Chapter 923 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“You don’t have to worry. I have no plans of getting married any time soon. And let me know any way I can be of help,” Benne assured him, as he put all his worries behind him and focused on celebrating with Bryan instead.

Away from there, after Celsie’s conversation with Sonia, she busied herself by cleaning up her kitchen while Sonia took a nap on her bed.

As she cleaned the kitchen, she replayed her conversation with Sonia in her head as she tried to figure out what to do now that she knew the problem was falling in love and not marriage.

Thinking about it she knew she wouldn’t feel any less devastated or shattered as Mrs Perkins had been if anything were to happen to Benne now, so marriage really wasn’t the issue.

Benne was too supportive to make her want to give up her job to become a stay at home wife like her teacher’s husband had done. And she couldn’t even imagine him packing up and running away with her money like the other lady’s husband had done.

She giggled softly at the thought. Between her and Benne if there was anyone who would run away with the other’s money it was her since she had nothing compared to all Benne owned.

So, once again it wasn’t about marriage but about the kind of person one got married to. And she knew Benne wasn’t a bad person.

The thought of marrying Benne made her heart begin to race and she paused as she cleaned out the kitchen cabinets.

It was obvious that even though in her head she now knew that marriage wasn’t the issue, she was still scared of the idea. Perhaps she could discuss it with her therapist on her next appointment. She believed that Doctor Julia would be able to help her there.

“Are you expecting someone? Why did you leave that space on your dresser? And I noticed a drawer is empty,” Sonia said as she watched Celsie from the doorway.

“You were snooping, huh?” Celsie asked, not the least bit offended.

“Yeah. You know it’s second nature to me,” Sonia said with a grin and Celsie giggled.

“I’ll just have to teach our baby not to turn out nosy like you or Bryan’s family,” Celsie said as she watched Sonia yawn.

“You can’t out do majority. You either beat us or join us,” Sonia said and then raised a brow.

“So, who is the space for?”

“Benne. I created the space for Benne. We will be shuttling between his place and mine now. He’s coming over later tonight and I plan to give him a spare key,” Celsie said, and Sonia grinned.

“Wow! That’s a new level,” Sonia said, and Celsie nodded.

“Yep. It is. And I must confess that I’m sort of excited about it. Having him here is going to be just like the begining when we just met. Things might be different if or when his daughter shows up, but I might have to spend more of time at his place then,” Celsie said with a shrug before returning her attention to cleaning out the kitchen cabinet while Sonia remained where she stood staring at Celsie.

Sonia was feeling a lot more optimistic now about Celsie now than she had felt in a long time. She had noticed earlier that Celsie seemed more open to the idea of marriage now. Some thing told her that Celsie was finally going to be changing her mind regarding getting married to Benne soon.

“What?” Celsie asked when she raised her head a moment later and noticed that Sonia was still standing on the same spot.

Sonia shook her head, “Nothing. Just thinking about stuff.”

There was no need to ask her about it yet or point it to her. She would leave her to take her time to make up her mind. She knew Celsie would tell her about it when she was sure and ready.

“What stuff?” Celsie asked curiously.

“You didn’t give me a response yesterday when I talked about you going to the clinic with me during my antenatal appointments,” Sonia said, changing the subject, and Celsie raised a brow.

“I didn’t realize you needed a response. You should know my feelings would be hurt if you went with someone else who is not me, apart from Bryan. Of course, it would be an honor and a great privilege to stand in for Bryan,” Celsie said, and Sonia grinned.

“And you won’t mind babysitting either, right?” Sonia asked, and Celsie shrugged.

“The baby is ours. As long as you tell me what to do and make sure a nanny is not more than ten feet away from me, it shouldn’t be a problem,” Celsie assured her, and Sonia beamed a smile at her.

“I knew I could count on you,” Sonia said, and Celsie looked at Sonia with interest.

“How do you feel though? Any morning sickness? Can you feel the baby moving yet?” Celsie asked and Sonia shrugged.

“I feel okay. I’m not feeling sick or anything yet. The only thing I’ve observed for now is that I easily get tired lately. And I can’t feel the baby’s movement yet until the next couple of weeks. Although, I can’t wait to begin to feel it and to know if I’m having a boy or a girl,” Sonia said, her eyes gleaming excitedly as Celsie had noticed it gleamed now each time she talked about the baby.

Celsie smiled, “I hope it’s a girl. I can’t picture you with a baby bump though, and even though I know you’d make a wonderful mom, I can’t quite picture it yet,” Celsie said with a small smile.

“Well, I can picture you with it a baby bump and I can see you as a mom. I think you’d be an even more wonderful mom,” Sonia said, and Celsie shook her head.

“I’m not so sure about that,” Celsie said, and Sonia raised a brow.

“You don’t think you would make a good mom?” Sonia asked curiously.

“Do we ever know if we would? Can you ever tell how a kid is going to turn out?” Celsie asked, and Sonia chuckled.

“So how do you know I’d make a wonderful mom then?” Sonia asked as Celsie dropped her cleaning napkin.

Celsie didn’t say a word for a moment and shrugged, “I don’t think you would let your kids run amok,” Celsie said matter of factly.

“And you think you would let yours run amok?” Sonia asked dryly and Celsie frowned.

“Not everything can be controlled, Sony. You’re nosy and don’t mind getting on people’s nerves. I like to let people have their privacy. Can you imagine the sort of parent I’d be…”

“Not everything needs to be controlled. Besides, it’s not your place to determine how your kids turn out. Your duty is to raise them to the best of your ability and then let them make their own decisions as adults when it’s time. Your mom is like you most of the time and see how well you and Lucas turned out,” Sonia said, and Celsie rolled her eyes.

“Indeed. We turned out so well that I ended up being kidnapped by a stalker and Lucas ended up with that crazy bitch,” Celsie said dryly.

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