Chapter 245 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“We only just started dating last night! How can you be saying this?” Bryan asked through gritted teeth so that no one else would hear him.

“Jamie abducted Celsie, and he died. I stood as a witness in court to clear Celsie’s name when my mother and her husband accused her of murdering Jamie. Now Celsie is being accused of murdering them all and I need to clear her name since they were my family. We both know that I can’t do that if I’m your fiancee,” Sonia explained as patiently as she could.

“I will keep in touch. I love you,” Sonia said as she brushed her lips against his cheek. Once she pulled away, she placed the ring on his thigh, and without allowing him to say anything else Sonia straightened up and walked over to where the producer was standing, “It has been nice doing this shoot with you all. I’m sorry I have to leave now. I need to deal with something,” Sonia said and walked away without waiting for him to try to stop her.

Mia hurried after Sonia as she walked away, “Did you just break up with him?” She asked as she tried to catch up with Sonia.

“Yes.”

“Why would you do that? You promised not to hurt him, but you just did,” Mia said in confusion since she knew that Sonia genuinely cared for Bryan.

“I’m sorry I can’t give you the exact details right now, but Celsie needs me and I can’t be there for her as Bryan Delgado’s fiancee. We can get back together when all this is over,” Sonia assured Mia.

She suspected that whoever had dug up this story to ruin Celsie, was likely going to do the same to her if she defended Celsie. And she knew that her supposed false relationship with Bryan could likely be used against her, so she needed to end their false engagement.

“I should drive you home and to the airport then,” Mia offered.

“What about Bryan?”

“Don’t worry about him. He won’t mind,” Mia assured her as they both walked out.

After picking up her stuff from Bryan’s place, Sonia’s heart felt heavy as Mia drove her to the airport. Just last night and this morning they had been making love, and now she had to leave his side.

She blinked back the tears that stung her eyes and looked out of the window so that Mia wouldn’t see her face. She felt like she was leaving a part of herself behind. She felt empty.

However, her loyalty to Celsie would always come before anything else in her life. Including her own happiness. She couldn’t afford to be happy when Celsie wasn’t happy. She still felt partly responsible for all that had happened to Celsie.

If only she had reported Jamie to their parents immediately they found out what he was up to, none of this would have happened. He was her half-brother, and he had almost ruined Celsie’s life. Celsie was just trying to recover, and she couldn’t allow something like this to pull her down once again, even if doing this was likely going to negatively affect her own career.

“Are you okay?” Mia asked after a while. She could tell that what Sonia had done wasn’t easy on her either.

“Yeah. Thanks for everything, Mia.”

“C’mon, don’t sound like it’s the last time we are going to see each other. I’m sure you’ll resolve this and you’ll be back. You and Bryan are a perfect fit,” Mia said confidently, making Sonia’s lips curve in a small smile as she thought of him.

When she had come, she had only hoped to have him fall for her, she hadn’t expected that she was going to fall this hard for him too.

She was already missing him sorely, and maybe if she didn’t know how much he loved his career or how much it meant to him, she would have gladly allowed him to come with her without caring about the consequence.

“Do you think perhaps the CEO heard what we said earlier?” One of the men in Celsie’s unit who had been badmouthing Celsie earlier that morning asked his colleagues as they all sat together trying to put their heads together to find a way to do as Benne had ordered.

“Or maybe her driver reported us?” The other male suggested.

“It really does not make sense that he will ask us to do this! It’s as if he is supporting her!” One of the ladies complained.

“Is this important right now? Is this why you all wanted us to meet?” Amy asked coldly as she looked at them with disapproval.

“You’re right. Let’s focus on what’s important. Shouldn’t we just ask her to tell us how to prove her innocence? She is the reason we are all in this mess after all,” one of the men suggested.

“I think Amy should be the one to ask her,” One of the ladies suggested.

“Yes, I agree. You’re her secretary after all. Ask her if she did it or not,” One of the guys added, and the others gave their consents with a nod.

“Isn’t it funny how you are suddenly interested in asking for her side of the story when some hours ago you were so busy running your mouths as though you knew the facts already? Self-centered jerks,” Amy muttered with a scoff.

“What are you being so cheeky about? It’s not like we are the only ones who will lose our job. You’re also going to lose your job if you don’t do it, so quit acting so self-righteous,” another female teammate hissed at her.

“Amy, do you want to lose your job? I have my parents and my wife to take care of. I can’t afford to quit or be fired. So instead of exchanging words with us, you should…”

“Exactly why I don’t want to be a part of this nonsense! I’d rather lose my job than work with the lot of you. I feel embarrassed that I’m associated with the selfish likes of you! Your words and actions today made me ask myself if any of you would have had my back had I been the one who was faced with this. Do whatever you want to do by yourself!” Amy snapped at them as she stood up, picked up her handbag, and walked out of the office.

“Why is she being so touchy about this?” They asked amongst themselves as they watched her leave.

Once Amy walked out of the office she took in a deep breath to calm herself before taking the elevator leading to Celsie’s office. It was just a few minutes to closing hour already, and regardless of all that was happening she was still Celsie’s secretary and needed to find out if there was any task Celsie needed her to do.

Once she got to Celsie’s office, she noticed that Celsie was still busy with work, so she stood by the desk and waited until Celsie raised her head to look at her, “Do you want something?” Celsie asked with a polite smile when she noticed Amy’s presence.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your work. I wanted to see if you need me to do anything else before I call it a day,” Amy said, making Celsie glance at the wall clock. She sighed when she saw that it was almost time to leave. Both her family and Sonia were on their way already, and she still had no idea how she was going to manage to have all of them in her little apartment at the same time.

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