"Congratulations, you are pregnant" Those words by her doctor kept replaying in he mind as she walked down to the place where her cab was waiting.Her phone buzzed in her hands, it was Richard, she had told him she was visiting the hospital to see what was wrong with her and that the sickness she felt kept recurring even after treating herself. He had been calling non stop to see what was wrong with her.She firmed her lips together and tried to draw back her tears. She could not tell if the tears were of joy or if she was not pleased to hear the news but she decided to give Richard the news in person. She answered the call and pressed the phone to her ears."Where are you?" she asked as soon as she picked up."I am at the office" "Can you spare a few minutes?" she asked him."Let's meet at the penthouse," he said. She cut off the call and redirected the cab to the new location. She did not know how her parents would take it even though she had not seen her father in such a long tim
"Pregnant?" Anette kept her eyes on him. She watched as his face turned up into a smile. He seemed nervous but the joy on his face was evident."You are pregnant?" he asked walking to her and holding her hands in joy."How, when, what, where?" he said all at once. He took a deep breath to try and steady himself. "How did this happen?" he asked and she rolled her eyes at him.Her heart that had been in her mouth suddenly dropped back to her chest as she felt relieved at his reaction. She did not know what to expect because having a baby might not have been in the plan for him."Did you plan this?" she asked suddenly."Wait what?" he asked back confused about what she meant by that statement."I mean did you plan it, did you plan to get me pregnant?" She asked again. Ehe had every right to be suspicious of him. He seemed too happy and it was too good to be true."What do you mean, why would you say something like that? No, I did not plan to get you pregnant. It just happened by chance"
Anette was jittery, she had called her dad home because she said to had good news to share. Brian had promised to be there for his little girl. He had seen the news and was quite well-informed on what was going on.Andrew also played a big role in telling him all that was going on. He knew that his daughter was in a real relationship with Richard and that Leslie was not having any of it. Anette planned a mini buffet with a company and then had it delivered to her house. "There must be some good news," Andrew said as he sat down at the table. He was the first one to say anything since they got to the table. Leslie and Brian said not a word but we were shooting bullets out of their eyes and the tension between them was unbearable."Yes I have good news" she squealed."What is it honey, you seem quite excited" Leslie asked. She hoped her daughter had come to her senses and had allowed Joshua back into her mind and brain."You know I had been sick so I went to the hospital" "I am not su
"Who is the father?" Leslie asked again slamming her fist on the table."I don't think that question is what should follow, I think the right question to ask is if she wants to keep the baby" Brian said with spite in his voice.He could not believe that he thought Leslie was a good person and then he spent this whole time living with her just to discover that she just had an evil agenda hidden in her sleeves."I need to know who the father is so I can know what next to do" Leslie said with gritted teeth."The father is Richard and yes Daddy I would like to have the child. Richard is aware already and he wants the baby. Maybe even more than I do" she said rubbing her stomach fondly. "Oh well I guess that's good" Andrew said.The entire table was startled once again when Leslie stood up slamming her fist to the table again. She gritted her teeth and pushed her chair back."We need to make the baby Joshua's" "What?" Brian said shocked that the spoon in his hand fell to his plate."Anet
"So what did they say?" "Don't get me started" Anette said taking the phone away from her ears. She put it on a loudspeaker before dropping it to the bed. "With what?" Richard asked. She had told him that she would get to her parents and then feed him back what they said."Mom was hysterical. She keeps claiming that I am ruining my life by not going to Joshua, but what she does not understand is that Joshua is with another woman and for reasons I can't place my hands on I am no longer interested in him. I wish she would just stop being so obsessed with Joshua and his family" she said."Calm down," Richard said. He had noticed that her voice had gone up and she was almost screaming."I am sorry, it's just that the whole situation is getting as annoying as it can get," she said and let out a fry laugh. "When I thought it could not get worse with her, I realized that I was wrong" she added."I am sure she just wants what's best for you" Richard tried to make sense of the situation. He
Anette stood at the entrance to Joshua's office. The foolishness she had displayed over the past few months flashed before her eyes as she gulped down the bitterness she felt in her throat. She was not sure if Joshua would see her but she knew that she had to try. She would not feel good if she did not at least try to make amends. Richard had made a small proposal for her in the last week and they were currently planning the party.Leslie was still very against the entire situation but there was little she could do except plit within herself. Anette was there to invite them to the engagement party.Richard had told her that her mom would find it difficult to do anything suspicious with Joshua if she managed to invite him to the party. She saw the sense in what he had said but after standing in front of his office for thirty minutes she was not sure if she could do it.She heard her phone ring in her pocket. She took it out and tried to avoid the stares of the security guards. They al
As Anette walked the walls she tried her best to be as confident as she had been in time past. She stopped at Aletta's desk and tapped her hands lightly to draw the attention of Aletta who seemed deeply buried in whatever it was she had in front of her.Aletta's eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost and she stood up pushing her chair back. "Ms... Anette" Aletta stuttered trying to remain calm.She was not sure of the right way to address her so she stuttered. Anette pressed her lips into a straight line and stared at her."I am here to see Joshua," she said silently.Aletta could not tell how she knew but there was a strange kind of air around her. It was not like she was there for trouble or any of its sorts."Let me check with Mr Delgado if he will be receiving any guests today," Aletta said taking up the receivers.Anette's hand grabbed her hands and her eyes glistened. "Please, I am here to apologize" she said and Aletta gently dropped the receiver to the table."If you asked hi
"There are no words I can use to describe how much of a nuisance I have been over the past few years" Anette started. Her head was hung low as she fiddled with her hands. She did not want to look up in case she could not find it within her to complete what she had started."Tell me about it," Jeanne said. She was not interested in giving her the satisfaction of apologizing and getting away with it just so easily."And I have done so many questionable things but I only did it because I thought I was doing the right thing" She wanted so badly to point fingers at her mom but she knew that doing that now would make her seem shallow and not as remorseful as she was supposed to be."I am here" she started raising her head to meet the gazes of the people in front of her. "this morning to say I am sorry for everything, for spreading rumours and lies, for using Jeanne to gain popularity, for pushing forward with my relationship with Joshua even though I know that he was not interested in me,"
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