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It was a bright Sunday morning. Rose sat on her couch sipping her morning tea and read the newspaper as the fresh morning wind rushed into the room through the opened door..

She sighed, flipped the pages vigorously and slumped back into the couch as she closed her eyes. She could not concentrate. She couldn't bring her head to act according to her wish. It was like her heart,and body wanted him. Only him. She could feel her heart hyperventilate whenever he was near her, her body ached for his touch and his strong embrace, and Rose, she ached for his love.

In the past one week at work, Alexander had already made many advances on her. He tried to touch and hold her at every chance he got, but Rose pushed herself away from him. Her heart wanted to be with him, but the stubborn and sensible part of her saved her from that hungry beast. His hunger for her was insatiable. He could not keep his hands away from her and he did not want to.

She wanted to touch him, to feel him and know that he's real and that he's in front of her. She feared that he would disappear like all those years back, she feared of loosing him again and more importantly, she feared his love. She was not ready to give in yet. He had to build her love and trust back if he wanted her.
He would have to wait for her.

"Rose."

She opened her eyes and titled her head towards the opened door.

"Hi Brian."she said and smiled warmly at him.

"Good morning."

"Good morning Rose. . .how have you been?"

"I've been good. Thank you. "

"It has been weeks since I last spoke to you Rose. .I missed you, a lot." He said, intently looking at her.

She nodded her head and smiled at him not wanting to reply anything to what he said.

"Sit down Brian." She said and pointed at the couch that rested towards the other end of the small table.

He looked at her and stood there without moving an inch.

Rose scrunched her eyesbrows in confusion.

"Brian?" She called out to him

"Alexander Hunter." He said and looked at her face with an emotionless face.

"What?" She asked him, confused as to why he brought up this dangerous topic.
Brian always turned into an angry beast when Alexander's topic cropped up. He turned into someone else and it always scared her. Rose did not want this now.

"Alexander Hunter. Our new boss?" He said with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
He was shifting into his possessive, angry and rude self once again.

Rose did not understand this sudden transformation in him. He looked angry, frustrated and mad at her. It was like he had split personality; changing from one character to another and that confused and terrified Rose.

She looked at him and shifted her gaze outside the house looking at the morning rays hit her porch.

"Yes. He's our new boss." She said ,still looking outside.

"Rose, look at me." He said as he mad his way to the couch and sat on it.

She looked at him, somewhere deep down she knew that this meeting wouldn't end well for both of them.

"I know you don't love him anymore Rose. You've got to stay away from him." He said sitting on the edge of the couch.

Rose sat there listening to whatever he said without uttering a single word.

"Leave the job Rose. I will find you another one." He said looking at her expectantly.

Her anger started raising but she controlled it by clutching her dress tightly.

"What are you saying Brian?" She asked him softly, trying her level best not to explode.

"Leave the job. You can't be near him." He said and ran his fingers in his hair. He looked mad. Like he was loosing control of himself. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
This time, speaking with a calm voice.

"Rose, he's not come back with a good intention. He's bad inside and he will break you again. He will break you Rose." He said, trying his best to persuade her to quit.

Her heart clenched and hurt at what he said. This is what she feared the most, him breaking her again. Her breathing grew more ragged and she gulped down as she diverted her eyes elsewhere.

"There is nothing left to break, Brian." She said softly and brought her eyes back on him

"I won't leave the job. I can't depend on you again." She said in a firm voice.

"I will find you---"

"No Brian. Please understand." She pleaded him.

"So you want to work as his personal assistant?" He asked with an accusing tone, emphasising the last two words.

She shut her eyes and sighed. Not again God, please.

"Stop it Brian." She said and shook her head with her eyes closed and eyebrows scrunched with irritation.

"No. I don't want you to work so closely with him."

"And who the hell are you to tell me what to do and what not to." She said, as her anger started raising.

"Don't you know that I like you Rose.? I. . .I love you. I can't get you out of my fucking head. I can't concentrate on anything knowing that your with him all the fucking time. Why don't you understand me??" He said, as his voice level increased.

"You know what?" He asked as he leaned towards the table.
He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

" It's like I want him fucking dead so that he gets away from our lives once and for all."

As soon as these words left his mouth, Rose froze. She couldn't get a single word out of her mouth. She would hear and take any insult, pain or torture inflicted upon her, But she would not let that happen to Alexander. She cared for him deeply and the mere thought of him not being there in front of her again was like a million stabs on her heart.

"Don't say a word about him." She seethed out with anger, frustration and gritted her teeth furiously.

Brian was taken aback and a sly smirk appeared on his lips.

"Wow" he said and sank back into the couch as he looked at her.

"So. . .you like him. Are you falling for him again?"

She did not reply to this and shut her eyes tightly with burning anger and frustration.

"You want him, don't you?" He asked once again looking at her.

"Listen to me carefully Rose." He said with determination.

Rose silently opened her eyes and looked at him.

"I will not let him have you. I want you. You are mine , Rose. He already lost his chance with you long back. He can't take you away from me. I will---"

"Brain, please don't do this. I can't love you." She said trying to make him understand her feelings.

"You fucking can, and you will." He shouted at her.

"Get out." She said looking at him and his form that terrified her beyond limits.

"No Rose, listen to me."

" I said get out." She yelled at him as anger took control of her.

She got up from the couch and pointed her index finger towards him.

" You speak to me like you own me. You don't have a damn clue about what I am going through since Alexander came back. Do don't you dare utter a single word about me Brian. I never knew you would be like---"

"I fucking love you. I am mad and obsessed Rose." He said getting up from his couch.

She shook her head and pointed towards the door.

"Get out."

He sighed and gritted his teeth with anger.

"Alright, but you should know one thing."he said and narrowed his eyes at her.

"If I can't have you, then I won't let him have you too."
With that he turned back and walked away from her house leaving her to suffer with hurt, anger, frustration and confusion.

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"Empty cupboards." She said to herself and sighed as she opened and closed the cupboards in her kitchen.

Rose had forgotten to buy groceries and other necessities that she required due to work and the recent life changing events that took place .
She used to go to sleep without eating dinner some days and leave without eating breakfast in the morning and hence she had forgotten to refill her kitchen cupboards.

Rose quickly picked her bag and made her way out of the house. She locked her door and walked away to the nearest grocery store.

She pushed the glass doors open and took a basket in her hand as she made her way to the isles scanning through all that she needed.

After a few minutes, Rose carried her now filled basket to the billing counter and stood in the line for her turn to come.
The girl at the billing counter seemed to be very slow at billing the items and Rose was starting to get impatient. She turned her eyes to the entrance and saw Brian entering the store. She took a deep breath and turned her head the other side trying to hide from him. She did not want to see him or talk to him anymore after all that he spoke and put her through.

Rose was third in line and the girl was almost done with billing the man's items. She patted the shoulder of the lady who stood in front of her and said,

"Ma'am, can I bill these items before you. It's really urgent ,I need to be back home as soon as possible. Please? It won't take long." She said, looking expectantly or rather pleading the lady to let her bill the items before her.

"Sure" she said and smiled as she made way for Rose to move forward.

"Thank you so much." She said and smiled at the lady as she moved forward to the counter.
She turned back and searched for Brian. She found him inspecting some packet and then kept it back in its place. She quickly helped the girl bill her items and left the store.

She started walking back towards her house and refused to let her brain think about anything. She wanted peace in her life. Was that too much to ask for? Somehow her happiness only sustained for a few days and everything was back to square one. How she wished that she had her loving family with her.

Rose inhaled the fresh air and smiled as the evening sun's mild rays hit her skin. She walked through the curve of the road that connected to her house and dug her bag to pull out her house keys.

She came to an abrupt stop when she saw a man in suit sitting on the steps of her porch with a cigarette in his lips and typing down something on his phone furiously with scrunched eyebrows. More precisely, she came to an abrupt stop and her heart jumped out of her chest at the sight of Alexander Hunter , who sat on the steps with neatly styled hair, ruthlessly tailored black suit, and his arrogant attitude. She gulped down and tried to control her rapidly beating her heart. She took deep breaths and moved a few more steps closer, towards him.

Alexander immediately raised his head from his phone with those scrunched eyebrows and the cigarette still in his lips as he looked at the person who caused the gravel crunch that caught his attention.

He smirked at Rose's astonished face and slowly pulled away the cigarette from his lips blowing out the smoke as he took in her appearance from head to toe. He got up, put the cigarette down on the ground and stamped on it.

She felt her breath hitch and her body shiver as his hot gaze travelled through her body. She stood there rooted to the ground, finding it highly difficult to move or speak.

"Hi Rose." He said, with a play full smile on his lips and slipped his hands into his pockets.

"Wh . .what are you doing here?" She asked, without greeting him.

"So, you won't greet me, love?" He asked and smiled at her.

Rose clenched fingers and held the grocery bags handle tightly at the endearing word.

He moved towards her and bent to take the bags from her hand. She quickly moved back and pulled the bags out of his reach.

"I . . I will hold them." She said and walked the steps of her porch. Alexander quickly walked behind her and caught her forearm as he turned her towards him. He came closer to her and smiled at her as he slowly raised his free hand ,tucking the loose strands of hair behind her ear.

Rose flinched at the contact and tried to free herself from him.

"I missed you." He whispered to her.

She looked into his eyes and stopped moving altogether. He very well knew how to steal her breath away. She looked at his deep green eyes and all she could feel and see ,was love. She gulped down once again and averted her eyes , not wanting to look into his eyes and loose herself again.

"Won't you take me inside your house, Rose?" He asked, still standing close to her.

Rose could feel the heat seep through her clothes, into her skin as his palms rested on her shoulder.

"N . .No." she weakly said.

Alexander gripped her shoulders gently and smiled.

"Okay, then let's talk here."

"I don't want to talk to you."

"Why?" He asked, and tried to gulp down the pain.

All this while he concentrated on her pink luscious lips moving as she spoke.

"Please go ,Alexander."

"Give me a chance Rose. . .A second chance. Just one. I want you Rose. I need you, please understand." He said, trying to convince her again and again without loosing hope.

"Please don't bring this up again." She said as she shook her head while looking into his eyes.

"Rose, am trying alright. I don't beg like this, I just fucking take what I want. But it's different with you. I want your heart, your love. Am dying without it. Please.?"
He said and gripped her shoulders tighter.

She tried to wiggle free once again from his strong yet gentle grip.

"Don't move Rose."he said with his heated gaze on her. He felt alive whenever he touched her. He felt his heart beat with happiness. She looked at up again and found his eyes filled with something more primal and raw. She stood there under his grip not able to breathe, and her palms gripped on to the bags even tighter.

"I've been waiting too long for this." He whispered after a few minutes, looking at her eyes and her inviting lips.

She scrunched her eyebrows and looked at his green eyes that turned darker. His jaws tightened and he gritted his teeth.

"What are you saying?"

He gulped down and looked at her lips as she spoke.

"I can't hold back any longer." He said.

"What--"

By the time she could ask anything else, he pulled her towards him in in a flash and plastered his lips onto hers.

Rose dropped the bags onto the floor and stood there with wide eyes as she looked at his closed eyes right in front of her eyes ,and felt his soft hot lips plastered onto hers.

She could not move anymore, it felt like she was chained down by him. She remembered the time when he had first kissed her. It was filled with anger and jealousy. But now, it felt more like he was trying to fill himself with her, he was reliving the lost days. Alexander was lost. Just one touch and he was lost, she stole his breath and his soul away. The feel of her lips on his made his whole body numb with pleasure and he could feel his own raising arousal. He kept his right hand on her waist and pulled her against his body, wanting to feel her beautiful features against his body that longed for her, and only her.

She was too shocked to move even an inch away from him. Her body tingled with pleasure and delight when his lips started moving on hers. He kept his left hand against her cheek and pulled back, breathless. He looked at her as he sucked in air to breathe.

"Wow." He whispered and gulped as he licked his lips looking at her parted lips.

From a distance, Brian sat in his car gripping the steering wheel with uncontrollable anger.

"She's mine you fucking bastard." He said and banged the steering wheel as he watched Rose still standing flush against his body and not trying to move away from him. He gritted his teeth and wore a wicked, dangerous smirk.

"I will kill you to make her mine, Alexander. "

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