LOGINRose rested her chin against her hand as she stared out the window, watching the city lights blur past one after another. The silence wasn't uncomfortable. If anything, she found herself enjoying it. After everything that had happened recently, simply sitting beside Alex somehow felt relaxing. Ev
The next day, the atmosphere inside the private conference room remained unusually quiet. The CEO seated across from Rose had already watched the recordings twice. Yet even after the second viewing, the disbelief on his face had not faded. He slowly removed his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his
By the time Sophia returned home, the sun had already begun setting. The moment she stepped out of the car, she found herself smiling again. She couldn't help it. Every time she remembered what had happened in the hotel suite, her heart would race uncontrollably. For years, she had admired Henry
After a few minutes of silence, Rose pulled out her phone. Her thumb hovered briefly over Alex's contact before she pressed the call button. The line barely rang once before it connected. "Rose." A faint smile appeared on her lips the moment she heard his voice. It was strange how such a simple gr
The atmosphere shifted and the distance between them seemed to disappear little by little. Sophia lowered her eyes, her heart beating faster than she wanted to admit. For the first time, the feelings she had hidden for so long no longer felt one-sided. Outside the suite, the hallway remained silen
Meanwhile, outside the suite where Rose and Emma were standing, Rose felt her phone vibrate inside her purse. She pulled it out and glanced at the screen. A message from Sophia had just arrived. Gremlin: Sister, I'm almost at the hotel suite. Are you there? Rose frowned slightly. She had compl
“I want the details of who was responsible for putting my son in such a miserable condition. Bryan is currently lying unconscious at the hospital, and I was informed that this is the place where he was attacked,” Bradley demanded, getting straight to the point. John wasn’t surprised. He already kn
A few minutes earlier, Rose and Luthor arrived at Pegasus Corporation. Luthor parked the car in the parking lot as expected and both Rose and Luthor headed straight up to the top floor where Nancy’s office was located. Meanwhile in the office, Nancy was seated behind her desk, her tablet glowing s
The city blurred past the window as Luthor drove in silence, one hand resting on the steering wheel, the other loose at his side. The hum of the engine filled the car, steady and low, but it did little to soothe the heaviness that had settled between them. Rose noticed it almost immediately. He
Instantly, the temperature in the room dropped. The casual calm that had filled the office moments ago vanished. It wasn’t dramatic—no sudden movement, no visible outburst. But Derek felt it instantly, the chilling pressure that made his spine stiffen instinctively. It was like walking into a refr







