William smiled at her reaction and closed in to kiss her. Rosaline closed her eyes when she felt his lips slowly brushing hers. He kissed her gently, pecking her all over her lips without breaking contact. When he did not feel any rejection, he slowly licked her lips, which made her tremble in his arms. He paused as she reached out to grab her shoulders.When she did not push him, he continued to trace her lips slowly with his tongue.Rosaline felt weak on her knees and tightened her hold on his shoulders.Satisfied with her reaction, he smiled at her lips and began to suck them gently.Alternating between her upper and lower lips, he continued to suck them tenderly. As if he was caressing the most precious treasure in the world. Rosaline’s hands went from his shoulders to his neck as she leaned further into him.Her legs felt like jelly, and she would not be standing without William holding her up. Relishing the kiss, she tried to respond by slowly sucking his lips back.William
William held Rosaline tighter as he asked.“Lexi?”“um”“Can I ask you for a favor?”“What is it?”“If you ever suspect I might break your heart, don’t leave me. Just talk to me. If you get confused or insecure or think I’m not trustworthy, just ask me.”“What are you talking about?” Rosaline thought something was wrong with him and tried to move to see his face.But he hugged her tighter instead.“Just promise me.”“What’s wrong?”“It suddenly dawned on me that you meant what you said in the restaurant that day. And I had this epiphany that you hugged me and left without saying anything.”“I’m sorry.” Rosaline could feel his panic.She felt horrible that she made him uncomfortable when all he had ever done was made her feel good and happy.No matter how she saw it, this relationship was unfair to him.‘Do I deserve to be with him? He is excellent. I feel like I’m more trouble than I’m worth.’But William thought otherwise.“Don’t be. If a day like that comes, I’m sure there must be s
The next day, while Rosaline and William were working in his house, Tessa called asking to get something for uncle Burber Kevin.So William sneaked Rosaline back to Tessa’s hotel before driving to a mall while being followed. Rosaline and Tessa had decided to help Uncle Kevin with his joint, but after discussing it for days, they came up with nothing. “Hey, Tess and I were renovating Uncle’s burger joint. Do you perhaps remember the layout of their place?”“I think so. What do you have in mind?”“We were thinking of renovating his place and renaming it with his wife and son’s name or something meaningful. We have been discussing it for ages and coming up with possible plans. But we are out of ideas as we both know he won’t agree to let us work for him or take so much as a dime from us.”“Hmm. Let me think.” “How about you do it without telling him?”“And how are we supposed to do that?”“Well, for starters, you could send him away and trick him into it.”“I guess we could tell him t
Rosaline and William quickly finished shopping, as they were both decisive and tended to buy things fast.To trick their stalkers and ultimately Supriya, Rosaline bought a bunch of things for herself and Tessa - designer bags, shoes, accessories, etc., and William paid for all that. While Rosaline sent a snapshot of the bill to Tessa, who immediately transferred the money to him, Supriya did not know it, creating the illusion that William was spending a lot of money on her.They went to the open-ended cafe in the middle of the mall and ordered their drinks. Rosaline excused herself and made a beeline for the restroom.When she reached close to the washroom, she realized that she had left her phone on the table. She went back to retrieve it.At the same time, another girl spotted William while shopping with her friends.She went over to greet him immediately. “Will? What a coincidence?” She gushed and moved to hug him naturally.She acted as if they always hugged each other casually
William watched Rosaline hugging and laughing with Tristen.He was getting increasingly anxious every passing second.As he watched them chat happily like old friends, all versions of Rosaline leaving him for Tristen came into his head.Tristen had a cheerful personality and was a good person. He got along with people well and was an upright person with strong morals. He was dependable and likable.He had always thought of his younger cousin as someone who could bring warmth and sunlight to people around him, but seeing Rosaline chatting happily with him, he got anxious.Suddenly, William thought, with his aloof personality, that he was not good enough for Rosaline. Besides, Tristen did not have any baggage like he had Supriya. Rosaline chatted with Tristen happily for a few minutes.They had met after a long while and decided to catch up soon.Unbeknownst to her, William felt like it was an agonizing few years of his life. When she went to William, William had just managed to schoo
William, Rosaline, and Tessa discussed their plan to help Uncle Kevin.They did it swiftly enough and decided to execute it the next day.William asked Albert to invest in it.Having been there a couple of times with Rosaline, William could practically see its value after being renovated and promoted. Moreover, with Tipsy Topsy backing it up, marketing would be incredible.With more business, Kevin would get compelled to hire more people. Thus, he would be occupied, which was Rosaline’s primary goal.They worked on the basic layout for renovation and designs until late evening before William left for his home.Everything was in place, and the work would start the next day.While Tessa, having worked together, was well aware of William’s efficiency, Rosaline was shocked. She only asked about that in the afternoon, and he had everything sorted out by nightfall. When William arrived home, he was not surprised to see Ria and Tristen.Tristen had come home the day before, and William wa
William was not very close to his mother as they both had very different personalities.While William was straightforward, rational, and a good judge of character, his mother, Anabella Brown, was very emotional, tended to get swayed with sweet talks, and was rather long-winded and irrational. They had a decent relationship, partly because they lived separately except for a couple of weeks a year when he came home, and partially because she never interfered in his life. Contrary to his mother, his equations were much better with his father, Anthony Brown, as his father was the one who instilled sound principles and high moral standards in him from a young age.Being an army commander, Anthony was upright and honest. He was very slick and was a good judge of character.Moreover, Anabella always lamented about William’s aloof personality and had tried to “fix” him via preaching or emotional blackmail.Anthony, on the other hand, did not care. His stance was - as long as his son was a g
William could only sigh helplessly at the closed door of his mother’s room.He would have followed her if there was any chance of her listening to him, but he knew there wasn’t. So, he went back to his room.He then texted his father, “Dad, are you awake?”William was scared as he waited for his father to text back.Having lived with him, he knew how busy he could get. But he could not help feeling anxious about his supposed engagement. His mother did not affect his decisions or his mood a lot.But he respected his father a great deal. He could not disregard his opinions, especially since he had never asked him for anything. His father replied after ten odd minutes. “What is it, Liam? I just wrapped up a meeting.”“Are you busy? I wanted to ask something. It can wait till tomorrow if you are busy.”“That’s fine. I’m waiting for my dinner now. It’ll take another fifteen minutes.”William then called his father directly.“Dad!”“What happened, Liam? You are way past your bedtime.”“Da