Chapter 1030 - Meeting The Lindens

Rose took a deep breath.

Now she had even more questions than before. For example, why Elios Linden and his brother had different last names. And why Rune never told Rose from the beginning that he was actually a member of the Schneider family.

Rune noticed the confusion on Rose's face and he knew she must have a lot of questions. He nudged her arm and tilted his chin toward Aleksis. 

"That's my sister. If you have any questions, you can ask her," he said.

"Right.. oh, right," Rose nodded her head, still looked confused. She smiled toward Aleksis and finally found her voice to greet her. "Hello, my name is Rose Fournier. Nice to meet you all."

"Nice to meet you too, Rose," Aleksis replied with a sweet smile. As for her husband, as usual, his smile was reserved for only very important people, mostly his family. He just looked at Rose with a cold expression.

"Hi, Auntie Rose, nice to meet you again," said Ireland with his crisp voice. Scotland nodded beside him. "It's been a while. How are you?"

"I'm good, thank you," Rose's mood turned so much better when she saw the twins. The two familiar faces gave her comfort. "So... you are here with your parents. You have such a beautiful family. I have no words..."

Aleksis laughed when she heard Rose's words. She liked Rose already. 

Aleksis already read some information about Rose when she checked her background before she allowed Rune to come and live together with Rose in the East Village.

She also had heard about Rose from her twin boys and Rune. Now that she could meet Rose directly and talk to her, Aleksis could understand why they liked her. 

This beautiful girl looked really compatible with Rune and Aleksis could only hope that these two would really hit it off and became a real couple.

Rose would be a nice addition to their big family.

"My name is Aleksis Schneider Linden. This is my husband Elios Linden, and my two sons, Scotland and Ireland. It's so good to finally meet you. So, you are both in Medion today? I've heard about how beautiful your country is," Aleksis said. "Thank you for having my brother with you. He said he is having a great time."

"Uhm.. well, actually, it's me who has to say thank you," Rose said. "Rune has been helping me with so many things. I am grateful that he is here with me."

Aleksis thought things moved quite fast for Rune and Rose since her brother is at the phase where he was starting to open up about his identity to the girl.

She remembered, with London and L it took longer. Only after their baby, Lily, was born, London finally revealed his identity to L.

"Well... I really can't believe this..." Rose gushed. "Rune initially told me he only shared the same last name with the Schneiders and that his family came from a humble background... but suddenly... this...."

"Well, our family likes privacy. I hope you would forgive my brother for hiding his identity from you. He always planned to reveal everything in a timely manner. So, I guess, today is the day," Aleksis said.

"Yes, I think you are right," Rose sighed. "Well, I am not angry that Rune decided to hide his identity from me. I totally understand it. I am just shocked... that is all. You are... you are both very famous."

"Are we?" Aleksis and Alaric exchanged glances. 

Both were very private people, but apparently, Alaric's position as the owner of RMI made him unable to escape people's attention.

As long as RMI was still controlling most businesses in the world, people would always remember him as the founder and the owner of the giant tech conglomerate, even though he rarely showed himself to the public.

This was what Rose meant by 'famous'.

Rose was embarrassed by her reaction earlier. She was a noble girl and was used to meeting high officials and royals, but seeing the sister of her fake boyfriend who turned out to be the wife of Elios Linden, she felt awestruck.

"Thank you, I'm so happy to hear that," Aleksis said. "We heard from Rune that you are an artist. I would love to see your work sometimes. We have an extensive art collection and always enjoy seeing new artworks."

'I bet you do,' said Rose inwardly. She read somewhere that this family had the most complete art collection, spread in their many homes.

"Ahh.. I'm flattered that you are willing to see my works. I will send some to Manhattan as a present when I return to New York." Rose's face was beaming. She loved that Aleksis seemed genuinely interested in her and her arts.

This made Rose feel so good about their meeting. Gosh.. she loved Rune's family!

"You should come and see us when you return here," Aleksis suggested. "We must have dinner together. I can't wait to meet you in person."

"I have met the Medicis for dinner last month. I think Mr. Nicolae Medici is Mr. Elios Linden's brother. That's what Rune told me." Rose smiled sweetly. "I'm sorry if I come across as rude, but I am genuinely wondering why they have different last names if they are brothers."

Initially, she wanted to ask Rune about it after the conversation with the Lindens ended. However, since Aleksis invited her to dinner, Rose thought she might as well ask the question.

Fortunately, Aleksis and Alaric didn't seem offended. They knew it was an honest question since Rose had met Nicolae and realized he and Alaric looked somewhat similar, and Rune had explained to her that both men were brothers.

"Ahh!! That makes sense!" Rose pressed her lips in surprise. "What a lovely story. I am so happy you can meet your brother. It's a story with a happy ending."

This time Alaric replied since Rose talked to him directly. "Thank you. It was a long road but we did get our happy ending."

Meanwhile, Rune just stood by the side, observing Rose converse with Aleksis and her family.

He was happy to see that slowly the ice broke and Rose could feel more comfortable talking to the Lindens. 

The atmosphere became really warm and the conversation went by fluidly. By the time they were finished, Rose felt like she had found a new friend.

"It's so good to see you, Rose. Thank you for the lovely chat," Aleksis finally ended their conversation. The twins had to meet their teacher and study. "We should definitely have dinner together when you are back in New York."

"Yes, I'd love to have dinner with you. Thank you so much for today. I know you must be extremely busy. I am grateful that you are willing to meet me and confirm everything I need to know about Rune," said Rose.

"Well.. he is my little brother. Of course, I will do anything for him," Aleksis winked. "Okay, have a great day for you both. See you later!"

"Bye, Auntie Rose!!" the twins waved with broad smiles on their faces. Alaric nodded toward Rune and Rose.

The Virconnect call ended and, for a moment, nobody said anything.

Rose batted her eyes and turned to Rune. "So, you are really Rune Schneider."

The man grinned. "I am."

"What a coincidence...." Rose pressed her lips, seemingly still surprised by how the event was unfolding.

This morning during breakfast, she was really upset because of the article. She was stressed, thinking that Rune would be shamed when the whole Medion saw Rose being mocked publicly.

Sarah Miller, that wench, would laugh at Rose after causing the embarrassing incident.

However, now the table had turned. The article turned out to be true. So, now Rose didn't need to do anything to refute the article.

She WAS really dating Rune Schneider from the Schneider Group!

Ha!

"That's great, now I'm relieved," Rose said. She let out a long sigh. "I was so upset this morning. Now, I feel better."

"I am happy to hear that," Rune said. He touched Rose's arm gently. "I actually didn't want to divulge my secret this early.. but I had no choice. Sarah is trying to embarrass you."

"Yeahh.. thank you, so much," Rose said.

"Hmm.. So, now that you have seen my sister, do you really believe me?" Rune asked her.

Rose stared at the man intently and bit her lip. "I do... but, I still have so many questions."

"Fire away," Rune responded. "I will answer them."