Rose looked at William seriously with a light in her eyes. She looked complicated and firm.
"Listen to me before you say it, okay?" William said softly.
"Okay. You say it first." Rose pursed her lips, giving him a chance and showing respect.
William sat opposite Rose. Outside the window, a few rays of sunlight fell on his handsome face,
making him look gentler and so beautiful that people did not dare to blaspheme him.
"Why do not you ask me the reason why I came to City H?" William asked rhetorically.
"Business trip? To attend a meeting? Or to see me?" Rose guessed.
"The first thing is to see you. It is also a business trip. Besides, I am here to attend a party." William
switched the order of things she said.
"Then you'll be here for a few days. Is there anywhere you want to go? I can be your guide." Rose
wanted to perform the duties of the host. This was also a small reward for William's care for her for so
many years.
"I used to come to City H. But I always came and left in a hurry. This time, I really want to take a good
look around and see this city where you grew up." William wanted to know more about her past and
even wanted to attend to her future, "Of course you have to take care of me. This is your territory."
"No problem." Rose said.
"Rose, I will stay in City H for a week. A month later, I will be your colleague again." William's point was
this.
Rose was a little confused, "We are colleagues now too. We are just not in the same place."
"That's not what I mean. I've submitted a transfer order. I want to come to City H and to your side."
William smiled, "Rose, kindly give me your advice at that time."
"William, don't do it. Your family, friends and contacts are all in City Y. You will get a better future in City
Y. Don't leave everything you have for a woman. It's really not worth it. I won't feel happy for you when
you do that, but distressed, you know?"
Rose knew very well that William would only be demoted if he left the headquarters of YM Group to
come to City H. After all, Matthew was the general manager in City H. If William was transferred, he
couldn't kick Matthew out. Even if he was still the design director after transferring, it was still not as
good as the same position in headquarters.
"Rose, I could not retain you when you decided leave before. Then, I will come over to accompany you.
This is my determination. I was not happy at all after you left. Watching someone else sitting in your
former seat, I thought I should do something. That's what a man should do." William had made up his
mind.
"Rose, even if I can just look at your figure and your smile every day, I feel cheerful. Do you
understand?"
"William, I understand. But please stop being nice to me. Don't be so silly to give up everything you
have for me… I am sorry. I only treat you as a friend." Rose took a deep breath and controlled her
volume and emotions.
She did not want to hurt William. But she had to say these words and could not avoid hurting him. Even
if it was difficult to say, she had to say it. Otherwise, it would weigh upon his conscience and would also
ruin William.
Even if he would hate her, she was righteous.
"Rose, I can wait for you." His time was only for her, "I have waited for four years and don't care about
the next four years…."
"You can't." Rose's eyes were red, "I ... am married."
Her voice was very soft, which was just like a butterfly flying by. But it reached William's ears and
shocked him.
He just sat there. It was sunny. But he could not feel a trace of warmth.
It was obviously a sunny day. But he felt so sad that it was as if it would rain the next second.
Rose also did not move. The two were like a pair of statues. Time was frozen and it seemed to have
fallen into a world of ice and snow. William shivered with cold.
After a long wait, Rose could not bear the oppressive atmosphere and slightly said, "William, are you
okay?"
"Rose, you're lying to me, aren't you?" William forced a smile in disbelief, "You don't want me to delay
my career and leave my parents and friends. So, you say such things to lie to me, right?"
"Tell me you are telling a lie and you aren't married. You just don't want me to pester you like this, do
you?"
"No." Rose had mixed feelings, "I'm really married. I'm not lying to you, and I don't want to lie to you."
"Don't say that about yourself either. You didn't pester me. It's just that I don't deserve your love and
care. William, in this life, you are my friend and my mentor. But he is the one I want to spend my life
with and I love."
William was silent again. His eyes became completely dull. He looked so painful that that he was totally
different from before.
"William, I'm sorry." Even a million apologies could not heal his wounds.
William gradually calmed down and smiled lightly. He looked cold and sad, "No need to say sorry. This
is perhaps the fate."
It was God who didn't want them to be together. He could only feel better by thinking that.
"It's my fault for making you carry this pressure."
Rose didn't know what to say. William was always like that. Even when he was hurt, he didn't want her
to blame herself for it.
"No pressure. It's an honor." It was an honor that such an excellent man loved her.
"Who is he?" William clenched his fists, restraining himself.
"It's someone you know." Rose said, "Bright."
"Bright?" William was shocked, and then gave a relieved smile, "It is unexpected and reasonable. I'm
just too unreconciled."
He stayed with Rose for four years and Rose only treated him as a friend. Rose and Bright had only
known each other for less than three months. But they could get married and spend their lives together.
How could he not be jealous and sad?
"Actually, we've known each other for a long time." Rose knew what William was thinking and slowly
spoke of the past, "Three years ago ... So, we have only recently established a relationship. William, I
know I should have told you about my relationship with him. But I couldn't because of the contract's
restrictions. I didn't expect that things would come to this … I fell in love with him, and he also had
feelings for me."
"This is the best result. Otherwise, I would have beaten him up." William felt relieved after listening to
what she said, "When can I come to your wedding?"
"We haven't decided yet. But the formality doesn't matter. What matters is the determination to be
together."
"You are right. But if he treats you badly, I will take you away and never give him a chance again
anyway."
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