Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 411

At midnight, the streets in Athana seemed much quieter. In addition, they were still in the suburbs, so

there were no other cars except for a few cars following behind to protect Rose.

In the quiet car, there was only the sound of quick breathing and the sound of kissing. Rose and

Edward hugged each other and gradually became more and more proficient in kissing.

Both of them were green in intimate contact, yet they made great progress after a moment of learning.

A long time later, when Rose’s face turned red and she felt it hard to breathe smoothly, Edward let go

of her.

Edward pressed his forehead against Rose’s and panted slightly. His voice was hoarse as he asked

Rose with a faint smile, “Are you familiar with it? Do you want to practice more?”

He lowered his gaze and looked at Rose’s slightly swollen red lips. They were delicate and alluring as if

she had put on lipstick

They could mess up Edward’s mind and tempt him to take a bite.

Rose forced herself to nod slightly. She had still been bold a wanted to crawl under the car.

ile ago, yet she blushed now. She was so embarrassed that she

Edward smiled and touched her lips with his fingertips. Rose felt numb as if an electric current went

straight from her head to her feet. Her toes curled up as she held her breath.

“Are you going to work tomorrow?”

Edward knew that Rose was shy and was just pretending to be bold. He did not intend to tease her,

and he changed the topic.

“Yes. I’m professional after all.”

If Rose did not talk about anything else now, she would be embarrassed to the extreme. Edward was

indeed good at chatting.. He knew well about her and found a topic to talk about.

“I’ll send you back. Sleep immediately after you return home. Can I pick you up tomorrow?” Edward

asked tentatively.

He had never been in a relationship before. At least, Hackett picked Sherri up every day, so Edward

thought he should do

the same.

“Don’t. I haven’t told my brother about our relationship yet. We have just decided to be with each other,

and I don’t want to be in a hurry to tell the people around us about it. I’m afraid I’ll scare them. What do

you think?”

Hearing that, a few words appeared in Edward’s mind.

They were “secret lovers” and “underground affairs.”

Edward discovered that after interacting with Rose, the number of vocabulary he knew had

increased dramatically.

Actually, Rose didn’t make it clear to Edward that she wanted to wait for a suitable opportunity to

announce their relationship. Back then, she had told Sherri that Edward was not her type. But now, she

and him were directly together and even kissed. The kiss was more exciting and lasted longer than that

in Rose’s dream, and she decided to hide it for the time being.

Edward did not tell Rose that Frank had come to talk to him. That day. Frank was obviously helpless.

Edward had guessed many reasons and finally reached the conclusion that it was because of Rose.

I have no objections. I’ll do as you say. If you don’t want to make it public, we can date secretly. Can we

pick you up tomorrow?” Frank wasn’t at home tomorrow, so Edward could still pick Rose up.

Rose had the same thought. At that moment, she was also thinking that since Frank and Grace were

not going home tomorrow, it didn’t matter if Edward came and picked her up. So, she agreed readily.

“Alright, I’ll give you a chance to prove yourself.”

Edward sent Rose to the gate of the Roberts’ place. Rose’s face was still flushed and looked cute. She

looked up and said goodbye to Edward. “Bye. Send me a message when you get home,”

“If you’re afraid of sleeping alone, call me.” Edward looked around and found that there were many

bodyguards and maids. However, Rose’s parents were not at home, and he was still worried about her.

Rose nodded and felt warm in her heart. She was glad to have such a thoughtful boyfriend, who was

concerned about her and warmed her at all times.

A few minutes after arriving home, Edward called Rose. Worried that she would be scared, he didn’t

hang up the phone even if it fell into complete silence on the other side of the line.

The next morning, Rose was woken up on time by the alarm. William was not at home, and the maid

had packed breakfast

for her.

Seeing Rose go downstairs, the maid quickly handed Rose the breakfast that she had prepared earlier.

“Miss Roberts, Mr. William asked me to prepare breakfast for you.”

“Thank you.” Rose had just hung up on Edward five minutes ago because her phone turned off out of

battery.

She walked to the gate.

Rose had instructed the bodyguards yesterday, so Edward was allowed to enter, and his car stopped at

the entrance of the villa early.

Because she had slept too late last night, Rose was in a daze. She felt dizzy and had a headache.

Sure enough, once a woman reached 25 years old, she could barely stand staying up late.

Edward got out of the car and opened the car door of the passenger’s seat. As he looked at Rose’s

sickly appearance, he knew that she had not slept enough. “Are you still sleepy?”

As soon as he finished his words, Rose realized that time was a little tight. “Hurry up, I’m going to be

late.”

She had forgotten that Edward was sending her to work, or she would have woken up a few minutes

earlier.

“Don’t worry. I’ve driven racing cars before. You won’t be late.”

Hearing that, Rose felt much more at ease. She wondered. “Why are they all skilled at driving? So

reliable!”

After getting into the car. Edward placed two cups of coffee in front of Rose and asked, “Cappuccino

and latte, which one do you like? It’s better to be refreshed when you go to work. This way, you won’t

make mistakes easily. Have a good rest after lunch”

The car started. Afraid that Rose would be late, Edward continued as he drove. “Don’t go out for lunch

at noon. I’ll order takeout for you. After finishing eating, you can have more time to catch up on your

sleep. Anyway, the effect of the coffee won’t last a day.”

Rose did not refuse Edward and was peeling an egg. As she peeled it, she listened to Edward’s

heartwarming nagging. He was so meticulous and considered everything for her.

“I want the cappuccino. I’ll give you an egg in return. My father and brother usually help me at home,

but I peel it myself today. Are you touched?”

Rose seemed to be waiting for Edward’s praise. Her eyes were curved into crescents as she smiled.

Edward held the steering wheel with one hand and reached out to take the egg from Rose’s hand with

the other. He stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it, feeling a little thirsty.

He picked up the latte and took a sip of it before swallowing the yolk. While they were talking, they

arrived at the hospital. There were still five minutes left, but it would take time to walk to the

consultation room and change clothes.

Rose didn’t dare to dawdle. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to keep her title of “Queen of Punctuality.”

As soon as the car stopped, she opened the door and said goodbye to Edward, “I’ll be leaving now,

bye.”

“Take the coffee. Drink it after breakfast, or it’ll hurt your stomach, Edward reminded.

“Okay. I have to go now, bye.”

“Bye. Be careful. It seemed that Edward would not be at ease if he didn’t remind Rose.

Edward finished the rest of his coffee and then drove to the Landor Group.

When he arrived, he walked straight to the elevator. Just as the elevator door was about to close,

someone pressed the button outside, and the door slowly opened again.

Kyle strode into the elevator and glanced at Edward who was standing beside him. Edward was

wearing a silver suit. He looked pretty tired, and the dark circles under his eyes could be seen through

his glasses. Kyle could not help but ask him with concern, “What’s going on? You didn’t sleep last

night?”

Kyle thought, “There are no projects that require him to stay up late recently. Why did he have to stay

up all night? Didn’t he pay a lot of attention to a regular life?

“It could be said that he is a machine which runs according to the itinerary.”

Upon hearing Kyle’s words, Edward rubbed the space between his eyebrows and yawned. The coffee

had yet to work. Last night, when he called Rose, he was worried that she would be afraid while

sleeping, so he stayed up late. During it, he even used a power bank to keep his phone on. He only

took a nap after Rose fell asleep. About two hours later, he went to the Roberts’ place to pick her up.

Edward was indeed tired. He had always followed his schedule, yet he made an exception and slacked

off today. He instructed Kyle, “Preside over the meeting in the morning. I’ll take a nap.”

Edward didn’t want to die suddenly. Anyway, he just began his relationship.

Kyle thought he had misheard. “Me?”

At that moment, Edward only wanted to catch up on his sleep. He did not feel anything wrong and

continued seriously, “T recruited you with great difficulties. Didn’t you always want to show your

strength?”

“Wait a minute. I’m not talking about hosting the meeting. I’m talking about your abnormality. This is the

second time you’ve asked me to host a meeting. Previously, you secretly went to Artroyland to attend

someone’s opening ceremony, but it only took a minute. Today is the second time. Have you already

woord her or are you still wooing her?”

The corners of Edward’s lips curled up into a smile. He did not answer Kyle’s question directly. Rose

had requested an underground relationship. Today was only the second day since they decided to be

together. To be more exact, it wasn’t 24 hours enough. The meeting will begin in five minutes. Are you

sure you want to continue this topic with me?”

“I knew you’d say that. If you’re in a relationship, I can help you with the morning meetings every day.”

Kyle said that out of sincerity. He hoped that Edward would find a girl he liked. Others might not know

how Edward had lived all these years, but Kyle did, as he had always been by Edward’s side.

When Edward returned to his office, he did not go to sleep immediately. Instead, he took out his phone

and sent a message to Rose. [What do you want for lunch? I’ll send it to you. I won’t let Sherri see me.

I’ll go to you openly when you want to make our relationship public.]

Rose drank too much coffee and went to the bathroom. When she just went out and was washing her

hands, she felt the vibration of the phone in her pocket.

She wiped her hands and walked back to the office. When she took out her phone and saw the

message from Edward, she felt that he was a little pitiful. Actually, it was not that being with him was

shameful, but that she had not thought of how to explain it to others. She wanted to wait a few more

days, at least until Frank returned.

Otherwise, Frank would be annoyed when he came back and heard the news. He went to Sapphire

City to propose marriage, while Rose dated Edward in Athana. If she told everyone about it earlier than

telling it to Frank, he might feel sad.

Therefore, after consideration, Rose decided to tell Frank about it first.

Rose had a plan. She thought that if so, Frank wouldn’t beat her up.

She replied quickly as she had to go to work. I’ll have lunch with Sherri and the others. You don’t have

to send any food to me in person. You can sleep for a while in the morning. Don’t worry, there will be

many chances for you later.]

Edward texted, [Okay. I’ll take your advice. I’ll sleep for a while]

Rose was stunned. She thought, “Why is he so obedient? Is he going to listen to me from now on? Is

that what he means?

“It turned out that Samson and I weren’t in a true relationship in the past. What was I doing back then?”

Rose shook her head. and drove Samson out of her mind. She couldn’t bear to let such a disgusting

guy disturb her beautiful moment.

While she was thinking, Rose arrived at the consultation room. Edward sent another message. [You’re

at work, and I won’t disturb you anymore. Call me if you need anything. My phone is on 24 hours a day.

Every message from Edward contained his concern and worries about Rose. Rose was touched and

felt warm in her heart, even her face turning slightly red. She felt good to be with Edward.

As an extrovert, she did reply that way. Anyway, Edward couldn’t see her blush now. [It feels good to be

in a relationship with you.]

Edward texted. [That’s good. I’ll fulfill my promise and prove myself]