Facing Bright's question, Rose was silent but lowered her eyelashes.
"Look up at me and tell me what you're afraid of?" A trace of irritation rose in Bright's heart because she kept silent about the question like an ostrich.
Rose raised her eyes slightly, then looked at him guiltily.
His eyes were deep and dark, and there seemed to be a strong appeal that sucked her in, which was fathomless and made her feel at a loss.
Rose remained in silence, so did Bright.
The two stared at each other like this, as if they were measuring their fixity.
Bright raised his fingers to pinch eyebrows. As soon as Bill came this morning, he submitted the information about Rose to Bright.
It clearly stated that Rose came to City Y with a baby five years ago, who's now growing up, Doris. Obviously, Rose's biological mother of the little girl.
Jane, however, is a teacher of Doris in kindergarten and a friend of Rose. The two have maintained their friendship all the way.
Jane often assisted Rose to take after Doris which reduced a lot of pressure on Rose.
"Still don’t want to tell me?" Bright closed his eyes and sounded disappointed and exhausted, "Is it difficult for you to tell the truth? Or you have never told me a truth since the beginning! "
Rose pressed her lips tightly, without a word.
"Do you think you could deceive yourself and others forever if it's kept in secret?" Bright opened his eyes again, deeper and darker, "The lie will be revealed once I order someone to investigate you in City Y. Is it funny for you to tell a cock-and-bull story?"
"Are you investigating me?" Rose finally brought herself back, with her eyes opened wide, shocked, angry, and somehow relieved.
It's within her expectation that Bright would take this step.
The secret she wanted to keep was actually vulnerable in front of him. But Rose was really deceiving herself and others, even enjoying it. She even thought that Bright would never know who Doris was unless she finally told it.
At the moment, Rose wanted to burst out laughing, for she herself was completely a joke.
"I know you don't want this but I have to." Bright was generously frank without concealing anything.
"What makes you do this?" Rose was irritated after hearing such an answer, then she was like a hedgehog covered with thorns and pores all over her body were on guard, "No matter who she is, or who she belongs to, it's totally none of your businesses. who do you think you are?"
Rose's attacking words indeed stabbed Bright, making him speechless to that.
Yeah, who is he?
Yeah, both Rose and Doris have nothing to do with him!
"It's indeed none of my business." Bright said indifferently, with thin lips curled up, "Then, who is Miss Linder related to?"
"Doris is my daughter, and it is naturally related to me." said Rose in a cold voice.
"Can you give birth to a child alone?" Bright snorted coldly, as if pointing that she was really something.
"It has nothing to do with you." She turned away slightly, "Can you stop this ever?"
"Who is Doris's father?" asked Bright.
All of a sudden, a strong headache hit Rose when she was asked by him.
Biting lip with teeth, Rose reacted to be stubborn and unconvinced. In fact, however, her heart had already begun to collapse.
He remembered that night Rose sent him back to Ginkgo Villa, her friend happened to mention "Piss off the scum Tanner!"
With the addition of the day they met Sky Tanner in the elevator, when he picked up Rose in the Four Seasons Hotel. It's normal for friends to greet but there's a quite strange atmosphere between Rose and Tanner.
Besides, they should be closer for their relationship as sister and brother-in-law, but it's like they didn't want to see each other at all.
With these messages, Bright felt that Sky Tanner had something to do with it.
"There are some things Mr. Bright should let go. I said it's nothing to do with you." replied Rose ambiguously.
Rose wouldn't draw him back to the truth since Bright positioned Sky Tanner as Doris's biological father. It might be better that he stopped digging deeper in search of somehow an answer.
It's a fact that she broke with Sky Tanner after giving birth which became a scandal, but people had a short memory after all. Time flies, few people have remembered that and Rose herself clearly over the past five years.
Concerning the family shame, both the Linder family and the Tanner Family dealt with the matter in a quick response. It would remain a secret as long as nobody didn't go into it.
"So do I." Bright finally acquiesced to accept Rose's answer.
He retracted his arm and drew himself back to free Rose.
"Miss Linder, just help yourself."
"Thank you, Mr. Bright." Rose was relieved to breathe after that.
She turned and left without looking back.
That's it, the entanglement between them ended from now on, but why was there a slight astringent from the bottom of her heart?
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Come on Daddy (Bright and Rose)
Hating Rose for being coward and selfish she dare to run away😶 i pitied Bright, he is so kind always protective for his family...
Why aren't they looking on Cctv footage for them to know what the real happen about the kid 😑...