로그인Nicholas gave her a dry look. "Then tell them I'm your very strict older cousin." Rose laughed. "That will make it worse." "Why?" "Because now they'll think I have a handsome rich cousin who comes to pick me up from school." Nicholas shook his head. "You talk too much." Rose smiled. "You're onl
The weekend passed without any serious events, other than the fact that Rose turned off her cellphone just to avoid any phone calls from anyone, including Alex. Strangely, she wasn't truly angry with him. At least, not because of what he had done in the underworld. What hurt her was that he had kep
The drive away from the warehouse was unusually quiet. Eric kept his attention on the road while Rose sat in the back seat, staring through the window without really seeing anything outside. The city passed by in a blur of lights and buildings, but her mind remained trapped in the warehouse she had
For a moment, neither Rose nor Alex moved. The warehouse remained unnaturally quiet, and even the men inside seemed to understand that whatever had just happened between the two of them was more important than anything else in the room. Alex slowly lowered the gun in his hand and handed it to on
Rose carefully looked inside and what she saw made her breath catch. Alex stood in the middle of a large warehouse, surrounded by numerous men. The atmosphere inside was completely different from the polished world Rose knew. The concrete floor was bare, heavy crates were stacked along one side of
--- The journey took longer than Rose expected. The city gradually disappeared behind them as Eric followed the directions written on the note. Rose remained unusually quiet. She felt a bit nervous because she was heading toward a location someone had deliberately given her because they believ
Peter took out his cell phone and sent a message to Bradley, stating that he was willing to leak information about the culprit responsible for hurting Bryan, which John was desperately trying to conceal. Peter believed that making the Byers family their enemy would be far more disadvantageous than
After leaving Pegasus Corporation, Rose leaned back against the passenger seat and exhaled softly. Today had gone longer than she expected. Between reviewing documents, and signing off on pending matters Nancy had prepared, she hadn’t even realized how much time had passed until her stomach growle
As the guards halted a few feet away from where Luthor and Rose stood, one of them stepped forward and addressed Luthor. “This is your final warning,” the guard said sternly. “If you and the lady surrender now, sir, we won’t have to embarrass you publicly.” Luthor remained perfectly composed, hi
Mother, it’s understandable that you haven’t heard about many of these developments yet,” Raymond said calmly. “Most of them only happened within a few weeks. Miss Miller is no longer with Elite Bank. She resigned from her position as branch manager just some time ago.” Raymond paused briefly befo







