Nathan had spent the night counting down the hours until what could be considered a reasonable amount of time to give a woman space to forgive you; after you had abandoned her for seven months had passed.He was able to wait until the next morning and had finally decided to call Rose. He picked up his phone and dialed her number.As he listened to ring, it felt like his heart was vibrating in sync to the tone. It didn’t bode well for him if she didn’t pick his call; unless she would call back with the excuse of being busy or something.If Rose answered his call then it meant that she hadn’t written him off yet and was still ready to give him a listening ear. So he would have the opportunity to fill her head with more lies.Nathan had taken a course on Psychology in college and thought of himself as an expert when it came to human nature. He attributed his expertise to how he was able to easily manipulate Rose.Maybe it was because he knew

“Earth to Rose! Hellooooooo? Can you hear me Sweetie?” Theo snapped his fingers in front of Rose’s eyes before she finally blinked and snapped out of whatever reverie she had been trapped in.“Oh Theo! I’m so sorry; I drifted off for a second. What were you saying?” Rose smiled apologetically and hoped that he would just let it go.Theo raised a brow as he stared at her and she widened her smile. “Theo pleaseeeee! I’m really sorry. It won’t happen again.”It was her lunch break and she was currently at ‘Fits like a Glove’ so she could try on her dress for the Business Awards which was coming up in a few days. Theo was also a designer and he had decided that it would be better if he customized a dress specially for Rose’s big night instead of just stuffing her in a ready-made dress.So he had tapped into his well of creative juice so that his girl could shine brighter than everyone that night. Rose was surprised with the marvelo

Rose managed to stand tall until Wayne walked out of her office. But then she quickly lowered herself into her chair because her legs felt like jelly.Tears stung her eyes but she didn’t want to cry anymore because of Wayne. Who the hell did Wayne think he was?She couldn’t understand what the heck was going on with him. One moment he was glad to be rid of her and push her into Victor’s arms. The next moment when she was powering through and getting over him, he shows up and was apologizing for being an asshole.He dropped a file of lies on her table and expected her to just fall for it and back into his arms.What was wrong with him? Why was he bothering her when so many other women would leap at a chance to be with him?Maybe he was missing the particular feel of her oven.She couldn’t care less!It would be a mistake to ever get tangled in the sheets with Wayne again. Her heart wouldn’t just let he

All the other occupants of the Blackstone Corp table immediately straightened their backs and sat at attention. It was like they didn’t want the boss to catch them slouching. Rose took a deep breath to steady herself. Asides from when Wayne had come to her office with the file, this was the first time they were going to be in close quarters for a long period of time since the night of insults.She was going to have to get used to being around Wayne. He was her boss and whether she liked it or not, there were times she was going to have to tolerate his presence. She could totally handle this.She was just going to be polite and mind her business like a proper adult. She was going to greet him and move on with her evening. She didn’t even have to look at him after the greeting.Rose really wanted to send Jessica a text but she wasn’t with her phone. People weren’t allowed to bring phones to The Business Award

The moment had finally come!Jessica was beside herself with glee. She almost gave Tina the standing ovation she thought that she so rightly deserved.The only regret she had was that she had been unable to bring her phone into the hall. The look of shock on Rose’s face was everything. Jessica’s only consolation was that the reporters present had probably all gotten the picture.So she would get it one way or the other when it was published the next day. Hmmmm, maybe she would frame it. Jessica had been racking her brain ever since the first time she had eaten lunch at Winifred’s place. Winifred said that Wayne detested bad publicity and disassociated himself from anything that would put a stain on the Blackstone name, company and the things he had worked hard to build.Ever since then, she had been chanting it like a mantra and trying to see how she could get Rose into that category. But it w