Chapter 52. Every Damn Thing for You

ROSETTE

I blinked at Axel. “But… How can you be my next-door neighbor? A man lives there.”

Axel just looked smug. “Not anymore.”

I narrowed my eyes on him. “What did you do?”

“I just offered him a much better accommodation, and a lot of money on top of that. He packed and was gone within three hours.”

I said nothing for a while, just watched him, and he looked back at me, his eyes moving, searching, jumping from one feature to another.

Then finally, I asked, my voice a whisper, “All for what, Axel?”

He swallowed so hard I could hear it, shifting where he stood. He opened his mouth, then closed it. He tried again. “All for you. Every damn thing for you, Rosette.”

I could only watch him, unable to say anything. I wanted to ask why so bad. What he sees in me. Why was he going through all this?

But like two years ago, it was like he could read my mind. He took a step forward, removing his hands from his pockets. “Do you want to know