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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ezekiel was staring at his best friend. He knew how much he loved Andrea and how they loved each other. He thinks that Andrea still loves him too now, it's not just they were fated for each other.
"Dwayne, how long has she been there already?" he asked him.
Ash just drinks his beer.
"Maybe two years already." he said.
"It's been too long, I guess." Ezekiel said.
It's hard for Ash to move on from her. Andrea was his first love and first ever girlfriend so far. Ezekiel could see that he was still in love with her.
"Don't tell me, you're going to marry your fiancée for you to move on?" he asks.
Ash nodded, he was stunned.
"What if she'll come back?" he asked.
"I don't know." he said.
Ezekiel just sighed.
"You know what, if I'm in your place, I'm going to forget about my past and just think about my future. Dude, marry your fiancee to be your future, not to move on from your past." he said.
Ash was startled by what he said. He didn't see that coming. Ash thought he had a point.
"Wow, coming from you." Ash said, laughing.
"Shut up, dude! I'm even like this. I'm still innocent." Ezekiel said, very proud of himself.
Ash just smirked and sipped his beer.
"By the way, you're going to work tomorrow?" his best friend asked him.
"Yes, I need to." Ash said.
"Hey, you should be preparing things for your wedding day." he said.
"Nah, our parents will be the ones settling that thing." he said.
Ezekiel laughs at him.
"Your parents were really persistent about making you marry her right." he said.
Their night went on slightly slowly. Ezekiel left before he got drunk, thinking they both had work to do tomorrow. Ash was continuing to drink when his mother was calling his phone.
"Son." she said.
"Mom, what is it?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's just that you didn't come home. Are you in your condo?" she asked.
"Yes mom." he said.
His mom just reminded him about his meeting with some clients tomorrow. Ash ended the call after telling him goodbye to his mother.
Tina and Langston tagged Ivanna to their company. They want to show her how they manage the work done in their company. Ivanna was so excited about meeting their partners. Didn't she know that Ash would also be there?
"Ivanna, try to be polite." her dad told her.
"Yes dad." she said.
Her parents knew her attitude overall. Ivanna was just following them, they went inside a wide room, and she was shocked to see Ash. She smiled. Ash wasn't informed that Ivanna would be present at their meeting. They greeted each other, the other businessmen saw Ivanna.
"Who's she?" they asked her dad.
"Yeah, everyone. She's my daughter Ivanna. Ivanna, greet them all." her father said.
"Good morning everyone. Please to meet you all." she said, smiling.
But deep inside her, she was very shy.
"Oh, she's so beautiful." they admired her.
Ivanna just smiled at them, Mr. Villareal also tells them that she was Ash's fiancee. Everyone applauded them. Ash was very silent, he didn't want to be introduced like that. He hated his dad that moment for telling them that they were going to get married soon.
"You're lucky, she's so hot." Ezekiel said.
Ash glared at him but he just smirked. Ivanna saw Ezekiel whispering to Ash, making him glare at Ezekiel.
"She's staring." Ezekiel told him.
Ash just ignored the fact.
The meeting went on, Ivanna sat in the corner, and Ezekiel went to sit with her. Ivanna was shocked.
"Hi, I'm Ezekiel. I am Dwayne's best friend." he said, extending his hand.
"Hi." Ivanna said and shook hands with him.
Ash was watching them both. He knows how playboy Ezekiel is. He just ignored them. Ivanna was having a nice conversation with him.
"Sorry, but I want to ask about your best friend." he said.
Ivanna was curious, she just laughed.
"How do you know her?" she asked him, with her eyebrows wiggling.
Ezekiel just messed his hair up.
"Did you stalk on me?" she asked.
Ezekiel was shocked and at the same time smiling bitterly. Ivanna was right, he stalked on her.
"I just did that because I'm so curious about who my best friend is going to marry, and there I saw your best friend." he said.
Ivanna giggled, Ivy and Ezekiel had the same personality, and she could see that they were very perfect for each other.
"You have the same personality." she said.
Ezekiel's face brightened up, and his eyes got bigger.
"Really?!" he asked. She nodded.
They were shocked when someone cleared his throat, it turned out that it was Ash, and all the men inside the room were staring at them. Ezekiel and Ivanna smile bitterly and ask for an apology.
"Low down your voice." he said to her.
"You should be the one who'll lower his voice." she said.
They were both happy about what had just happened. Ash didn't know, but he was feeling scratched while watching them so happy. The meeting ended and they were still talking.
"Ivanna, let's go." her mom said.
"Where?" she asked them.
"Honey, you need to be familiar with our company." her mom said.
Ezekiel cleared his throat.
"Uhmmm, allow me, Mrs. Hendrix to show her around." he said, smiling.
"Hmm, a good thing. That's so sweet of you." she said.
Her mom left and Ezekiel started to show her around. Ash was just scratched from them, thinking just to make Ezekiel sure that he was not going to fall for his fiancée.
"Ezekiel, are you working here?" she asked.
"Nope, We just have a meeting, so I need to attend it." he said.
Ezekiel also told her that he was the CEO of their company also, like Dwayne.
"Speaking of Dwayne, I forgot to talk to him, but never mind, I'm going to talk to him later." he said.
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Ezekiel was worried, he knew how ruthless he was when he was very angry. Ash went out and Ezekiel was chasing him but Ivy called him."Zeke, tell me. Is it her?" Ivy asked.Zeke went mute."Yes." he said.Ivy massages her head and controls her anger."I'm going to kill that bitch!" she said."Ivy, let's calm down first. Let's wait for the result if it was really her." he said.He didn't say that the car was familiar to them and they couldn't see the driver because it was tinted. Ezekiel thinks that maybe she hired or she is really the driver. The nurses transferred Ivanna to her room, many dextroses were being wired at her."Bessy, wake up." Ivy holds her hands.Ivy even caressed her baby and stuck her ear on it."I know you're there and you can hear me, Please tell your mom to wake up, okay." she whispered.Tina and Langston were watching them."You can't blame Ivy on how protective she is of Ivanna. They grew up together since they just a baby, they were more like sisters and they re
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Surprise Wedding 43: Danger
Ivanna went out with her family for a family dinner, They went to a fancy restaurant."Thank you mom and dad." she said.Her mom and dad hold her hand, both left and right."We are your parents and we need to comfort and guide you." her dad said.They order and eat like they used to be."Honey, come on. You need to eat more so that you and your baby will be healthy." her dad said.She was very happy that she had parents who were very supportive of her. Rhea was very persistent in thinking of a plan, Ash was very curious about her and yeah, she was at their house."Rhea, are you okay?" he asked.Rhea felt shivered."Yeah." she said.But he noticed that she was uneasy. And he knows something isn't right."Honey, did you come up already with the name of your baby?" her dad asked.Tina and her daughter laughed."Honey, her belly was still one month old and we can figure out the baby's gender after 3 months." his wife said.Langston was very demured and shocked."Oh, I forgot." he said and
