Who Is The Real Boss?

Rupert fell silent.He opened the bedside table drawer, selected a cigar, and then lit it with a lighter.

As he sat and smoked, a cloud of smoke gathered around him.His expression was cold, and there was a touch of sadness in his frown.He continued to smoke until the cigar was entirely spent.

"Candy...She was with me when I was kidnapped as a child."

Kidnapped? Annabel frowned.

If she remembered correctly, Rupert had mentioned kidnapping several times before.

"Annabel, have you ever been kidnapped?"

At the time, Annabel had thought the questions were strange and rude.

But now, she wondered if he thought as Candy or a substitute for Candy.

Rupert's expression turned dark as he remembered what had happened when he was young.

"The kidnappers wanted me, and Candy was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.We were locked up in a cabin somewhere.We spent a few days in the dark together."

"How did you escape?" Annabel asked in a voice that was deep with emotion.

For some reason, she wanted to know what Rupert and Candy shared.

Rupert's handsome face crumpled as he answered, "Candy fell off a cliff to save me."

He didn't want to recall the past.It was too painful.He had been powerless to save Candy.

All he could do was watch as she disappeared into the abyss.

Candy was never heard from again, but he hadn't given up hope that she had survived.He had been looking for her ever since but found nothing.

Annabel fell silent.

Rupert's past with Candy was more tragic than she had imagined.

Candy had fallen off a cliff to save him.

Maybe she was dead.

wonder Rupert

look like

Annabel suddenly asked.

Rupert was stunned.

was

of what she looked like as a

he remembered about Candy was the warm

That was unforgettable.

were alone, it seemed like Annabel was Candy, but not because there

faint

similar,"

Annabel felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

when he stepped in front of a knife for her, or when he did his best to help her

"Don't you think we should try to work on

all because she

and thought hard about her situation.She looked at the man beside her and said coldly, "Rupert, listen, I'm Annabel.I'm my own person.There is only one of me in the world.I'm not a replacement for Candy.My future husband must love me wholeheartedly.I

bed as she got up and

firmness of her tone echoed in Rupert's

march to the sofa without hesitation,

fell in love with Annabel.But he

was late

stop thinking about the last month with Rupert.He truly was an exceptional man, just as her grandfather had promised.He was talented, handsome, capable and respectable.He was considered the most powerful man in the

his heart already belonged to his childhood

was always a perfectionist, especially when it came to love.She would never

more; therefore, they couldn't be together.Both

the sofa with dark circles around

showed

morning and noticed that both

went to waste,"

Bruce said with an ambiguous

Annabel was speechless.