"A divorce?" Leslie murmured to herself before letting out a sinister laugh. "You want a divorce?" she asked trailing off when she noticed that he was not laughing with her and the serious expression on his face. "Are you for real?" she asked and he nodded. "I thought for a split second that I would have been able to speak some sense with you but it's obvious that you are stuck on her past and you have intentions of moving on and being honest with me" he said looking out the windshield. "Brian I have always been honest with you" Leslie let out in a panic. The situation was not under her control as she had thought earlier, he was being serious and if she was not careful she would have to lose him forever. "You never loved me, you still had fantasies about Xavier and I wonder why it took me this long to figure that out" he continued. "Why the hell would you say that?" she asked trying to sound humble. "After all the things you have said and done in the past weeks I would be
Aletta stood outside the office door as she wondered if her decision was good enough. After encountering Leslie and the craze she had thought long and hard about her relationship with Joshua. Even though she had not been interested in getting married, the thought that his parents might want grandkids and a married daughter-in-law and that might ultimately lead to them breaking up crossed her mind a whole lot. The scenario of them separating and she being heartbroken could not for a second leave her mind and it kept her from getting any work done. She was also concerned he might have to marry a rich woman and she would be left with our memories of him. She had made up her mind but for many reasons, she kept rethinking it. She was about to push the door open when it yanked from inside and Joshua stood in the door frame tilting his head and blinking. "What are you doing there?" she let out without thinking. "I think I should be asking you that," he said leaning into the frame m
Aletta was flustered by his actions as she watched him go. Joshua turned back briefly and sent her a cocky smile before entering into the elevator, he held her gaze as the doors shut. Thaigo's assistant stumbled to her feet as she saw Joshua approaching. She tried to search her memory as to why he was there but there was no answer. "Mr Delgado..." She could barely get the statement from her mouth because he flagged her down with a wave of his hands."I am here to see Thiago, you don't need to announce my arrival, it's a personal meeting," Joshua told her and she never added."Do I need to bring anything to drink?" she asked. He stopped in his tracks and nodded before proceeding to the closed door in front of him. He tapped on the door to Thiago's office and then pushed it open. Thiago looked up from his desk and then smiled at him before standing up. "You asked to see me?" Joshua asked entering the office. "Yes I did, let me just save this" he said tapping his keyboard rapidly an
"You finally agreed to come to a fancy place" Joshua said and Aletta nodded. She has made a reservation using her influence as his assistant and it was a piece of cake for her. She has noticed that Joshua has been a bit absent-minded as they came to the restaurant and she had tried to get answers out of him but he had not said anything and just avoided the situation totally. "Yes, you have been asking for a fancy date and I decided it would be a good time to come here" "A good time?" Joshua asked slipping his hand into hers and the other hand into his pocket. A man began to approach them with a huge smile on his face. Aletta could see that the man recognized Joshua it was obvious he did, and this was part of the reason she avoided fancy places like this. Everyone would know who he was and try to stick their nose in his business. "Mr Delgado," the man said with so much glee it was obvious from a distance. "Hello, John" Joshua said. Aletta made a sound in the back of her thr
"What would you have?" Aletta asked flipping through the page. She understood the menu because she had to book in advance what Joshua would eat whenever he visited this place but she had never had a taste of it before so she was confused about what to pick. "What do you want to have?" Joshua asked back. "What's good here?" "Everything, the chef here is excellent" "Then I would have whatever the waiter recommends" she replied closing the menu and dropping it to the table before taking the cup to her mouth. "Is something wrong?" "No, why would you ask that?" Aletta's answer was a strong defence. Nothing was wrong but she was not sure of what she was about to it and if she should be doing it. She wondered if she was acting on impulse. She wondered what his reaction would be. She wondered if it would make her look and sound desperate. Her mind was running around the whole place but she made up her mind and there was no going back for her. "Your face looks tense, your grip on that
"What?" Joshua asked his cup in hand and in the air still waiting for her glass to clink with his. "Let's toast to me asking you to marry me," she said again. It was as though the confidence she had lost she suddenly regained. She sat up straight and stared at him in the eyes. Joshua stared at her continuously without moving as he was unable to properly process what was going on at that time. "Joshua? So?" she urged waiting for his response. "But you said...you said that.." he let out in a stutter unable to correctly articulate all the words. "I know what I said before but I am saying this now, are you not going to respond" Now she was panicking, she dropped the cup to the table and pressed her fingers to the table while staring at him. "Of course, you know I have always wanted to marry you but you had been against it for such a long time I don't know how you want me to react but this is shocking," Joshua said making no sense to her. She laughed and then held his hands tha
"Where are we going? What about our food? Are we just going to leave like this?" she asked as he pulled her out of her seat. "We have somewhere important to go" "But the food" she whined, she was hungry and was really looking forward to eating everything they had been served. "I would get you something better" he said taking up her bag that was hanging on the chair. He began to walk toward the exit and Aletta followed behind him. "Where are we going?" Aletta asked as they approached the car. He was not saying anything and it was killing her. She wanted to know why they were just leaving in the middle of their meal. She was struggling to keep up with his long strides. "You'll see" he said looking back at her. "Wait up then" she said trying to catch up, he slowed down till she was beside him and then they began waking but at a fast pace. They got to the car and both got in before Joshua began to drive away. "Are you really not going to tell me why we left our meal unto
Aletta chose a ring after much pleading and pushing from Joshua. She had wanted to let it be when she noticed that the rings cost more than triple her yearly salary. How could she think of wearing something that fancy? He had to take a lot of convincing from him to be able to make her decide to take a ring. She finally picked one. "It's so beautiful but I don't know if it fits my finger," she said taking her hand up into the air and admiring the huge rock in her hand. "Of course, it fits your finger, it's as though it was made for your finger" Joshua said opening the door to the car and waiting for her to get in. She slid in her eyes still fixated on the ring on her hand. Joshua closed the door with a huge smile on his face as he turned over to the driver's side. "You do know you did not ask me to marry you right?" Aletta said as he slammed his door shut. "What?" Confusion climbed his face as he turned to her. "You did not get down on one knee and ask me to marry you, you