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.

Rupert couldn't forget

I look

Annabel suddenly asked.

Rupert was stunned.

Candy was just a

in darkness.His memory of what she looked like

about Candy was the

That was unforgettable.

like Annabel was Candy, but not

same faint fragrance and gave him the same warm

are similar," Rupert

Annabel felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

when he stepped in front of a knife for her, or when

now, he asked, "Don't you think we should try to work on our

all because 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 won't marry someone who sees me as a substitute.So, it’s impossible for us to be

she got up and went straight

her tone

the sofa without hesitation,

whether or not it was because of Candy that he fell in love with Annabel.But he did know for

late at

last month with Rupert.He truly was an exceptional man,

already belonged to his childhood

especially when it came

couldn't be together.Both Annabel and Rupert

from the sofa

handsome face also showed

good mood this morning and noticed that both looked tired when he opened the door for

of the dishes went to

should control yourselves," Bruce said with an ambiguous

Annabel was speechless.