“Hey!” Bryan greeted Benne once he accepted the call, grateful that their table was at the end of the cafe, and he had all the privacy he needed to talk.
“Can you talk? Or are you busy at the moment?” Benne asked as he sat on the trunk of the car. Celsie had gone to her apartment the moment he parked the car and handed her the car keys. So he had decided to give Bryan a call before heading inside.
Seeing how Sonia had disappeared to take the call, he could guess the call was from Celsie, and as such she might not be coming out immediately, “Sure. I can talk. What’s up?” Bryan asked curiously.
“I just wanted to know if you have been able to find out anything about Celsie from your fiancee.”
Bryan raised a finger to tap his forehead thoughtful, “Hm… I think I got something. But what do I get in exchange for the information?” Bryan asked, making Benne raise a brow.
“What do you want?” Benne asked curiously since he knew it couldn’t be money.
“Well, for starters you can return the favor by helping me find out what you can about Sonia from Celsie since she doesn’t know that we are connected,” Bryan said, making Benne pause.
“I should help you find out more about your fiancee? The lady you proposed to? What more do you want to know about her that you can’t ask her directly?” Benne asked in confusion.
Maybe it was time to tell him the truth about his relationship with Sonia “Okay, the truth is that…” He stopped when he remembered his agreement with Sonia. He wasn’t supposed to tell anyone else. He had told Matt, and she had told Celsie. He shouldn’t tell anyone else about it as Sonia had assured him that Celsie wasn’t going to tell anyone the truth about their engagement. That meant their secret was safe.
“Yes?” Benne asked when he paused.
“The truth is that my fiancee isn’t very chatty, and she doesn’t really like to talk much about herself. So I will like to find out what I can about her from her best friend,” Bryan said with a sigh. Although he already knew what a terrible and crazy person she was, he still wanted to know the extent of her craziness and be sure she really had no mental issues.
“Then you should ask her to introduce you to Celsie. That way you can ask Celsie all you need to know,” Benne suggested making Bryan roll his eyes.
“Don’t tell me you don’t know how best friends lie to cover up for each other? Celsie won’t tell me the truth since I’m engaged to her best friend. You, on the other hand, can just get the truth from her. So?” Bryan asked, and Benne sighed.
“Okay. I will see what I can do. But you have to first tell me what you got from Sonia,” He asked, and Bryan narrowed his eyes thoughtfully as he tried to remember what Sonia had said earlier.
“I think this is very important in understanding her. Although Sonia didn’t give me the exact details, from what she said, her half-brother kind of had feelings for Celsie and committed suicide because of her…”
“What the fuck?” Benne asked in surprise. He hadn’t been expecting something like that.
“Yeah. I don’t think Sonia likes to talk about the subject much, since it involves her family, but I will find out what I can and let you know. That aside though, Sonia says Celsie is pretty cool and calm. And Sonia also kept trying to get information about you,” Bryan informed him, but before Benne could respond, he spotted Sonia returning to the table so he quickly said, “Got to go. Let’s talk later,” and he hung up immediately.
“Hey, babe!” Sonia responded the moment she received the call, making Celsie smile.
“I hope I didn’t interrupt anything? Were you writing?” She asked as usual, and Sonia rolled her eyes.
“Far from that. I’m out on a date with my darling fiance. So tell me, what’s up?” Sonia asked curiously.
“You’re out on a date with Bryan?” Celsie asked, wanting to ask Sonia exactly what was happening between her and Bryan and if it was a real date or she had bullied the poor guy into taking her out. But she figured it wasn’t the time to ask such questions. She would have to keep her questions for later, “You shouldn’t be on the phone when you’re out on a date unless it’s an emergency. Let’s just talk later,” Celsie suggested, wanting to hang up.
“Don’t worry about that. I’m in the ladies’ room so it’s not a problem. Go on and tell me why you called,” Sonia rushed to assure her as she walked further into the ladies’ room, and went into one of the toilet stalls, and sat on a toilet seat.
“Let’s just talk later. Call me when you get home and you’re free,” Celsie said, not feeling comfortable with the idea of Sonia talking to her while Bryan was out there waiting.
“He won’t mind waiting, trust me. Besides, he is on a call too,” Sonia assured Celsie who sighed wearily, “Go on, talk to momma. Why is my baby calling?” Sonia asked playfully.
“Well, a lot of things. First of all, I finally told Benne that we could have sex,” Celsie said in a small voice as though she didn’t want even the ant in the apartment to hear her secret.
Sonia’s mouth dropped open, and then a happy smile split her face, “Awww! My innocent baby is becoming all grown up,” Sonia said emotionally, “Tell me, how did you say it? What did he say? How did he react?” Sonia asked excitedly.
“Slow down with the questions,” Celsie said with an embarrassed smile.
“Slow down? How can I? Hold on, let’s switch to video call. I want to see your face,” Sonia said, and without waiting for Celsie to say anything she switched the call to video call and waited for Celsie to approve it on her end.
“I can’t believe you’re doing this while you’re out on a date,” Celsie said, looking at Sonia in disbelief.
“You don’t have to believe it. Tell me what I want to hear. How did you say it? What did he say?” Sonia asked, waiting eagerly to hear something exciting since Celsie was one of the side characters in her novel.
Sonia listened attentively as Celsie narrated everything that had happened from the moment she told Benne about them doing the sex thing, to their episode on the elevator, to his dirty texts, while Sonia awwed and laughed when necessary. She smiled so much that her cheeks hurt from it, and it wasn’t until Sonia stopped laughing, but heard someone still laughing outside the door, that she remembered the call was on loudspeaker so anyone in the ladies’ room could listen in on their conversation.
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.
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