Anette sat on her bed biting her fingers. She was unable to sleep all night and she turned in the bed in annoyance.So Aletta was making fun of her all this while even when she had declared she was going to have Joshua to herself. Anette let out a strange scream as she shook violently in the bed.She felt her eyes heavy with tears but she did not want to cry. She hated that the reason she would cry was because of a lowly person like Aletta. She was not with the tears. Joshua should have chosen someone who was actually a worthy opponent. maybe she would have felt better about it."Anette honey," Leslie said as she knocked on the door.Anette has not stepped out of the room since they got back from the party on Saturday night. It was Monday morning and she was still not out of the room.Leslie had tried to understand that the news she heard was so grievous that she might be unable to get herself together. but it had been two whole days and she had not eaten a single thing."Angel" Lesli
"What do you mean by that?" Brian asked."I don't know, you are not dumb so give it any interpretation you want to," she said in a tired voice.He should not be interrogating her like she was a criminal instead he should use that energy to bother about their daughter who was heartbroken after hearing that Joshua was in a relationship with his secretary.She wondered if Joshua was realistic enough or if he was even smart. Did he think this was a book or movie where the relationship between a secretary and boss works out so well and they end up happily ever after? "Did you just say you settled for me?""Oh my gosh, Brian why are you so hung up on what I said? You should use that energy to get your daughter out instead" she screamed."Why are you the one screaming? I should be screaming. You married me but you settled down?" "Yes I did" she shouted turning to him. "When I saw that Xavier was not ready to settle and it seemed like he was not going to settle down I just chose you instead
"Nothing, I guess he is late for work" Leslie lied."Okay, but he had this expression that I had never seen before" Andrew replied. He looked at Anette's door. "Should I call a handyman to help us pick the lock?" he asked wondering why his sister was throwing such a tantrum and troubling his mom so much."Your dad said he called one so let's wait to see if he would come" Leslie said and then shook her head. What if Brian calls him to not bother about it again? "On second thought why don't you just call him?" she said and Andrew nodded.He took out his phone and dialled the number of the handyman, he promised to be there in a few minutes."Mom, don't you think that Anette is overreacting?" Andrew asked."What do you mean overreacting? We all have ways of dealing with heartbreaks" Leslie said."Mom she is overreacting and you should not be supporting her. Joshua does not belong to her so she does not have the right to behave this way" "Like father like son," Leslie said with a hiss."W
"Fancy seeing you here Thiago" Jeanne said as she saw him walk toward her table."I work here," he said with a small confused laugh."Oh you do, that's right" she said rolling her eyes and playfully hitting her head like she had forgotten. "But not in this room" she added."Yeah," he trailed off."What are you doing here? Do you need help from the marketing team?" she asked and he shook his head."I am here to see you" he said and she pointed to herself with wide eyes."Me?" "Yes you" he said and she dropped her hands to the table, intertwining her fingers between themselves as she waited for him to speak."What's this about?" she asked when he stood there quietly while shifting his body weight from one foot to another."Can we see outside?" he asked pointing to the door."Outside?" she asked pointing to the same door. She looked around herself to see the stares of everyone around her as the h
"So what's this about?" Jeanne asked when they had stood for a few minutes and Thiago had not said anything.He cleared his throat and turned to her murmuring under his breath. "Do I have to do this?" "Yes," she said her eyes twinkling. "I mean you brought me out here and now I have to hear what you have to say or else I will be distracted the whole day" He cleared his throat again and she frowned. "Do you have an itchy throat? Have you gotten anything for it?" she said stretching her hand to him."I don't have an itchy throat" he replied."But you keep clearing your throat, I thought you had something itchy there" she replied her voice fading."No I'm fine," he said and she nodded."So you wanted to speak with me" she reminded him and she shuffled in his feet again. "The way you keep stalling keeps making me afraid, is something wrong?" "No no no," he said startling her, "Nothing is wrong it's just that I do
'Let's have a date today after work' Aletta looked down at her screen. Why was Joshua texting her while they were both sitting in the meeting? He could tell her whatever personal matter he wanted to say when they left this place.She looked up to see him staring at her. She bent back to her phone and tapped away.'You could have waited till we leave here to say this, what if someone sees your text?' she sent it to him and raised her and caught his eyes. She bent her head again and tapped on her screen.'And stop staring, you are making it obvious' 'I can't stop it, you are just too beautiful' Joshua typed back.She looked at the message and a blush almost broke out on her face. 'Please stop it, we are at work and I need to take minutes but you are distracting me so much' she sent it to him including the cringe emoji.'So are we having the date?' 'Yes' 'That's good, now I can listen' He dropped his p
"But?" he said again turning to face her. He was glad he had left the blinds of his office down when they had gone for the meeting. He knew that the staff would be trying to see through what was going on."That's the way you had always been, always so stuck up and rejecting ideas, it was real difficult to be working with you," she said."Wow," he said at a loss for any more words. "I mean I expected this from everyone but not from you" he said and she laughed."Mr Delgado," she said and then shook her head. "Joshua, I was just telling the truth" "Wait what did you just call me?" "Joshua" she said looking as deadpan as she could."You know that when you call my name like that I feel helpless" "What?" she said bursting into a fits of laughter."I don't know it sounds kinda like music to my ears" he adds walking to her slowly."What are you doing?" she said with a shudder as his hands gripped her waist
Three women rushed to Aletta's table with a smile on their faces."Ms Brunswick," one of the women said touching her hand lightly."How can I help you?" she asked sounding as professional as possible."You are the best at your job," another woman said with a giggle. "I don't think I would have been able to survive Mr. Delgado" she added.Aletta's eyes went up to see Joshua standing there. He placed his finger over his mouth as if to gesture that she be quiet so he could hear what she had to say."I have to do my salary's worth" she said and both of the women nodded."But today was such a good day, I mean he approved our idea without giving us a single stress" the third woman spoke up with glee."And so we want to go out for a company dinner to celebrate this" the first girl continued from where the first woman started."You are joining us right?" the three of them chorused blinking and acting cutely to her.