Chapter 319 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

He dialed Jade’s line immediately he hung up, and it rang for some time, but there was no response. Why wasn’t she receiving her call? He wondered as he hurried to the room and took off his pajamas.

Now he wished he had asked her where she was going to before letting her leave, or at least he should have insisted on dropping her off. Why didn’t he think of that before now?

He quickly dressed in a red polo t-shirt and jean trousers before putting on the white sneakers he had worn earlier. Although he didn’t know where he was going, he wanted to at least be out of the house while he continued to try to reach her. That way, he could get to her faster once the call connected.

He connected his earbud to his phone and placed it in his ear before walking out of the house. Once he got into his car, he threw his wallet on the front passenger seat, and just as he took out his phone from his pocket to dial her number, Jade returned his call.

“Where are…” His words trailed off when she squealed with excitement.

“Hey, uncle Harry! Missing me already?” She asked drunkenly, making Harry sigh as he moved the phone away from his ear.

“Where are you?” He asked calmly.

“Having fun somewhere you didn’t want to come to,” Jade said and then screamed when a different song started playing in the background.

“Tell me where that is. I’m coming to get you now,” Harry said, not liking that she was drunk and alone wherever she was.

“You’re coming over?” Jade asked excitedly.

“Yes. I’m coming to take you home.”

“No, I’m not going home yet. I want to have fun,” Jade protested.

“What’s the name of the place?” Harry asked impatiently.

“Club Edge. Come quickly, let’s have fun,” Jade said happily as she dropped the call and returned to the dancefloor.

“What was so important that you had to call us out here?” Bryan asked with a scowl as he and Sonia joined Celsie and Benne in the bar room. They had just finished making love and were almost drifting off to sleep when Benne’s call came in, asking them to join him at the bar.

Sonia walked over to where Celsie was seated with her back to the door, laughing at something Benne had said, and she hugged her from behind, “My bestest girl,” she said as she kissed Celsie’s cheek.

“Get off me,” Celsie said grudgingly as she tried to shrug her hands off.

“What? You can forgive Benne who got you the dress and was making you moan that way in the presence of everybody, but not me who was scolded in your place?” Sonia asked incredulously as she let go of Celsie and then pulled Celsie’s hair.

She stuck out her tongue when Celsie turned to glare at her, and both brothers laughed in amusement as Bryan pulled Sonia away from Celsie who looked like she was going to pull Sonia’s hair out the next moment, “Stop being a troublemaker,” Bryan chided as he made her sit on the couch opposite Celsie.

Benne turned in his seat to look at Celsie, “My jewel, you should let it go. Sonia did nothing wrong. It was my fault after all,” Benne said, and a blush stained Celsie’s cheeks as she looked at Benne, and Sonia exchanged an amused look with Bryan.

“Can you do that for me?” Benne asked as he lifted her left hand to his lips and kissed her palm, causing warmth to spread from Celsie’s palm to the rest of her body, and her toes curled in response as she gave him a nod.

“Seriously, Celsie? You only just met Benne some weeks ago, yet you’re doing this to me? Now I’m the one who is pissed. I’ve been your boyfriend for all these years, and now the moment you got a real boyfriend, you dumped me,” Sonia complained, and this time it was Celsie who stuck out her tongue, and the brothers laughed.

“There is no need to be pissed. Celsie had every right to be mad at you but not at Benne. So don’t take it personally, okay?” Bryan said, kissing Sonia’s neck, and she pushed him away.

“You are taking Celsie’s side too,” Sonia complained with a pout, and Celsie rolled her eyes when Bryan placed both hands on Sonia’s cheeks and kissed her face until she started to giggle.

Benne cleared his throat, “If we are done now, can we go on with the reason I called you here? It will be time for dinner soon, and I’m sure we all have stuff to do before then.”

“Yeah. So tell us. What is the agenda for this meeting?”

“I want us to talk about how to deal with Anita,” Benne said, and Sonia sat up as she pulled away from Bryan.

“Yes, we should definitely talk about that,” Sonia said with a scowl once she remembered that someone like Anita was still in existence.

“The question here is; what should we do?” Celsie asked with a sigh.

“Maybe you should start by firing the bitch,” Sonia suggested spitefully.

“No. I don’t think firing her cuts what she did. And if I fire her, she will know that we are on to her. I don’t want her to know that either,” Benne said as his gaze moved from Bryan to Sonia and them back again.

“What about we repay her in like manner? Let’s use all the evidence we have to expose her publicly,” Sonia suggested thoughtfully.

“Or Celsie can get close to her and get more personal information…”

“No. Celsie is not going anywhere near her,” Benne interrupted before Bryan could continue.

“I don’t know how far she is willing to go to get what she wants, and I honestly do not care. But I’m not going to let Celsie act as bait to get her. I’m not taking any risk with Celsie’s physical or emotional wellbeing,” Benne said, and Bryan gave him a nod.

“So what do you suggest we do? I take it you have something in mind already?” Bryan asked curiously.

“Yes. I already asked Alicia to look into every member of her family and dig up all their dirty dealings. I think she is being so audacious because she has them behind her. So we are going to do the same thing she tried to do to Celsie by discrediting Sonia. We will remove everyone she has around her from the picture before dealing with her. It is only until she watches her family lose everything they have because of her that she would realize that she messed with the wrong person,” Benne said, and Sonia rubbed her hands together gleefully.

“That sounds like a plan.”

“Cool. What about Simon? What should we do about him? We should let mom know, right?” Bryan asked with a concerned frown.

“Don’t tell her until we find out why he did it. We should at least know the kind of offer that she made to make him turn his back on you,” Benne said with a sigh.

“He has always been a snitch. He only just got a better offer this time. There’s nothing else to it,” Bryan said bitterly, and Sonia placed her hand over his to calm him.

“Still, you should confront him. Maybe she blackmailed him,” Sonia insisted while Benne yawned in boredom since he really didn’t like the topic being discussed.

“Or maybe you could tell your mom about it, and she can ask him why he did it. It would be best if you trusted her enough to let her handle it since she brought him to you in the first place,” Celsie suggested.

“I think I agree with Celsie,” Sonia said with a nod.

“We should talk to her about it together,” Bryan told Benne, and he gave him a nod.

“Hey! Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but your mom wanted me to let you know that dinner is being served,” Candace announced from the doorway, and they all turned to look at her.

“Sure. Jade said to tell you that she is coming over tomorrow. You can’t let our parents know about it, though. It’s supposed to be a surprise visit,” Bryan told her, and she gave him a nod of acknowledgment before walking away.

“We should freshen up before we join them,” Benne suggested to Celsie as he stood up.

“Freshen up? But what I’m wearing is fine,” she said as she looked down at the sweatpants she was wearing with Benne’s polo t-shirt, which looked really big on her.

Benne grinned, “You’re missing just one little thing. Let’s go. I’ll show you,” Benne said as he offered her his hand and then pulled her up, “See you soon,” Benne told Sonia and Bryan with a wave as he led Celsie out of the bar room.

Just as they left, Sonia’s phone started ringing, and Bryan took it out of his pocket and handed it to her without looking at it.

“It’s Mia,” Sonia informed Bryan as she received the call.

“Hey, Mia!”

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