Bound by an arranged marriage,
Rose Francis and Devin Keller are forced to work and live together. She has secretly loved him since she was little but he firmly believes that she hates him just as much he hates her.
At one point everything will c...
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We both sit in silence in the taxi as it takes us to my penthouse. I have my own penthouse apartment in Italy as I come here almost every two months.
I'm exhausted from the flight, the taxi stops in front of the giant building. I get out and enter the building.
A man approaches me, Adam. "Welcome Mr. Keller" He smiles at me. I nod in greeting as Adam looks behind me. "Welcome miss?" He raises his eyebrows.
"Francis." I hear her voice from behind reminding me that I didn't come alone like I always do. She comes in view as she stands beside me.
"Let me take you both to your penthouse" Adam leads us. Adam is always here whenever I come to my Penthouse in Italy.
We all enter the elevator and it starts moving up. We reach the top and the door opens. "It's clean and ready for your stay" I walk out. My apartment is big enough for two people. Maybe too big.
There are two enormous bedrooms, I only use one. I walk towards the couch and sit down leaning back.
"I'll be going now but call me if you need anything" Adam says and I nod.
"Good night" He enters the elevator and glances at Rose.
She's standing in the middle of the living room staring at the large window. The window that is glowing with the entire city's lights. Rome is extra beautiful at night.
Adam leaves and the silence fills the room. "Which bedroom is mine?" She asks walking towards the window.
I glance at her "That one" I point to the door beside the entrance of kitchen. "And it's not yours, you're just staying here...unfortunately"
I look back at the window and see from my peripheral vision that she's shooting me a glare.
My bedroom is across from her. She takes her suitcase with her in the bedroom, closing the door after her.
I'm glad she disappeared from my sight. I stand up and walk towards the entrance of the kitchen and turn on the lightning panel.
The kitchen glows in off white lights, the walk towards the fridge and open it. I take out a can of beer.
I leave the kitchen with the beer can in my hand and walk across the living room to my bedroom. After coming to my bedroom I don't turn on the lights, the moonlight is enough and I prefer dark anyway.
I walk towards the bed and sit down taking a sip of my beer.
There are large ceiling to floor windows here too. I finish the can and toss it somewhere in the dark. I take a shower and wear something comfortable.
I lay down on the bed and immediately drift off to sleep.
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"At our usual place in half an hour" His voice comes from the phone.
"See ya" I hang up and spray my cologne. I walk out of my bedroom and walk towards the elevator.
I reach the lobby and Adam comes to me. "Good morning mr. Keller"
"Good morning, is my car outside?" I ask him glancing at my wrist watch.
"Yes it is outside" he hands me the keys. "Is miss Francis not awake yet?"
It takes me a moment to realise he's talking about Rose and I remember I didn't come alone here.
"Probably" I say walking out of the building.
I sit in my my car driving to the place where I'll be meeting Antonio.
I reach the restaurant which also serves breakfast. I get out of the car and walk towards the restaurant.
I spot Antonio sitting on a table. I walk towards him.
"What's up?" I say as I sit across from him.
"What's up with you, huh?" He smiles.
"I'm good as always" I say.
"You're in Italy but you visited just a month ago?" He asks.
He's referring to when I came here and dad was mad that I didn't come with my 'wife'
"It's not by choice. Dad insisted to come here on a trip with my 'wife'" I roll my eyes.
"You came with your wife?" He raises his eyebrows.
I nod. "I had no choice"
"So when are you introducing us?" He smiles and I roll my eyes again.
"Oh come on. You're acting like she's my actual real wife" I scoff.
"I didn't even come to the wedding, man. I deserve to meet her"
"She's not worth it. I can barely tolerate her and she's my wife only for a year" I say.
"I get it but still I wanna meet her, I wanna know why you hate her so much" He gestures for the waiter to come take our order.
"Fine then, but don't say I didn't warn you"
He laughs and we order our breakfast.
I feel my phone vibrate and look at it. R
It's Rose. I've saved her number with just her initial because even looking at her name is exhausting for me.
Why the hell is she calling me?
I ignore her call. Our breakfast arrives and we start eating.
"So let's have dinner tomorrow and you're bringing your wife." He says.
I sigh. It's just a dinner.
"Fine."
"By the way, what's her name?" He takes a bite of his omelette.
I take a sip of my coffee before responding. "Rose." I continue to eat my breakfast.
