ROSE POVThe alarm rung as I woke up with a start, Wide awake, with all my synapses still firing from the previous night I tried concentrating my mind on what I had planned for the day—I texted Amy to remind her about our meeting later that evening, after what seemed like a while of going through my phone I dragged my feet to the bathroom.Soon as the hot shower water sliced down my skin, I thought about Daniel and why he was always the way he was. Could it have been something from his past or the fact that he hated the entire guts of me?Not being able to come up with anything I let an unpleasant weight pull on my chest. I turned down the shower and walked out of the shower, drying myself off.In a restless daze, I combed my wet hair while taking another look at myself in the mirror. I closed my eyes, in a way wishing I could only switch off a part of my mind and everything would be gone.When I opened them, I still felt it—I could still feel that strange feeling that had always be

DANIEL POVShe smiled at me seductively as if I had just told her the sexiest thing in the world. Then I wrapped my arm around her waist and drew her close to inhale her intoxicating perfume.“Alright,” she whispered, her teeth softly dragging the lobe of my ear in a way that made my dick to become very hard.It was crazy though, that as aroused as I was, I was still thinking about another woman. It made me angry. It made me desperate enough to do something …anything to rid her from my mind, from my head. It was absurd that this sexy woman was in front of me, touching me this way, looking at me as if I was the only man she had ever wanted and still, I could not stop thinking about Rose.“Good,” I said back, managing to smile back and then took my keys off the table and put it in my pocket.The woman, whose name I did not give damn about, wriggled her hips in front of me as we walked out of rhr hip. She was wearing a long red gown that hugged her luscious curves like a second skin an

ROSE"What?? Are you sure of what you're saying?" Maurice asked"Of course I'm sure of what I'm saying. I even have evidence to prove that he cheated. The bitch he cheated on me with obviously doesn't know how to kiss because she got her lipstick marks all over his fucking shirt," I said, tears pouring down from my face."I'm sorry, girl. Do you want me to come over? I could jump into my car and ride over there right now if you want me to," Maurice said to me.I could hear the concern in his voice. I didn't want to trouble him so I said,"That won't be necessary. I'll go to bed now and we'll probably see in the morning or something.""Are you sure you don't want me to come over?" Maurice asked to be sure."Of course," I replied."Okay. If you say so, please don't let this issue weigh you down more than it should. Don't give Daniel the chance to know that he hurt you. Try to forget about it even though I know it's not easy," Maurice said in a comforting way."Thank you Maurice," I ackn

DANIELI crossed my arms when I saw Rose walking down the steps and at that moment I could have sworn that all the anger and anxiety I was feeling at that moment was starting to disperse away from the back of my mind into the empty wind.I pursed my lips and chimed. “Wow!"She had to be the most beautiful woman I had ever seen descending those stairs. I was mesmerized watching her walk through the door, to the point where I was looking almost like a black swan— Beautiful and radiant, glittering underneath the moonlight.“You are beautiful," I muttered as I walked up to take her hands.She seemed rather surprised by my comment as immediately that smile that had been absent from her face came to life.Rose looked away shyly. I had seen her in her different state but never this way… Never this shy.“Thanks." She answered as I glanced at my watch.We were running late by an hour but I didn't care a bit, to me it was only right that the world waited for all of this out as I was with the mo

ROSEWho exactly was he?A stranger from my past? I couldn't help thinking at that moment as I stared straight at the man who had called me by name.“Sorry, I don't seem to know this face," I mutter hoping that he'd somehow just go away and leave me alone by myself.The man must have seemed settled by there wasn't more time for us to speak as we were all ushered into the art gallery hallway.I could feel his heavy presence as well that was right there behind where we were, as we were all in awe about the amazing paintings.It was just a matter of time before Daniel and myself were stopping at the other end of the room bemused by the artwork that we had right there on the wall.He clasped his hands with mine, his eyes watery as he stared at the beauty on the wall. I had always thought of what could bring a hard-hearted man like Daniel to his knees so easily. Guess I had my answers.“Isn't it so beautiful?" He muttered, clasping my hand even tighter.Finally, it occurred to me that out