Novel Palace
Chapter 27
Rose frowned when she heard Cara's words. What does she mean flat? Yes, she might be young but she definitely isn't flat Cara had made it sound. She just isn't curvy yet just because she is still young. Feeling a gaze on her, Rose raised her head up and saw Alex staring at her. 'Did he think I'm flat as well?' Annoyed, she pouted, glared at him.
"Move away from me. If you're also having the same thoughts as that woman." It somehow only came out as a whisper and was only audible to Alex.Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.
Alex reacted swiftly, let go of Roseline and stepped away with a deep frown on his face. Not expecting him to let go of her like that, Rose lost balance and was about to have a heavy fall. She closed her eyes, acceptingly, though more helplessly. 'What bad luck. Now everyone is going to watch me fall. How embarrassing!'
However, she did fall, but into Alex's arms as he caught her again quickly. "Behave yourself, Roseline Gray and stop being jealous." Alex's cold, deep voice sounded next to Rose's ear. He sounded a bit irritated at the way she was being rebellious to him. Rose opened her eyes to see a charming-looking face right in front of her. His enchanting scent of cologne bewitched her, and they lingered. Without realizing it her cheeks reddened.
Alex, who was staring at Rose, saw how her cheek turned red and he raised a brow at it. Unconsciously, he reached out and stroked her face with his long slim fingers.
"Your cheek is red?" Alex remarked, completely clueless as to why it was red. He actually thought that something was wrong with Rose.
Hearing Alex, Rose raised her hand and touched her cheeks as well. 'What a clueless idiot. It's called blushing?'
'Besides, why would I be jealous? Nonsense. I don't even know you. How irritating and rude can a man be!' Rose was so mad at him as thought. But the word 'rude' came to her head and she finally remembered where she had seen Alex. 'He is that man that I met at the airport. The one that caused me to lose my wallet as well.'
It took her awhile to realize that she was still lying in his arms with everyone watching. She frowned and pushed him to imply that he should let go of her, but Alex made no response.
It truly pissed Roseline off. 'What's this supposed to mean? If he wants attention, then why the hell is he getting me involved in this?' Rose wanted to tell Alex to let go of her again. However, thinking that her step-mother and Sophia had been watching her, a wicked smile graced her lip as she composed herself and said as calmly as she could, "Please let go of me."
Alex frowned again seeing how she had quickly changed her tone of speaking. 'Well played, girl. You must have been on a roller coaster emotionally. Not bad at disguising your anger at all. You can definitely push yourself. Hmm. Intriguing.' He thought.
Their intimacy exchanged, though Rose was left with no other choice to give in to Alex, aroused great jealousy amongst the spectators.
Cara was mortified, but she dared not utter anything disrespectful to Alex again, since she had already disrespected him earlier. Instead, she turned her attention to Rose and targeted her, "Roseline Gray. I shall kindly remind you. Don't get fooled and lost in the fantasy thought just because Mr. King picked you as his girlfriend. It's just a matter of a few minutes because I challenged him."
Rose was speechless. 'What is
wrong with this woman? Is blind to see how shameless and rude he is to me, yet she's accusing and
attacking me verbally! It's not met shouldn't have asked him over
fault you were embarrassed, because you caused it. You
to choose any girl here as his girlfriend.' She felt thoroughly unjust, but she showed no sign of it,
"Miss, there's nothing between....."
"Who told you I picked her because of what you said?" Alex interrupted Rose and asked Cara.
"What is that supposed to mean, Mr. King?" Cara was taken aback by Alex's question. Didn't he pick Rose just now because of what she said. Everyone in the shop was equally taken aback, just like Cara. "Roseline Gray is my girlfriend." Alex curtly and coldly replied.
"What?! Are you telling me that girl over there is already your girlfriend?! The rumors.said you don't have a girlfriend Cara and everyone were completely shocked. Alex just said that Roseline was his girlfriend and she didn't become one because of What Cara had said to him.
"Oh my gosh, did I just hear correctly?"
"How come Roseline Gray is Alexander king's girlfriend?"
"Who knows, maybe the Gray household have been keeping this a secret from the public."
"There is no way no one wouldn't believe Alexander king because he is never a man to joke with such a thing."
"Just how lucky is that child, no wonder Mrs. Gray is treating that child poorly."
"Yeah, she must have been angry that it wasn't her daughter who is dating Alexander king."
Beatrice gritted her teeth in anger when she heard the crowds whispering, the thing that annoyed her the most was the fact that even most of the ladies that had come cofth with her to the jewelry shop were gossiping about thanks to the act Rose had put up earlier.
'Just what bullshit are you talking about?' She felt like snapping at them but knew it was a bad choice to make.
Alex didn't bother to reply to Cara, instead he planted a kiss on Rose's forehead before releasing her and made his way to the entrance door while Derek followed behind him.
"Boss, we have to go. CEO Gale just sent me a text message and is requesting you at the company." Cara's secretary came closer to her and whispered gently to Cara. The CEO Gale she was referring to was none other than Cara's older sister. Hearing her secretary, Cara gritted her teeth. "Take this. Let's go." She threw the jewelry box in her hand to her secretary who swiftly caught it. Cara took one more look at Roseline before stomping her way out of the jewelry shop.