Se connecterAlex lowered his gaze to her hand and brought it closer and pressed a gentle kiss to her knuckles. Rose watched him, her expression softening. "You were really worried, weren't you?" Alex gave her a look. "I spent two days wondering when you'd wake up. What do you think?" Her smile faded a lit
Inside the room, Rose glanced at their joined hands. "Are you planning to hold my hand all day?" "If necessary." Alex replied. He had been holding her hand for the past two days so he didn't mind holding it longer. She gave him an amused look. "How generous of you." "You're welcome." Rose l
Two days passed. Rose remained unconscious while Dave monitored her condition. Alex stayed beside her, leaving only when he had to in those two days. In the morning, Dave entered the room with the latest results on Rose's conditions. The moment he entered the room, he saw Hayden standing near the
Inside the private room, Rose lay unconscious beneath the white sheets, an intravenous line attached to her hand and a bandage covering the wound near her hairline. Dave finished checking her results and turned to Alex. "Her condition is stable, but she's still unconscious." "How long before she w
Silence fell over the room. The leader stared at Alex, searching his face for any sign that the threat was an empty one. Alex's calm expression suddenly frightened the leader more than anger would have. He had heard stories about Alexander King. Everyone in the underworld knew men disappeared afte
Alex appeared in the doorway. His gaze swept across the room before landing on Rose. For a moment, he barely registered the armed men surrounding her. All he could see was the woman he had spent months searching for, now held at gunpoint by a man who had mistaken her for a useful bargaining chip.
The afternoon sun was beginning to dip, painting the road in a faint golden hue as Rose steered her car toward Simon’s school. The drive wasn’t long, but her thoughts were far ahead of her. Initially, she had planned to visit Luthor, but something kept tugging at her mind — Simon. Ever since their
Silence pressed between Rose and Luthor like a physical weight after her response. The polished steel walls reflected their faces — Luthor’s calm but watchful, and Rose’s unreadable, her jaw tight and eyes still shadowed with irritation. Luthor had been tempted to speak more than once, sensing the
Although as a blood member of the Ashmore family, Evelyn holds no real status in the firm. She works as a regular lawyer with no acknowledgment of her lineage, and most employees remain unaware that she is part of the family at all. Her quiet competence is buried beneath the family’s politics and fa
“I want you to forget about where we are going right now because I would love to keep it a surprise. It would get ruined if I tell you too early,” Rose confessed sincerely, a soft chuckle escaping her lips. “As for the answer to your second question — frankly, we could’ve already talked about it w







