Sonia’s heart fluttered at his words. He was falling for her? How? Why? When did he start feeling this way? Not that she didn’t know that she was someone who was very lovable and all, but she was just surprised at how quickly he had admitted his feelings. She wanted to ask him a lot of questions, but the happiness that was bubbling inside of her at his words rendered her speechless.
Bryan smiled at her when he saw the happiness on her face, and relaxed a bit, knowing that the feeling was mutual.
They both turned to the door when they heard a knock, “You two lovebirds need to wrap up whatever you’re doing in there, you have people waiting,” Mia’s teasing words came from the other end of the door.
“Let’s continue with this conversation later in the day,” Bryan suggested and Sonia gave him a nod as she slid off his thighs.
“I was hoping for at least a kiss,” Bryan muttered in disappointment, and Sonia grinned at him.
“You can always get that later. Let’s join them,” Sonia said as she walked ahead of him, humming a happy tune.
“You should try to reach your best friend again. I will stall,” Bryan suggested, and Sonia turned around to blow him a kiss before walking out through the door.
Once she walked into the living room, she made eye contact with Mia who was standing at one end of the living room, and Mia gave her a wink. She flashed Mia a happy smile as she approached her.
“You look really happy today,” Mia observed.
“I’m happy. Bryan just confessed to me that he thinks he is falling for me,” Sonia whispered under her breath for Mia’s ears only.
“Bryan actually admitted that out loud?” Mia asked in a surprised whisper, and Sonia smiled again bobbing her head.
“Yep! You have to keep this to yourself though,” Sonia warned, and Mia used her fingers to make a zipping gesture on her lips to show her lips were sealed.
Of course, she had counted on Bryan falling head over heels in love with Sonia, but she hadn’t expected that they would both make such fast-paced progress in their relationship.
“By the way, Celsie called twice,” Mia informed Sonia as she handed her the phone which she had been holding on to during the shoots earlier.
“Thank you,” Sonia said as she took the phone from Mia and dialed Celsie’s line before walking away.
Meanwhile, Celsie and Benne stood there staring at each other under a tree shade. Although she liked and respected her boss, Celsie wasn’t impressed by his words and attitude.
“I already have the kind of man I want, so you don’t have to worry about my choice in men,” Celsie said in a harsh tone that told Benne that she didn’t want to talk about this anymore.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you,” Benne said when he realized that she was annoyed.
Celsie didn’t bother to deny that she was angry, “Thank you for showing me this place, SIR. Perhaps we should head back to the company now. Unless of course there are other things you need to know about me, aside from my love life, in order for us to work together productively, SIR,” Celsie added the last part of her sentence in a brittle voice, making it clear that he was still her boss, and if he wanted her to continue to respect him, then he shouldn’t cross the line.
She hoped she wasn’t crossing the line, but she also didn’t care if she was crossing the line. He had crossed the line first by talking to her so proudly about dating her, and by trying to underrate her boyfriend simply because he wasn’t as wealthy as him.
Benne could tell by her words and tone that she was trying to put him in his place. He looked at her, wondering how she suddenly became so bold, going from not breathing in his presence to speaking harshly. She must have felt pretty insulted by his gesture. This was the time when he really wanted to know what was in her head. The only way he could for that was by talking to her as Benne. Unfortunately, he couldn’t present himself to her now, especially not when someone was out there trying to find out about him. He needed to first know who it was, and what it was the person wanted from him before showing that face again.
“I guess we can leave now,” he said to her, and without receiving a response from her, they both returned to the car.
Once inside the car, Celsie picked up her phone and noticed she had a missed call notification from Lucas. Just as she was about to dial his line, Sonia’s duo video call came in. She quickly connected her earpiece to her phone.
“Hey, baby!” Sonia greeted, making Celsie’s lips curve in a smile. Somehow she always felt happy merely by hearing Sonia’s voice and seeing her face.
“I guess you no longer care about me because you are a celebrity now,” Celsie teased, trying to keep her voice down so that Benne who was driving the car wouldn’t overhear her conversation.
“I know you don’t mean that. I’m sorry I’ve been too busy to talk to you. I’m featuring in a reality show with Bryan so it’s taking most of my time. I barely even have time to work on my story anymore,” Sonia complained with a pout.
“Yeah, I watched the interview. You look really happy,” Celsie observed with a small smile.
“So I’ve been told. I guess I’m happy,” Sonia said with a happy smile as she looked across the room at Bryan who had just come in. Their eyes met, and Bryan winked at her making her grin as she returned her attention to Celsie.
“Are you busy at the moment? Or do you have time to chat right now?” Celsie asked curiously when she noticed that Sonia seemed distracted. She wanted to know if it was a good time to tell Sonia about all that had happened between her and Benne.
“Can it wait? Is it something very urgent?” Sonia asked, looking around as she tried to come up with an excuse to leave so she could give Celsie attention.
Sensing that Sonia was busy, Celsie shook her head as she didn’t want to bother her, “It can wait. Let’s talk when you are less busy, okay?” Celsie asked, and Sonia couldn’t help feeling sad that she couldn’t give Celsie her attention at that moment.
“I’m very sorry, Celsie. I promise to make it up to you, okay?” Sonia said apologetically.
“Sure. It’s fine. Don’t be sorry,” Celsie said with a small smile.
“What about your boyfriend? And your boss?” Sonia asked curiously.
“Uhm, let’s talk about that later,” Celsie said, and Sonia nodded, realizing that Celsie wasn’t alone.
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.