed, as if she had come hurriedly, her eyes wide." Lady Valois! " Arfou upon entering.Rosalie’s heart accelerated again, what bad news could she have this time?" What’s going on this time, Leonor?"The woman took a few seconds to catch her breath before revealing:" The chief technology officer just held a meeting with all the employees. He announced that anyone who repeated the rumors about his children or Mr. Valois would be immediately dismissed, and even charged with slander!"Rosalie opened and closed her mouth.- Louie said that? Are you sure?" I have, I saw it myself. And besides, he stated that it was a direct order from the CEO, who was ready to punish everyone. No one refuted it, and no more whispers afterwards, everyone is now afraid of being fired!"Rosalie couldn’t believe the words of her secretary.She even sat down, her mi
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Louie looked at her like a cornered animal.She knew that’s what he thought of her, that she was nothing more than a bloody animal without intelligence and in trouble.The woman knew that all her problems were caused by him.Louie watched Rosalie’s anxious expression, her gaze faltered for a few moments and he knew she was close to her limit.He took a few more steps, and was pleased when she did not recoil, slowly he decreased the distance between them, when they were centimeters from each other, he slowly pulled the object from her hand.The woman did not resist, and kept her gaze fixed on him." Everything will be easy, no one will question you. The simple life you led with Duncan you can have with me, I will be as he was."His voice was soft, almost purring.He tried openly to seduce her, to wrap her in his mortal web.The man raised his hand slowly, and stroked with his fingertips the face of Rosalie, who remained impassive." Just say yes. And it’s all over. Obey me, and your li
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Louie got into his expensive car and drove to the penthouse of Bresson.Some days had passed since her confrontation with Rosalie, her words still burning in her mind.His look of disdain made his blood warm in his veins.How dare she despise him like that? She was just a woman, what chance do you think she had in the business world?While driving he heard his words again, making him appear inferior to Duncan.He squeezed the steering wheel hard, and gnawed his teeth, watched as the knots of his fingers turned white as her voice repeated in his mind.He parked in front of the Bresson building, when he crossed the lobby looked at his watch.I expected all the directors I had summoned were waiting for him.Louie was received by one of Bresson’s employees, and when he was taken to the living room he was pleased with what he saw.All the directors who despised Rosalie Valois were present, all sharing a drink.He started the meeting.That meeting would change the course of things, and if h
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