Chapter 491 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“You can give me a couple of her personal stuff she might need while she’s there,” Matt said after she had given him the direction to the hospital and Jero’s room number, and Jade looked at him with a slightly raised brow.

“You don’t feel upset or jealous that she is taking care of her baby daddy?” Jade asked, and Matt shrugged.

“I’m not in a competition with him. And I think she is doing what she believes she ought to do in order not to leave room for regrets,” Matt said reasonably, and Jade gave him a nod as she walked over to Candace’s room to get some extra clothes and whatever else she believed Candace would need to stay at the hospital.

“I will let her know you are coming,” Jade said as she returned to join him, but Matt shook his head.

“Don’t. I’d rather she doesn’t know I’m coming. Let it be a surprise,” Matt said, and Jade looked at him hesitantly before giving him a nod.

After seeing him off, Jade returned to her bedroom and after only a moment’s hesitation, she dialed Benne’s line.

“Good morning, Jady. Sup?” Benne greeted immediately he received the call, enunciating her name for Harry’s benefit, and as expected, Harry who was driving the car turned to spare him a glance when he heard Jade’s name.

“Good morning, Benny. Please can you text me Celsie’s number right now?” She asked hopefully, and Benne spied at Harry from the corners of his eyes.

“Why? Is there a problem?” he asked curiously.

“Not at all. I just thought I should have her number. You know, as my favorite brother’s girlfriend,” Jade said, and Benne smiled.

“Alright, I will text it to you after the phone call,” he promised, and she thanked him before hanging up.

Even though the call had ended, Benne held the phone to his ear and continued, “Really? You’re going on a date with that guy?” He asked with false surprise, and Harry turned to look at him sharply, while he pretended not to notice.

“What guy?” Harry asked before he could stop himself, and Benne hid a grin.

“I will call you back, Jady. It seems like your other elder brother is curious to know about your new boyfriend,” Benne said as he pretended to hang up the phone before turning to Harry.

“Jade is seeing someone?” Harry asked with a frown, and Benne shook his head.

“No, she is not. The call ended a while ago so I said that to see your reaction. You are quite the protective elder brother, aren’t you? Jade must feel so lucky to have brothers like us who care about her,” Benne said with a grin, and Harry glared at him making Benne chuckle as he texted Celsie’s number to Jade.

“You’re an idiot,” Harry said, and Benne laughed harder.

“By the way what lady were you talking about the other night?” Benne asked curiously.

“A lady? What night?” Harry asked in confusion, wondering when he ever talked to Benne about a lady.

“Your father said you mentioned having a lady in your life. What lady was he talking about? Are you seeing someone? Is it the lady Jade introduced to you?” Benne asked, and Harry looked at his suspiciously.

“Why are you asking?”

“What do you mean why am I asking? Don’t I have the right to know if my best friend is seeing someone?” Benne asked, and Harry sighed.

He couldn’t lie to Benne, and at the same time he couldn’t tell him the truth. He knew that if he told Benne the truth about Aurora, Benne would likely tell Jade about it and he didn’t want that.

“I’m still getting to know her. You can say we are still in the talking stage. I will let you meet her at the anniversary dinner,” Harry said before changing the subject.

Away from there, Aaron waited until he had swallowed the food he was chewing before spoke again, “Yes, Harry told me you both came to check on me. Unfortunately, the sleeping tablets had me knocked out so I couldn’t see you,” Aaron said apologetically, and Celsie gave him a nod.

“That’s fine. I saw you though. I came in to sit with you for some time so that the guys could talk alone,” Celsie said as she continued to look at him.

“Really? You must have been bored,” Aaron said with a grin, and then his eyes gleamed with mischief as he leaned forward in his seat, “Tell me, did I look handsome while I slept?” He asked, and Celsie smiled.

“You always look handsome,” she said, thinking of the best way to ease into the subject. He was yet to take his medication. Perhaps she shouldn’t say anything until he was done with his meal and his medicine.

“More handsome than Benne?” He asked, and Celsie giggled.

“Don’t even dream of it. Your medication is in your bedroom, right? Give me a moment to grab it,” Celsie said as she picked up her phone and rose, and Aaron smiled at her as he watched her walk away.

Once she got into his bedroom, she headed straight for his nightstand where the medicines were kept and she picked them up.

Just as she walked out of the bedroom, her phone started to ring and she received the call when she noticed it was from an unsaved contact, “Good morning. This is Celestia Miller on the line,” she greeted politely as she walked down the passageway.

“Good morning, Celsie. It’s Jade. Benne’s sister,” Jade said, surprising Celsie.

“Oh, Jade! How are you? I’m pleasantly surprised to hear from you,” Celsie said in a pleasant tone, and Jade smiled.

“Harry informed me you are at his apartment?” Jade said after exchanging pleasantries with her.

“Yes, I am. Do you want to say hello to his dad?” Celsie asked, thinking that was the reason she had called.

“I will call him later. Right now I need you to do me a favor,” Jade said, and Celsie stopped walking.

“What favor?”

“Please, could you go into Harry’s bedroom and send me the picture of the lady in the photo frame by his bedside?” Jade asked, and Celsie’s brows pulled together in a frown.

“Is Harry aware of this?” She asked, not wanting to believe that Jade was asking her to invade Harry’s privacy.

“No, he’s not. And I’d appreciate it if you don’t let Aaron know about it either,” Jade pleaded.

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