“What are you doing, Nicholas?” Roseanne said, narrowing her eyes at him. “I'm trying,”Nicholas sighed. “Look at me.”Roseanne looked at him with narrowed eyes. He had smeared his clothes with flour. They were standing in the same kitchen setup that Nicholas had made for her a few days back. One day, he asked Roseanne to teach him how to bake. Who would have thought that she would jump at the idea? He agreed the next day that he was a little tipsy when he said that. But she was in no mood to listen. These days, he had to attend baking classes with her where she was strict and dare he said a violent teacher. If he messed up salt with sugar, she would hit him with a spatula! He felt betrayed and violated. He even saw kids giggling to each other when Roseanne would scold him for mixing salt and sugar. In his defense both were white, transparent and both dissolved in water. When he gave this argument and logic to her, he earned another spatula shot and this time on his ass. He swore t
A few days later. Leon came to Roseanne and asked, “Mommy, can I visit Bella?”Roseanne furrowed her brows. “Bella, as in Mrs Taylor?”Leon nodded his head. “What for?” She asked him. She could not understand Leon's sudden interest in Mrs Taylor. Of course, she knew that Mrs Taylor was a regular visitor at their house when she was in hospital. According to Nicholas, she greatly helped Leon when he had shut himself in his world. “I don't know, but I want to meet her,” Leon said. He was being stubborn right now. He wished to meet her so much. “Sweetheart, we cannot just go to someone's home,” Roseanne told him. “She is now the first lady of the country. If you need to meet her, you need permission.”“Nicholas will get me permission if you tell him, ”Leon said. “He can,” Roseanne said. “But why shall we disturb him? He is busy with work.”Leon acted willfully, “Mommy, I really wanna meet her.”She sighed, “I know, son. However, it's hard to see her.”“Can you not do anything?”He ask
"Mr. Leon, there is a call for you." A maid entered his room and handed him the phone.Leon answered, "Hello?"He had an inkling of who was on the call. Not many people could call Hart House and request to speak with him. Even his old friends didn't call him anymore since he moved to the USA. "Hey, why did you email me instead of calling?" Mrs. Taylor asked abruptly.Without even a greeting, she fired the question, expecting a direct answer. Only Leon could understand her language truly, and he didn't need to pretend like everyone else. He understood her because they were similar kinds of people: blunt, rude, fussy, and cranky. They liked things to be according to their own preferences. They also understood things if someone tried to explain without making them feel stupid for their actions. If treated in the right manner, they were capable of doing anything if asked.“Did you give me your number?" he asked. How could he call her when she left him without communication? Shouldn't she
On the other hand, two assistants were baffled to see her so upset. They had not expected her to see her so upset suddenly. She went outside and saw her husband busy with official work and went to her bedroom. She wanted to be coaxed by her husband, but she didn't do anything since he was really busy with work. On the way, Beatrice encountered her, but seeing the latter's face like this, she didn't comment anything. When she met Sabrina, she said, “Did Dad scold our stepmom?”“Why?” Sabrina asked. She didn't hear any loud commotion outside. One could not just scold Mrs Taylor and get away with it. The woman would make such a big scene, and you would wonder why did you had to start an issue with her. However, when it came to her husband, she always made a relatively less issue. “She looked pathetic,” Beatrice said with a chuckle, “It only happens when he scolds her and she has made a huge mistake.”Truth be told, Beatrice claims to hate her stepmother. However, it was not entirely t
Roseanne went to the living room in the afternoon as she was busy the whole day helping the children study. The online school had been helping them keep everything on track. They liked and hated it at the same time. They hated that they could not meet friends at school and liked that they did not have to go to school every day. She heard voices of laughter coming from the living room and was surprised to see Mrs Taylor and Beatrice sitting there with Ellora. She greeted them as their eyes met. Beatrice was just polite on the surface and ignored her while Mrs Taylor came to talk to her. “Can I meet Leon?” Mrs Taylor asked. They were acting as if nothing had passed between them and they were as normal as ever. Roseanne nodded, “Umm, sure. He has been wanting to talk to you for a long time. But since you are busy, I did not disturb you.”If she judged this woman on one incident, she would make a mistake. She didn't want her anywhere near Leon but she couldn't forget that Mrs Taylor t
“Hey, buddy?” Mrs Taylor said as she peeked into Leon's room. He was using his computer. He out his headphones down and looked at her. She said with a wide smile, “Are you happy to see me?”“Why would I be?” He asked in a very grumbling tone. He dropped the bomb, “We are not even friends.”She gasped. How could someone be so young and brutal with words? He could not just break her fragile heart! He added, “We broke up.”Now it was getting too much. She was not going to approve this break up. She said to him, “Just like I don't remember when we became friends, I don't remember breaking up either.”She added, “I know you are happy to see me. Show it on your face.”He gave her a fake smile. Hah! “Can you forgive me?” she asked in a soft tone. Of course, a hard tone was not going to work on him. After all, they both were the same kind of people who didn't take hardness well. He said with an attitude, “Only on one condition.”She was ready to do anything for his forgiveness, “Okay. I
“If you cannot find me, just give me a call,” Nicholas told Roseanne as he was walking beside her and entered the big auditorium. He was attending an annual event for the business association. This time, he asked Roseanne if she would like to join him as his plus one. Luckily enough, she did not decline his offer. Of course, he knew that she came more for her own benefit but he was glad that she came with him. Because of lawsuit on her cafe for tax evasion, her cafe was getting in losses. No matter what strategy she used, it would not work out well. She and her financial team came up with a suggestion that she could collaborate with another company. A few names were suggested and she selected one of them. Luckily enough the planning director of the company was supposed to attend the event with the CEO. She decided to tag along with Nicholas. She was glad that even though she told him the real motive behind her visit, he didn't appear upset. “I will be going back stage,” Nicholas to
“Oh, hi, ”Roseanne said as she saw Sabrina while she was washing her hands while Sabrina was applying lipstick. Sabrina smiled at her. Roseanne didn't know why, but she felt like she should say something to Sabrina. Then, she said, “Congratulations.”Luckily, Sabrina had won an award tonight for her brand. “Thank you,” Sabrina said. They could only talk this much as none of them knew how to move forward with their conversation given their controversial positions in each other's lives. They left soon after. When the award show ended, there was an after-party, and Nicholas and Roseanne were supposed to attend that. It was where she would be meeting that director.“Are you ready?” Nicholas asked her. Roseanne looked at him in worry and then nodded her head. “Go, I will root for you,” Nicholas said, hyping her up. She mustered up all the courage and left to talk to that director to strike a deal. While Roseanne was striking a deal, he was having a drink alone in the room. On the ot