Chapter 3—It Will Never Change

Maximillion Cesantio "I'll give you 200,000 dollars, and I want you to give 55% back before the end of this year. How's that?" I smirked, looking at Rodes.

"50%, please," he said, and I shook my head.

"55%, or maybe 60%. Pick one," I said as I sipped my drink.

"Okay, fine. I'll give you 55% by the end of this year, but can I ask you for 300,000 dollars?" he asked, and I sighed.

"If 300,000…60%, then." I sipped my drink, and I saw him thinking hard about this.

"Please, Mr. Cesantio. I—"

"Take it or leave it. You can try to deal with others." I knew he would take it because he didn't have any option besides mine.

"Okay, fine," he hissed, and I smiled. I signed the contract and called Jennifer to send the money. After dealing with Rodes, I did my other work and even planned to go to France next week to catch Mr. Sentrome's deal. Man, if I got that deal, I'd be so happy.

These days, I had tried to call Rose a couple of times, but she wouldn't answer, which was weird. Girls were so difficult, but Rose was even more difficult. I never knew what she wanted.

I was mad at her when I saw her making out with a random guy at Ken's party. I swear my blood boiled. I didn't like it. I just really hated having to witness that. She was so cold to me that night, and I didn't know what made her be like that.

My phone rang, and I looked at it. It showed Sebastian's name on the screen.

"What's up?"

"Meet us at the bar. We got some good news for you," he said.

What? Good news? "Be there in 20." I quickly finished my work and took care of everything. I walked out of my office and got a wink from Jennifer. She was plain and stupid. I shook my head and just ignored her. I went to the lobby, got into my car, and drove out from my office.

As I arrived at the club, I got inside the lift and scanned the gold card. I went up to the second floor and walked into our private room. I saw everybody was there except for Luke and Ken.

"What's up?" I asked as I plopped down beside Aaron.

"Ready?" Sebastian asked.

"What? Ready for what?" I looked at them all, confused.

Suddenly, Sky threw a white card to the table, and I took it. The initials A and R were on it. I opened the card and read it. My body immediately froze, and my breath hitched.

"I saw my wife secretly reading this, and I'm so curious because she had a shocked expression on," Sky said.

"Angel knew about this too, apparently," Alex said, and I looked up at them. I turned the invitation to see when, and my eyes widened.

"It's next week. She's getting married next week, Max," Sebastian said, and I put down the invitation on the table, clearly not knowing what to do about it.

"My question is, are you willing to let her go?" Aaron asked, and I turned to him.

"You literally had an on and off relationship for 10 years with her. You went out with a lot of woman, but you always came back to her at the end. She’ll tie the knot with Austin next week, and you won’t be able to reach her in the future anymore," Alex stated.

"I heard Janet talking on the phone. I think it was Angel or Sophia, but I heard that everything’s done. The wedding dress and everything. Our wives are going to be her bridesmaids, and they already did their fitting secretly," Sky said.

"Are you ready to let her to go, Max?" Alex asked.

"You know me. I have girls all around me."

"It's different. Heck, we all had girls around us, but we ended up with our wives," Sky added. I looked at the invitation and really wanted to burn it.

"At Ken’s party, Rose was pissed about you, and I told her about us being boys,” Alex said.

"She made out with a stranger," I burst out suddenly without realizing, and I saw them smirk.

"Just admit the fact that we’re all starting to get whipped, and I love it," Aaron said stupidly.

"You're jealous," Sky stated.

"No, I'm not."

"Just admit it, Max. Don't regret your actions once you lose her," Sebastian added.

"Like Alexis?" Aaron smirked, and Sebastian shot him a glare. I took the invitation and stood up.

"Going to her?" Alex asked.

"Shut it, North." I walked out and got into my car.

I drove to the Hastington office tower. As I arrived there, I got into the lift and slid the gold card to go to Sky's floor. My heart suddenly became anxious. When it reached 25, my hand turned into a fist, and I walked out from the lift.

I saw that Rose’s office light was still on, and it meant that my feelings about her still working were right. I walked and burst in.

"Jason, did I—" She looked up at me with a shocked expression.

"Hello, Rose." I looked straight into her blue eyes and walked in.

"What the hell are you doin—"

"What's this?" I cut her off and threw the invitation onto her desk. Putting my hands on the desk, I leaned closer to her.

"Are you blind or what? You can read it by yourself." She glared at me.

"Austin Portwalt? What do you see in him?" I asked, and she scoffed.

"The real question is, 'What do I see in you?' Maximillion?" She looked at my eyes with a burning expression.

"From ten years ago until now, you were always mine. You will always be mine, and it will never change, Rose. It will never change," I said coldly, and she scoffed.

"Yours? What a great joke, Max. After sleeping with a thousand women in front of my eyes, you still want me to be with you? I'm tired of you. Seriously."

"You know me, right? You know what I can do to him."

"Don't! He's my future, and I'll learn to love him, so don't even think about ruining my future life, Max. I want to be happy after eleven years, two weeks, four hours, and twelve seconds of hell." She glared and stood up from her seat.

"Do you even know who Austin Portwalt is?" I asked.

"My future husband, my future love, and my future in everything. Just swallow that fact, Max. I'm settling down." Rose took her coat and moved to walk out of her office, but I caught her wrist.

"It will never change, Rose…until forever, it will never change."