Brian felt himself awake as the stick flashed before him. "What do you mean?" he asked. Suddenly the sleep he had been feeling all this while had left his eyes and he was now sober and awake. "I know only a doctor's test can confirm it but I took all the tests we have left and every single one came out positive," she told him. His hands went around her to wrap her in a hug. He signed in relief. He did not know what to expect but to hear her voice sound so joyful was almost a miracle to him. She has always had those down moments and days. "Brian?" she asked when he remained in the hug without uttering a single word. "I am so happy, my joy knows no bounds," he tells her as he tightens the hug. She wiggles in his embrace and waits for him to free her. His hands go to her face and he cups it in his. He kisses her whole face all over. "I love you" he whispered in between the kisses. "I love you more," she said with a giggle following the statement. "How did this.....?" he trailed of
"Good morning," Xavier said as he walked into the kitchen and put his hand over Jessica's shoulders. She had regained her strength after receiving the words of reassurance from Xavier and the good news from Alicia that she decided to cook. "Good morning" she murmured again as she took in his scent. It was obvious that he had taken a shower just now because she could smell his aftershave and his cologne was stronger than when he had it on for a long. He pressed his lips on her ears where he could reach and left multiple kisses at once. "What are you doing out so early and on your feet?" "I thought to make breakfast for you," she said. The gesture touched him but he did not like her on feet while she was pregnant. "You can allow the house staff to do that, that is what they are here for, they get a salary every month but you do not allow do their money's worth. Or should I lay them off?" he asked. Even if he did not know much about Jessica as he would want to one thing he knew was
"What?" she asked stunned. Up until now going to work while pregnant had not posed any problem why was he not allowing her to do anything? "I can not go to work?" she followed up with a question. "I want you to get as much rest as possible before the baby comes, you can hire a management specialist who would help with the restaurant for the time being""Would you also stop going to work?" she asked. "Why? Do you want me to stop?" he asked back. She sighed in annoyance because that was not the reaction she was expecting from him. She thought he would go on and on about how he was a man and deserved to be treated differently but here he was willing to stay home if she asked. "I am perfectly fine at work and I take occasional breaks to rest my legs whenever I feel tired," she tells him dropping her hands crossed across her chest and holding his hands. "I know you are fine. I do not doubt it but you are five months along already and you have four months to go I think you should get g
"How can you address me as cute? I am a full grown man" he said when he heard her. "This attitude is what is cute," she said pulling his cheeks. "So would you stay home with me?" she asked him her hands dropping to the bed. "Of course" "Would you do anything I ask you to do then?" she asked raising her eyebrows. "I am at your service ma'am," he said his hands to his head like he was about to give a salute. "What of breakfast then?" she asked and his hands went to his hair to scratch it. "Give me ten minutes and I will make sure you have the most exotic breakfast ever""Are you sure ten minutes would be enough?" she asked him with her hands folded across her chest. "Thirty minutes?" he asked his head tilted and his eyes twitching. "Are you going to prepare the meal by yourself?" "Of course, I am going to surprise you with the best meal you have ever had""Thirty minutes it is then," she said raising her hands to shoo him away. "I am going now" she nodded at him. He furrowed h
Jessica was not sure if her ears were deceiving her or if she heard well. Did Jessica just say she was pregnant and even more far along than her? Does this mean she was already pregnant around the time that she was angry about not getting pregnant? How did she not develop a baby bump? How did she not show any symptoms? Jessica was perplexed she wanted more information. "What? How? What do you mean?" all the questions poured out of her mouth at once. "Are you not going to congratulate me first?" Leslie asked with a pout. "Congratulations. It is just that I can not wrap my mind around it so that is why I am asking so many questions trying to understand it" Jessica said in a rush. "I also can not wrap my mind around it so I did the test three times and the doctor confirmed it I am having two babies" she squealed into the phone. "Wait what? Twins?" she asked with so much joy in her voice. "Yes" "How did this happen? You did not show and you did not show any symptoms so how is it..
To Jessica and every other person it was as if Jason and Alicia were in a rush to get married and now that Jessica loved Xavier she kind of understood. She could not imagine a day without him and how her life would have been. Alicia had insisted that both Leslie and Jessica would be her bridesmaids because she had no friends. While Jessica was showing it heavily, Leslie just had a providing stomach that could be mistaken for overeating. It took a lot to convince Xavier to allow his wife to stand for that long. Alicia promised him to keep their vows short and precise so his precious wife would not have to stand for too long. The celebration of Alicia's wedding was nothing glamorous like what one would have expected. She had just a few close ones to come by while Jason had his whole family. They were all joyous that their playboy and troublemaker son was finally settling down with a reputable woman too. Although they were hesitant to accept her because of her previous reputation with
They left the wedding venue without even thinking of going to the reception and went ahead to the hospital. By the time they got there, Leslie was already in the delivery room and Brian was with her. "I hope she is doing okay," Jessica said in a worried tone. "I am sure she is fine," Xavier said rubbing Jessica's back. "I am worried, I hope we hear some news soon" she followed up. "Being worried is not good for the health of the baby and for you too. I am sure she is doing okay" Xavier replied again. "Wow Xavier I never knew you could be this much of a simp" Jason commented as he sat down with his tie loosened and out of his neck, jacket of tuxedo in hand. "I am also shocked" Alicia followed up agreeing with her husband. "I will gladly be a simple any day any time for her" Xavier responded kissing the side of her face. Jessica did not have the luxury to respond as she was afraid and tensed. "Aww that is so cute," Jessica said dryly. "And you really sound like someone who is i
Alicia and Jason had to go ahead first since it was their wedding day. They were going straight to your honeymoon location. Jessica was so concerned about Leslie that it only took the willpower of Xavier to get her to leave the hospital back home. "We could have stayed just a little bit longer. Did you see how cute those babies were?" Jessica's voice sounded so hyper about it. If she could be active on her feet then she would be jumping all around the place. "Yes, they were so cute," Xavier said guiding her towards the stairs. "So why did you let us leave so early?" she pouts and turns to face him while standing on the stairs. "Because you need rest so you can birth to your cute baby," Xavier said blankly. "Okay but can I visit them tomorrow?" "No" "Come on please??" she said trying to sound as cute as possible. "Do not make me look like the bad guy here but you have been up and on your feet for the past week now. You helped Alicia put the final touches to her wedding and then
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