The first few days after coming back from the wedding Rose seriously thinks about her life and what she wants to do. Her college is supposed to start next week and while mostly she can do her studies from home, she has to spend some time at campus too on certain days.Initially Rose had assumed that once Alec is back, he would stay on and they would be able to manage her schedule between the two of them so that Henry can always be taken care of. But now with Alec off to California once again, she realizes this might keep happening off and on and that she should not rely on him. He hadn’t really made the effort to call or text as much as she thought she could expect from him. So, anything more from him would be impossible.The schedule of the course was going to be pretty hectic. She had seen the course details and since she had not been inside a college in little less than a decade, she knew the habit and routine to start studying would take time for her to form.However, schedule, mon
The next few weeks after Henry’s birthday keep getting a little tougher for Rose.Not only does she find herself getting tired easily, but as the days progress, she feels her course keeps getting more difficult. While for some subjects she is able to draw her knowledge from her work experience there are quite a lot which she is learning from scratch.Not having had a habit of daily studying, turning in papers, and attending online lectures, she finds time management most difficult. However, despite the tough schedule, she continues to drop and pick up Henry from school. They still have all their meals together and she still reads two bedtime stories to him every day. They now also do a video call with Carina every alternate day. Although Rose has a feeling Henry also bulldozes Nelly to dial Maya on all the other days when she is not around. But she does not begrudge her son for having a good friend.After the first two weeks, Sarah surprises them with a visit to their house. Rose is de
“Alec, I think we both need some time apart from each other to really think about this relationship and what we really want.”Alec is dumbfounded upon hearing these words coming from his Rose. For a moment he thinks he has misheard but then he sees the sad expression on her face he realizes she did say it.As he tries to process these words in his head, he feels his body going in into a state of shock for a minute before he harshly gets up from his chair and approaches her.Seeing him angrily marching towards her, Rose also gets up. She was expecting some reaction from him but she wanted him to know she was serious about this.As he gets in front of her, he asks with gritted teeth, “What do you mean? Say it again.”His glare does nothing to her resolve. If anything, it pushes her to be more persistent in her decision. “I thought I was pretty clear. We both need time apart, Alec. I don’t think right now we are on the same page. And I refuse to spend time under your roof when we aren’t
That whole day Alec stays at home and attends to all his calls from there and Rose also does not step out for anything. Nelly is entrusted with dropping and later picking up Henry from school.Sometime in the evening Alec leaves for a meeting with one of the clients but not before reiterating his words from earlier to Rose.Rose, who had just been waiting for this moment, immediately jumps into action. Quickly going over to Henry’s room, she tries to calmly explain things to him. “Henry, your dad has gone out for now. How about you and I also go take a trip? We could stay in a nice hotel, order room service.”Henry’s eyes brighten up at the thought of a trip and immediately agrees. Ordering a cab over an app, she quickly starts dragging both of their bags to the door but Nelly sees this and comes to talk to her.“Darling, you didn’t tell me you were planning to go somewhere. Let me at least help with the bags?”Rose, not wanting to keep Nelly in the dark, quickly blurts out the truth t
While Rose had confidently and somewhat arrogantly hung up on Alec without letting him get in another word, now she was slightly worried. She knew, with his resources he would be able to find her soon enough. Thankfully, she had some money on her personal card so she had been able to keep the hotel transaction away from Alec’s eyes.The conversation with Alec had put in some nuggets of information in her head and she now wondered if she was overreacting. She needed to talk to someone unbiased.Eric though wise, was out of the question since he had always been like Alec’s guardian angel and Rose felt he would only be biased. And now with Sarah marrying him, she had also been ruled out since meeting her might give her and Henry’s location away.Maya is also ruled out since she had been dealing with a lot herself including Mark’s ill health, handling the place by herself, and also taking care of Carina.As she thinks of all the options, the only name that comes to mind is Derek. He knew h
Alec looks at her with a smirk. “How confidently you hung up on me thinking I would not be able to find you.” Looking at his watch he says, “Less than two hours and you are in front of me.”The smirk on his face angers Rose. “Congratulations! Your prize will be delivered to your home directly. Please wait to hear from us and keep a lookout for the mail.”Saying this mockingly, she starts walking towards the door and adds, “Now if you’ll excuse me, I would like you to leave.”Just as her hand touches the doorknob, Alec places his on top of hers. “Not so fast, honey. Did you think I came over to check the color of the walls?”Pulling her flush against his chest he tells her, “Pack your shit, we are going home, right now.”Rose also gets closer to his face and staring into his eyes, defiantly says, “Not happening. I am not going anywhere with you. Go wherever you have to. You are free. But now, so am I.”Alec glares at her angrily, “Free? Free to do what? And you think I’ll just let you
The latest model of Bugatti comes to a screeching halt in front of a tall corporate building, the headquarters of Xander Business Empire. As shiny black Prada shoes step on the gravel, one of the finest specimens of the male body comes out of the car. His chiselled body, firm abs, dressed in a luxury designer black suit with his mop of black hair gelled backward keeping the focus on his face. Walking inside the office, he seems to be in a hurry as he talks to someone on phone, he doesn’t notice the people on the street or even the ones inside his office, gaping at him. Admiring his good looks. Stepping inside the lift he feels a slight rush, he has a lot on his agenda today. So much to accomplish. Quickly getting inside his cabin, before he can set his aviators down, he picks up the phone and says only one thing, ‘Send Rose in, right now.’ Putting the phone down, he takes his seat behind the big plush desk. Checking if his hair is in order, he has a small smile on his face when
Stepping into the subway as she gets out of the office on her way back home, Rose tries to forget about the unpleasantness at work. Alec really made her run around a lot today. Getting her to collect all documents from each department head when they could’ve easily been emailed. He insisted on ‘physical copies’ claiming everything was extremely confidential! He later also ordered her to ‘personally’ go and get his lunch packed from a restaurant five streets over. Annoyed, she just ordered it online, peacefully had her own lunch with Sarah, and later handed over his lunch to him in his cabin once it arrived. She ensured to take some extra cash from the office account to pay a handsome tip to the delivery boy. Her poor feet still ache in the heels that she wore to work though! Looking at his mood swings these days she contemplates wearing flats or boots to work till his temper subsides. As the train pulls in at her station her spirits start to lift. Her boyfriend was coming back