Damian's rose novel Chapter 18

Authors pov

Damian stirred in his sleep and automatically his hand reached towards rose to hold her but the place beside him was empty, he opened his eyes and saw rose is not there, glancing at the clock he saw it's 6 in the morning.

He heard some noise from closet and walked towards it, opening the door he came face to face with rose who was standing there wearing only her bra and sweatpants. She gasped and quickly turned around holding the t-shirt close to her chest which she was holding in her hand.

He chuckled looking at her vulnerable condition..

"Sorry..."

He said not really meaning it...

She tried to wear her t-shirt quickly but failed and him standing there was not helping her either, he saw her struggling to wear the t-shirt, she was trying to lift her hand up but it was difficult to do it with stitched up hand and her hold was still not strong enough because of the drip...

"What are you doing? "

He asked confused leaning against the cabinet and crossing his arms over his chest, she hadn't took a bath and he can easily tell that then why is she changing her t-shirt didn't make any sense to him...

"My t-shirt got wet when I was washing my face so I am changing it..."

She answered, Her back was facing him, he noticed faint scars on her back which were almost unnoticeable if you were not watching it carefully...

"Do you need help, you are still struggling..."

He asked walking towards her...

"No, I will do it myself.... Thank you..."

She quickly responded...

"You should have understood it by now that I wasn't really asking, angel..."

He sighed, placing his hand on her shoulder he turned her around, she was holding her shirt tightly to hide her breasts...

"Sometimes I don't understand girls, you know... You wear bikinis and walk confidently among the people and on other hand gets too shy when you are standing in your bra, I don't get it why..."

She looked at him blankly, he snatched the t-shirt for her tight grip and gently sliding her hands in it he helped her to wear t-shirt...

"I am not shy, But you are my boss, I can't stand half naked in front of you..."

She reasoned...

"I have seen many women naked, yours is nothing different, angel..."

He said casually controlling himself from adding the sentence ' but yours is more attractive'.

She furrowed her eyebrows at his blunt reply making him chuckle...

"Why do you always call me angel?..."

She asked coldly, averting her eyes from him...

"Because I want to, do you have any problem..."

He stated mischievously...

"I am not an angel..."

She said looking anywhere but at him...

He grabbed her chin and brought her face close to his, leaning to her level...

"Trust me, you are to me..."

Her grey orbs stared confused at him and got lost in his deep blue oceans while he kept caressing her soft cheeks with his rough thumb...

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Damian went to his office, and a doctor came to check on rose, he removed the drip from her hand making her sigh in relief...

After her dressing and checkup she went outside in the garden for a walk, stepping into the garden, fresh smell of flowers welcomed her, it was an amazing view to watch, few butterflies were dancing in the heavenly place.

from the way it was maintained she understood that her boss is nature lover, she took off her shoes and walked on the feather like soft grass barefoot, enjoying the gentle feeling which she hardly gets in her violent word...

She caressed the beautifully bloomed red rose, admiring it's beauty...

"Good morning Miss"

Emily gritted her, flashing her white teeth in front of rose...

"Good morning Emily..."

She greeted back averting her eyes from that beautiful flower to emily...

Emily turned crimson red when she heard her name from Rose's mouth, Emily was always submissive type and Rose's dominating behaviour attracts her towards rose like a magnet, even now she almost melted in front of rose when she heard her strong dominating voice...

"Did you like the garden?..."

Emily asked pushing her sinful thoughts aside...

"It's beautiful, specially the roses..."

Most of the flowers in the garden were roses, it was filled with roses of different colours...

"Yes, our boss love roses that's why he has hired experts to take care of this garden..."

Rose hummed in response and gently touched the black coloured rose...

"I am not lesbian Emily, stop looking at me like that, it's not good for you..."

Rose said still caressing the flower...

Emily was dumbfounded after hearing her words, she has never told her then how do she know about it...

"H..how you.. I...I mean..."

She stuttered, embarrassed and confused what to say...

"You think I won't notice how your eyes always follows me, the way you glared at that nurse, you always blush when you talk to me and keeps on trying to start a conversation and the way you peak in when I am doing my workout... It's enough to tell me that you are interested in me..."

She looked in her eyes which were now filled with shame and embarrassment...

"I am sorry..."

Emily apologized...

"Don't be... It's not your fault, just don't fall for a person you can't have, it hurts more than anything..."

Emily looked at her shocked, she never thought rose can say something emotional like this...

"How do you know, have you gone through it..."

She asked curiously...

Rose sighed not sure what to say...

"Everyone in their life goes through this once, the only thing that makes a difference is how they deal with it...

You don't have to be embarrassed, I am not judging you for anything, I don't have that right... Just don't waste your precious feelings on a person who don't deserve it, find someone who can actually make you happy..."

Emily smiled warmly at her words...

"Yes, I understand..."

Today she realised how much wrong Maisy was, Emily always believed that rose is not a monster and she is right...

Emily left after that and rose sat on the bench admiring the view...

"Beautiful isn't it ?"

She looked at the direction of manly voice she heard from behind...

She looked at the young man standing there smiling, he sat down beside her much closer to her liking so she shifted a bit...

"Hii, I am Roy and you are the mighty bodyguard, right?..."

He gave her a charming smile but like always rose kept her face straight unaffected by the charm he was throwing at her...

"Hii, I am Rose..."

She replied in her not so welcoming tone...

"You are beautiful, no wonder Damian hired you..."

He chuckled, roaming his eyes on her angelic face for too long...

"He hired me because I am capable enough, not because I am beautiful Mr. Roy..."

Roy raised his eyebrows at her harsh tone...

"Ohhkk, I didn't mean to offend you beautiful, calm down..."

He defended himself...

"Like boss like bodyguard, rude asses..."

He mumbled.

Which rose heard but ignored and looked straight completely avoiding him...

Roy bit his inner cheeks when he saw her cold behaviour,

'Till now every girl has fallen for my charm then what's wrong with her..."

He thought to himself..

"Well are you single or taken..."

He again tried to flirt...

"None of your business..."

She replied bluntly making Roy drop his jaw...

"Hey! I am the brother of your boss, be careful while talking to me, you can't disrespect me like this..."

He spat with clenched jaw...

"So, you demand respect just because your brother is boss here?... If yes, then i am sorry Mr. Roy don't expect it from me. I only respect boss and you are no one to me"

Her blunt words made his blood boil...

Roy stood up from there and walked inside angrily...

He saw Damian in the corridor talking on the phone, jack was there too, damian saw an angry Roy and disconnected the call...

"What happened Roy ?..."

"Dude, your bodyguard is rude as fuck, she insulted me, I don't like her..."

He said angrily and jack burst out laughing making Roy frown...

"Good, atleast I am not the only one here..."

Jack stopped laughing when damian glared at him...

"I am sure you would have said something stupid or tried to flirt with her Roy, don't do that she is not like other girls, and don't bother her she is injured, stay away from rose..."

Damian scolded him and Roy's jaw dropped...

"How can you take her side over mine, bro..."