"This is my private elevator ensure to use it next time," Xavier says as they enter and the door shuts. "Next time? What makes you think I will be coming here next time?" "You just promised in there to deliver food to me since I'll be investing in your talent," he said in a duh tone. "Yes but I can use a delivery service to achieve that" "Don't you dare" he said as he narrowed his eyes. "So you want me to hand deliver every lunch?" "Yes and of course you can come in to visit me once in a while too," he said. "Come on Xavier, using a delivery service would be faster and that means I don't have to leave work" "Don't you want to have lunch together?""It would be a nice idea" "Then why are you turning me down?" he asked perplexed. "When did I?" "Me saying you should hand deliver every lunch is a way of me saying we should have lunch together every day from today. No matter what it is I will clear my schedule to have lunch with you" "Oh," Jessica cleared her throat as she star
Alicia and Jason had made up. Jason was open to the idea so much so that he accepted. He confessed to Alicia that deciding to break up was a foolish decision. Since they had made up he stayed an extra night where they spoke about their dreams together. "Do I have to go back today?" he asked as they stood in the airport. He had taken the night flight so he could spend a little extra time with her all day. "Must you?" she asked pulling up her cutest face ever. "I will miss you, very much," she said holding his hands. He sighed and hung his head. His flight would be boarding soon and he did not want to go. "What if I come to Crescent Bay?" she asked and his head went up as his eyes lit up like a child being offered candy. "Since we will be moving the headquarters our staff would need to be visiting the town for many meetings and the like so I'll tag along" "With every single trip?" he asked. "If I do that I will barely get any work done at all" she replied. "But I will visit as oft
"You are home early tonight""Xavier had to leave early," Brian said. "He has been leaving early these days, maybe something is going on?" she asked. "Not that I know of," Brian said yawning. "I am so exhausted so I will be going in for a shower" She watched as he left the living room and climbed up to their room. She stood up and went after him. "Do you want to order in or should we cook something?" she said sitting on the bed as he shuffled around the room trying to remove his clothes. "Any you want," he said and Leslie frowned. Since they found out that they were not pregnant that month again Brian had been distracted and distant and she hated it. She wanted her husband back. He had said work was what was taking a toll on him but she was not sure anymore. Was he acting that way because she was unable to get pregnant? "Brian" she called. Brian sighed he knew he was in trouble. She usually called him by his first name whenever he had offended. He could also tell by the tone of
"Then why do you constantly try to make me feel like I have done such a thing? Since we took the pregnancy test last week and it came out negative you have been avoiding doing all the things we do together. Is it my fault I am unable to get pregnant?" she ranted as tears streamed down her face. They had visited the hospital and the doctor had assured them that there was nothing wrong with the both of them. The Doctor told them to keep trying and that they could get lucky. "Okay, I admit it. I was a little disappointed" Brian replied. "But not at you" he added immediately when he saw the expression on her face. "Then at who?" "At nobody, I was just disappointed that we would not get to have a baby soon. I was disappointed that it was taking more time than we had anticipated. I was just disappointed in myself. I saw you in such great pain but there was nothing I could do to help stop it" he said. Leslie lifted her hands to his face as she caressed it. She too felt disappointed not
"Since it's all burnt now why don't as order another one?" Leslie asked. "Or we could go on a midnight date?" Brian suggested. When they had nearly gotten married they went on all sorts of dates which included running around on the main street in the middle of the night. "It's been such a long time since we did that" Leslie walked up to him. He put his hand on her waist and pulled her closer to him. She shrieked a little out of excitement and put her hand on his forearm."Aren't we doing something such as a vow renewal? This is me proposing to have an all-night date with the most beautiful woman in the world right now" "Two years and you still know how to make me blush?" she asked hitting him so lightly that it could not hurt. "Leta go change," he said lifting her. "Put me down," she said in shock at the way he suddenly lifted her. "Why? You used to like it when I carried you" he asked his voice sounding disappointed. "I still like it it is just that I must have gained a ton o
****** It is earlier in the evening and Xavier comes to pick Jessica up from her restaurant ****** "Just give me a minute and I will wrap all that I am doing and we can be on our way," Jessica said ushering Xavier to one of the restaurant chairs she had received earlier today. "Is that it?" "Is that what?" she turned back at him confused at his question. "I was missing you so bad that I wanted the day to be over so I could run to you but it seems like it was only me missing you. You did not miss me at all" he murmured. "Why did you arrive at that conclusion?" she asked as she walked slowly towards him. "Because you greeted me with so much courtesy I almost thought we were transported to the palace" "What?" she asked with a laugh. She could barely believe her ears. So he knew how to speak in such a manner. "I mean, when couples see each other they usually hug it out or kiss but you almost gave me a handshake. Now you are hurrying back to your work""I only wanted to hurry up so
Jessica had barely spent a second in the hug when she tried to peel herself from Xavier. "It's late already why don't we just go home?" she asked rushing to the back room to get her bag. "Already? What of the work you said you had to wrap up?" he asked following her. "I was personally curating the menu, I will finish it up tomorrow," she said meeting him at the door with her jacket in one hand and bag in the other. "Let's go then" Xavier collected the jacket from her and intertwined their hands together. "I just want to hold your hands" Her hands relaxed into his and then they began to walk towards the car. They successfully closed up the place and entered the car "What can we have for dinner?" Xavier asked. "I can whip anything you want quickly when we get home" Now when she said home it felt like home. It felt warm and cozy to her. "I was asking so we can go on a date in a fancy restaurant. I already booked so you can't refuse or else all my money will go to waste""I thought
By the time they had gotten back home the whole house was asleep already except for the security guard that was on duty. "They are all so cold in this house. They did not see us but did not bother to check on us" Xavier said loudly as they entered the dark house. "Shhhh," Jessica said putting her hand against his lips. "What?" he asked still in a loud voice. "The whole house is sleeping, it will be unfair if we come in by past twelve and then decide to wake them all up. If it were me ill also be mad" she continued in a whisper. "Don't they care about us?" "I'm very sure they do, let's go to bed now," she said pulling him towards the stairs. "I don't think they do" he murmured as she pulled him. "They must have been working all day they need to sleep," she told him like he was a child who was unaware of try way the world works. "I wanted to give them the good news," he said putting his foot down firmly and refusing to move. "What good news" she maintained her whisper while hi
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