"Hello Mom," Joshua said over the phone. "Mom ? I did not realize that I was your mother" Jessica said. Joshua rolled his eyes and of course, his mom had to be dramatic. "Mom, why are you doing this?" "Why am I doing this? Xavier hear what your son is saying to me. I can't believe it" Jessica screamed and Joshua heard some shuffling before a grunt from his father. "Mom, I am sorry, it was unplanned," Joshua said. Yes, he had it in mind to wed Aletta but his proposal plan was not anything like this, he did not even know what his proposal plan was, he was waiting for her to come to him and she did without him having any time whatsoever to think it through. "You mean you proposed to a girl without thinking about it" Jessica asked with a gasp. "Mom , I will explain later when we see. I would also bring Aletta along so you can hear her own side of the story" Joshua said. "Are you with her?" Jessica asked about ignoring her son. "Of course" Joshua replied. "I thought as much, I m
"That was my mom's welcome speech to you, asking you to join our family" Joshua said sitting beside her and then slipping the phone to the table. "You already asked me I did not know it before but it seems like I really needed to hear that from your mom" "Of course, it's so important that after we see my mom in the morning we go see your mom as well. I am sure she has a lot she'd want to tell me" Joshua continued. Aletta was going to bring it up but she did not want it to be as though she was pressuring him. "Really?" she asked her face lightening up in excitement. "Of course, how could I think of going on to marry you without first speaking to your mom" he inched closer to her. "Joshua" she let out breathlessly as his heavy breath kept landing on her face and her ears kept on picking up the sound. "Aletta, I know what you are thinking but it's not it," he said withdrawing. "I definitely told you I was going to wait for you and you can take as long as you want, I mean if you ev
"I never expected to hear about your engagement from the media" Jeanne said as soon as Aletta's leg entered into the house. It was as though she had been waiting for her to come. Aletta jumped startled a bit before her eyes landed on the girl in front of her flashing the huge diamond on her finger. "And I did not think you would get engaged so secretly either" Aletta shot back at her. Jeanne flashed the ring in her face with the giggle of a high schooler. "He asked while we were out for dinner at a park, what could I have said? No? I love that man too much to refuse to spend my entire life with him" Hearing him Aletta could not help but agree, she understood every word Jeanne said and the ones she left unspoken. She was not sure how she was supposed to go on with life if she lost Joshua for any reason whatsoever. "Your ring is nice, and your brother has been standing here for the past minute without a single word from you to me" Joshua said cutting through the conversatio
"Anette, did you see this?" Leslie asked sliding the phone over the table to her daughter. Since the incident with Brian, she has been very quiet that no one could imagine what she was thinking. Anette still went on with her wedding preparations which were going to be held in about three weeks. Anette took up the phone and read through it. "Seen that already," she said throwing a grape to her mouth. "And?" Leslie asked gently. For every reason within her, she wished that Anette would feel something from the news of Aletta and Joshua and realize she was meant for him and not Richard. "I am so happy for them, I mean this must be huge for them," Anette said with a shrug. "You are okay with this?" Leslie was surprised this news did not stir up some kind of emotion within her. Was her daughter finally crazy? Did she not have any sense of reasoning because of the baby she was carrying? "Yes Mom, I am getting married to Richard so I don't need to know what is going on with Aletta an
"I had no idea that this would turn into our families meeting" Aletta said standing in front of Joshua as he buttoned up his shirt. "Why does it matter?" Joshua asked sensing the fear she was exhibiting. "I did not mean it this. way, I mean our families meeting each other just makes it feel so fast track" Aletta responded walking towards him. "And so what? I love it that way" he said wrapping his hands across her waist and pulling her in. She raised her hand to his neck to straighten his tie. "I only meant to call Alethea did not know my mom would tag along as well" "She is here already so why don't we just play along, they get to meet and we get to plan our wedding" Joshua said planting a quick kiss on her lip. "Plan out a wedding?" Aletta said with a giggle. "Yeah plan our wedding?" Joshua said again. "You and I? plan a wedding, are you sure you won't just leave everything to me?" Aletta teased. "Well, I might not be great at planning but I would do my absolute best" Joshu
"So sorry for barging in here and disrupting your breakfast time" Eunice said as she stood awkwardly at the table waiting as Jessica went back and forth between the table and the kitchen. "What do you mean barging in? We are practically becoming a family" Jessica replied with glee. "Oh please do make yourself comfortable and feel at home" Jessica said before she turned back to the kitchen door. When Jeanne had told her that Aletta's mom and sister were coming over, she had so spontaneously changed her breakfast plan and had mandated that everyone attended including Joshua who just wanted to get to work on time. She cooked up a storm and with her movement back and forth from the kitchen to the dining table she was yet to get out the entirety of what she had cooked. "Are you sure you don't need help from me?" Eunice asked feeling awkward that all she was doing was standing there. "I would be done in a few seconds," Jessica said dismissingly. "Don't bother trying to help
Alethea squealed in excitement as she held her friend's hand in joy. "The good news," she said with teary eyes. "Does this mean I get to be a maid of honour twice?" she asked holding her breath before adding quickly. "Only if you want to" she added wondering if she had just pushed her luck. Jeanne would have thousands of people she might want to ask."Of course, you have to be my maid of honour, I would not have any other person do it" Jeanne responded in joy."And what about me?" Aletta asked as she walked into the dining room hand in hand with Joshua."How do you expect me to have a married woman be my maid of honour?" Jeanne asked rolling her eyes playfully."Wait you think we would get married before you?" Aletta asked tilting her head."I actually do not mind the order but I am not interested in getting married in the cold" Jeanne said. Joshua chuckled and shook his head. "Of course, I was almost deceived that you cared about your brother for a moment there" "And of course, my
Everyone turned around to see Anette standing there, She tilted her head as she saw faces she did not recognize. "What are you doing here so early in the morning" Jeanne was trying her absolute best to not sound bitter. She had forgiven Anette but she knew that the pain she caused her could not just go away overnight. She needed a little more time to heal. "I am so sorry for showing up unannounced but I brought invitation cards" Anette said cautiously as she approached the table. She had apologized but she was sure it would not be that easy to forgive her. "I hope I am not intruding on anything?" she asked as she stopped at the table. The silence in the room was so bad that anyone could tell that there was something wrong in that place. "Of course not" Aletta finally said stretching her hand to get the invitation from her. Anette blessed Aletta in her heart for breaking the dead silence they had just experienced. "Oh yeah," Anette fidgeted with the card in her hand as she hand
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