Chapter Twenty Six

He merely stepped away from the door and moved further into the apartment, Rosa followed him inside and shut the door.

“Look, about earlier...” she started but he cut her off.

“It is none of my business. I was a little disappointed to see that you had lied to me but it is not something that I can’t get over.”

“Lied to you?” Rosa asked. Confusion clouded her mind.

“I asked you last night had you received a better offer. And you denied it. I see now that you had. Tell me, rosa, what could he give you that I didn’t?” Axel's voice remained cold and clinical. It was almost as though he were discussing the pros and cons of an account at the firm.

“Axel, you don’t understand, you are getting it all wrong, I didn’t receive a better offer.”

“Rosa, I’m really not interested in what you get up to in your free time. I understand now why you could not agree to my proposition and why you were so confused.”

“Stop it!” she yelled, lifter hands and ran them through her hair, he was being deliberately