Jessica made sure she explored Rose’s office before they left for lunch.
There was a bathroom and little bedroom attached to the office and Jessica was trying not to let her jealousy show. This was yet another thing that was supposed to be hers but had ended up in Rose’s possession because she had sent her to Wayne’s that night; instead of going herself.It did not matter to Jessica that she had not gone to college. She believed that if she had gotten the opportunity to click with Wayne that night, he would have made a position at his company vacant for her. The plan needed to work so she could take what was rightfully hers.Jessica was happy for Rose and how her life was finally falling into place. She had no problem with getting Wayne to continue helping Rose after they got together. It was not like she was going to make him fire Rose. She was too much of an awesome best friend to allow that happen.They decided to eat lunch at a cute little caf“Wayne, you don’t need to do that.” Rose tried to protest but she should have already learnt her lesson.“Is there somewhere you would like Tom to keep your keys or he should bring them back to you?” Wayne asked as he ignored her previous statement.“I stay at apartment 308. Tom, you could just slip the keys under the door.” Wait! She was supposed to be against this.“Alright Rose,” Tom stretched out his hand for the key and she had no choice but to give it to him.“Thank you Tom. I usually eat early but I was so busy working on the KHP. It’s the one I mentioned at the meeting earlier today.” Rose turned to Austin. “Oh Austin, you weren’t there. Well, I can tell you about it.”Tom and Austin were trying not to laugh. Why did it sound like she was stalling?“Rose, you can tell them about it later. Please get in the car.” Wayne knew what she was up to.Rose ignored Wayne. “KHP stands for the Kicking Hearts Projec
Two months later.Wayne loved being right.He was on one of his private jets with Rose, Ben, Tom and Belle; they were on their way to France. Rose was sitting next to him and he could not resist giving her a wide smile. He had been right about her taking the marketing world by storm.Rose was on her way to France for a meeting with the Minister of Health and they were going to discuss the supply of B-Pacemakers to hospitals in the country. By the time Rose had fully set her plan in motion Blackstone Corp had, had no choice but to resume production of B-Pacemakers; because the orders had been more than the existing products.Rose had started out with having agreements in different countries and giving some B-Pacemakers for free. She had asked for entries from all the selected countries and if your application was granted, a B-Pacemaker was freely given and put in.She had struggled to come to agreements with as many willing countries
There was probably something wrong with Rose’s ears because she thought that she just heard Wayne introduce her as his ‘serious girlfriend.’Yup, she had probably heard wrong or misinterpreted what he said; because there was no way on earth she had heard right.“My name is Margaret Blackstone, but you can call me Maggie. It’s so nice to finally meet you. I’ve been dying to see the woman who has stolen my son’s heart and he can’t stop talking about.” Maggie was beaming with that warm smile again.Nope, the problem was not Rose’s ears. The problem was the words they were saying because there had to be a mix-up somewhere and it was up to her to clear things up.Rose opened her mouth and Wayne suddenly wrapped his arms around her.Under the guise of nuzzling her ear, Wayne quickly whispered. “Please just go along with it. I will explain everything later.”He sounded desperate and Rose did not have the heart to let him down. She might
Rose picked up some cookies to nibble on. She had no business getting involved in the conversation which was about to happen; it was best to let Wayne handle it.Anytime a comment or question was directed to her, she would simply nod under the pretense that her mouth was full.“Mom, I don’t understand. What do you mean by a month? You are supposed to be in Brazil in five days.” Wayne was trying to speak calmly even though he was feeling all hot and bothered inside.“Well, I have decided to miss out on the trip this year.” Maggie shrugged and casually sipped her tea.“Mom, it’s practically a tradition now and your friends are going to be disappointed. Are you really just going to let them down like that?” Wayne said gently but firmly. He just needed to convince her to go. “Well, I explained the situation to them and they completely understood. Brazil will still be there by this time next year.”“Mom, what exactly is the
Maggie’s things had been brought up to the penthouse and Wayne had asked her to pick what room she wanted to stay in.He had not shown her the purple guestroom because as far as he was concerned, that was Rose’s room. Maggie picked the one which was farthest from Wayne’s bedroom. Wayne had a feeling that was because his Mom did not want to hear any inappropriate sounds but there was no need to have that fear. The walls were semi sound proof and noises didn’t travel far.The reason he had been able to hear her laughter earlier was because he had left bedroom door open. Plus, there were not going to be any activities which would produce inappropriate sounds. But he was still excited about sleeping in the same bed with Rose.He was not even aware of how this change had occurred. It was a mystery of how he went from wanting to have sex with Rose at all costs to being content to just having her lie in his bed. He was not exactly content because he wan
The next morning, Wayne woke up before Rose and used the opportunity to take a good look at her. She looked at peace and was softly snoring in the cutest way. He gently crawled out of bed and went to the kitchen to get breakfast started.He met his mother there having a cup of tea.“Good morning mom,” he pecked her cheek.“Good morning sweetie. Where’s Rose?”“She’s still in bed; I want to make breakfast so we can get ready for the office.” Wayne walked to the fridge and brought out some eggs. “I was thinking of eggs and toast; nothing too complicated.”“Won’t you just call Chef Mario up here to make you something or eat in the main house?” Maggie was intrigued.“Nah, Rose would tease me for eternity that I couldn’t handle breakfast alone. Mario has not been up here to cook in a while, he only comes to restock the ingredients; but Rose and I have handled that a few times.” Wayne said like it was no big deal and started making bre
Rose stood silent for what felt like an eternity and just stared at the car. She noticed Wayne walk up to her but she was still too stunned to say anything.“Well? Do you like it? I made sure it was the same color with Chelly.” Wayne said with a wide smile.He was not surprised by her reaction and had already steeled himself against her protests. It was a relief that his mom, Tom and some other staff were watching them; it would make it harder for her to object.“Wayne, you got me a car? I can’t accept this, it’s obviously too much. Can we go inside to talk about this?” Rose finally found her voice.She noticed they had an audience and didn’t want to admonish Wayne in their presence.How the heck could he have gotten her a car? She had seen it a month ago on TV while spending the night at his house and had commented on how nice it was but the price had been staggering. Wayne had obviously been listening to her.“Nothing
For years Rose had been held back through no fault of her own and she had always known she could do better if given the opportunity. But no one was ever willing to take a chance on her; until Wayne came along.As she listened to the announcement, it felt like she had finally been validated. She had set her mind to do this thing and had persevered in spite of all the obstacles and mockery. She would have never gotten this platform at Sage Poll Inc. because Jack always took all the glory for her effort.Wayne had trusted her and she was so glad that she had not let him down. It was so hard to believe that her picture was on TV because she had spearheaded a project which had broken a major record. It was hard for her to keep her cool and she turned to Wayne.As she met his green gaze she remembered all the times he had encouraged her, refused to allow her to give up, stayed up with her and listened to her fears about things not working out. She started crying