บท 22: Marvin Sanders

"Evan, are you waiting for someone?" Rose, who had just come out of the powder room, was startled by the bell ringing sound. She looked at Evan, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Yes. Sorry, Rose… we have to delay 15 minutes." He stood and approached her. "You can wait a bit while watching the news...."

"Sure, no problem. We still have an hour…."

Rose took a deep sigh when she saw Evan's back disappear from her sight toward the door. She sat on the couch while trying to relax her worried mind.

What if Evan's parents came?

She is not ready to meet Evan's parents. Not yet.

Rose was aware that Evan's parents would definitely not accept her. She is only a child of a single mother. She didn't even know who her father was. Even though they belong to middle and upper-class families financially, the gap between her and Evan is like earth and sky.

She needs more time equally standing by his side before his family knows about her. Their relationship should be kept secret until she has something she can be proud of, like her own business empire.

Still deep in thought, Rose didn't realize that Evan was standing behind her.

"Rose…"

Rose turned back to look behind, surprised because Evan was already standing behind her. And, she saw a familiar figure of a man with ginger hair, standing not far from Evan. He looked neat in his black suit. The man looked at her in shock.

Rose was taken aback by his sharp gaze. She knew that man from her past life. He often appeared in business news and business magazines. He was Marvin Sanders, CEO of Dream Inc.

Why did he suddenly appear here? Didn't he manage Evan's company in the capital?

She feels utterly confused now. Because all she knew was Evan only had one company, Starlight Investment. And as she knows, it has nothing to do with Dream Inc.

"Rose, this is Marvin Sanders. He is CEO of Dream Inc..." Evan casually places his hand on her shoulder and looks at Marvin. He couldn't hide his displeased face, but he managed to stay polite when speaking. "Marvin, this is Rose Wilson. My girlfriend…" Evan continued his words.

Marvin, who was already curious about the woman at his boss' house, was shocked to hear the woman's name.

Is she Rose Wilson? WOW! Finally, he could see her in person after so many years. He only heard her name when Evan was rambling about his dream girl.

"Hello, Ms. Wilson. It is nice to meet you…." Marvin reached out his hand for a handshake. But his hand was immediately pushed aside by Evan.

"No need to shake hands…." Evan pulled Rose into her arms.

Rose, surprised at how casually Evan and Marvin were to each other, was suddenly speechless when Evan pushed Marvin's hand away. She felt her cheeks warm at how protective Evan was of her. She could only smile at Marvin.

"Mr. Sanders, it's nice to meet you too. Uhm, you can call my name Rose…."

Marvin was surprised to hear Rose's euphonious voice. But later, he can feel someone wanting to punch him when Rose asks him to casually call her name. He immediately stole a glance at his boss for permission.

"Ms. Wilson, I'm sorry I can't call you like that….'' Marvin instantly felt shrink when he saw his boss' irked expression not change. "But, please just call me Marvin…." He realized that this woman must have a special place in his boss's heart. He must not be reckless with her, or he could lose his job.

Rose is confused by Marvin, who is a big boss in a big company, too afraid of Evan.

Are they friends?

But, she had never heard of these two being friends. Their ages are different. Marvin's age is 4 years older than Evan's, if she remembers correctly.

She glances at Evan wanting to ask him, but she is surprised, now looking at Evan's expression. His eyes are looking straight at Marvin, and his face looks annoyed.

"Evan..."

Evan looks at Rose beside him. He smiles lovingly at her before he replies, "Rose, you call him Marvin…And, could you wait for me for a while? I need to talk to him in my office?"

Seeing this icy prince smile so wide like this, Marvin almost choked. He couldn't believe what he had just seen, so he thought this was an important event and needed to be captured. Unfortunately, his boss' rare smile was gone before he managed to retrieve his cellphone.

"Uhm…yes… I will wait here." Rose blushed as Evan ruffled her hair and left her to his study with Marvin.

Inside Evan's office,

"Can you see what time it is? I asked you to come two hours ago. Why did you just show up?" Evan scolds Marvin as soon as they sit on the couch, facing each other. He felt annoyed. Marvin was late and delayed him, from going to the cinema with his girl.

Marvin feels tense looking at his angry boss.

"B-Boss, when you called me, I was in Vale City. I immediately flew here, but you know I can't arrive instantly, right? Maybe someday, when I invent a teleportation device, I could and would. Hahahaha."

Suddenly, this noon, he got a short message from his boss asking him to come to East City immediately. His boss rarely summoned him like this, and usually, if he asked, it meant there was something critical that needed to be discussed.

He could not appear immediately, because the trip by plane took two hours to arrive at this city. Now he wishes he has teleport ability or cloning ability so that the boss doesn't have to be angry like this.

"Did you do what I asked you?"

"I did, boss. I've also asked the interior designer to renovate the unit next to your apartments…."

He has been so confused since receiving a text message from his boss. He's asking him to renovate the unit in front of his apartment, with an interior design for women. But now he understood his boss's request. Of course, the apartment is for Miss Wilson.

Evan nodded, satisfied with Marvin's explanation.

"How about my other requests?"

"I have done everything according to your request!" Evan's last task left Marvin confused and curious about Dustin Moses' identity.

Is he one of his boss's business opponents?