149. I’ll Pick You Up

“Blake dear, since you're very busy at the company and there's still a lot to do, Joshua would go to the charity event in your stead,” Melinda spoke as they sat in the dining table having breakfast.

Blake gripped his cutleries harder as his eyes rose to Melinda as her words filtered into his ears. He stared at her for a moment and then shifted his gaze to Joshua briefly. The latter was eating casually as though it was no news, it was clear that she had discussed this with him before because he appeared untroubled.

Blake swallowed; he had been suspecting that there was something wrong about their closeness, although Melinda had said that he was her sister's son, they looked closer than that. Even though at first glance, there was no resemblance between them, on a closer look, Joshua had some of Melinda’s features.

Maybe because he was her sister's son; they were bound to have some similar features, but Blake could not get the gut-feeling off his