Aletta was too stunned to speak. She blinked multiple times to try and mask her expression. She bit her lips."That caught me off guard" she finally said and he nodded. "But can I think about it?" she asked."Sure sure" he said trying to make it sound like it was a normal conversation."I would think about it and also about the marriage thing but I do need time to think about it" She said and he agreed with her.They tried to spend some time together but the awkwardness could not let them be so they both decided to go home and rest."You look like you received bad news" Alethea said as soon as Aletta walked through the door into the living room.Aletta looked at her sister, she might give good advice about the situation. She lived her life loving as well. It seemed like her family was cursed with never having anyone to love them truly but out of the three ladies she was the one who gave up on love."Are you seeing someone?" Aletta asked plopping onto the couch."Of course," Alethea sa
"So what happens every time you get your heart broken?" Aletta aksed.She believed love should have been simple and not so complicated. How can you love a person today and then suddenly you do not feel the same way again?"I may cry a little and wallow in self-pity for a while but then I know that there would be someone out there who would love me for me. I even try to convince myself that it is the loss of the person who left me and then I try again" Alethea's words made sense to Aletta.Somehow it was simple logic, when she failed her classes in the first year she did not give up just because she failed instead she worked harder and then went again and then she passed."So what's this all about?" Alethea asked disrupting her train of thought."What?" "The questions, it seems as though you are plotting something" Alethea said and Aletta rolled her eyes. Her sister was not only a lover girl but a serial gossip. She had to know what was going on in everyone's business every time."It
Aletta sat at her desk after talking with Alethea who had made up some good points. She pulled up a file from her desk and knew that it was time for her to finally proceed with her plan from the wrong back.She has always wanted to become a children's book story illustrator and has worked on it silently for years. She had gotten offers and had not yet gotten back to them because she was not sure if she was ready to stop working as Joshua's secretary.Since she was considering moving in with him and giving marriage seem thoughts then it must be time to resign and begin to pursue her dreams. As she drafted out her resignation letter she thought back to how she ended up like this. It all started with her confession to him and here she was months later considering moving in with him. She was going to resign at the start of the next year so she was only doing it earlier than she thought.'I need to see you first thing tomorrow morning' She tapped on her phone and sent it to Joshua. She st
Aletta had barely been able to sleep, she found herself waking up at intervals to check if it was time to get to work. She noticed that her mom had not come home in two days now. Knowing her mom she could be somewhere having the time of her life so two days was not enough reason to get agitated. She jumped out of bed as soon as her alarm went off and was getting ready to get to work when her phone began to ring off the hook. The only reason she was allowed to get calls like that was if there was an issue at work.When the name Ms. Millie flashed across her screen she held her breath and put the phone to her ears. She was in charge of the warehouse and usually, a call from her always meant something had horn wrong. She always used text messages for updates and good news but a call meant urgency and bad news. "Hello Ms Millie I haven't heard from you for a while" Aletta said as soon as the line connected."Which must have been good news for you" Millie said in her rich deep voice.Al
By the time they were done with the work of the day and rectifying the issues, they were sure that everyone who had gone to work for the day was already well-rested at home and even preparing for bed."You did great today," Millie said as they walked out.Millie and Joshua walked side by side while Aletta walked behind them. She still tried to keep her professional character in place even though everyone knew about her relationship with her boss."And you too" Joshua complimented. Millie was taken aback because even though Joshua had always been a gentleman he had never for once dished out compliments to his staff."I am glad to have you" he said and Millie stopped in her tracks threw him a look of disbelief and shook her head."You are?" she asked and he nodded."I mean we would have had a big issue with our investors next week if you had not checked this out for us" Joshua said."Well, I am getting paid a big one so I must work my pay" she said and Joshua shook his head."I am still
Aletta had wanted to keep her eyes open but her attraction to rest a bit in a moving car overshadowed her and the next thing she knew was someone shaking her gently."We are here Aletta" Joshua said and she blinked sitting up right."We are?" she asked drawing herself together. She looked ahead of her to see that the driver was nowhere in sight and they were still in the car.From the car she watched the penthouse, there was no sign of life and the lights were not switched on but she could see the grace exuding from the place. She gasped in awe as her eyes tried to look at the entire place at once but failed."Why are we here?" she asked him and she pressed his forehead with the tip of his finger."I thought you had something to tell me today, something urgent and that was good news, I figured that since only places that delivered food were open at this time we could come here and talk and then have something delivered to us for dinner" he said.His suggestion made sense and she had n
"When would our food be here?" Aletta asked trying to stall. She knew she was going to tell him at the end of the day but she wanted to try her best to stall for as long as possible.Joshua took up his phone and tapped away before looking up at her. "They should be arriving in five minutes or less" he said and she nodded."Let's take a tour of the house and talk over the food" she said pushing herself out of the chair they had made themselves comfortable. "Okay," he said as he shrugged. There was nothing else to do after all. He could not give her a tour because he did not know the place as well as the owner should know.He had been here once, this time making it the second time he visited the place. All he knew was that his family had a house on the outskirts of Grace Street. "Aren't you going to give me a tour?" she asked and he shook his head."I don't know where anything goes," he said. Aletta thought it was a shame that the fully furnished house housed no one."Why did you brin
"Can we have something to drink while we speak?" Aletta asked and Joshua shrugged. "Like what do you fancy?" he asked walking to the refrigerator that was in the same space as they were. After the meal, they cleaned up and were currently standing in the kitchen. Joshua opened the door to the refrigerator and stood there with the scanty shelves that had only water bottles on them. "Well water?" he asked stretching the bottle he took from the shelf to her."This can do" She took the bottle he opened from him and put it in her mouth. The silence was deafening and Joshua was eager to know what was going on but did not want to seem forward. "You asked me yesterday about two things" Aletta began and Joshua inched closer to her waiting to hear her response. "Yeah," he muttered and she nodded. "Before I answer that I want to tell you something important" she said retrieving the envelope enclosing the letter from her bag. She stretched the envelope to him and he took it."What's in here?
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