With You For the Rest of My Life

After that accident, Burke went home more often. Although it had become a routine, Rose couldn't help but enjoy his presence more in the household.

It felt as if she had finally submitted to him. And at that thought, she couldn't help but think of the irony of it all.

Before she could go too much into it, Rose regained her composure as she continued to prepare her husband's favorite breakfast.

Besides, she knew for a fact that he had another lover.

Although they were married and she had been a very good wife, she couldn't help but lose it when she could smell the fragrance of another woman's perfume on his suit.

"Do you want to explain yourself?" she remembered herself asking.

Bruce, however, could only shrug in reply. "As long as you're my wife, you won't be replaced."

He didn't answer her question, but it was always like this. Back then, she never really thought that she'd be marrying Burke, the man who she loved for the past twelve years. And now that she finally achieved it, she wanted to be a good wife, whether it was from the heart or not.

And, that she was.

She loved him like a dog would love his master, although she could never really understand why.

He was a cold and calculative man, one who was difficult to love.

However, even then, he was still a good husband – gentle and considerate to all her needs.

When she was sick due to high fever, he came home early to take care of her, even lecturing her as if they were an old couple with only a few years to live.

She remembered how she thought she'd been dreaming. It was then when she opened her eyes and gazed at the armchair to see Burke who was scanning through a business magazine. A yellow light shone from the corner of the room, coating the line of his jaw so delicately.

She was reluctant to make a sound, wanting this moment to never end.

"You awake?" His cold voice was mixed with a trace of exhaustion and hoarseness.

She nodded in reply.

a hand on

was still hoarse after sleeping for such a long time. Noticing this, Burke quickly

She avoided his

she took one more

good sleep tonight," he said, tone

to scan

wasn't as indifferent as she thought it

she drifted back

waved over her once more. Bruce's shadow was seen at the balcony, and from the

she was about to call him, Burke was already rushing into the bedroom.

him here the

a few seconds for him to register that she had awaken as he looked up, raising his eyebrow. "I've got to go. Get some

door as

her eyebrows and glanced

It was 02:15.

he go at

so many thoughts in her head only for her to find out that

was similar to her name, given that

still blind of sheer passion. She thought that it was

that it truly was

that he had a fling with another woman. With that

that he had forgotten all about their past, she felt at

was just another embarrassment for

wanted was to be married to him. Turned out, she was taking marriage

as she hoped that no matter what happened,

didn't go the way she wanted. Under the agreement, Burke had