“Yeah. I’m almost always busy with my writing, so I can be indoors for days without stepping out unless I need to get something,” Sonia explained.
“Now I’m glad I seized your laptop. You need the break,” Bryan said, making Sonia giggle.
“Not for long though, else I won’t be able to pay my bills. Believe me, you don’t want me to show you my gold-digging abilities,” Sonia said playfully, making Bryan chuckle involuntarily.
Hearing him laugh, Sonia looked at him with a small smile. She couldn’t believe she was actually enjoying a normal conversation with him, and neither of them was glaring at each other.
“By the way, you will need some clothes for the reality show. Mia will go shopping with you as planned, just make sure you don’t let her pick your outfits. She has a very bad fashion sense, yet considers herself a fashionista,” Bryan said in a tone tinged with amusement and fondness for Mia.
“You seem to like her a lot?” Sonia asked curiously.
He cleared his throat, as though embarrassed that Sonia had found out a secret, “She is very vocal and cool. Not everyone that works for a celebrity is that way.”
“I guess so,” Sonia said with a small smile, glad to see this part of him, “I was wondering, how come you don’t have a picture of your family in the house?” She asked curiously when she suddenly remembered Celsie’s request.
“I don’t know. It just never occurred to me to get one,” Bryan said with a shrug.
“You won’t believe what I discovered,” Sonia said when she remembered what Celsie had told her the previous night.
“What?” Bryan asked curiously.
“My best friend happens to be your brother’s personal assistant, can you believe it?” Sonia asked in such a disbelieving tone that if Bryan hadn’t known better, he would have actually believed that she only just found out about it.
“Are you serious?” He asked, sounding equally surprised. He was surprised because he hadn’t expected her to tell him that, but then again he realized now that he should have been more surprised that she hadn’t mentioned something as simple as that to him from the start.
“You can’t believe my surprise when she told me that she was moved to his office as his personal assistant,” Sonia continued while Bryan kept staring at her speechlessly like he was dumbfounded by the information.
Perhaps Celsie only just told her about being Benne’s personal assistant now? That couldn’t be possible. Why then had Sonia been fishing for information concerning his brother this whole time? Why had Sonia waited this long to tell him? Was there a new plan? Did Celsie found out her driver was the boss? Bryan wondered, not knowing what to think about the whole thing.
“My brother isn’t going to believe this! I should tell him about it. You don’t mind if I tell him, right?” Bryan asked curiously.
“Will that affect her job?” Sonia asked with a concerned frown, which made Bryan wonder if that was the reason she had kept it from him. Perhaps Celsie was scared she might lose her job? None of this whole thing made any sense.
“Of course, not. I will just let him know his personal assistant is my fiancee’s best friend, that’s all,” Bryan assured her, and then paused when something occurred to him, “You are very sure she won’t tell him it’s a fake engagement?” Bryan asked Sonia, and she gave him a nod.
“They’re not even friends, so she has no reason to tell him anything about me,” Sonia said confidently.
Once Celsie returned to the living room, she sat on the couch opposite Benne, and he raised a questioning brow.
“What?” She asked when she noticed the way he was staring at her.
“I guess I’m going to have to teach you a lot of things when it comes to relationships. You can’t sit that far away from your man,” Benne said, patting the spot next to him for her to join him.
“If I wanted to learn about relationships you don’t think I will go to someone whose relationships actually work?” Celsie muttered under her breath, loud enough for Benne to know she said something, but low enough for him not to hear what she had said.
“Did you say something?” Benne asked, and Celsie shook her head.
“I just think we don’t need to get too close to each other since we both know it’s not real,” Celsie said with a shrug.
“I said it’s real but temporary,” Benne corrected.
“Does that mean you are going to… I mean, like are we going to do things people in real relationships do?” Celsie asked uncomfortably, and Benne grinned when he saw the blush that stained her cheeks.
“What do you mean by ‘things’?” Benne asked, blinking at her innocently.
Why did she always have to be so shy and embarrassed about normal things like these? This was one of those times she wished she was as outspoken as Sonia was. Maybe she needed to let Sonia coach her, Celsie thought in frustration.
“Kissing and stuff?” She asked without meeting his gaze.
“I don’t know what you mean by stuff, but the answer is YES. Why? Do you have an issue with kissing me?” Benne asked, and Celsie swallowed.
Was she supposed to answer this question?
“I don’t know if you remember, but the first night we met, you asked me to kiss you first, so I don’t think you have an issue with kissing me,” Benne said, making Celsie close her eyes in embarrassment. Now she wished the ground would open up and swallow her.
“No need to feel too embarrassed. Now come here,” Benne said, patting the seat once again.
“You need to know that I don’t like PDA (Public displays of affection),” Celsie said, and Benne raised both brows.
“I don’t think so,” Benne said with a shake of his head.
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