chapter 27

Rose was seated on the dining table drinking her tea when the maids announced that the work is done.

It was 1:00 in the afternoon and Rose with the help of the maids had organised her closet and was shocked to see Ermanno with very little clothes.

She then received a call from Sabrina and then by Thomas and Cindy.

They all asked about their honeymoon plans and Rose said she didn't know.

It was in the late afternoon that she received a call from Ermanno that they would be having dinner in the Devonte hotel.

Ermanno had bought an office space near the hotel to work on his computer and had hired the required staff for the office.

Brad was in contact with Ermanno and both had been working on this together.

In the morning he received a call from Sabrina asking about their honeymoon plans and Ermanno said he will think about it and let her know.

Ermanno was seated in his chair in his office and thinking about Rose.

Ermanno wanted to make his image better and marrying Rose was the first step. Past five years he had thought of many ways he could take revenge on Rose for everything she has done to him.

"Rose... Rose... Rose... you are responsible for every bad thing in my life. Your end will be the end of my misery and only then will I be able to live a peaceful life. But you will only die when you have returned what you took from me. You will return my child. " said Ermanno to himself with anger and haterade for Rose.

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Flashback...

18yr old Ermanno was standing outside his new girlfriend Sofia's house waiting for her.

He had headphones on and was listening to music while waiting.

He then felt someone tap at his thigh. He looked down to see the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen looking up at him.

He removed his headphones and looked down at the little girl who was wearing a rose printed sundress and was carrying a huge white rabbit. And the most beautiful thing about this girl was her smile.

"Hi" waved the little girl.

"Hello, little girl," said Ermanno smiling at the girl.

"How may I help you?" Asked the girl politely.

"I don't need your help. I am waiting for Sofia" said Ermanno.

"Then you will have to wait for a long time. She takes a lot of time to get dressed. Would you like to see my stuffies until you wait for her?" Asked the girl.

Ermanno smiled at the girl and said "sure why not. But I don't know you"

"Oh. Forgive me, where are my manners. Let me introduce myself. Hello. My name is Rose Brown. I am 10 years old and I have many stuffies. They are my best friends." Said Rose and extended her small hand.

Ermanno looked at her hand and shook and said "hi Rose. I am Ermanno Devonte. I am Sofia's boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you. Sofia is my elder sister. And Thomas is our elder brother. So you want to come in and see my stuffies?" said Rose.

Ermanno nodded and Rose took him into her room.

Ermanno stepped into the room and of course, it was pink.

"Come here" called Rose.

Ermanno walked to the huge table of Mountain of stuffed animals.

"Wow.. these are too many." Said Ermanno.

"Do want to know their name?" Asked Rose.

"Sure," said Ermanno.

Rose called out all her stuffies name and Ermanno couldn't stop admiring the little girl's cute behaviour.

"These are all my friends," said Rose.

"Don't you have real friends?" Asked Ermanno.

"They are my real friends" giggled Rose.

Ermanno laughed and heard Sofia calling for him.

"I have to go now. See you soon little girl" said Ermanno.

Rose went close to him and told him to bend down. He bent down and she kissed his cheek and said "thank you for meeting my stuffies. They like you"

Ermanno smiled and said "thank you for introducing me to them"

And said goodbye and left the room.

He took Sofia with him in his car but couldn't stop thinking of the very well-mannered little girl.

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"Here Mr husband. I made this especially for you" said the 12-year-old Rose serving a muffin while hosting a tea party.

"Really?" Asked the 20-year-old Ermanno seated on the floor in front of the small table.

"Fine, I took the help of the maids in making them but I plated it for you all by myself" said Rose.

"I would like to taste your food," said Ermanno taking a bite from the muffin.

"I'll learn to cook first and then cook for you. I'll make breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner for you every day" said Rose pouring OJ in a small glass.

"So will you be my personal chef?" Asked Ermanno with his mouth full.

"No silly I am your wife. So I'll cook for you" said Rose.

Ermanno looked at Rose intensely while she was serving muffins and juice to her other guests who were a stuffed bear, a dinosaur and a monkey.

"So will you do everything a wife does?" Asked Ermanno.

"Sure," said Rose cleaning the table with a small cloth.

"Then come close to me and kiss me," said Ermanno.

Rose looked at him and said "Ewww gross. I can't kiss you. You are old."

"Old? I am only 20. And didn't you say you will do everything a wife does? A wife kisses her husband. So come on kiss me my wife" said Ermanno.

Rose thought for a minute and nodded and went close to him and kissed his cheek.

"Give me a real kiss little girl. On the lips" said Ermanno.

Rose leaned forward and kissed his lips and then Ermanno heard a flash go off.

Ermanno looked at the direction of the flash and saw Sofia giggling.

"What the fuck Sofia?" Asked Ermanno and stood up.

"What? I was capturing the sweet movement between a husband and a wife." Said Sofia.

"Fucking give me that," said Ermanno and went close to Sofia but she ran away from the room and into her room.

Ermanno followed her and caught her and threw her on the bed.