Rose's P.O.V

I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a few times
My head hurts god why I have to drink so much I don't remember anything I am sleeping on couch and have a blanket on I checked the time it's 4 in morning I stood up and slowly went to my bedroom and flopped down on the bed oh God this shit hurts I am going to drink less from now on.

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Beep! Beep! Beep!

Bloody alarm
I slowly opened my eyes and checked my phone 8:25 AM

It's buzzing for God damn 25 minutes.

I got up and walked in washroom and checked myself in mirror
Shit my hairs are a mess.

I removed my clothes and stepped in the shower and sighed in relief when warm water came in contact with my skin I washed my hairs with floral shampoo and conditioned them and put on a bathrobe and dried my hairs and went out in the kitchen.

I made myself a coffee and went to my study.

I sat on the couch and placed the coffee on table and opened my laptop, I logged in and checked the emails my schedule today I have to fly back to New York City my flight is scheduled on 1 PM so by evening I will be there.

I closed the laptop and took a sip of my coffee and checked my news feed on my phone same stuff.

I walked out and went to outside to the pool everyone was sitting there on the couches and Sofia and Lily were inside the pool.

"Good morning everyone"

"Good morning Rose how's the hangover"
Rayn asked

"Just Drank coffee so I can say gone"

He smiled and patted the space beside him for me to sit I went near and sat down

"Is everything alright man you look nervous"
I asked him because he looked like he is going to say something that can make him dead

"Umm. Nothing... Rose can I ask you something"

I looked at him suspiciously and nodded

"Umm. Rose do you remember anything from last night?"

"Yeah we played truth and dare and I passed out but I don't remember what were the questions you guys asked me last night"
I replied

"Rose my dear we had recorded the whole game we played I can show you if you  want"

"Of course I want to know what I said last night"

He slowly grabbed the iPad that was on the coffee table and opened it and gave it to me I looked it's the normal questions and dares we asked each other as I was about give him the tab back because there was nothing unique something grabbed my attention back to the screen.

It's me in a little drunk state and I stood up seeing that

"So Rose truth or dare"
"Truth"
"Are you attracted to Dark"
"Umm. Maybe"
"So you admit that you like him"
"A k-kind of-f"
"So you have feelings for him"
"M-maybe some"
"Do you want to be in relation with him Yes or No
"Umm. I d-don't k-know y-yes m-maybe"
"Are you missing him"
"Y-yeah"
"Are you going to give him that watch because you like him"
"Yes, I-I a-admit I d-do like h-him h-happy n-now"

What the fuck I said and why they have to ask me all these things, why in the hell.
I am fuming with anger now I looked at Ryan then at the rest of group.

"WHY THE HELL YOU RECORDED ALL THIS SHIT!!!!!???"

I yelled at them

"Why you guys have to make me say all these things, this is just unacceptable?"

I yelled again and throw the iPad on the ground with so much force that it's screen scattered in million pieces.

"Clam down Rose"
Sofia said

I gave a death glare to everyone and walked to my room and shut the door with a thud.

All the memories from last night came running back in my mind like a movie and went to my closet and sat on the couch and grabbed my head in between my palms and sat there.

Sofia's P.O.V

We saw as she stormed away I sighed and sat down on the couch.

"I think we did crossed the line"
I said

"I don't think so and we were well know how her anger is"
Ryan said

"No Ryan it's not that the things are different you know  she had seen her brothers die in front of her own eyes she loved them that much that now she is afraid to let anyone enter in her life she always push away everyone because she is afraid of getting attached and then getting broken once they left, you remember when she came back from Christine's house after four years of the that incident she was aggressive and she didn't even let us get near her"
I said

"She was a kid back then"
Ryan said

"No Ryan you don't know anyone don't know what happened to our little Rose after Jake and James death
She was lonely she have to hide she stayed away from uncle and aunty for 4 years she was just fucking 10 years old, do you even understand"

I sighed and continued

"On her 15th birthday it was six months passed of her coming back she always used to stay isolated on that day after party was over I went to meet Uncle Robert in his study to talk about Rose but when I was about to knock i saw the door was slightly open and Rose was standing in front of Uncle Robert

"Rose my child why are you pushing away your bestfriend"
"No I am not dad"
Her head was down
"Look up rose look in my eyes and say you are not pushing them away"
She still looked down because she knew that she can't lie looking in her dad's eyes
"Rose princess they are your only friends you can't ignore them for your all life"
Her dad said in a more soft tone
"Dad I-I don't know what to do"
"What are you confused of tell me"
"Dad Iwillhurtthem"
"Speak slowly dear"
"Dad I-I will hurt them, they will not like me, they will not like to be friends with me"
"Why you think so and how can you hurt them"
"Dad you see I held so much danger in my life even Jake and James died what what if my friends will also-
"This won't happen Rose you can never hurt any one you are the best child ever my princess can't hurt others and one day you will be the Queen of Arterbery's"
She looked up at her dad and he nodded

Guys she had gone through so much of mental trauma she was at the verge of breaking down when her perents mended her again in this beautiful lady"

Everyone was in shock

"What I have done Sof, I had broken her again"
Ryan said

"It's Okay Let's go and check on her"

They nodded and we went to look for her her room was empty were she can be.

We went down in the ballroom and then in the gym not even there but then some voices came from the dance room and we opened the door slowly and what we saw was.....

Rose's P.O.V

I sat there with my head in my hands then I slowly looked up and I saw a white dancing attire hanging in the closet I got up and took it out and changed in to it and went to the dance room,

I don't know for how long I didn't danced.

Dance is the second thing that makes me release all my emotions.

I took the two silk ropes in my hands and swirl on my toes then I flipped my body upside down and then I did many different things with ropes and at the I swirled again and again when I heard the door opened I didn't bothered looking who it is and jumped again did a upside down then I landed on my toes and swirled again and both silk ropes are now wrapped around me and I stood in between them breathless.

I heard some footsteps coming towards me and untangling me from the ropes   and I fell down on the floor.

"Rose are you all right"

It's Sofia she passed me some water and I gulped it down and said

"Why?"

Sofia's P.O.V

She was swirling like a professional aerial dancer and then she suddenly jumped and did a upside down and then swirled again when she stopped she was tangled in the ropes and her head down I ran towards her and untangled the ropes and she fell down I grabbed a bottle from the table and gave it to her

"Rose are you alright"

She didn't replied but gulped down the water and said

"Why?"

"What are you saying Rose"

I know she expresses her emotions best with music and dance but I want to know what happened to her after seeing that video of last night

"Why did you bring out my feelings?"
She whispered

I crouched down and sat beside her

"Rose it's Okay honey, to feel, to have feelings, to like someone, it is alright"

"No it's not sof"

"Tell me why"

"I don't know because- because-"

"Because you will hurt him"

She looked up at my face and then nodded slowly

"Rose how can you hurt him I know you can't"

"Sof you know I never really have feelings for anyone I always like to stay isolated from world and you also know that how hard it was for me to accept all of you back then how can I will be able to do a relationship with Dark, I don't know how to love except you guys and dad mom"

I smiled at her even she is a beautiful intelligent cold ruthless woman she is still somewhere that 10 years old sacred little girl.

"Rose you have learned to do everything, you learned to be the woman you are, you learned to be the C.E.O you are going to be, you learned everything perfectly it's just love you can learn it even though not perfectly you can love you can feel"

"But what if I hurt others in the process or I got hurt myself"

"Rose you love reading Shakespeare right"

She gave me a confused look before nodding

I smiled and said

"He once said

'So I, fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love's rite'

You my dear, you are perfect in everything you do but not in love try it even if it doesn't work smooth then even have faith"

She looked at me for sometime and said

"I am sorry sof I will try and you have eaten the first quatrain of the sonnet"

I laughed and said

"Oh Rose you can't stop correcting others will you?"

"Umm. Let me think NO."

She laughed lightly

And I helped her to get up

"I think I did this after a long time that's why I fall"

"What you did was really magical but you fell because you did it for so long and with so much emotions welled up"

She smiled at me

"Let's have breakfast"

She suggested and I nodded

We entered the living room and everyone was sitting there I think they must have left us for the conversation

Rose's P.O.V

What Sofia said was right I am already broken beyond repair so Let's give a shot to this love even it's just a sense of liking till now

We entered the living room and everyone was sitting there and I noticed Rayn was tapping his foot on the floor like he is really worried he looked up and came to me

"I am really sorry Rose I shouldn't have crossed my boundaries"

I didn't said anything but hugged him at first he was shocked but then hugged me back when I pulled away I sighed and said

"Rayn I am really sorry for what I did that time I regret behaving like that and you don't need to say sorry what you did was what a friend will do and remember your boundaries are from from this and you really did a good deed by exposing my feelings I except it"

I said he he looked at me and then at Sofia and she nodded and he hugged me and swirled around and said

"Our little baby Rose is going to have a boyfriend soon"
He yelled and put me down

"I am not a baby Ryan"
Everyone laughed and we did a group hug and went to eat our breakfast it's already 11 oh God  two hours for the flight when we finished our food it was 11:40 so we have 20 minutes before leaving so I went upstairs and dressed in a black off shoulderdress that reached just on my knees and goes down my knees from behind and paired it with white heels and I did my hair in a messy bun.

(

Dress)

(Heels)

I took out my handbag and put my phone and other accessories in it and went to my study I took my personal laptop in one hand and locked the study and headed towards the lounge everyone was there and our luggage was taken to the driveway as the cars are parked there and we don't have much time it's already 12:10 PM.

"Matt have you taken the file I have told you about in the morning"

He nodded

"Okay take my laptop because I will be working on plane"

He nodded and took the laptop from me and walked out to check the arrangements.

"Hey Rose take a chill pill dear don't work your ass off you are still not the C.E.O, what will become the one"
Nick said

"Oh it will remain the same the only difference is that the college would have been replaced by the headquarter"

He shook his head and asked

"Anyways what file are you talking about"
Adam asked

"Oh it's just a proposal from some companies for the new project the one that Platinum's are literally producing, that new mall one"

"Oh we haven't even looked in that"
Rayn said

"It's fine because I am looking for all the proposals because I am incharge of this project"

"Oh why Rose we could have helped you have already so much on your plate with the gala and the project of Africa in your managment"
Sofia said

"It's fine"

"No dear you will overwork yourself"
Lily said

Just then my phone beeped it's a massage from Rayn's dad.

"Rayn it's your dad's massage"
He gave me a confused look and told me to read it, I opened the massage and started reading out a bit loud so everyone can hear.

"Hello Rose my dear child,
I know that we made you incharge of the new project but I want to tell you that all the other 6 of you will also help you with it this project would be done by you all 7 as we all elders wanted to see how you guys will handle it and Yeah don't over work yourself.

From Platinum's '

I read the massage and said

"Does your dad know some kind of telepathy or something"

He laughed and said

"Oh actually I already know that you was incharge so I asked dad and he did this so now as per the orders you have to give us some work"
Rayn said

"Thank you for your idea of dividing work but I would have done it anyways"

I said as we were now walking up to the limo.

"It's ok Rose we have 5 hours at the flight so why waste time"
Lily said and I smiled and sat inside and then to door closed behind me and others entered from the other side.

We are now sitting in the VIP lounge at the airport in 5 minutes my flight would be ready as Matt came and informed us we stood up and I put my shades and mask and we entered Mercedes Benz to and it halted near the plane and we all went inside I was the first and the attendants bowed there heads at 45 degrees my staff is perfect.

I gave a short nod and entered in the lounge room and sat at one of the seats Lily sat beside me and Adam, Ryan and Sofia were sitting in front of us while Aria and Nick were sitting on the other side.

After 10 minutes we take off and after we were stable in air we went to another lounge and Matt and Max came with 40 files in there hands I asked them to put it down and go back to work and looked at others they were shocked.

"You *Rayn pointed his finger at me* were going to review all these 40 files alone are mad or something"

"Umm. Actually I have reviewed 5 files already and it it's 30 files left the rest 5 green are my reviews for the 5 I have read"

Sofia shook her head and picked up the 10 files that were in stack the one that were reviewed and put them aside.

"Why did you put them aside sof"

"You have already reviewed them then what's the use"

"I asked Matt to bring these files because I want your opinion I was going to ask after I was done reviewing all"

"Okay"
She handed everyone a file with the file which was the review I had written and they started reading it and I started with a new one the proposals was quite nice so I put the review for it in waiting and I began with the next one as I started reading Rayn called my name.

"Rose can I ask you a question about this "

"hmm"

I hummed in reply and kept my eyes on the file

"Why did you rejected the proposal of Wart's industry

I looked up and said

"There proposal was quite nice but Wart's aren't  Dan Wart the C.E.O is involved with human trafficking, he supplies innocent girls all over the world from different countries also he is lately trying to work with or company as he is under debts of some illegal people also he supplies drugs all over the world and have taken life of many innocents and Wart's industry is going to bankrupt sooner or later that's why he wanted to have a deal with Platinum's as we are the most powerful business empire all over the world"

I said monotonously and he was shocked as everyone

"What?How did you get such a information?"
Ryan asked

"I even have proofs against him once this project is over I will give it to the authorities"

"But how?"

"The Blackhawk"
I said

"The Blackhawk I didn't get it he is the best hacker and had hacked into many of the corrupt people and gave authorities proofs about their illegal works but how is it related with Wart"
Ryan asked

"Not he it's she and that person is a girl and her name is Rose Arterbery"

Everyone's mouth was hanging open

"You"

"One and only"

"Tell me Ms. Arterbery what thing you don't know and why you hadn't told us about the Blackhawk"

"I didn't told you because I didn't felt needed and it just slipped out of my mouth today I wasn't planning on tell this to anyone anytime soon and don't even dad know about it only Matt and Max because caught me hacking into some gang I didn't want to tell because you know how i am and the answer to your first question is love now get back to work it's already been an hour"

He smiled and went back to work and I too started reading.

When we finally finished up we had 6 files selected and the rest are rejected and we even deliberated on each of them now we still have an hour before landing, work ended faster the expected as we did it together I went to washroom and my business and came back and sat in the dining room and called the attendant and asked her to bring me fruit salad and sandwich and the rest order for themselve after sometimes they came back and served us and we eaten our food in silence.

And after we landed I went to my penthouse and everyone went to there places.

I slept as soon as I came back the day was quite eventful.

And there was only one thought on my mind now that I like dark his face coming up again and again before I drifted of to sleep.

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Hey everyone,

I hope you liked the chapter and yeh she had admitted she like him

Wow

Dear author please update soon?

I will and sorry If i am late at the update

With love

~Snow~

Updated 25 September 2020
3548 words.