Anette hurried to take out her phone so she could see what he was talking about and to her surprise, she was trending in place of Joshua and his gold digger girlfriend."What is this?" she asked. Her voice was low and gentle as she could not believe her eyes.Images and videos of her from last night filled the internet. Everyone was speculating that she was in a relationship with Richard who happened to be standing in front of her. When she had her fill of the news she looked up at him."You did this," she said.He smirked as he went down in front of her. "I love that about you, you are always so smart about everything," he said taking her hands and planting a kiss on them."Why would you do this?" she wanted to be angry but she knew that the anger she felt and was about to unleash would not fix anything, if it was going to do anything at all it would only put her into more trouble with him."Because you did not want to come to me," he said."What? We broke up a long time ago" she sai
"Did you see the trending news?" Jeanne asked as Joshua sat down at the table with her."What news?" Joshua asked back.Jeanne asked as she tsked shaking her head with a murmur. "How can someone who heads one of the biggest industries not check what the news says" "I checked the business and stock news, not the entertainment section," Joshua said proudly."I am sure this must be feeling like a Ben Carson moment for you but buddy it's good to know what the news says" "The entertainment news?" "Yes," Jeanne nodded vigorously. "I don't need to know what a song group is wearing or what they are allergic to" Joshua said taking up his toast and putting a bit of jam at the end and then biting out of it."It's not always about that" Jeanne stopped herself. She did not need to over-explain these things to him. She pushed the phone to his hands and the first thing his eyes caught sight of was the picture of Anette and Richard.He remembered Richard so well it was like he was the one who dat
"Where is he going in such a hurry?" Jessica asked as she walked into the dining area."Isn't he going to have breakfast with us?" Xavier backed up his wife."He is going to see his girlfriend" Jeanne announced."But I thought they agreed to stay away from each other although I thought that was a stupid idea from the start" Jessica said. Jeanne could not agree more with her mom. When Aletta and Joshua had concluded that to let the rumours and trolls go away quicker they needed to stay away from each other until the news subsided she had told them to their faces that they were making an idiotic decision."Well, they are no longer trending. It's now Anette who is" Jeanne said and Jessica looked at her with a puzzled expression."I wonder what you guys would know if I were not in your life" Jeanne said dropping her toast and taking up the phone once again to pull up the article.She slid the phone to Jessica who took it up and read through. Jeanne saw the change in her mom's expression.
Jessica hurried with her breakfast because she needed to check up on her friend. Xavier hinted to her that it was possible that Brian had not slept at home for a long time now and he only knew that because he looked dishevelled the last time he saw him."Why don't we go see them at home if you are this worried about it" Xavier asked as he watched Jessica pace around the room, she had tried to reach Leslie but there was no response. Even Brian was not picking up Xavier's calls so she thought the best decision would be to go see them instead of worrying endlessly about what she couldn't fix."Can we?" Jessica screamed as she ran towards him on the bed."Of course, if that would take these frown lines off your forehead," Xavier said tracing her forehead with his fingertips"Really? Thank you so much" she squealed as she rested into him with a hug."Aren't I the best?" he said and she chuckled playfully hitting his chest with her hand."You are" she said and he smirked. She quickly jumpe
By the time Jessica Nas Xavier's car drove into the compound of Leslie and Brian, there was a kind of atmosphere that Jessica could not place her hand on but she did not like it. They got into the house with the help of a little girl who ushered them into the living room. "The lady of the house will be with you soon," the girl said slowly before trying to walk away."Tell Brian to join us as well," Xavier said.The girl shivered like a cold wave of wind passed by her, her eyes turned bright as if she was a deer caught in light. "The lord has gone to work" the girl responded with fear."To work? That's impo..." "Thank you so much then," Jessica said dismissing the girl. She could sense that there was something she was ordered to hide and to know what that thing should be they did not need to face the little girl but heat from the horse's mouth."He went to work? I did not ask him to go in though" Xavier said with confusion."We don't know what's going on so let's wait for Leslie" Jes
Aletta heard a knock on the door. Since she and Joshua decided to stay away from each other today was the day where she felt so hopeless and helpless about the situation. She wanted to stay in and not attend to anything but because she knew that her not showing up to work would spark up more rumours between the staff at the company she had to suck it up and make it to work.She was not expecting any visitors or deliveries so she did not expect them as she opened the door. Her seeing an open-eyed Joshua standing there with a bouquet in hand and a bright smile on his face was so shocking that she took a step back."Surprise" he said holding out the bouquet to her. She pushed the bouquet aside so she could see his face."What are you doing here?" she asked in a hushed whisper her eyes darting around the entire street. Luckily for her, the street was empty and not a soul was in sight."You don't have to worry about anyone seeing us," Joshua said."I don't? Why?" she asked. Suddenly from
"What are you going to do about this?" Leslie asked her daughter as she walked in through the door."My heart" Anette said turning to her. She had not expected anyone to be awake and waiting for her at that time. She had no energy to clarify anything that might after staying away from the house for two days she still did not feel like explaining to anyone. "You scared me" she added."Did you not expect to see me here?" Leslie asked and Anette nodded. "Oh I see you did not expect to see me in my own home" she added standing up from the couch and walking towards her."Well the room was dark and I did not think you would be out here" Anette shifted from foot to foot. She could not lie this was the first time she experienced confusion on a matter."You did not think that I would wait up for you? After I heard the news and called you many times but you did not pick up. Did you not think I would be worried?" Leslie asked taking her hand."So you are not mad?" Anette asked."Oh I don't know,
Leslie watched her daughter walk away, she could not believe that she was having second thoughts. Was this the way she would throw away all her years of hard work? Leslie had been working so tirelessly to make sure that she matched her daughter and Joshua.She was going to do the same for Andrew but he had refused every opportunity she presented so she knew he was a lost cause, there was nothing she could do with him. She could not believe that Jessica would dare to betray her after saying it would be nice to have her as an in-law.When Jessica made this statement both children were still in diapers learning to walk but Leslie took it as a promise of marriage. She had zeroed her mind that her daughter was getting married to her son."How dare she try to betray me and then walk in here like nothing happened?" Leslie murmured as she paced the floor. "Should I have scattered the marriage while it was still so young? Is it because I let her have Xavier? I could have easily had him if I w