“Why are you here at this hour, Mr. Jacques? It’s a little bit late for business. Are you here to invite Rosalie out to dinner, too?”

Christian countered, “Am I not allowed to? We’ve dated before.”

That was what gnawed at River the most.

He was not technically dating Rosalie right now, and she had dated a few other rich heirs, too. Luckily, her standards were high enough that it had not gone anywhere with those guys.

When she went on that first blind date with Christian, River had known about it, but at the time, he had not realized he had feelings for Rosalie.

When he heard about it, he said in private that Rosalie was bad-tempered and had too strong a personality for Christian to handle, and that it would definitely not work out.

Lo and behold, he was right on the money, and things did not work out between them after the blind date. There was no follow-up either.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, the two decided to see each other again.

Christian even publicly appeared as Rosalie’s