"Do you want to come in?" Aletta asked as they pulled up to the front of her house. "I don't mean it for any reason just to let you have a cup of tea or something" she added.Now that they had spent the morning together she didn't feel ready to let go of him just yet."You are inviting me in?" he asked shocked at her."Yes, do you not want to come in?" she asked now second-guessing her proposal. "I do, it's strange considering you want me out of your hair at all times," he said and she bent her head.She whipped her head back up with a swift motion. "It's not like I want you out of my hair, it's just that I don't want people seeing us together“ she explained."But what about today?" he asked."You know what? Let's just forget that I even said anything at all. Goodbye," she said reaching for the door handle."Wait," he said touching her hands and making her spin her head to face him. They were face to face with her lips only a space away from his. "What?" she asked gulping trying her
"What are you doing here Eunice?" Aletta asked going to the kitchen to pick water from the jug. She poured it into a cup and took a sip of it."That's no way to talk to your mother" Eunice said and Aletta put on a very sarcastic smile. "What is she doing here?" Aletta asked Alethea who was watching the interaction between them from the kitchen counter where she was resting after cooking up a storm for breakfast."I dunno" Alethea said shrugging and going back to plop her head on her hands."Can't I visit my daughters since I am in the city?" Eunice asked coming closer to stand beside Aletta."Sure you can, when will you be gone?" Aletta asked.Aletta had a hard time accepting her mother and hated it when she came to linger around them. They always had a stress-free life whenever she was away from them."I just got here this morning and you were not home and you are already chasing me away?" Eunice asked."Yes I am chasing you away because you are never here because of how much you mi
"Welcome home young master" Angel greeted Joshua at the door."Thank you" Joshua replied walking away. He could remember clearly when Angel took over from Roselle who was the head of staff.Roselle retired and went to a small, quiet neighbourhood. She lived out her last years with love and smiles and occasional visits to the Delgado mansion."Young Master?" Angel said stopping him from walking away before she could deliver the message she was sent."Yes Angel how can I help you" "The chairman had instructed that you see him immediately when you arrived at the premises of the house" Angel replied.Joshua nodded at her and began to walk away. He had seen so much growth in her that it was scary to think about. She had gone from the timid young girl who was always hiding behind his mom because she was extra nice to her to his woman who commanded authority over the whole staff of the house.She had gone on to get married and
"How do I look? Do you think I look okay?" Jeanne asked he mom for the last nth time in a minute."You do look good, professional enough" Jessica replied.Jessica had swung into action to help her daughter prepare for her first day at work. When Joshua informed them about their dad's decision Jessica had gone through all the hoops to ensure that her daughter had a good first day at work. It did not help Jessica calm down when she noticed her daughter was also so nervous. Jeanne finally felt liberated, she knew that her father had finally forgiven her for the scandal she created then. She knew what mess she created because of her relationship with Anette. Whenever the thought crossed her mind she hated to think about it.Since that time her father somewhat became weary of trusting her with any activity or task and as a result, she shrunk into herself and was barely social with others. Now that she was asked to take an entry-level role in the company she finally felt better about what
"Welcome Mr Delgado," Aletta said and then her eyes fell on Jeanne behind him."Good morning Ms. Aletta, Ms. Delgado here will be understudying the manager for the marketing team for the month" Joshua said."Okay sir, do you want me to guide her?" "Yes please" "I will do that right away" Aletta said moving away from his sight to stand in front of Jeanne."Before you get on that task why don't you walk me through my schedule for the day?" "Yes sir" Aletta said. Jeanne rolled her eyes at how professional they both were. She could feel the tension shooting out from both their eyes at that moment. How did they not want to jump at each other and kiss in front of everyone there? "Ms Delgado, you can sit here and wait while I help Mr Delgado out" Aletta said pointing to her chair and table."Can you..." Aletta raised her to stop Jeanne before she could say anything. From the expression dancing in her eyes, she knew she was about to ask her to be informal as they were on the trip.She clo
"What are you doing here?" Jeanne said scrambling to her feet as she saw Anette walk into the office space."What are you doing here?" Anette asked back."This company belongs to my Father and I am here to work. The real question should be what are you doing here?" Jeanne asked back.She pressed all the buttons on and underneath the table to alert Joshua and Aletta in case they were doing anything rated 18 in there. The intercom connected inside the office and they could hear the conversation out there. Jeanne was going to stall for as long as she could. "I am here to show myself to the president. It is my first day at work" Anette said."What?" Jeanne said in a stutter."I am working here as of today, I asked Andrew to find me a job here and he did," Anette said."But why are you here? Andrew has been promoted and transferred out of the headquarters so you should not have any business here" Jeanne replied."I don't understand what you are saying" Anette ignored her and went straight
"How dare she?" Anette mumbled as she sat in her seat. She had been given a table in the social media team.She had never felt so insulted in her life. Aletta had schooled her and it was all because she wanted to be close to Joshua."Ms Anette, the president will have a meeting with all the new staff by two pm today why don't you join the team in taking care of the venue beforehand?" Chole asked her.She did not like the idea of her having to work or any other person bossing her around but she had promised her brother to work hard as long as he secured the job for her.After the very embarrassing moment between herself and Joshua on Saturday her mom had advised that the best way for her to get into his space was to go to his workplace.Anette had argued that since it did not work for her mom it might most likely not work for her. Leslie had told her daughter that she had given up and that was the reason why she did not get Xavier then."Yes ma'am" Anette said standing up and trying to
Anette entered the hall with the document in her hand. She was pissed that she was there but tried to control herself, she would be at a loss if she flared up now.Her eyes roamed the entire floor of the room as she tried to find a familiar face in the crowd and her face lit up when she saw Jeanne talking with a man in the crowd.Jeanne had been treating her badly but it was better to be around her instead of other people who she did not know. "Hello Jeanne," Anette said standing beside her. "What do you want?" Jeanne asked her voice full of spite and annoyance."Oh come on, we are both starting work today we should be best friends so we can help each other out" "I rather not" Jeanne said and turned to her. "If it were you you would also forgive me for doing such a thing to you so I don't know why I should forgive you" "Don't you think you are holding a grudge for too long?" Anette asked.She felt like she was at the end of the rope and she would flare up on Jeanne any moment from
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