“Benne has people trying to find the person who started this. Once they are able to find them, we can press charges against them,” Celsie said, and her father nodded.
“I will like to meet him,” Benne’s father said, and Lucas nodded in agreement.
“Yes, you should invite him over,” Lucas added as he glanced at his phone which was ringing yet again with another call from Rachel, “Excuse me for a moment,” Lucas said as he stood up to leave the room.
“I’m so relieved to see that you are handling this very well,” Celsie’s mother said as she reached out to pat her hair, and Celsie snuggled closer to her. Although she had not wanted them to come over, now that they were here she felt much better.
“Yeah. She is a big girl now,” her father said with a proud smile before turning to look at Sonia who had remained quiet the whole time.
“Are you okay, pumpkin? You’ve been so quiet?” He asked curiously when he noticed how she kept staring at her phone like she was waiting for a call.
Sonia flashed him a smile, “I’m fine. I just need to get a glass of water.” she said as she picked up her phone and stood up to leave the bedroom.
Her phone started ringing almost immediately and she picked up the call when she saw that it was from Mia, “Hey!” She greeted as she walked out of the bedroom.
“Have you heard from Bryan?” Mia asked in a worried tone.
“No. Why?” Sonia asked in alarm.
“No one has seen him nor heard from him since you left. The CEO is very upset,” Mia complained.
“He is not at home?” Sonia asked fearfully.
“No. We’ve checked everywhere…. Shit!” The rest of Mia’s words trailed off and she swore when a news article popped up on the screen of her iPad.
After Celsie’s dad and Lucas had left for the hotel, and her mother had settled in for the night, Celsie went to the living room to join Sonia, “What’s happening? You’ve been on the phone all evening,” Celsie asked as she dropped on the couch beside Sonia who was scrolling through her phone with a glass of wine in front of her.
Sonia looked at Celsie, and then let out a sigh as she handed her phone to her. Displayed on the screen was a news article with the caption, “FRAUD CELEBRITY COUPLE!!!” and attached to it was a photo of Sonia and Bryan together captured from one of their shoots.
“As if I knew that this was going to happen,” Sonia said as she picked up the glass of wine in front of her and sipped from it.
“Have you heard from Bryan? What did he say?” Celsie asked with a concerned frown as she started reading through the article. It seemed like whoever had written the article had evidence to prove that both Bryan and Sonia had lied about their relationship.
“No. I’ve tried reaching him but his phone is switched off. His assistant said no one has been able to reach him since I left,” Sonia said, and Celsie embraced her.
“I’m sorry. All of this is my fault,” Celsie said apologetically, and Sonia scoffed as she pulled away from the hug.
“What nonsense are you uttering? It’s not like they’re making things up anyway. It’s true. We deceived everyone,” Sonia said with a shrug, as she started to distractedly tap her feet.
“Should I try to reach Benne and ask him if he has heard from Bryan?” Celsie asked since she knew that Sonia was only pretending to be okay. Seeing how she was tapping her feet, she could tell that Sonia was worried and trying to distract herself.
Sonia shook her head, “I already ended things with him. What’s the point? Let’s just focus on why I’m here. Why didn’t you tell your parents about your plan?” Sonia asked, wanting to change the subject and Celsie shook her head.
“We both know that they will likely say no, don’t we? You know how protective they are, so what’s the point?” Celsie asked, and Sonia nodded her head as she took her phone from Celsie.
“I guess so. So when do you want us to make the video then?” Sonia asked wanting to do something as she wasn’t sure she could stay still for much longer.
“Let’s find time to do it tomorrow after I hear from Benne,” Celsie said, and then took Sonia’s phone from her when it kept buzzing with Instagram and twitter notifications.
Her phone was buzzing with so many messages from fans of both herself and Bryan, some of whom were expressing their disappointment at the pair for deceiving them, others whom were demanding to know the news was true or not, and some others whom believed that regardless of what was going on there was chemistry between Bryan and Sonia, and hoped that the BrySon ship would sail.
“Let’s do something fun. You want to play a game or see a movie?” Celsie asked, wanting to distract Sonia.
“Look at you trying to cheer me up, when I came here to cheer you up,” Sonia said with a wry smile.
“We are one, Sony. I got you,” Celsie promised as she pulled Sonia closer to her so that Sonia was leaning on her with her head resting on Celsie’s shoulder.
“I got you too, Celsie. And I love you,” Sonia said with a sigh as she wrapped her arm around Celsie’s waist.
They both sat there in comfortable silence, and while Celsie thought about the video she planned to make, and whether or not to tell Benne about it, Sonia thought about Bryan and the nice time they had shared the previous night and early that morning. Who knew that so much could change within twenty-four hours?
“Did I tell you that I and Bryan finally did IT last night?” Sonia asked with a smile in her voice and Celsie raised a brow.
“I thought you said you were waiting?”
“Yeah, I was. But I just couldn’t wait anymore. If I had known all of this would happen today I wouldn’t have wasted all that time waiting,” Sonia said with a sigh.
“I’m sorry,” Celsie murmured as she patted Sonia’s hair gently. They both sat up when Celsie’s phone started ringing, and he picked it up expecting that it was probably Benne who was calling. She sighed when she saw that it was a call from Anita, and threw the phone on the couch.
“Who is calling?” Sonia asked curiously when she noticed Celsie’s reluctance to receive the call.
Sonia raised a brow when she picked up the phone and saw that it was Anita who was calling, and then she received the call, “Yeah?” She asked without minding her manners.
Celsie looked at Sonia questioningly, but Sonia said nothing as she stood up and put some distance between her and Celsie.
“Celsie?” Anita asked with a confused frown, not sure if it was Celsie who had taken the call or someone else on the line.
“What do you want?” Sonia asked irritably. She needed to transfer some of her frustration and irritation to someone else, and Anita was the only available person at the moment.
Anita cleared her throat as she sat up on her bed. Celsie was always soft-spoken and polite, so hearing her sound this impatient and aggressive was quite unsettling, “Uhm, I guess I’m calling at a bad time…”
“No. It’s not a bad time. What do you want?” Sonia asked rudely.
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