Black Rose

Chapter One: THE PROMOTION Rojean was feeling all sorts of emotions course through her at the moment and she wasn’t certain on what she should be feeling. But nonetheless, she packed up her things, putting them neatly in the box provided to her by the office she’s working at-- well, now the appropriate word would be ‘worked’ as she was being called to the higher ups for her promotion. She didn’t file for one, although confused, she was still glad to get one this early. Her mind hadn't processed what was happening at all and she didn’t seem to question the odds. Pulling out her phone from her front pocket, she texted her fiance, constantly updating him on the current situation, planning to eat out after it was all over.She put the phone away once she noticed one of her co-workers approaching her, a smile appeared on her lips. “

Chapter Three: STARTING THE ACT With the incident of that fateful night, Rojean had been in debate with herself for the past days, frantic and overly cautious about her surroundings if there really were people following them-- her specifically because she looked like a certain someone who she has not even met before, let alone knew about. It was too overwhelming for her but she finally reached a conclusion wherein she knew it will definitely affect their day to day living from that day forth. She didn’t want to worry Lucas more and it had been really hard for her to keep it from him but she thought it would be better that way.When she gathered her thoughts, even if they were jumbled up at the time being, she called Krister’s number as she was making sure that Lucas wasn’t near so he wouldn’t hear the conversation. When Krister

Chapter Five: THEO MEETS LUCAS “Do you think you can snoop around if they were really dating?” Rojean asked Krister once they got inside the car where she thought it’ll be safe to talk. “Because it’s really weird for me.”“What happened? Usually they take hours in the bar.” Krister was confused.“He’s flirting with me! I’m being cautious. What if they really weren’t dating!? He’s a rival of Sei’s, right? He started talking about his feelings and blah blah blah but I just feel different, you know? I just played it safe for now. He was overreacting, you told me to be cold to everyone. Help me next time when he comes around, I don’t want to be alone with him anymore. I don’t know their relationship and I have a fiance!” Rojean

Chapter Seven: A BREACH IN SECURITY Rojean opened her eyes, her hands shielding them from the glare of the light from the window which curtains were opened. Her phone kept buzzing that caused her to wake up from her slumber. It didn’t bother her as she didn’t really have the time at the moment to go over any thought process but once she took a peek at her phone and Krister was constantly sending her messages, she sat up and breathed out. She realised that it was a quarter and a half past 7 and that it was too early to be dealing with Krister’s business but nevertheless she called him up to know what was going on.“Roj, I need your help. It’s urgent.” Krister sounded so panicked on the other line of phone call as he was rummaging through the file cabinets in his office. “Do you know any people I could contact when it comes to se