Chapter 74: Declined

After Catherine left Mansion Rosa she drove straight to the coast where a wide, pure white yacht with tiny roses drawn around the base of the yacht waiting for her. She elegantly got off her car passing her key to a short man at the side and walked unto the ship.

As she worked in all her subordinates could already tell she was in a bad mood, she looked as calm as ever but she emitting a deadly and terrifying aura.

The yacht was exceptionally big; it was one of the first properties she bought for herself after getting back from the school for girls. It had two huge rooms at the top level the first bigger than the other. The middle floor had the living room, kitchen, pool and other entertaining things. And the other floors contained rooms for her workers and maintenance.

Walking past her subordinates without responding to their greeting, Catherine immediately went to her suite on the top floor but not before glancing at the other suite.

When she walked into her room, she removed her outfit and walked into the bathroom for a bubble bath with roses. She soaked for what seemed like ages, looking at her it seemed like she was sleeping, but her mind was wide awake.

'It's best you avoid me' that phrase and the look James had when he said replayed in her mind continuously torturing her. He blamed her, she blamed herself. Her brother was her pillar, t seemed like he depended on her, but in actual fact she needed him. A lot had happened in her life and her brother had always unknowingly helped her through it. But even he was turning his back on her. Feeling so depressed she sank deeper into the bath wanting to feel light and weightless.

On the Floating Roses,

A lady in glowing red hair and sparkling blue eyes walked out as bubbly as ever in a white flowing dress with a skin shining.

She walked to her study and Red Rose 1 followed her in.

"Boss White Rose 1 is waiting along with White Rose 2-10 for an executive meeting" Red Rose 2 said.

"Ok then let's begin" Rose happily said. She looked at the blank laptop on his desk which soon lit up. On the other side of the laptop where White Rose 1-10. White Rose 1 was the president of her company she let her run it because she trusted her although she signed all important documents. White Rose 2-10 were executives who were in charge of all other department of her company.

The meeting went on for a while and finally Rose was done with her official business and was extremely pleased with how well she was doing on her own.

After she finished Red Rose 2 picked all the signed documents and the notes taken from the meeting to file and keep safe.

Rose was left alone in her office; she swiveled around on her chair moving her legs from under the table. She stood and walked towards the balcony, as she stood there holding onto the railings and watched the waves crash against her yacht.

Looking at this scene anyone would feel at peace and some part of her did feel at peace but other parts were filled with intense emotions she couldn't control.

She missed Samuel but he rarely ever wanted to see her, especially after that incident with their…

As she was thinking Red Rose walked in, "Bose 1 is requesting a video chat with you, he says its important." She informed.

Leaving her messed up emotions behind, Rose walked back into her study. When she sat down she dismissed Red Rose 2 before proceeding with the video call.

"What happened?" Rose immediately asked.

"Boss we have been checking in on that incident that happened in the mountain region but couldn't find anything, and we have such limited resources with all our best hackers either on the Black Rose mission or with Liam."

"Hmm" Rose plainly responded. "When is Liam getting back?"

"He should be arriving today along with a few of Black Rose team of hackers."

"Ok good, inform him right now to start looking into it, I want results by the time I get back." And with that Catherine was about to cut the call.

"Boss, that's not all." Red Rose 1 politely held her back. "We got a request from a meeting and they are willing to come to our Island of Roses to see you."

"Isn't that a bit too far a journey just to see me?" Rose asked cautiously not sure whether it was a trick.

"They seem really desperate, what should we do?"

"Decline" Rose firmly said before cutting the connection.

After receiving orders from Rose, Red Rose 1 immediately declined their offer. While all the way back in the city, Nathan and James hurriedly opened to reply but were soon disappointed seeing that their request was denied.