"Why would she say that?" Joshua repeated. Standing behind and beside him were Aletta, Anette, Andrew and Jeanne.Anette felt second-hand embarrassment as she wanted the ground to swallow her whole right there and then. She had asked her mom to convince them so she could have Joshua to herself."Mom!!!" Anette screamed stomping her feet to the ground. "When did I say that?" she asked in a scream. She did not want to be seen as someone dubious in the eyes of the people sitting there."Honey" Leslie said shocked at the reaction from her daughter. She was trying to help her out so why was she overreacting? "I only said I don't think it's serious," Anette said. She knew that her mom was on her side there was no way she could ditch her entirely."Yes, that's what I said," Leslie said in swift response."I just want to let you know that I am in a relationship and it is a serious relationship at that" he told them his jaw tense."You might be in a serious relationship now but that does not
"Get yourself together," Brain said before walking away. He shook his head as he thought of the stunt that his wife and daughter just pulled. He could barely recognize Leslie again after she had begun to raise the twins. She always went out of her way to get things done for them.It was the same way when Anette wanted to go abroad for the first time. she had ridden on the wings of the Delgado and it seemed like she wanted to keep riding them as much as she could.Brian blamed himself. He should have been wiser at that time and stopped her when she was still young. He should not have joined Leslie to make everything so easy for them. He did not know that she would end up as such a brat. Why should Joshua be mandated to marry her? He has his own choices too. Their access to the Delgado was only because of the benefit of the family. He would have naturally been unable to get such access like this."Why did you do that?" Leslie asked shocked her daughter allowed the matter to die down. "
Jeanne paced around the room stubbing her toes and slamming her fist anywhere she could find to do so. She was pissed and Aletta could see that she was pissed."What does she think she is? The queen? Why would Joshua leave his relationship to be with her?" Aletta asked fuming."Calm down or you'll give yourself a heart attack" Aletta said.Jeanne glanced at her. She did not understand why she was so calm when they had tried to claim her boyfriend as a husband just a moment ago."Why are you telling me to calm down? I don't understand how you are calm about the situation" Jeanne said in a cry. "I am sure they only said it because they don't know who the girlfriend is," Aletta said. She wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. They may act that way because of ignorance."Does it matter if they know the girlfriend or not?" Jeanne murmured. "Anyways," she said suddenly in a loud voice. "This is not about the girlfriend but the fact that both of them want to force their way into our
Jeanne stood in front of Joshua's door as she banged her fist on the door. Joshua opened the door and faced her."What are you doing here?" he asked in a murmur."I am so pissed" Jeanne said pushing herself into his room in a swift movement."What does that have to do with me? Why are you here?" he asked closing the door and turning to watch her pace the whole floor."I mean, I do understand what Anette was trying to pull seeing that she is always scheming and dubious," she said and then paused to look at Joshua to make sure he was following what she was saying."But I don't understand Aletta" she continued. "How can she be so calm with the situation when she knows that someone is trying to steal her man?" she asked and crossed her hand on her chest.She pursed her lips together and watched Joshua. He did not seem shocked at her exposition.'Why don't you seem shocked?" she asked stopping herself from going further in the rant."Because Aletta can be like that sometimes" Joshua said c
Aletta stepped out of the elevator and began to walk towards her desk. "Good morning everyone" she said dragging the attention of the people around there and also somehow breaking off the cluster of people at tables who were doing every other thing aside from the work they were employed for."Good morning Ms Brunswick" came out voices. some of them in nervous laughter and some in firm voices that show that they were not guilty of anything at the moment."Let's get to work," Aletta said.She was feared because she was seen as the right-hand man of Joshua. It seemed to them at the office and especially to those who worked so very closely with Joshua that she somehow knew how to communicate well with him."Yes ma'am" they murmured as they scrambled to their seat to resume their work. Many of them who were unaware of what they should be doing at that time just went ahead to click nervously on their computers."Have a nice day" she added as she turned to her table. She sat down and tried t
"You seem to be in a very good mood today Mr. Delgado" Aletta said trying her best to keep her smile away."Of course, it's a good new day" Joshua replied taking out the coffee cup from his hand. "Thank you" he said shaking the cup a bit. "What's on my schedule?" he asked and she nodded to him. She slid open the iPad in hand and began to read from it."First you have a meeting with the market team one, and then you have another meeting with the hotel staff concerning the anniversary event. After that, you would also have a meeting with Mr. Tom regards the new line of clothes" Aletta said in one breath. "And then you have an emergency meeting with the staff at the foundation because of an issue with investing, then you have to attend a seminar where you have to answer a Q and A session and then you have a business dinner with the investors from China" she added and he blinked."It is going to be a long day," he said with an eye roll.She nodded in affirmative, she knew how long the d
"Good day Mr Delgado," Tom said when he met them outside the building to welcome them. "I see you are here too Ms. Brunswick?" he added an extremely weird smile. "Good day Mr. Tom, do you have business with my secretary?" Joshua asked pursing his lips together."What sir?" Tom asked confused and in a stutter. Ever since he had taken up the habit of making Aletta uncomfortable Joshua had never confronted him before."Do you ?" he asked again tilting his head a bit."I do not" Tom answered. He would not want to get on the wrong side of Joshua because it would only do him harm."Then you should not be giving her such a weird smile," Joshua said.Tom was taken aback because he did not expect Joshua to have anything to say about the matter. Aletta on the other hand felt her heart warm up. Joshua usually did not have a say in these things and it was not because he could not have a say but because he chose not to. She wanted at that moment to give him a strong and big hug as she was glad he
"Is that so?" Joshua asked glancing at Aletta again."Yes sir, the last time we visited together I grew so attached to these children that I had to come back and I kept coming back and could not stop" she said and Mary nodded."Unlike someone I know who hasn't visited us in months" Mary said in a teasing sarcastic voice."Oh don't hold me to ransom, I have been so busy with work and every other thing" he said in an apologetic tone."Don't worry about it, we all understand and the kids would be so happy to see you" Mary said taking his hands in hers and squeezing them lightly. "Moreover Aletta here has been doing a very good job in the past weeks" she added."I see she has been so good in my stead isn't it?" he said with a smile.The gesture from her had some kind of impact on her that he could not explain. It made him think of the statement that Mary had made about them being from the same pod. Did they find the same kind of things exciting? "Definitely," Mary said before leading the
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