"What the...?" Rose turns towards the side where the voice is coming.

"Hello, Miss Amatore! What I have been observing is you are not replying to my messages. I hope at least you read my messages. Don't you?" Artemis shows his phone to her.

"Please, get out of my house! Right now!!!" She yells at him.

"Is that how you behave when a guest comes to your house? You can't even make proper gestures for your guest? Hmm?" He slowly walks towards her by removing his business suit.

For every Artemis forward step, Rose is taking a back step.

"What should I do with you?" He maintains the little gap between him and Her.

Her back hits against the wall gently.

"Please, leave me" She begs him.

"Ugh, Don't be apologize. I am not a punisher, But I can be in the future if you cross your lines with me. Why you didn't answer my texts?" He asks her by placing his forearms beside her head.

"I.. I.." She stutters.

He raises an eyebrow to show his interest in her explanations.

"I am sorry, Artemis. I thought we could be friends, but It looked like a romantic date to me" She lowers her gaze.

"Well, sort of..."

Immediately she looks into his eyes with shock and her mouth slightly opened.

"I am kidding" he chuckles.

"Oh god, can't you describe me frankly? I am tired of you" She whines.

"Well, I didn't mean to but I booked the theatre for our privacy you know. I want you to be comfortable" He explains by making a distance between him and her.

"That's it right?"

"Yes"

"Okay, and how did you barge into my room?" she asks with curiosity.

"I have my ways, Indeed" He answers with his hands in his pockets.

She sighs and goes to the washroom.

When she comes back, she is very much delighted to see when Artemis is playing the piano with his magical hands.

"Do you know how to play it?" she sits beside him.

"Yes, I know how to play every instrument" He declares.

"Well, you are a 5-star person" She looks into his deep black eyes.

"Only a 5-star?"

"Yes, you want more?"

"No" He continues playing the piano.

"Well, I have questions for you"

"Shoot it"

"Are you single?"

The moment when she asks about his status, he stops playing and looks into the large window side to think for a moment.

"After Jana cheated on me, I did break up with her to gain some mental piece"He continues playing.

"Oh, then what about wedding plans?"

"Are you out of your mind?" He yells at her.

"I just asked you a question. That's it, right?"

"Well, I assume you are but can't you understand what kind of questions need to ask rather than asking anything from your sweet mouth?"

She frowns.

"I am not interested in that topic!" He gets up from the seat and goes to the kitchen.

"Hey, I am sorry. Alright?" She follows him.

"No, don't be. You have every right to ask for details about me before having an official friendship" He opens the refrigerator door to fetch some cold water.

She takes the glasses from the cupboard and places them on the counter.

"Thank you" He pours the cold water into the glasses.

"And?"

"And What?" She gets confused.

"I hope your interrogation is completed. So what are your plans today?"

"Nothing, I made a mistake for not understanding your kindness. So I will make something to cool your disappointment" She comes close to him.

"Woah, I should be doing that for making you angry before" He frowns.

"Nah, Save it for later" She shushes him by keeping her index finger on his lips.

He is even more impressed by her kindness and beauty.

"What you gonna do?" He asks by looking into her lips and doe eyes.

"Wait and watch" She removes her index finger and goes back to her bedroom.

"I think, I am making a headway into your heart" He thinks in his mind and follows her.

TRING TRING TRING...

"Hello? Artemis speaking" He answers the phone call from an Unknown number.

"Artemis?" A Familiar voice responds to him.

"You got to be kidding me!" He sits on the sofa.

"Artemis, please listen to me! I am a sinner and I made many mistakes. Eric tried to use me but I refused his offer"

"Offer? Woah!" He laughs.

"Why are laughing at this serious matter?"

"Oh, since when you have started taking care of our relationship?"

"From the start, Artemis!"

"Then you should not have slept with him"

"I did not sleep with him!"

"Then why have I seen your naked body grinding on his body?"

"He ripped my dress and forced himself on me"

"Is it?"

"For god's sake, why are you not believing me?"

"Don't anger me, Jana!" He reverts.

"I need to talk to you" She cries.

"Why are you crying, Jana?"

"Because you are not listening to me. I am trying to express my pain"

"Oh wow! See who is talking about the pain"

"What do you want, Artemis?"

"You said, you are going to land in New York next week right?"

"Yes"

"Well, finish your work. Buckle up and let's have fun after you reach here"

"Artemis, you forgive me?"

"Yes, Jana darling! I will forgive you. Let's enjoy ourselves after you come here"

"Thank you so much, Ari darling" She blows kisses on the phone call.

"Don't be so dramatic, Jana! I will be waiting for you"

"Yeah me too, darling"

"Okay, you said there is an important thing to discuss with me. What is it?"

"I said you earlier, right?"

"When?"

"I mean, I tell you in person" she whines.

"Okay, can't you give some title or description like that?"

Jana groans.

"No, I can't!"

"Why?"

"It is big news and I want you to be in suspense mode"

Artemis groans.

"Okay, I have meetings. I will call you later" She cuts the call.

"Well, enjoy yourself before you come here Jana! Because you are going to enjoy with me in such a way that you forget to lie and you shouldn't break the trust of people who love you so much"

Suddenly, Artemis thinks about Rose and continues to explore her house.

Her room colors are very subtle and very contrast to his house colors. Her aura and personality match the house colors. There are no special items on the table or on the wall but the rooms are very unique.

Even though she earns a lot of income. But she never spends it on decorations or spend luxurious life.

"Rose!" Artemis calls her.

"I am here" Rose responds by watering the plants in the balcony.

"I have something important to take care of, I have to leave"

"What?" She gets disappointed.

"Yes, I am really very sorry" He makes a sad face.

"Hey, Don't be" She comes into the room after watering the plants.

"Thank you so much" He hugs her for a while and leaves immediately.

"Today is Saturday and the time is nearly 7.30 pm. How can he have important things? Well, maybe personal things I guess" Rose thinks in her mind.

Rose makes pasta for her and eats it while binge-watching her favorite series 'Money Heist'

After completing her dinner, she goes to the kitchen and suddenly experiences hallucinations about Alex in breathing.

She drops off the glass plate which she is holding. It is shattered into pieces.

"Oh my god! What's happening to me? Why am I seeing him? And I can't focus on anything" She whispers and all of a sudden, she gets attacked by an Unknown person who is strangling her from behind with a thin copper wire.

"Nice to see you, My rose!" Alex whispers sweetly in her ears.

"Leave me!" She scratches his face with her nails.

"What the...?" He leaves her and cries from the pain which she caused to him.

She gasps and turns back to see his pain.

"You are making a big mistake, do you know that?" He grins.

She immediately grabs a knife from the fruit pot and points it towards him.

"You are not gonna do that! Will you?"

"Why so? I can do whatever to be free from you?"

All of a sudden, she feels some burden in her chest.

"Are you having an anxiety attack? Or anything?"

"What is happening to me?" she faints.

Rose slowly opens her eyes and sees Alex standing beside her. His eyes were filled with lust and possessive.

"Oh my god! What are you doing?" She asks.

"Shush, Rosie! Be calm and let me enjoy this moment" He lays down beside her and gently places his hands on her lower abdomen.

"I am unable to move my legs and hands" She realizes and says to Alex to help her.

"Yes, I have added Thallous Chloride into your pasta. It is a dangerous poison which affects your nervous system" He says in calm tone.

"Why are you doing this to me?" She cries.

"Don't cry, darling. Do my work and I'll leave you alone when I get my thing back" He gently massage her lower abdomen by lifting her top.

"What do you want?" She groans.

"Baby"

"What?" She is surprised,

"A baby with you" He answers again.

"Are you out of your mind?" She yells at him.

"Listen, see! The moment I saw you I totally changed. I want to start a family with you" He explains to her.

"You are fucking crazy!"

"Indeed I am" He gets up and scoops her into his arms and goes to her bedroom.

"Please, leave me alone" She cries.

"Nah Nah, After we had a baby" He places her on the fluffy bed.

"Please, Please" She begs.

"I have no time baby girl" He tears her clothes in one move.

She is naked now with no undergarments. He goes to the hall and comes with his bag.

"What are you doing?" She asks curiously.

"You will see it" he winks and takes the belts, ropes and everything that is needed for the role play.

"Hey! Help! Somebody help!!!" She yells like a maniac.

"You bitch! Shut your mouth!" He closes her words with a gag in her mouth.

She sniffles and tries to scream for help, but she isn't able to succeed.

He ties her both hands at the corners of the bed with the thick belts.

She widens her eyes with a pure shock on her face.

"Let's make a baby, shall we?" He removes his shirt, revealing his abs and toned body.

"No No.." She tries to speak.

***

"Argh!" Rose opens her eyes and observes her surroundings.

She gets down from the bed and checks all the rooms.

"Hey, are you okay?" Artemis confronts her.

"Hey, you said you have an important task to do?" She asks him.

"Me? No, I was watching TV after you slept" He reverts.

"What? When did I sleep?"

"After you gone from the kitchen" He keeps a weird expression.

"Oh, yeah! I thought to take a small nap and ended up in a mess" She mumbles.

"Mess?"

"Don't worry! Go and freshen up! I will make dinner for you"

"I will also help you"

"No, I have to do this alone all by myself. Okay?"

"Okay!" He closes his mouth and continues watching the news.

"What is happening to me?" She takes the all-purpose flour from the cupboard and starts measuring the quantities.

She immediately remembers to take pills and she searches in the cupboards.

"Where have I kept?" She thinks.

"Are you looking for these?" Artemis comes into the kitchen with Rose's pills.

"How do you know that?" She takes them from his hands.

"Pills are there in the place where aren't supposed to be"

"Oh, you mean on the hall table?"

"Yes!"

"What those for?" He looks at those pills.

"It's for headache!" she claims confidently.

"Oh okay! Take care, Rose!"

"Yeah" She awkwardly smiles.

He leaves.

"Thank god, he didn't find out what are these for?" She immediately takes a pill from that box and keeps it on the small plate to have it with lukewarm water.

After boiling the water, she takes it with the hot water.

"Oh shit!" She whines like a child.

"What happened?" Artemis runs over to her.

"All the vegetables are run out!" Again she whines.

"Then why are you behaving like there is a bomb in the refrigerator?" He chuckles.

"Oh, yeah correct! First of all, I am really very sorry for scaring you and next give me sometime to buy some vegetables and needed things for today's dinner" She tells him while making a hair bun.

"Am I a prisoner here?"

"No? Why did you ask like that?" she chuckles.

"I will also come with you, only if you insist" He says in a very concerned tone.

"No problem, you can join me"

"Yay!" He smiles like a child.

"Where is your Personal manager?" Rose asks while pressing a ground floor button in the elevator.

"He is in my Mansion, assisting my work. Are you missing him?" He chuckles.

"No, I meant! He is your PA and he is supposed to be with you all the time" She justifies her statement.

"But not in the private moments"

"True"

DING...Elevator door opens

"Supermarket is nearby, I prefer we can go there on a walk"

"Of course!"

After five minutes of walking in silence.

They both enter into the Supermarket.

Rose grabs one of the carts and strolls over the dairy section first.

"Do you like dairy products?" He opens the door of the dairy products fridge.

"A lot, why?" she stops at the dairy section and starts to find milk, cheese and butter.

"Well, that's impressive! What I heard is women who are above 30 who wish to consume dairy products, will conceive twins"

"Oh, really?" She keeps Milk, cheese and Butter in the cart.

"Yes!" He follows her to the next section.

"Since when do you start researching all these things?"

"After we met"

"Excuse me?"

"I mean, I read it in the article recently"

"Okay! I need some vegetables" she changes the topic.

"Yeah, that's what we came here for" He continues.

"Did you go yourself to the supermarket anytime?"

"Not actually, my housemaid does"

"Oh, when did the last time did you go?"

"Maybe 2 years back, I guess?"

"Okay, what did you buy?" They both enter into the Vegetable section.

"A company"

"Oh, I meant other than business work"

They continue to stroll the cart.

"I went to a medical shop by myself to buy love gloves.

"What?" she stops strolling the cart.

"To buy love gloves" He smiles confidently.

"What is it?"

"Search for yourself" He picks up the fresh bell peppers and smells them.

She groans.

After all dumping into the cart. They go to the counter section.

"Total amount is 18 dollars ma'am" Cashier says.

"Okay" Artemis gives his card.

Rose slowly declines his card and gives the money to the cashier.

"Are you crazy?" she asks him.

"No I am not, I am just helping you"

"Helping? like paying for my bills?" She struggles to carry those bags.

"Please, you are making dinner and struggling in this damn cold weather to buy vegetables for me and I shouldn't help you?" He takes one of the carry bags from her hand.

She groans and walks like a child in the middle of the street.

"Fine!" He chuckles and follows.