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(Silver Fly Hotel - 6:20PM)Some other activities came right after the contract award presentation. The crowd was rowdy now, with people talking in groups majorly about shares, contracts and business deals. Now left alone at the table, because Thompson had still not returned since that time, Roseline sipped the wine in the tall glass in front of her slowly, her eyes perusing the crowd for any sight of Thompson.It was during her desperate search through the crowd that she caught sight of Mr. Thomas. He was surrounded by quite a number of business men and women. Each of them had wine in glasses, but they barely took any sip as they continued to take turns responding to whatever it was Mr. Thomas was talking to them about.The attention the old man commanded added immensely to his charms. He could easily pass as the most good-looking in the room, his age notwithstanding.After minutes of stealing glances at Mr. Thomas, wondering how the people around him managed with rash attitude, a
(Silver Fly Hotel - 5:15PM)If Roseline had a choice, she would have excused herself from tonight's event. She was not feeling too well to be outside, but Thompson had casually apologized for the short notice, and insisted it was best they went together. He had even bought her a complete outfit, dinner dress, shoes and jewelries, for the occasion.Just like that, she had grumpily proceeded to get ready for it all, sighing as she slipped into the sleek black satin gown Thompson had handed over to her.Not because she didn't like how her skin welcomed the soft feel of the fabric against it, but because after dressing up wrongly twice in succession while meeting with Mr. Thomas White, and getting embarrassed terribly each time for it, she had lived her life hating to have to do that again.She wasn't in for this event at all, a sick feeling rumbled in her stomach. On a good day, she wouldn't even want to see Mr. Thomas. The fact that she had to handle meeting him on a day like this wit
(Thompson White's Mansion - 11:02PM)Body frozen, mind blank, Roseline's eyes ran through the strings of words that formed the message on the tiny card in her right hand again, and again, and again, her head working hard for a clue on who this anonymous sender might be.She could not think of anyone. Before meeting Thompson, she had been a hot mess on the cold streets of London, jumping from one odd job to another one in a bid to feed, as well as settle her mother's treatment bills. During those times, the most she got from people was pity. Admiration? Concern? She could only afford to wish someone thought of her in that light.After she met Thompson, her life took a better turn. It is true that she no longer needed to lift a finger at all to see food on her table or make sure her mother received the best medical treatments, she now wore clothes from the best designers in the country, and could afford to sleep all her time away everyday and everything would just keep getting bett
(Thompson White's Mansion - 9AM)Roseline was alone in the house now. Earlier, as soon as he was done dressing up and eating breakfast, Thompson had left with his father who had already prepared to return back to his own mansion that day.Thompson had received an earful from his father the previous night about how he should cut down on his promiscuity and focus instead on growing the company to become bigger than it already was, a clear disapproval of his actions which might become a taint on his record for the silent campaign he was having with his younger brother, Nelson, for the head chairman position after his father.He had listened attentively to his father as he talked and even promised to do better. Whereas, anger brewed in his heart. He believes he had to listen to all of that because Roseline suddenly acted up then.Thompson believes his father had a soft spot for good girls, and that was why it was easy for him to like Roseline. That was his target after all.He wouldn't ha
(Thompson White's Mansion - 6:00PM)Thomas had just gotten out of his room after hours of checking through the documents his secretary had sent to his mail with "URGENT" tagged to everyone of them.Wondering why he had been having so much to do lately at the office, even during weekends, and so much more why Thompson didn't have, at least, live-in cooks, he strolled casually along the empty walkway, towards the sitting room.Just as he was about to take the first step down the staircase, he heard the doorbell ring.Shutting his eyes briefly, he opened them again, frustrated about having to go back to his room as he didn't want to bump into whoever it was at the door, he sighed. For some reason, Thomas was hungry as he didn't eat much during breakfast. But he had to wait now, until he could go down to the kitchen.He thought about asking Roseline to get him something to eat, but he knew she must hate him now, given how not so nice he had been to her from their second meeting.Roseline
(Thompson White's Mansion – 4:00 PM)Sitting alone in the living room, engrossed in going through the last set of documents for the week, Thompson heard the doorbell ding to his surprise.His father was in his room upstairs. He hadn't seen Roseline leave the house earlier too. Even though they were out, they knew the door's passcode wasn't activated, so there was no reason to use the doorbell."Was it a visitor?" he thought, but he wasn't expecting anyone.Besides, his gatekeepers were specially trained force men and wouldn't allow anybody they weren't familiar with into the house without consulting him first.Unsure, he listened as the doorbell dinged again, before standing up to check out who it was."Surprise!" Berry yelled as soon as he opened the door, smiling widely and swinging her arms excitedly in the air."What are you doing here, Berry?" Thompson asked, alarmed at her sudden appearance, his eyes giving away how much he feared the trouble her mere presence would stir if thing