After a long beep, a sweet female voice came from the receiver, "Sorry, the number you dialed is not answer at the moment, please redial later..."

Then he hung up and dialed again.

Burke did it over and over again and only got the sweet mechanical female voice.

Burke's face darkened.

As time passed, the hot air in the coffee cup kept rising in mist and finally disappeared.

The clock in the corner of the living room knocked twelve times, but Rose hadn't come back yet.

Sitting on the couch, Burke looked through the files sent by Mike.

"Mr. Gu, it's time for lunch." Sophie prepared the lunch and went to the living room to remind James.

Burke nodded, put down the documents, and went to the table to eat.

Though he had ate the lunch, he did not get much taste for he had been worrying.

"Is there still no news about Rose?" Burke put down his chopsticks and looked up at Sophie.

"No." Sophie shook her head helplessly.

"Where's the driver? Have you got in touch with him?" Burke asked again.

"No, I haven't..." Sophie answered in a low voice.

already been very dark. As maids, they were all very careful, for fear that they would say something wrong and do

He returned to the living room and

the corner kept ticking and the

over to Jean in

doorman at the gate of the manor called her just now, telling her that Rose had come back. Then, she rushed to

his hanging heart was finally at ease for the whole day. And his gloomy face was somewhat softened.

laptop and strode out of the villa. From a distance, he saw that Austin's car was slowly walking towards the direction of the villa.

didn't notice that Burke was standing at the gate of the villa and looking at them. Austin turned around and looked into Rose's eyes. He hesitated for a moment, but he didn't say what he had hidden in his heart. He turned around and

mouth, Rose couldn't help but froze. She didn't understand why Austin would ask her such a

while, she said slowly,

fine? It means not bad? Was that

bitterly. He felt sorry for Rose, but at the same time he felt guilty and remorseful for not protecting her when she

hesitating for a long time, Austin finally got up the courage and said slowly.

the dubious meaning of Austin's words, and felt at a loss what to do. She had never had an improper wish for Austin. Since she met Burke twelve years

Austin, Rose opened the door herself in an attempt to escape from the embarrassing atmosphere.

he quietly watched Rose get

that one day, Rose would accept his love, leave

she saw Burke standing at the gate of the villa, looking at her direction with a cold

subconsciously and looked at

convenient for Rose's legs and feet to walk in, she did not want to get out of the car. But the moment he got off the car, he saw Rose and Burke were looking

of what happened to Hetian Real

with a gloomy face. His strong

anger in his heart and asked

There is nothing to explain.

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