Mag-log in"You didn't have to do that." "I wanted to." Cassandra replied calmly.. Rose touched the small box in her hand. "Why?" Cassandra looked at her. "Because for some reason I like seeing you happy." Rose didn't know how to respond. Something about those words settled strangely inside her chest. She
The next morning, Rose had barely finished breakfast when the sound of a car arriving outside caught her attention. She looked toward the window, wondering who had come so early, and a moment later, one of the maids appeared at the doorway. "Miss Rose, Mrs. Black is here." Rose blinked. "Cassandr
Rose stared at him, clearly not pleased. She was curious to know more about who this Ruby was but Hayden was obviously stopping that from happening. "That doesn't answer my question." "It wasn't meant to." Hayden replied back calmly. Cassandra almost laughed at the exchange between the two.. Ros
Dinner at the Black mansion was supposed to be a simple family meal, but Cassandra had insisted on staying for it. After spending the afternoon at the mansion and watching Hayden continue to hover around Rose, she had decided that she wasn't leaving without having dinner with them. Hayden hadn't ar
Rose folded her arms loosely across her chest and looked at Cassandra as though she genuinely didn't understand what there was to be afraid of. “Should I be?” “Most people are,” Cassandra replied with a small chuckle. Rose simply looked at her for a moment before answering honestly. “I don’t kn
Meanwhile Cassandra Black had heard about Rose long before she actually met her. At first, it had been nothing more than casual gossip from the servants. Rose had become a subject of conversation in Hayden's mansion and surprisingly the Black ancestral mansion mostly because nobody knew much about
Thirty minutes later, Luthor drove into the Gray family ancestral mansion. The towering iron gates opened with deliberate slowness, revealing a long, cobblestone driveway that gleamed faintly under the golden dusk. The air held the faint fragrance of wet earth and manicured roses. At first, the gua
Back at the restaurant, Rose had already sent a short message to Luthor, telling him to drive back to the restaurant and pick her up. She and Nancy had already ordered their food. Rose knew Luthor well—he would still take a little while before getting there, so she was sure they would finish eating
Luthor’s head snapped toward Rose. “Rose,” he warned quietly, but one look from her silenced him. He sighed under his breath. “You’re impossible,” he muttered, half in disbelief, half in admiration. Evelyn froze mid-step, her expression hardened as she turned to look at Rose. “Excuse me? That’s not
“What are you doing here? And where’s my brother?” Rose arched her brow. “I should be the one asking you that. Where is your brother, Simon? I’ve been trying to find him.” Simon folded his arms, skeptical. “If you really wanted to find him, you’d know exactly where to go. Don’t tell me you came al







