Joshua and Aletta had a meal at a restaurant that served Nigerian meals. "See I told you that eating something new was worth the try" Aletta said as she patted her stomach."I am so full I feel I might burst open any moment from now," Joshua said."Took the words right out of my mouth" Aletta replied shocked he was feeling the same way."Should we take a walk around the area so it can help out digestion?" Joshua suggested.Aletta thought it to be a good idea, they could kill two birds with one stone, their food would get digested and they get to see the area and mark down the restaurant they wanted to visit later."Did you feel that?" Aletta asked looking up to the sky."Feel what?" Joshua asked when he felt a droplet of water touch his palm. "Is that a drizzle?" Joshua asked and Aletta nodded. "The forecast did not say it would rain here today" Joshua said fumbling with his phone to see what happened. He checked and it turned out that the weather was largely unstable so it caused ex
Joshua was taken aback by her gesture because she was not one to do something like that, she was always composed and perfect. Seeing her sway in the rain was strange to it."People are staring" he said holding her waist that was swaying back and forth as if they were in tune with music."We are tourists here, they would look at us and laugh at our silly nature and not bother to judge us" Aletta said.She wanted to enjoy her stay and try her best not to worry about the people who would talk, there was no pleasing others because they always found a way to complain about something about them."Let's dance" "In the rain?" Joshua asked with widened eyes and a shocked expression across his entire face."Yeah, just like when we were kids" "I never dance in the rain" Joshua confessed shyly. "Jessica did not allow you to dance in the rain?" Aletta could not believe that. Joshua was half the person he was because he had Jessica as his mom. If Xavier had married a random heiress and had child
"That felt refreshing" Joshua commented as they made their way back to the car. He could not believe that at his age he had spent thirty minutes swaying the rain with Aletta."See, letting go and allowing the rain to go all over you is one of the best feelings ever. Don't you feel light already?" Aletta asked excitedly."I am glad you talked me into doing it" he said planting a kiss on her temple. "Okay let's get home and take a long hot bath before we have something hot to drink so we don't catch a cold" Aletta said hurrying to catch up with the car."A long hot bath? Together" Aletta shook her head at him, they had spent the entire day out to ease the sexual tension between them but he managed to ruin what she had managed to build with a few seconds of talking."Not together but separately" she said not going to let him have his way and joke through the situation. "You know what I meant," she said as they slid into the car. Joshua went in through the driver's side and Aletta thro
"So I am done having a bath you should do so too and I will get started with tea" Aletta said walking up to the kitchenette."Do I need to have my bath, can't I just sit at the fireplace and warm up?" Joshua asked pointing to the false fireplace in the mini- sitting room."You know that's not real right?" Aletta asked wondering if he was just messing around or if he was serious about the fireplace thing."Or we could turn up the heat" Aletta pointed to the thermostat, "The heat is up and you are still shivering, a bath would help" Joshua whined like he was being forced to take a class he did not want to. "I don't think I would catch a cold from just a few drops of rain" Joshua said again hoping this time his answer would fly."No matter what excuse you have you just have to take a bath or else by morning you will be sick" Aletta said going to him and stretching her hand to him. He stared at her hand like it was fire and he was contemplating whether to play with it or not."Come on,
Joshua came out and commented on how better he felt after standing under the warm shower water for a while."See I told you so," Aletta said handing the cup of tea to him."Thank you" he said taking the cup and sipping from it."You really do know the trick to curing the sickness of dancing in the rain," Joshua said. His tone was like he was commending his child for getting top in his classes."Sickness of dancing in the rain? That's a new one" she said and he shrugged."I did not know what word to use for the situation so that string of words would do" "Well, my mom always did things she thought would look romantic so I did dance in the rain a lot with her while I was young and she always had a warm bath ready for us with a cup of hot milk whenever we finished dancing" Aletta said."You sound like you miss those days" "Of course I do, it was when I was not afraid to love, it was a time when I did not have a worry or care but being an adult took all that away from me" Aletta sounde
"I already told you I won't do anything and you would have to be the one to beg me" Joshua said as she lifted Aletta in her hand.She felt truly embarrassed by the situation so she pretended to feel a cough coming on. "I need a glass of water" "We can get that" Joshua said walking to the room instead of the mini fridge for her to take water."But water," Aletta said when he dropped her to the bed."I will get that my queen" he said walking out and emerging a while later with a bottle of water in hand. He opened it and gave it to her. "Here you go" Aletta took the open bottle and gulped out of it. "Thank you" she said setting aside the bottle to the nightstand beside her. "Aren't you coming to bed?" she asked when she noticed him standing there watching her."I am" he said hurriedly getting into bed. Aletta cleared her throat and lay down in the bed. Joshua snuck his hands underneath her body and pulled her close to him."What are you doing?" Aletta asked."Nothing, just holding my g
"Your brother seems to be spending a lot of time out of the city," Thiago said to Jeanne."And we should be happy about it, at least he is not here to bully me or nitpick at my relationship," Jeanne said with a smile on her face."You sound so much like someone who is missing him" "Oh my god, how dare you say that?" Jeanne shrieked like she had been given terrible news. "You know siblings are more alike than they think" Thiago started."So you are like your sister Nichole" "Oh no, that rule does not apply to us," "Hmm" Jeanne said nodding her head mockingly. "Come closer let me tell you a secret" he said beckoning to her. Jeanne bent her head a bit so she could hear what he could possibly have to say."She was adopted so there is no way we are alike" he said and Jeanne shook her head."I believe that it's so true" Jeanne's tone was sarcastic enough that anyone could hear it from a mile away. "Enough about my brother, when do I get to meet your sister?" "You still want to meet he
"I can't believe we are already going back" Joshua whined as they made their way to the airport."You are the CEO of the company and you gave duties to attend to" "Hey, what did you do to my girlfriend," Joshua said glancing at her from the driver's seat."Hmm?" Aletta was confused. What was he saying?"My fun girlfriend, who had been the life of the entire trip, what did you do to her?" Joshua asked again.Aletta saw that he was joking about the situation so she laughed. "I am sorry but your assistant has to step in and your girlfriend takes the back seat" Aletta said playing along with his jokes."Yeah, I don't want that, our trip is not over until we get back to Chiachester City" "So you want me to be fun?" She asked and he nodded."Our flight leaves in three hours what fun thing can we do?" She asked looking out the window."I know," he said causing him to look at him. He tapped his mouth and then pouted."Joshua" she called in surprise. "You are driving" she added in a scolding
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