Changing the CEO

Crash

Rosalie's Point of View

My mom and Charlie are with me. It is my birthday tomorrow. It sucks. I don't want anything. Luke hasn't changed. His few smiles were just that. He doesn't love me. He never did. He said it before and I just brushed it off. I thought I was changing him for the better.
"Rose?" Mom asks.
I turn to her. She has Louie on her lap. "Yeah?"
"Are you gonna answer that?"
Then I hear my phone ring. I see it is Shayla. I didnt go to work today. I feel like crap.
"No. I want to spend the days with you guys remember?" I answer.
Mom smiles. "I am happy you are well Rose."
I told her about having issues with Daniel. While Charlie knows all of it. He is the only one I can trust.
"Thanks," I say, "how about we go out to eat? I don't feel like cooking."
"Sure. Let me just check Charlie."
She walks to my room. I sigh. Daniel hasn't called me. I understand why and he has the right to. I feel more like crap because of that. He didn't deserve to be played.
"I am ready!" Charlie comes by.
We get our things and head out.
***
I get a text from Nathan.
Are you really done with all of it?

Yes. Don't talk to me anymore.

I don't get a reply. I guess he got the memo. We are back from dinner and we each get personal time. I cuddle with Louie on the couch while comedy movies play on the tv. I dont find humor though.
Then my phone rings. It is a text from Daniel.
Are you up? Can we talk?

I sit up straight and cant believe it.
Sure. Wait for me downstairs. Have family over.
I quickly fix my pony tail and glasses. I have casual clothes so I look decent. I run downstairs.
I see Daniel leaning agaisnt his car. He has a white office suit on.
"Hi," I say.
He looks up. "Hi, do you mind if you we go my place?"
I shrug. "Let me just text my mom." I tell her I am taking a walk with Shayla. I don't want her and Charlie to be questioning me when I get back.
I go in the car and we head to his house.
Once we arrive, Daniel opens a whiskey bottle. He pours to glasses and offers me one.
"Um, you know I don't really drink," I say.
He puts the glass in front of me anyway. He takes a sip of alcohol. "I know just thought you need it. I guess you must be heartbroken?"
"What do you mean?" Then I get Luke's face in my mind. Did he tell Daniel everything?
"You and I? Luke told me you cried for me,"
Whoa, what the hell?
I look down at the whiskey. "Kinda."
"He wanted to apologize to you, is that true? You saw him?"
I nod. What did Luke say?
"Can you tell me the rest?" Daniel asks.
I quickly look at him. "Well you know it."
He leans across the kitchen table. "I want to hear it."
My phone rings. It is a text. "I think my mom wants something. Can I reply?" I ask Daniel.
He nods.
I get my phone and it is from Charlie.

It is me. Say you prefer him and not me. Don't tell him anything. I won't get involve in your life again. I won't hurt you anymore. Sorry.- Luke

"Rosalie? Is everything okay?"
What the hell is going on? Why did Charlie say this? Is Luke using his phone?
I put my phone down on the table and drink the whiskey. It is strong and hurts my throat a bit. "Rose?" Daniel says.
I look at him. "I-I am stupid."
He frowns. "Why?"
"I thought that everything will be okay."
I cry. I cant help it. Luke is out of my life?
"Hush," Daniel hugs me. He pets my hair away. My head is on his stomach.
"I'm sorry," I whimper.
"I forgive you," Daniel helps me stand. "You didn't sleep with him but did kiss right?"
I nod. I don't know what to do.
"Tell me what you are thinking,"
I look at him. "I need to be alone. I don't deserve you. I won't ever be happily in love with you." I step back. "Sorry." I run out of there like if I am chasing for my life.
I see a light. Everything goes dark.

Daniel's Point of View

Sirens and engines are the things I can barely hear. My mind is blank. I am seeing paramedics carrying Rosalie on a carrier inside an ambulance. An idiot ran her over. She is dying.
"Sir?"
A police woman sits nexts to me on the sidewalk. "We need to know any information about the car that ran Ms. Dixon over."
I nod. "Of course." I wipe away the tears. Rosalie needs me right now. I need to man up.

....

Her mom and brother are around her. She is sleeping.
"She has a concussion, a broken arm and fractured ribs. However she will make it. She must have had an angel watching over her tonight," the doctor says.
"Thank you," I say.
"Just dont give her a lot of emotion right now. She needs to be calm to heal."
I nod. The doctor leaves and I get closer to them. "Mrs. Dixon, you can rest for a bit. I can stay here."
She says no. "Both of you guys go. Only one can stay."
"Mom-" Charlie gets interrupted by his mom. "Charlie please, she is my baby."
He nods and signals me to leave with him. We walk towards the exit. "Thank you for saving my sister. If you didn't follow her and gave CPR, who knows," Charlie frowns.
I pat his arm. "The doctor said she had a guardian angel. I think your dad was the one who saved her."
He chuckles. "I don't believe in that."
I shrug. "Okay, let just say Rose is stubborn."
"Okay."