"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
"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