"Did you see the news about Joshua?" Jessica asked her husband as she joined him in bed." I did, could it be true?" she asked in a follow-up."I wonder if it could be. He is rather a peculiar kind of boy. I always wondered if he would never end up with someone" "Like a particular someone I know" Jessica commented laying her head on his chest."What are you trying to say?" Xavier asked. As he spoke his chest vibrated under her."I never mentioned anyone's name so why are you getting all worked up? is it because you think I am talking about you?" she asked with a fake laugh."It's because I know you are talking about me" he replied and she stifled a laugh."Come on it's nothing bad, he is just like his father and you were even worse than him, always so picky and moody. Our son even smiled at times" she added and felt his chest get tightened."I was not that bad" he murmured."Sure you were" Jessica said raising her head from his chest so she could look into his eyes. "But I love you ju
Aletta had gone through the hoops to find a suitable date for the Lennox launch party. She was sure that out of the five girls including Anette they would be watching so intently to see who he would bring as a date to the party."Why don't you take your sister?" Aletta asked out of the blue."Jeanne?" he asked leaning back into the couch of his office."Yes, take Ms. Delgado" "Why?" "Because no matter who you choose you would still have to answer the allegations of a relationship with her" she explained."Taking Jeanne might be a good idea, she wants to enter the working industry so I think this event might be a good one for her to get to meet these people" he said and Aletta gave herself an internal head pat.she suddenly felt a hand caressing her hair and her eyes shot open and looked up at him." Good work" he commented as his hand ran through her hair."What are you doing?" she asked in a hushed whisper as she took her head away from his hand reach."I was commending you for a jo
Andrew and Joshua entered the bar and into the private room. Joshua could tell from the expression on his friend's face as he ordered the drinks that he was worried about something and he hoped he was not there to apologize for what his sister had done.Andrew had been able to get the truth about the current situation out of Anette when she had come. He had scolded her but she had told him that he was a chronic pretender and that she was not going to allow him to manipulate her to remain an ordinary girl. She had told him expressly that she was going to climb up the ladder and not allow anyone to stop her."What is it?" Joshua asked when Andrew remained silent and kept bobbing his head to the slow music being played inside the bar."I don't know how to go about this" he said finally dropping his head."Go about it any way you want to" "First of all I am sorry about what Anette did, it's because we all cuddled her too much that's why she grew up to be so spoilt" Andrew began."Oh plea
Joshua got a text from Aletta and as he read it a smile climbed his face.'Don't stay out too late and don't get drunk. Send me a message when you get home He smiled at the message as he tapped back at the phone sending her a text.'I am already on my way home and will be home soon. I will call you as soon as I get home' he typed closing his phone and then dropping the phone to his lap. He had barely drunk but Andrew was dead drunk when they dropped him off at his house His mother had slapped his back and apologized many times to Joshua for making him go through all the trouble. Joshua had heard the word sorry so many times tonight that he was not in the mood to hear it again. Andrew had been so remorseful and had apologised countless times alongside the occasional gibberish.Joshua got inside to meet his sister drowning a tub of ice cream. He shook his head at her and walked inside."You know, I will really want to meet this girlfriend of yours would she be gracing us with her pres
Jessica was excited that her daughter was finally picking up some responsibility and helping out with the company. She told her husband not to bring up the fact that Joshua had a girlfriend and that they should wait for him to tell them first.Joshua had been shocked that his parents were not all over his business trying to know what it was that was happening."You both look very lovely" Jessica commented as her son climbed down the stairs."Thanks, Mom, I put in the extra effort. I am going to make those girls feel very inferior to me" Jeanne said. After all, she was the one on the top of the ladder. Why was it that they did not fear her?"That should not be your reason for going" Jessica warned before turning to her son. "And you would always appreciate those who compliment you. Are you going to ignore the array of girls who compliment you tonight?" "So this is your sly way of asking me if I have a girlfriend?" he asked her and she smiled slyly."Even if you do have a girlfriend, y
Joshua had been agitated all through the twenty minutes drive from the house to the venue for the launch. It had been about three hours since he left work and he had sent a text to Aletta to which she had yet to respond.It only took business ethics for him to still insist on going to the event. He knew that this was the same woman who caused the relationship between him and Aletta to become strained as it was. It was only starting out and so he had expected the awkwardness but not every other thing that came with it. "Are you fine brother?" Jeanne asked in a fake accent like she was in an oldies movie."It's nothing" he said looking away and not having the patience to comment on her accent. She scrunched up her nose in the air and tapped his lap."Stop that or you will ruin my..." "Your dress?" she said in the same accent. "You claim that all is well but you did not notice or say anything about my funny accent" she added and he glanced at her and then back at his phone."I did not
Anette watched Joshua and Jeanne till they got to their table and sat down. She took a sip of her wine and cleaned her mouth before standing with her bag in hand and walking towards their desk. "I am changing tables," she told the girls at her table as she walked away. "Hello Joshua, and Jeanne," she said before pulling a chair and sitting down with them."Who said you could sit?" Jeanne said with spite."Oh come on, why are you still bitter about that day? it's been such a long time" she said cutely putting her hand over Jeanne's hand.Jeanne recoiled quickly as if hot water had been poured over them. "What are you doing here and not gossiping around with your little friends?" Jeanne added when she saw that Joshua was not ready to say anything to her.Anette tried her best to remain calm as she took a deep breath and turned to Joshua. "I thought you were going to show up with your girlfriend today?""Why? To give you the satisfaction of winning?" he said taking a sip of his wine."
The night began to come to an end and Jeanne was not happy because she felt she was yet to do what she wanted to do. She promised to stomp on the ego of Anette and unfortunately, she had been unable to do so.She took a trip to the bathroom and while she was in one of the bathroom stalls she overheard a conversation between two people. She could not pick out their voices but from their discussion, she knew that they were one of the six girls."I don't think keeping Anette close to us is of any benefit any longer," the first girl said. "Anyone can tell at a glance. She is still trying to make us think that all is still alright with her and the Delgado" the other voice replied."Oh my god I hate her so much, I can't believe we have had to suck up to her all these years just because she was close to them" another voice replied."She always behaved as if she was on top of us all. We all know her family and we know they would be unable to hold a candle to us" the second person said again.