"Don't worry, Joshua seemed to understand and was willing to help you out" Alethea said.Aletta was about to speak when the door opened and Eunice walked in."Where have you been all day?" Aletta asked walking to meet her at the door."Out" Eunice said taking off her jacket and holding it in her hand."Out where? You have no friends in this city to visit so where have you been?" Aletta followed up."Out," Eunice said simply again."You always nagged us about where we went when you knew we had to go out to work" Alethea said coming to stand beside Aletta."But you never told me what you did outside so why should I tell you what I did?" Eunice asked."Because I don't want you falling for any lies and falling in love and having your heart broken again" Aletta said with concern in her voice."Don't bother about me, I am not a little child?" Eunice said dismissing them."But you act like one, how could we not bother?" Alethea cried."I did not know you bothered about me, Alethea?" Eunice a
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
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