Black Rose: Revenge Of The Callous Heiress novel Chapter 42

When Paige returned and informed William who was sitting at the head of the table that Rose said she'd be out soon, he nodded his head and waved Paige off.

However, Beatrice couldn't help but frown at Paige's report. ‘Why do I feel something is off? What is that brat plotting?’ she thought.

And just like she suspected, ten minutes passed and Rose hadn't come down yet to the dining room.

Rose, who had already been done in her room, purposely stayed back and patiently waited for ten minutes to pass before she got up from the chair and headed outside.

Just when she was going downstairs, she heard the sound of laughter and lively chatters from the people downstairs. She didn't need to be told who's voice they were.

At the same time, William was about to call one of the maids and have to go and call Rose again but paused when he heard footsteps descending the stairs.

Rose scanned the entire dining room with her usual lifeless eyes, she saw Sophia who was brimming with smile, Beatrice, who was also sitting next to William and finally her eyes landed on her father.

Seeing the father she once admired and loved for the first time ever since she returned back to life, she felt an odd sense of déjà vu.

But, hidden under his neat and smart mask was a calculating malicious heart and she wasn't able to discover it until she died.

‘Who could believe that this man murdered his wife, my mother?’

Why? Why did he do it?

Couldn't he just leave her if he didn't love her? Her mother wouldn't have argued with him, if he wanted a divorce.

Why did he have to kill her?

Wait. It was for money! She was silly. Why couldn't she see it?

‘Anyways, what a happy family picture this is. However, isn't someone missing in this picture?’ Rose thought to herself as she scanned everywhere but couldn't find Sophia's younger brother.

“Roseline, my daughter, you're here already. Come over and have your seat. We have been waiting for you.” William suddenly smiled sweetly at Rose, gesturing to her to take a seat next to him.

William rubbed his forehead in confusion when he saw her expression again. ‘What is wrong with this child? Or am I the one having problems here?’ He thought to himself.

Beatrice on the other hand, just silently glance at Rose, same as Sophia too. Ever since yesterday, they have both been having problems understanding Rose.

“Aside from that, I heard something happened yesterday when your mother took you out to the Will party last night." William started off and he looked at Rose to see if she'd have any new expression.

However, a smile adorned her face when she heard her father. ‘Hehe, someone sounds like he is trying to mask his anger. Ha, what a sweet and protective husband my father made.’ She thought to herself.

She took a quick glance at Beatrice, already knowing that she must have told him HER side of the story. Rose knew it was still too early for them to show their true colors as they had not gotten what they wanted. She had to be patient until the day she was prepared and could finally escape from them. For now, she would watch and play along.

But, it did not mean she would just allow them to take advantage of her.

‘Treat others the way they treat you, they say. But if it is an unpleasant way they treat me, then I make sure they will be treated ten times more unpleasantly.’