Rowan was busy gloating because he felt he had finally found the perfect way to deal with his stubborn Rose.
For the first time he was not even mad at getting sick, but he felt so relieved because this was an opportunity for him to surely cultivate something with her and of course, he felt so happy because he had a hunch that his sickness had worried her and that that was the only reason that she was not able to identify his actions as pretense.
Yes, he was sick, but not to the point of actually being in such a situation. He had seen Rose coming in and he had seen his guards protecting her and how they acted towards her, and he of course knew that it was either using this chance or letting her go without having anything happening between them.
Rose turned and observed the man on the bed, and she couldn't help but shake her head in sympathy because this same man was in the situation because of her.
