Chapter 159 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Celsie pursed her lips thoughtfully. Although this wasn’t how she had planned to break the news to them, she just wanted to get it out of the way. Benne was her temporary boyfriend after all, and she was sure he wouldn’t mind stepping in to help her get her family off her back.??

“Yes. Who is he? How did you both meet? What does he do?” Her father asked, making Celsie’s brows pull together.??

She couldn’t possibly tell them how she had met Benne, or that he was her driver. Although she knew that her parents weren’t going to look down on him simply because he was a driver, still she felt that she needed to come up with something better. It was her first time being in a relationship, and she needed to make sure she gave them a perfect picture so that when she tells them of the breakup, they won’t need to pressure her anymore about getting into a relationship.??

So without thinking it through Celsie blurted out, “His name is Benedict Delgado.”

After her phone call with her parents, Celsie closed her eyes and facepalmed herself. Benedict Delgado? Really? Of every other name to mention why did she choose to lie that she was dating her boss? Now they expected her to attend the wedding with her wealthy boyfriend. Perhaps she could claim that it was over between them a few days before the wedding? Her mind flashed to Benne who seemed to have a couple of similarities with her boss. Maybe he could pretend to be her boss? Celsie quickly shook her head to discard the thought. Was she going crazy? How could she even think of such an outrageous thing?

She looked up, slightly startled when she heard a knock on her door, “Miss Miller? Are you okay in there?” She heard Amy ask.

She had almost forgotten that she wasn’t alone in the apartment, “Yeah. I’ll be out soon,” Celsie called out, and then glanced at her phone when it started ringing. It was Lucas.

“Hey!”

“Hey? What’s going on Celsie? I just received a call from mom saying you’re dating your boss? The last time we spoke you were talking about your driver, so how come you’re suddenly in a relationship with your boss?” Lucas asked, making Celsie sigh as she lay on her bed and closed her eyes.

How had she forgotten that she had told Lucas about Benne? Of course, Lucas had every right to be alarmed by this. How had she gone from not dating anyone to being in a relationship with two people, her driver, and her boss, even though she had nothing to do with her boss in reality.

“I’m dating my driver, not my boss. I just didn’t want to tell them about him being my driver,” Celsie confessed making Lucas sigh.

“What do you mean you just didn’t want to tell them about it? That lie was completely uncalled for. You know mom and dad. They have no problem with either of us dating someone who isn’t doing so well financially,” Lucas pointed out.

How could she explain to him that the relationship wasn’t a long-term relationship and she intended to end it before her family starts getting any funny marriage ideas? “Just keep it to yourself. I will tell them the truth when the time is right,” Celsie said dismissively.

“I really think you should just call them back and tell them the truth now. You’re going to embarrass that young man and make him feel less of himself when he finds out that you were too embarrassed about his job to tell your parents about it,” Lucas chided.

“Cut it out, okay? I said I’m going to fix it!” Celsie snapped at her brother impatiently.

Lucas sighed, “You better fix it. How is your health? Have you been sleeping well? Or do you still require sleeping pills?” He asked with concern in his voice.

“I’m okay. How is Rachael?” Celsie asked, not wanting to talk about herself as she wasn’t ready to think about the nightmare she had.

“She is okay. She has been busy with the wedding preparations and… Hold on,” Lucas said to her when he heard a knock on his office door and raised his head, “Yes?” He asked when the door opened, and his senior colleague’s secretary poked her head in.

“If you’re not too busy can you see some of Dr. Drew’s patients? He is out of town, and the couple insists on having their monthly checkup done today,” she explained, and Lucas glanced at the clock in his office, “Alright, send them in.”

“I’m sorry, Celsie. Work calls. Let’s talk later, okay? I love you,” Lucas said before hanging up.

He pasted a smile on his face as the door opened once again, and stood up when a couple who looked like they were in their early sixties walked in with the secretary carrying their medical file which she placed on the table in front of Lucas.

Lucas picked up the file and glanced at their names. Mr. Desmond Delgado, and his wife Evelyn.

“Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Delgado, I’m Dr. Miller,” He greeted with a welcoming smile.

“Aww, he looks so young and handsome,” Evelyn whispered to her husband loudly as she smiled at Lucas who in turn grinned at her.

“But nowhere as handsome as I was when I was his age,” Desmond said with a scoff.

“I’m sure,” Lucas said with a grin as he gestured to both couples to sit down.

“Are you single?” Evelyn asked, glancing at his bare fingers.

“Only until next month’s end, so if you’re going to hit on me you still have the next couple of weeks to do so,” Lucas responded, and Evenly giggled, while Desmond merely shook his head.

“That’s such a shame. You would have been a good fit for our daughter, Jade. She’s a lawyer. Very beautiful too,” Evelyn said with a proud smile as she fished out her phone from her handbag to show him the picture displayed as her wallpaper.

“I’m sure Jade can find a man for herself without your help,” Desmond muttered under his breath.

“Seeing how beautiful you look, I’m sure your daughter would be breathtaking,” Lucas said with a small smile as he took the phone from her to check the picture she was showing him.

“All three of them are your kids?” Lucas asked when he saw the picture of two grown-up men and a lady standing between them.

“Yes. We took that picture two years ago when they were home for the Christmas holidays. The guy standing by her right is the oldest. I’m sure you must have heard of him. His name is Benedict, and he’s the CEO of OmniGlobal. The guy by her left is our second child, and his name is Bryan, you should recognize him, he’s an actor. And that is our lawyer girl, Jade,” she said with a proud smile.

“Is there anyone you have met to who you haven’t shown this picture?” Desmond asked his wife in amusement as she was always showing off her successful children at every slight opportunity she got.

Lucas stared at the picture in disbelief. Was it coincident that Sonia’s fiance just so happened to be the younger brother of Celsie’s boss? The same boss she had just lied to her parents that she was dating? And now here he was having a conversation with the parents of both men?

Meanwhile, after her call with Lucas, Celsie tried to reach Sonia, but when Sonia failed to respond, she decided to give Benne a call instead and find out where he was.

She held the phone to her ear as she waited for him to take his call. After ringing for some time, the call disconnected when Benne failed to pick up. She tried two more times before finally giving up, “Maybe he is busy,” she murmured with a sigh as she reluctantly dragged herself from the bed so she could have her bath.

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