“Rose…” Darrin’s concerned voice came from behind the trees.
He had been following her in his car.
Rose sniffed and held her tears back,
With her head raised, she smiled lightly, “I’m fine.”
She walked across the green belt, opened the car door, and got into the car.
After fastening the seat belt, she gave Darrin a big smile. “I always overestimated myself and realized it when I quit.”
“Don’t say that.” Darrin stepped on the gas. “You were a miracle.”
Rose said nothing but turned to enjoy the night view. Her hands were on her belly…
Seven years ago…
Because of the powerful secret, she climbed out of the window on a snowy day and down the tube attached to the wall.
However, the tube broke out of the cold, and she fell. A tube pierced her stomach.
To get rid of those people chasing after her and pass the secret…
She put snow on her wound caused by the tube to stop the bleeding. Then she hid in the snow for two hours.
Finally, Darrin saved her.
She was not a miracle.
She made it at the cost of her future life.
Similarly, she gave all her love to Judson, so she lost the ability to love someone else.
“Look at this.” Darrin gave her a lawyer’s letter. “If you don’t want to go to court, we will deal with it for you.”
Judson’s men insisted on suing her.
Flourish Media made wiser choices. No one went to Rose for her ID. The lawyer’s letter was given to Darrin.
Rose lowered her head to look at the signature of the lawyer. “I got this.”
She had nothing to fear about.
After staying with Judson for years, she knew him well. If he wanted to warn her, it would be a letter from his company’s lawyers.
But if he wanted to sue her, he would ask his personal lawyer to deal with it.
She looked up at Darrin with gratitude. “I can’t rely on you all the time.”
Even if Darrin didn’t say anything, Rose knew that he would take the blame.
Judson didn’t know the real identity of Fatima Meyer.
Otherwise, their fight would not have been just about Maria.
Judson was determined to sue Fatima Meyer probably because he
believed that Fatima Meyer worked for Darrin or it was Darrin.
“I will find more evidence.” Rose put the letter between them and looked at it. “Darrin, no one can beat me anymore.”
No one…
No one could make her walk in the snow with a sharp tube in her waist…
“We will help you.” Darrin could see her face. He had complex feelings. “Don’t worry.”
“I am not worried.” Rose stretched out.
Nothing was fearful if she didn’t love anyone.
***
It took a whole night to pack up Rose’s belongings in the Imperial Garden.
The next afternoon, her belongings were delivered as Tameka ordered.
Tameka loved flowers, so she ran Florale Tea House, which was elegant and low–key. Sometimes, it would be closed. Usually, the customers were her good friends and her guests.
It was noon. The golden light shone in the garden.
Tameka drank the tea with her eyes closed under the tree.
“Mrs. Roach, here are Ms. Edwards‘ belongings. Where should we put them?” Isidro was nervous. He was careful about this task.
But he didn’t dare to say much when he looked at Judson, who was standing at the entrance to the garden.
Tameka opened her eyes slowly and stood up. She opened the suitcase casually, and then things dropped.
She sighed. “She left these things. It means they are not that important. Never mind. Put them in my warehouse. If she wants to come back, I will return them to her. If she…”
Suddenly, she looked in the direction of the gate.
“Why are you here?” Tameka used to be very beautiful when she was young. Although she got older, she still looked gorgeous when smiling. “Aren’t you busy? Why are you here? It’s not a big deal.”
She squinted at Isidro. “Did you finish your task well? Why is he here to watch you?”
Isidro didn’t dare to say anything.
Tameka had seen Judson before. But she said so on purpose.
Apparently, she was mocking Judson to vent her anger.
“Why are you standing here?” She waved at Judson. “Come in. I need your help.” Judson came in then.
After a night, her bruises got better. But there were still dark circles under his eyes. He looked cool.
Tameka was pretty and grumpy. Everyone in the Roach family respected her.
Judson wouldn’t go against her when she was annoyed.
“Mom, you are spoiling her.” He was cold. “That’s why she goes too far.”
“Heh!” Tameka smiled.
“It happened. What should I do now? You seem to have a poor memory. Do you want me to remind you of the person who saved your life?”
Her face turned cold. “I am just mad at Rose. If I spoiled other girls, they might have been a queen or something. But she ended up as your sex partner!”
“Mom!” Judson became mad. “Who told you so?”
“What?” Tameka gave a brighter smile. “There was all kinds of news from the Imperial Garden. Why couldn’t I know that?”
Judson had a dark face.
He didn’t manage the Imperial Garden well. Some servants had worked for his family for a long time. And some of them were picked by Tameka.
And Rose lived here too.
The hostess should manage them. She should be responsible for the leak too.
“Why are you so mad?” Tameka hit him with her elbow.
She was outgoing. But somehow, her son was aloof.
She continued to tease him, “Anyway, you don’t care about their gossip. You don’t know how terrible it is, right?”
“Rose told you about it?” Judson couldn’t think of anyone else who would do that.
“If Rose was as scheming as your servants, she wouldn’t have ended up like this…”
“Mom.” Judson’s voice was cold.
He wouldn’t be mad at his mother, but he was bad–tempered.
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