“Always and forever, bro. Always and forever,” Barry said, making Benne smile.
“Good. I have a job for you.”
“How do you guys plan to take care of Anita and her family?” Jade asked curiously as she and Bryan walked down the hallway after leaving Benne’s office.
Her eyes darted in the direction of Harry’s office, but the door was closed. Somehow she wished that she would run into him in the elevator or down the hallway. She would like to see him again before leaving.
“Are you asking as a lawyer or as our sister?” Bryan asked, and Jade rolled her eyes.
“Am I only allowed to choose between the two? Why can’t I be both?” She asked, and Bryan shrugged.
“Because I think Benne might have to break a couple of laws if he is going to get rid of them. If you’re not going to be okay with it as a lawyer, then there is no reason for you to get involved,” Bryan pointed out, and Jade sighed as they got into the elevator.
“I guess I will have to defend him in court if it gets to that. How did Benne ever get involved with a lady from such a messed up family, anyway?”
“Shit happens.”
“I’m glad things didn’t work out between them,” Jade said, and Bryan nodded in agreement.
“Yeah. Me and you both. Theirs is a dysfunctional family. I wonder how we would have gotten along with them,” Bryan said with a shake of his head.
“I’m sure we wouldn’t have known this side of them. We would have gotten along just fine,” Jade said, and Bryan shook his head.
“I don’t think so. You need to see how dad gets along with Celsie’s dad. You’d think they were best friends or brothers,” Bryan said, and Jade smiled.
“Really? Celsie’s dad must be interesting, seeing as even Sonia has a crush on him,” Jade said, and Bryan scowled at her.
“How did you know about that?” Bryan asked as the elevator door opened, and they walked out.
Jade giggled, “I’m sure everyone who saw the interview knows about it,” she said, reminding him that Celsie and Sonia had mentioned it during the interview.
“Oh, well!” Bryan sighed.
“You like him,” Jade said with a grin.
“Although he can be very annoying, he is very cool too,” Bryan admitted, and Jade giggled as he told her about the competition between Benne and Celsie’s dad.
“He’s so much fun. I can’t wait to meet him. I’m sure we will get along,” Jade said with a wide smile “So, are you really going to accept Benne’s offer and work here?” Jade asked Bryan curiously as they slowly made their way towards Celsie’s office.
“Yeah.”
“Cool. I think I’ll take Harry’s offer too. That way, I can be closer to you both and keep you out of trouble,” Jade said with a grin as she linked arms with him, and Bryan turned to look at her with a slightly raised brow.
“You mean so you can be closer to Harry, don’t you? We both know very well that if you didn’t want to be close to Harry, you wouldn’t be considering it,” Bryan said dryly, and she grinned.
“I guess I should just say I will be closer to you both and Harry then,” she said with a wink.
Bryan didn’t have enough time to respond before his phone rang, “I need to take this call. Go in, and let Sonia know we are leaving soon,” Bryan said as he received the call from Jeff, while Jade went on to Celsie’s office since Harry had shown it to her earlier during their tour.
Inside Celsie’s office, she and Sonia had moved on from their disagreement about her decision not to get married to other subjects.
“You’re distracting me,” Celsie said with a giggle when Sonia showed her a comedy skit on Instagram.
“So you’re asking me to leave?” She asked, and Celsie bobbed her head.
“Yes, leave. Go find Bryan or find something else to do while you wait for him,” Celsie said as she tried to focus on the work in front of her.
“What do you think about Harry and Jade?” Sonia asked out of the blues, and Celsie blinked in confusion. What did her question have to do with leaving the office?
“What am I supposed to think about them? Harry is Benne’s best friend, and Jade is Benne’s sister,” Celsie said, and Sonia shook her head.
“That’s not what I mean. Didn’t you notice their matching outfits yesterday?” Sonia asked, and Celsie rolled her eyes.
“That was most likely coincidence. Harry doesn’t seem like the type to do matching outfits,” Celsie said, and Sonia looked at her with interest.
“Really? How well do you know him?” Sonia asked, and Celsie smiled.
“Well, I wouldn’t say I know him so well. I used to think that he was cold and weird, but recently I’m beginning to see that being cold is just a front he puts up at work. He is actually very sweet and nice,” Celsie said as she remembered her conversation with Harry that morning.
“Really? What makes you think so?” Sonia asked curiously and listened carefully as Celsie told her about their conversation earlier on, only leaving out the question he had asked her.
“Aww, he’s so sweet,” Sonia said with a wide smile.
“I told you so. Why are you curious about them anyway? Don’t tell me you’re thinking of making them into characters in your next story,” Celsie said, and Sonia grinned.
“Guilty as charged. Although I don’t know them well enough, I think there might be chemistry between them. So can you be my eyes and ears?” Sonia asked hopefully.
“You’re asking me to spy on Harry?” Celsie asked in disbelief.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.