“I thought as much,” Celsie said thoughtfully. If Harry was aware, and Bryan knew about it too, then it was possible that his sister was aware too, right? Who else knew?
“Will you like to talk to Bryan? He swears that Benne didn’t mean to make a fool of you. Benne really likes you,” Sonia assured Celsie once Bryan had left the room.
“It’s his brother we are talking about. Were you really expecting that he would tell you otherwise?” Celsie asked with a scoff even though she knew deep down that Benne genuinely cared about her.
“Trust me, Celsie. I’m on your side,” Sonia said, hoping that Celsie wasn’t thinking that she was taking Bryan’s side.
“Sure. Your loyalty isn’t one I can doubt,” Celsie assured her, and then glanced at the office door when it opened and a man who looked like he was in his mid-forties walked in with a lady in her early thirties, “Duty calls. I will call you back,” Celsie told Sonia as she quickly hung up, “Good morning,” Celsie greeted with a polite smile.
“Good morning, we are here to meet with the CEO,” the man explained, and Celsie gave him a nod.
“He’s expecting you,” she said gesturing with a hand for them to go into the office.
Once they shut the door behind them she picked up her phone and dialed Harry’s line this time.
“So what’s the plan?” Jade asked Harry once they were done with breakfast and were heading for his car.
“Let’s get you to a spa where you can get a good beauty treatment, and then we can go to the salon to take care of your hair and nails,” Harry said, glancing at her untidy fingernails.
Jade followed his gaze to her nails and then curled her fingers into her palm to cover them from his view, “Yeah, let’s do that,” she said with an embarrassed smile as she let him unlock the car doors and hold out the door for her to get in.
“And then once you look presentable we could just drive around the city, go see a movie, visit wherever you’d love to go to, and then have dinner before returning to the hotel,” Harry concluded and once she was seated, he shut the door and went around the car to get into his own seat.
Before Harry could turn on the car’s ignition, his phone started ringing, and he picked it up to see that it was Celsie who was calling, “Give me a moment,” Harry told Jade with an apologetic smile before receiving the call.
“Good morning, Miss Miller,” Harry greeted in a cheerful tone, and Jade looked at him curiously as she wondered who Harry was talking to.
“Good morning, Mr. Harry,” Celsie greeted back with a smirk.
“I was informed by your driver that you weren’t feeling too well yesterday. How are you feeling now?” Harry asked curiously, wanting to know if her state of health had anything to do with the reason Benne was in a foul mood.
“I’m fine. Thank you, sir. I was calling to find out if you could send me a copy of Mr. Delgado’s schedule. Seeing as you are absent, I would like to do a good job as his assistant,” Celsie explained.
“Oh! I’m not sure about that. I would have to ask the CEO before doing that as you know that he doesn’t…”
“You don’t have to worry about that sir. I already told him, and he is okay with me asking you. I just think it’s awkward that the CEO should be the one telling me about his schedule when I am the assistant, don’t you think?” Celsie asked.
“Oh, yeah! You do have a point. I’m not close to my system at the moment but I will send you an email by the end of the day if that’s okay with you,” Harry suggested, feeling slightly confused by the sudden boldness he could hear in Celsie’s tone.
“Sure. That works. Thank you, sir. Another reason I called… you asked me to let you know when my driver is misbehaving and I need you to get me someone else, right?” Celsie asked, and Harry’s brows pulled together since he had only been pulling her legs when he said that and he didn’t expect her to really bring it up.
“Yeah,” Harry said in a less enthusiastic tone.
“Well, I was hoping you could change him now,” Celsie said, making Harry frown.
What exactly was going on between Benne and Celsie? Harry wondered, “But the other day you said you were okay with him and didn’t want someone else,” Harry reminded her.
“I’ve changed my mind now, or can’t I?” Celsie asked.
“Sure, you can. But if I may ask, what did he do wrong?” Harry asked curiously.
“My fiance doesn’t like him…”
Fiance again? What fiance this time? Wasn’t this lady ever tired of lying? “Your fiance? But I thought you both broke up?” Harry asked in confusion, wondering just what was going on.
“Yeah, but we got back together. He decided that he couldn’t live without me, so he’s back, and he wants my drive gone,” Celsie said, struggling not to giggle at the confusion she could hear in his voice. He had toyed with her so it was only appropriate that she toys with him too. He could consider it as her way of bonding with him as her boyfriend’s best friend.
Harry raised a hand to his head and massaged his temple which was beginning to ache because he was trying too hard to understand what was happening. He really needed to talk to Benne and find out what was going on, “I will talk to the CEO and see what I can do,” Harry assured her.
“Alright then. Thank you, sir.”
Once Celsie hung up the call, Harry sighed as he turned to look at Jade who had a curious expression on her face, “That wasn’t my brother’s girlfriend, was it?” Jade asked curiously.
“It was. You wanted to say hello to her?” Harry asked, and Jade chuckled as she shook her head.
“You want us to blow my brother’s cover? How is she doing? And what did she say that’s making your headache?” Jade asked with a small smile when she noticed that he was still rubbing his temple.
“I don’t think she is alright, and I’m not sure your brother is okay either, seeing how she is asking for a new driver. I wonder what he must have done this time,” Harry said thoughtfully as he tried to connect the dots.
Just yesterday Benne had asked him to get her a new driver and sell off the apartment next to hers, and then today he had changed his mind about selling the apartment. And now Celsie was asking him to change her driver. Was it just a lovers’ fight? Harry wondered.
“She’s asking for a new driver? What has Benne done this time?” Jade asked with an equally worried expression.
“I guess we will find out sooner or later. We should leave now,” Harry suggested as he dropped the phone on the space between both their seats and then started the car.
“So, what kind of a person is she? Do you think she suits Benne?” Jade asked as Harry drove out of the parking lot.
“She’s a workaholic… Or at least that was the way she was until your brother entered the picture. She’s calm, a bit naive…” Harry let his words trail off when he remembered what Benne had said about him earlier that morning, and then he cleared his throat.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.