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
"I am so happy it blew over," Joshua said as he walked hand in hand with Aletta on the street. He was happy that the scandal blew over but he was more joyed that he was able to walk hand in hand with her tight there in the open. People were staring but it did not matter because they already knew what was going on with him since they decided to make his business theirs."See I told you it would blow over" Aletta said. Somehow she was proud that she was able to make the prediction correctly."Maybe I should entrust you with making all my decisions for life," Joshua said.Aletta felt her heart stop and then receive some kind of life all over again. "That sounds kinda like a proposal" she muttered."Trust me it isn't, I plan to do something more touching," he said with a wink.She liked the moment but she was not sure if she wanted it to last. How did she tell him that she was not all for proposal and even more so not interested in marriage? He knew this but seeing him speak that way mea
"It sounded nice in my head but when I said it it sounded so cringe" Joshua confessed."See even you think it's cringe," Aletta said."What do you say about the trip? And don't stop thinking about me or hesitate because this might hurt my image, just think about yourself, do you think this would be a good idea for you? Do you think it's something you would enjoy?" he asked."The problem is I am so into my job that I can barely think for myself when the situation involves you, all I think about is how it would affect you," she told him."I know but I want you to be my girlfriend now, not my secretary or my assistant," he said taking a step forward as if he could close the tiniest gasp between them."Just as my girlfriend what you do say about the trip" Aletta pretended to be thinking, as a girlfriend the trip was the most wonderful idea she had heard in a while but as an assistant, she knew that there were a lot of things to consider."What do you say?" Joshua asked after a long minut
Joshua had not wasted time contacting the people who were in charge of his family's private plane. He had to impress his girl anyway. His father caught wind of it and was on the phone with him in an instant."Is there a business trip I am unaware of?" Xavier asked."No" Joshua was confused as to why his father was asking that. He had reduced the way he travelled to allow Joshua to learn more about the business and deal closing."Then why is the team asking for authorization to fly out the private plane?""Oh about that?" Joshua turned to his father. "I am taking Aletta on a trip," he said with a smug proud expression."Oh wow," Jessica said. She and Xavier had come into the room to hear the reason why an authorization request had come in and Joshua was not saying anything about it.They were not going to stop him from doing anything with the plane but they wanted to at least know what he was doing."A trip? That's a bold move" Xavier said with a smile as he remembered all the trips he
After Joshua and Aletta settled on the location for their trip all they could wait on was the day to finally leave. At dawn, Joshua was waiting outside Aletta's house with a car ready to take her with him to the airport."You are quite early," Aletta said as she walked down toward him. The driver went up to take her bag from her and she felt weird about releasing it to him. She was used to taking care of herself and others together and not allowing another person to take care of it for her."But you are ready," Joshua said. He pulled her to himself for a hug before opening the door and nudging her to go in first. "Ladies first" Aletta cleared her throat before she pushed herself in. He closed the door and hurried to get in from the other side."I did not want you to wait long so I prepared beforehand just as I always do" Aletta responded.Joshua made a sound of disbelief and then the car came to life and began to leave the street. "I am so happy about this" Joshua said his hands find
"What do you mean you want separate rooms?" Joshua asked leaning on the door frame."I just want separate rooms" "What are you thinking? Remove your mind from the gutter" Joshua gasped as though she was a sinner."I am not thinking about anything I just think it's weird for us to share a room for a fifteen-day-long vacation" "What, we already share a room back at home so why are you so shy to share a room here?" Joshua asked pushing himself off the frame and walking to her."What do you mean shy?" she asked feeling her cheek become heated. She was sure by now that her whole face was crimson red and her body was betraying her by giving it away. She was shy and it was because she knew that they might have had sex on this trip and she wanted to delay it for as long as they could."Tell your red cheeks not to expose you because they tell me clearly what it is that you are thinking" Joshua took her hand. "Your bags are in there already all you have to do is take a couple of steps in" he
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