"Thank you for allowing me to escape her" Aletta said as she stood beside Jeanne outside."I hope it was obvious to her that we are trying our very best to avoid her" Jeanne said and both of them fell into silent laughter."There you are Aletta, I can call you that right?" Joseph said walking up to them."Yes, you can," Aletta said with a smile."Thank you so much for volunteering to save the day" he continued with a beaming expression across his face."The pleasure is mine" Aletta replied. She was kind of forced into the situation so she had no choice and it did not seem bad anyways. It would be the first time she was a bridesmaid."Needa would like to meet with you to tell you what she might need from you" Joseph informed her."That would be no problem at all," Aletta said back."Can you go to the room at the back? She would be waiting there" Joseph informed her. "Can I go with her?" Jeanne asked with a cute expression across her face."Sure kiddo" Joseph said giving her a slight s
"I am so glad you are doing that bridesmaid thing with me," Aletta said as they entered the room. They were back from the party and both of them were so exhausted from running all around all night. Needa had given them all tasks to do and they had to make sure that everything was perfect for her."I am so darn exhausted," Jeanne said with a yawn. "I will need rest worth three days to be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning" she added and Aletta laughed a little."So am I," she said and moved towards the bathroom. "Do you want to take a bath or should I do that first?" she asked as she began to strip off her clothes."Since you are already undressing you might as well freshen up now" Jeanne said jumping into bed and laying down allowing the softness of the bed to somehow massage her body."Do not waste too much time in there or else I would have slept before you came out" Jeanne said letting out a long and loud yawn."Sure," she said pushing herself in. A few minutes later she was
"Because we have been caught by one person already" she said pushing him away from her with all her might. She wanted to lean into him and kiss him but she had to tell him about the recent development and how they needed to pay more attention."We are?" he asked leaning in again. She pushed him and walked around him towards the bed."Yes," she said and sat down. "Maybe we should avoid each other till the end of the week until we get back home" " Why is your first response to anything always breaking off all forms of communication?" he asked standing a few metres from her crossing her hands across his chest. "Because it's the easiest way to ensure we don't get caught" she said with a tone that told him that she did not like the way he called her out just now."So who caught us?" he asked coming to sit down beside her."Your sister""But how?" he was confused as to how she was able to catch on so fast. "We had been so extra careful" he murmured."She saw us kissing you yesterday and s
Joshua stood up and bent to the door. He locked the door and took the key. He put the key into his pocket and went to sit on the bed."What are you doing?" she asked in amusement turning to face him."You can only go out if you can take the key from me" he said waving his hand in the air. "Do you think I can not?" she asked walking towards him."I am hoping you try," he said in a low voice followed by a wink."Why are you doing this?" she cried to him."Doing what?" he said trying his best to feign ignorance."I only came here so I can tell you about Jeanne, why won't you let me go to bed?" she asked in a desperate tone."You can go to bed here" he said tapping beside him on the bed."What do you mean by that?" she asked him and he smirked. "If I go to bed here then we will definitely be caught in the morning" "Then can you at least pretend to care about me and pretend to miss me?" he asked as his face fell. "What do you mean?" she was curious why he said something like that. Why d
"What do you mean?" he asked her. It was so obvious he still was not getting what she was trying to drive at."Anette is my best friend" he said his mind wandering around."Yes she is but she is your best friend who believes that one day you will end up with her""How?" he asked. Aletta was amused at how lost he was in the situation. how was he so naive and she wondered why."You know how it is natural for a girl to like a boy and vice versa," she said as if she was teaching him from scratch."Yeah," he said nodding his head."Anette seems to have those kinds of feelings for you" she explained."But how do you know?" he asked scratching his throat a bit."Apparently everyone knew aside from us. Jeanne told me today" she tells him."But that does not matter to me" he says and for a very strange reason, it warms her heart. He was giving her his word."You know that she would try her best to make you break up with your girlfriend and come to her?" she asked him trying to prepare his hear
Aletta woke up with a good morning text from Joshua asking her to have a nice day. She could not help the smile and blush that made her face their new dwelling place after she read the text.She sent something back to him hoping he would also have a nice day. For the day both parties were to be separate. The bachelors were going to throw Joseph a party and the same for the bachelorette for Needa.It meant they would probably not see all day and she was ready to suck up to it. Now that she looked back to when she began to work for him. She saw him almost every day and it felt good."If you keep sitting in bed staring at the surprisingly loving message from my brother we might never make it to the party" Jeanne said walking out from the bathroom."What do you mean? It's not from your brother" she said in a fluster and stutter."Why did I think it was from him?" Jeanne said sitting on the vanity table chair."I wonder too," she said throwing off the covers and standing up."Maybe because
The rest of the week played out in a hyper manner. Aside from the occasional annoying statements and attitude from Anette the rest of the week was filled with lots of fun, dancing, food and friendship. It was finally time for both of them to be joined in holy matrimony. "I can't believe the week is over in such a hurry" Jeanne said while putting the final touches on her makeup."I know right?" Aletta said sitting behind her."Aren't you going to put on any makeup?" Jeanne asked trying to catch a glimpse of her face from the mirror."No, I am not a fan," Aletta said in a dismissing tone."Come on I will make it as natural as possible" Jeanne said trying her best to convince her."I will most likely be uncomfortable all day if I put it on" she explains."I will make it as minimal as possible" she said walking to her and bending down to her ear level. They were alone in their room as Needa had told them to get ready and meet her in hers. "And I am sure my brother would be impressed to s
"Let's go or else we might be late to join the bridal train" Aletta said putting all she needed into her small purse."Aren't you going to take pictures?" Jeanne asked taking up her purse and stuffing an unhealthy amount of things she would most likely not need. Aletta shrugged in response. She had no issues with taking pictures while she believed she was not model-like gorgeous she knew she still had a kind of beauty that was acceptable "Should I take some for you?" Jeanne asked hanging the bag on her shoulder by the long bag hand and taking out her phone to help her take some pictures."Strike a pose" Jeanne said trying to encourage her."I should take some of you too, you might want to post some of them later," Aletta said taking out her phone too."Yeah, I might do that" Jeanne replied taking as many poses in a minute as she could do."That is it, let's go now" Aletta said slipping her phone back into her bag."One last one" Jeanne said turning the camera so they could take a sel
Hello Guys this is the final chapter. I want to first appreciate everyone who has read this book, who had supported, commented, voted and called me order when I did not update for such a long time. Thank you so much for being such a support in these times. As this work comes to an end I hope you support me in upcoming works. This free Chapter is for you."Joshua we would be late" Aletta screamed from the bottom of the stairs. "Honey are we using our government names now?" Joshua screamed back at her. "Joshua you know I do not like being late for any of these events" Aletta screamed back at him. Altetta paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs. "You know you should not be screaming while you are this pregnant"Joshua said as he came down the stairs with his daughter in his hands. "If you had come down earlier then I would have had no reason to scream that much" she retorted and he smiled. "It was my little pumpkin here who kept me waiting" Joshua replied as he got to stand b
"I am so happy for you, this is finally happening," Aletta said holding the arms of Jeanne excited."I am excited but also nervous very nervous does anyone have calming pills?" Jeanne said slipping her hands off Aletta's hand and feeling the sweat on her palm."Calm down, it's just you and Thiago, everyone else is just like a rock. I promise you once you get on that altar every of that nervousness would be gone" Aletta continued. "Thank you," Jeanne said sarcastically."Are you nervous because its mu brother? I can help you run away from this right now" Nichole suggested and Alethea rolled her eyes. "Are all sisters this way? This was the same advice you gave Aletta the other day" Alethea said and Jeanne shook her head. "How can I leave, I have been dreaming of this day" Jeanne replied. "Then calm down even though I don't know why you would dream of marrying my brother but we all choose our battles I guess" Nichole shrugged as she sat down."Nichole" Aletta chastised because she k
"You have to get to work" Aletta said rubbing the hand of Joshua gently. They had arrived back from their honeymoon over the weekend and this Monday morning was the first time Joshua was going back to work after the wedding."Can't I just lay down here with you all day?" he said taking out her hand and pulling her down to his level."You kept saying that and prolonged the honeymoon by two weeks,""Call me a criminal for wanting to spend time with my wife, I am getting the feeling that you do not want to spend any time with me" Joshua said opening one eye and giving her a judging look. "Joshua, you know that is not true, so get up now""You are no longer my assistant, you are supposed to be begging me to stay a bit more with you""What makes you think I don't want to do that?" Aletta asked taking his dishevelled morning hair back from his face."Because you keep urging me to get back to work so quickly, it's like you can't wait to get rid of me" Joshua took his head back to the pillow
"Mom don't cry again, you might get a serious headache at this rate," Aletta said rubbing the back of her mother while in a hug. The entire wedding was over already and the whole family was seeing the couple off as they were going directly to the airport for their honeymoon. "Come on, at this rate they might miss their flight" Leon said trying to pull Eunice off her daughter. She had been bawling the entire ceremony, if someone saw her they would think it was a sad occasion. "My daughter," Eunice said as she finally pulled away and took a step back. "I am so happy and so proud of you because you managed or find love for yourself even after everything" Eunice sniffled and smiled. "Thank you, Mom," Aletta said with a smile. "You better get going now" Jessica said stepping forward."We are on our way now" Joshua said pulling open the door and gesturing for Aletta to get in."Call us when you get there" Jessica called after the shut door."Do not call us" Xavier said as if he was giv
"I was always unsure about how I felt about you, You were always around me, taking care of me and I felt anxious whenever you were out of sight. A little secret that was the reason I always made you work overtime even when it was not necessary" Joshua said and there was a burst of small laughter across the room.They were both standing in from of the priest and altar but they had decided to take their custom written vows there. Joshua cleared his throat and looked up from his paper to stare at Aletta whose eyes never left his face. He flashed a small warm mile to her and she returned it."I never realized my feelings for you until you made that drunken confession that night that caused us to go into a relationship. I had always thought about marriage but for me, it was the only way for me to make children that would take over the company one day, being with you makes me so excited to think of waking up every morning with you by my side, I think of planting kisses on your lips and spend
"Are you feeling nervous?" Alethea asked Aletta who was sitting in the waiting room with her shaky hands. "Yes I am, who wouldn't be?" Aletta asked as she closed her eyes to steady her breath. "I mean you are very right, who would like to marry my annoying brother, as much as I would like to call you my sister in law I can help you escape if you wish to" Jeanne chimed in. "Thank you so much for the suggestion, I am nervous about this and not rethinking my decision. I can't wait to be married to him" Aletta said as her eyes shot open. "Ew" Jeanne said as she gaged. " What do you see in him?" she added as she picked at her nails. "Everything I want to see" Aletta added. "Jeanne stop trying to put ideas in her head" Jessica cautioned coming towards them. "What did I do?" Jeanne whined."I heard what you said" Jessica replied giving Jeanne a warning look. Jesica knew that her daughter was playing around but she did not want Aletta taking any of the words to heart. "I know I have s
"Mom's boyfriend would be here soon," Alethea said as she dropped the dish in her hand to the table. "I can not believe that I am being made to meet my mom's boyfriend at her age" "What I can not believe is that she can't order out but is making us to make food for him"Alethea whined as she moved back to the kitchen."What is even more crazy is that she is in a relationship again" Aletta exclaimed as she moved behind Alethea. "Don't get me wrong I guess I am glad she is finding love again" "Same here, if she is happy then there is no issue. Love is in the air" Aleteha added coming back to the table "So why don't you have anyone to share the love with?" Aletta asked. They were making the last trip from the kitchen to the table. "Says you? Who told you that I do not have someone to share this love with?" Alethea said dragging out her sentence and a weird smile climbing her face."Alethea you are hiding something from me" Aletta said going to clutch her sister's hand. "Spill now" sh
Aletta and Joshua tried to reach Anette and Richard but it was as if they had fallen off the radar. "At least we tried" Aletta said as she set down the phone to the table. "Happy now?" Joshua asked and she nodded. "I guess I have to get going now" she said taking up her phone from the table."Where to? You just got here" Joshua was sad because they had finalized her resignation and she had not been around him like he wanted her to be. He was happy regardless that she was doing what she loved. "I have to go finalize things with HR on hiring your new assistant and then I have to go shopping with your mom and sister" Aletta explained. "Can we at least have dinner together?" Joshua asked and started expressing shock when he saw the expression on her face. "We can not? I barely see you anymore these days" he whined like a child who was cheated of having any ice cream. "I am having dinner with my family, mom is introducing her boyfriend to us today and honestly, I love spending time wi
"Did you hear about Anette?" Aletta asked as she pushed the jar of pickles into the hands of Joshua. They had picked a date for the wedding and it was in three weeks. They were having one of the date nights where they stayed back home and cooked for each other. "What happened to her?" Joshua asked. Anette shook her head in bewilderment, how could this man be so oblivious to everything happening around him?"Have you seen her in a while?" Aletta asked. She wanted to know how much he did not know. "Well, since that day she came to our house, I did not think much of it when I did not see her again," Joshua said truthfully before taking off the lid of the jar. "But you know she called off her wedding and left the country so abruptly with Richard?" Aletta asked hoping that he at least knew about that fact. Yes, Anette did hurt them all but it would be too mean to not care about her when she had sincerely apologized."Maybe they did not want the wedding again?" Joshua asked shrugging. Al