None of the other staff even bothered to walk up to Rose and ask what was happening as she carefully packed her things into a small cardboard box; effectively clearing out her desk. But she could feel their curious gazes on her and hear their murmurs.
“Rose is clearing out her desk.”“Do you think he really fired her?”“Oh God, am I next on the list?”“I will eat my lunch in the office from now on.”“No more lunch breaks for me. I don’t want to end up like Rose.”Rose was not even surprised about the reactions she was getting. This office had always been so gloomy and it was every man for himself. She had worked there for three years and never formed any meaningful relationship. People hardly ever laughed or smiled in that place.“Do you guys know I can hear you?” Rose finally spoke up and the murmurs instantly ceased. “I will leave a piece of advice with you guys. Get out of here as soon as you can because no one deservRose giggled like a shy schoolgirl. “Jeez, you really need to calm down Jess. We haven’t even ordered anything yet and you are already killing me with questions.”“But Roooooo, I only asked one question.” Jessica whined.“One question which has so many answers,” Rose said in a solemn tone.“Wellll, when you put it that way it does seem like that. But in my defence you know how much I hate the suspense thing so if you could just…”“Shhhhhh, now I need you to take a deep breath.” Rose commanded sagely with her eyes closed and a calm smile on her face.“But Roooooo please just tell me,” Jessica pleaded.“A deep breath Jessica,” Rose said sternly as she opened an eye.Jessica sighed and rolled her eyes but took a deep breath any way so Rose would get off her back.“Good girl, now slowly exhale.” Rose exhaled and Jessica followed suit. “Let’s do it one more time. Take a deep breath until you feel a slight burn in you
“Wha... what? What’s going on? Why are you so upset? What did I do?” Rose was dumbfounded by Jessica’s response. She had never expected her to react this way and she was not sure how to go about it.She had expected her to be surprised but not be this upset.Leo was already making his way towards their table because Jessica’s outburst had attracted a considerable amount of attention. He was probably going to appeal to them to not get so loud because other patrons were bothered. Rose was starting to get embarrassed because this had never happened to them before.Maybe they should just have done this at one of their apartments.“Umm, please excuse me ladies. We’ve been getting some complaints about the noise and we implore you to keep it down so as not to disturb other patrons. We might have to ask you to leave if the complaints become too much, so please keep it down.” Leo pleaded with an apologetic look in his eye.He didn’t want to have
It still felt like a dream to Rose and she hoped that she would not wake up soon; because her former job had been one hell of a nightmare. But it was not dream because a dispatch rider came to drop off her company keycard two days after she had accepted Wayne’s offer and called Jack a disgusting pig; what a time to be alive.She could not stop admiring the keycard and it felt like a pass to the most exclusive club in the world. They had taken a quick passport photograph of her that day at Blackstone Corp after Wayne had left and that was what they had used on the keycard.Written underneath her rather cute passport photograph was “Rose Cohen, Head of the Marketing Department.”OMG!Her name had never looked so amazing. It seemed that it had always meant to be written that way. She had rarely taken it off her neck since it had arrived and had almost accidentally showered with it on. She was kind of regretting the fact Wayne had asked her
Wayne was getting bored with France pretty quickly because he was preoccupied with thoughts of how to conquer a certain woman in Manhattan. Since he was in the country it was a prime opportunity to have meetings with business partners there and general visits.Ben made sure his schedule was organized for optimal effectiveness and ease; it was hard not to admire his diligent work. It was Wednesday afternoon when a certain idea popped into his head on the way to one of those meetings.“Ben I want a laptop…” Wayne said thoughtfully and paused as he turned to Ben who was sitting next to him at the backseat of a Jeep. Tom was sitting next to the driver in the passenger’s seat.“Of course Sir, I can get it immediately. Do you have a particular one in mind? Would you like it customized?” Ben already had his iPad out to take notes and make the necessary communications.“I wasn’t finished Ben,” Wayne said dryly. Perhaps he should have waited until he was d
“Oh my gosh! What do I wear? What doooooo I wear!!!!” Rose groaned in agony.She had issues thinking about what to wear maybe once a month. But this was the second time in a day she was having a dilemma concerning clothes and she was not happy with the development.What exactly did one wear when they were going to their boss’ house on a Friday night to pick up a work laptop and host a cooking lesson?Why on earth had she agreed to go in the first place? But what choice did she have? She did not want to show up on Monday with her mind like a blank slate so she needed to study the files on that laptop!But the laptop was at Wayne’s house. It felt like an extremely hard level of a video game. There was also the fact that she had promised him cooking lessons for his birthday present and she could not just back out.“Take a deep breath Rose, maybe you are overthinking this.” She mumbled and sat on the couch in the living room.What wa
“Rose is just fine, thank you.” Rose replied politely.She had a feeling that she was going to be seeing a lot of Tom and he keeping up with the ‘Miss Cohen’ thing was just unnecessary. He also really needed to tell her his skincare routines because his dark skin was glowing; black don’t crack.She almost snickered just thinking about this buff man with a facemask on but everyone had a right to great skin.“You can call me Tom as well,” Tom replied with a nod.Wayne did not usually invite women up to his penthouse but this woman was heading up there two times in a row. Tom wondered if Wayne would quickly tire of her but he had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be that simple.He made sure she was ready before proceeding into the house and holding the door open for her.“Thank you,” Rose muttered as she tried not to stare like a tourist.Although she had been there before, the sight was still going to take some getting us
Wayne had not forgotten how soft her lips had felt against his on his birthday. It was a thought which frequently lingered in his mind and right now, he was staring at those lips. They seemed to call out to him; giving permission to have a little taste.But what stopped him was the look in her eye. Asides from all that fire, there was confusion and she looked really bothered. There would be time to have a taste later; he needed to first of all fix what was upsetting her so much.Rose had finally gathered the courage to look up at Wayne and it felt like a mistake. There was this hunger in his eye but she shrugged it off as just her imagination. Her eyes zeroed in on his lips and she could not stop memories of how they had felt against her skin.She almost forgot the situation at hand but Wayne suddenly took a deep breath and that got her back on track.“I’m sorry but could you explain further? What do you mean by not being sure how to behave around
Wayne liked the way Rose confidently strolled to the kitchen like she lived in the penthouse. He quickly followed behind so he would not be late for his class. Rose stepped into the kitchen, stopped, took a deep breath and slowly released it with a smile.Wayne could not help but grin as he watched her; she looked so happy and peaceful. She suddenly turned around and cracked her knuckles. “Alright then, let’s begin the cooking lesson for today.”Wayne gulped, “Damn, I’ve unleashed the beast again.” He said under his breath.“What was that Wayne? I didn’t quite get that.” Rose said with a deceptively wide smile, the only thing missing was a halo above her head; but he wasn’t going to fall for that.“Yay, I’m so excited to begin the lesson.” Wayne smiled sweetly in return.“That’s what I thought you said.” Wayne had really missed this. Maybe he could convince her to work as his personal chef as well. There would be need