Alethea was pacing the front of the door in anticipation of the good news her sister was going to tell her. She wanted to know that Aletta had bagged the billionaire and she was sure she would be able to snatch the heart of the billionaire.If they began to date she was sure that in no time the billionaire would be head over heels for her. Aletta was a very loveable person and she knew about her sister's secret crush on him. he was the one who helped her through the slump she found herself in after her terrible and brutal breakup.The key to the door clicked open and the door pushed open. Alethea jumped for happiness towards the door. her eyes sparkled with excitement."You are home" she breathed out as she began to take steps back as Aletta began to walk in."Yes I am" she responded with a smile."So what's the update?" she asked as she turned around to walk side by side with her."What update?" Aletta asked while trying to feign ignorance."About your suitor" Alethea asked in a sugg
"I did go to work," Aletta said in haste. she wondered how she knew that she did not go to work today."Okay, so you both proclaimed your undying love for each other and started dating at work?" Alethea asked with her hands across her shoulders."You should open up a witch little corner right outside, with your wit and ability to decode situations you would be popular in no time" "Is that a compliment?" Alethea asked with a smirk"Of course not, I also fear you might end up behind bars for telling lies and providing illegal solutions" she added causing her smirk to fall off her face."You just had to kill it didn't you?" she said and then clapped her hands together. " You have a knack for distracting others don't you?" "Whatever" Aletta murmured as she stretched her feet into the soft red grass-like carpet spread across the floor."So where did you proclaim your undying love?" "First off, none of us proclaimed any love for each other" Aletta answered. She did not want Alethea going
"What's that smile on your face?" "These days anytime I turn around all I see is your face" Joshua said pushing the head of Jeanne as she was so close to him."But what about the smile on your face" "You've been oddly close to me these days, what is the reason for that?" "Nothing, can't a sister love up to her brother?" she asked with folded arms against her chest."We both know that's a lie and you don't like telling lies or do you?" He asked also his hands."What's the reason you are smiling?" "None of your business" "Okay what about what I asked you yesterday?" "I will talk to him tomorrow" he said as he pushed the door to his room."Okay, so why the smile on your face?" she asked following him into the room."If you must know I got a girlfriend" "So Anette was correct earlier this morning" she said with a frown on her face."Don't tell me you are still pissed with her?" Joshua said turning to face her."Would you have been able to forgive her if it were you?" she asked sitt
Joshua laid on the bed and joy filled his heart. He did not know his feelings and he could not yet figure out what they were but he knew that the thought of being with her was something he did not want to miss out on. he kept tossing and turning in bed but was unable to get down to sleep.His phone vibrated with a text and it was from Anette she wanted to know how his day went and if he was able to get the girl to go out with him. he shared the experience with her leaving out all the key details.She asked him if he had sent a good night message to her and he scratched his head thinking of what to send when she had instructed him to do so. He was one who was not used to showing all his emotions to the world so how was he going to thrive in that situation?He sent a quick small message with a sleepy head emoji. he waited for a reply and never got one. after about an hour of staring into his phone without seeing a message back from her, he summoned the courage to put a call through. Aft
"Good morning Mr. Delgado," Aletta said as she walked into his office. He had told her that he would go to work by himself and she did not need to come to pick him up.She had taken time for herself and had a hearty breakfast while trying her best to write down the terms she wanted to be included in the contract."Good morning" he replied with a smile. That smile did everything to her insides and she was not sure if she liked it or not. She barely saw him smile and even when he did it usually had to be professional."Your schedule for the day" she started walking towards his table where he sat. For the past few days they had not been doing things concerning their work but instead going around in circles of this relationship talk."Before that" he said raising his hand to stop her from going on."Yes sir" she paused looking up from the iPad. His eyes twinkled as if extra light had been added to them."What about the terms?" he asked leaning into the desk. "Your terms" he added when she
"We are at work" she said in a hushed whisper. "What else do you want me to call you?" "Who cares I am the boss and you can call me Baby?" he asked with a smile."Baby?" "Yes?" "Never, I will address you as Mr. Delgado while at work and if we are on dates I will try my best to address you by your first name" "Well, I don't like that and it's one of my terms," he said folding his hands and resting the back of his foot to the desk."What do you mean by that?" "That you call me by a nickname you choose and you must call me that at all times" he said."Even in front of the board of directors and your family?" she asked with widened eyes."Yes of course" "Of course not" "Why?" "Are you crazy?" the question flew out of her mouth before she could think and her hands flew to her hand before she could get the whole question out."No I am not" he was thrown aback by her asking that kind of question." Why would you ask that? " he asked like a curious child who was interested in knowing ev
"Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?" she asked shocked at his request.From books and movies, the term was always that they break up when they began to feel something for each other but he wanted to sustain the relationship despite the change of emotions."I don't care the way it is normally, that is my term" he said turning his lips into a thin line. "Aren't you going to write that down?" he asked when he saw that she did not make a move or sound."Yes sir, I will," she said blinking multiple times."Okay so let's move on you" he said leaning back into the chair."Onto me?" she asked hand on her chest in confusion. "Yes aren't you going to tell me your terms?" he asked with a small laugh at her confusion."Oh yes" she said clapping her hands together."Let's hope they are all reasonable terms" he added in a murmur."First" she said ignoring his comment and moving on. She did not understand the courage she had to go on with this after the term he had given her. If not that
"What do you mean by that?" he asked with a shocked expression on his face."Mean by what?" she asked not knowing if he did not understand what she meant or if he just wanted her to repeat it.He was a highly intelligent and smart man so he usually made everyone marvel at him who came in contact with him by his charisma and wisdom, so she did not expect him to ask too many questions."That we go our separate ways?" he asked again."If we don't have feelings for each other like you said we have to go our separate ways or else we would have a hard time going back to our professional status" she explained."Only if we don't have feelings for each other?" he asked "Yes" "Then I guess that won't be happening," he said with a smug expression on his face and resting his back on the chair."Why?" she asked. Now it was her turn to be confused by what he said."Because you already have a thing for me“ "Is it because of what I said the last time?" "Of course" "That was a drunken mistake," s
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