"Good morning," Thiago said standing in front of Jeanne's desk."How can I help you?" she asked before raising her head to him. Her mouth formed an o shape as her eyes widened in confusion."What are you doing here?" she asked in a hushed whisper. "Me?" Thiago asked his hand on his chest."Yes" she continues in a low voice while nodding so vigorously he was afraid they would roll off her neck."I am here in business" Thiago responded taking up her low voice."Oh, that's good, business with who?" Jeanne asked. Her eyes were twinkling as if she had heard good news."With your brother" he replied maintaining a low voice. "Okay but you came to the wrong office," Jeanne said raising her head. She saw the people staring at her, wondering why she was engaging the strange man standing in their office."Yeah, I realized that" he said scratching his eyebrow with amusement lingering on his lips. "I think I messed up the direction given to me by the receptionist but then I was about to leave wh
"He just asked me out on a date didn't he?" Jeanne whispered as she watched inside Joshua's glass office."Did he?" Aletta asked plopping her hands on the table and dropping her head to her hands."You heard him didn't you?" Jeanne asked with a squeal as if she was a little girl."I only heard him offering to buy you dinner, I never heard him ask for a date" Aletta said."Hum" Jeanne grunted crossing her hand across her chest and turning to face her. "It might be a simple date soon but his eyes tell me otherwise" Jeanne added."Sure," Aletta said with an eye roll."My father told me about you and I have been expecting you," Joshua said standing up and rounding his table to meet Thiago, he extended his hand to him and Thiago took it."I am finally reporting to work," Thiago said before letting go of his hand."That's good, I will tell my assistant to show you to your office," Joshua said walking him to the door.He opened the door and Thiago stepped out. "Ms Brunswick," Joshua said lea
"How was your first day at work?" Jeanne asked as she saw Thiago walk towards her."Well nothing really happened so it was all fine" Thiago said as he stood beside her."I was bored to death" Jeanne said and Thiago laughed."Typical office day isn't it?" he replied. He felt nervous and he did not know why. It was a simple dinner between the two of them so why was he so disturbed? "Should we get going?" Thiago asked after a long silence between the two of themShould we get going?" Thiago asked after a long silence between the two of them."Sure" Jeanne said rubbing her sweaty hand on her clothes.Thiago walked by her side to his car. As they got to the car he rushed ahead of he to open the passenger door for her. "Here you go" he murmured as he kept the door open."Oh my thank you" Jeanne said taken aback by his gesture."My pleasure," he said before closing the door and walking to the driver's seat."What are you craving?" "Anything. I am not a picky eater" Jeanne said pulling the
"So she did that?" Thiago asked a shocked expression clouding his face."Yes she did and she never apologized for it. She even tried to gaslight me into saying she already apologized. Most times when I see her I want to puke" Jeanne told him before popping a fry in her mouth."So who else should I be weary of?" Thiago asked.Jeanne had taken it upon herself to try and make him feel comfortable. She had told him that she was going to list out the names of those whom he should totally avoid as he works there."As of today I know of no one else but she is enough to fill a list, she is a snake and it surprised me that my parents are blind or see what she is doing" Jeanne whined."So she is the only one on the list?" "Is her name not enough? I even told you what she did to me" Jeanne asked aggressively crossing her hand across her chest."I mean with all I have heard about her today and the gossip surrounding her I am sure her name would be enough for the list" Thiago said in a teasing vo
"Thank you so much for tonight I had a great time" Thaigo said as he took her hand at the gate of her house."Your house by the way is so big" "I would have asked you to come in for coffee but I know my mom would make a big deal about it," Jeanne said leaning in she whispering. "That's who I get my drama from" she added before moving back with a loud laugh."I would have wanted to come in but I don't want to cause any drama tonight," he said and she nodded."Thank you for tonight, I had a good time having so much to talk about and even bashing my arch nemesis" she added and he smiled in agreement."Anytime you need someone to bash her with you, I am only a call away" "You are? But I don't seem to have your number" she said taking her phone from her bag and turning it to him. "I have to have your number so you can be a call away" "Of course" he said tapping his number on the phone. Jeanne thought it was such a smooth way for him to ask for her contact and she loved it."I am giving
"Who was that?" Joshua asked coming out of nowhere."Why are you sneaking up on me?" Jeanne asked feeling her soul leaving her body."Who was that?" Joshua asked again ignoring her question."Thiago" Jeanne tried to sound casual but the excitement in her voice was different. She had this vibe from him and it was obvious he was interested in her.She did not know what kind of interest he had but it was obvious that he wanted to know things. He kept asking some kind of personal and deep questions that she successfully evaded. She was not ready for that level of exposure yet."The office closed hours ago" Joshua said glancing down at his watch. "Five hours ago" he added in a gasp and watched her roll her eyes."Where have you been?" he asked. He knew where she had been because Aletta had told him that Thiago had offered to buy her dinner and that she had agreed while shooting hearts out of her eyes in excitement. "Why do you care where I have been?" Jeanne said pushing her face forwards
"Come back here" Jeanne screamed as she ran after her brother.She could not believe a grown man like him was acting like a teenager. Was this what he was going to be like when he forced himself to grow up and miss out on her teenage years?By the time she had gotten inside her parents were in the living room with a weird smile on their faces."Why are you guys smiling so weird like that?" Jeanne asked and they both let out a laugh."A weird smile? What do you mean?" Jessica asked feigning ignorance."If it's because of the man that dropped me off, I would like to explain myself so you can forget everything that Joshua told you, they are definitely all lies" Jeanne jumped to defend herself."When would you grow up" she whispered to her brother who was sitting so leisurely in the living room, his legs crossed and his hands on his lap. He could not hear her but he read her lips and smiled before giving her shrug."You want to explain? What do you want to explain?" Xavier asked."Yes Fat
"Can't you see the time?" Aletta cried out over the phone."What time is it?" Joshua asked peeling the phone off his ear and checking the time. He had just left the living room where his mom had just finished planning her mini-party.Xavier was not comfortable with the idea from the get-go but he had no choice but to accept it when he saw the way his eyes were twinkling with so much excitement.Jessica had hosted her fair share of parties back in the day and had stopped after a while. Although her parties mainly consisted of those closest to her she still used the time to have a little fun."It's so late, are you sleeping?" Joshua asked putting the phone back to his ears."No but I was about to get into bed" Aletta said lifting the covers and slipping into the bed before dropping the covers on herself."Sorry, I called this late," Joshua said sitting on his bed."There is no problem" she murmured followed by a yawn. "I just wanted to let you know that you would be attending my mom's