Chapter 945 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I said we were going out on a date. I never said I was taking you to a restaurant, did I?”

“What are you up to?” she asked suspiciously.

“Something good,” Benne assured her as he drove around the house to park the car away from view as they had agreed so that Sonia wouldn’t be suspicious when she saw too many cars parked outside their new home.

As he drove around the house, Celsie caught sight of Harry’s car which was already parked there and saw Matt getting out of his car.

“What’s happening?” she asked and he shrugged as he parked the car.

“We are here now. You will find out soon enough once we join the others,” Benne said as they both got out of the car.

Benne led Celsie to the back of the house, and she was stunned by the decoration and arrangement of the place.

There were flowers and balloons everywhere she turned and in the middle was a single wide bouquet table like the one at the anniversary dinner party.

“You’re here. For a moment I thought you were going to be arriving after them,” Jade said as she walked up to them.

“Hello, Celsie the drunk! How are you doing today? Are you sober now?” Jade greeted sweetly and Celsie giggled.

“I’m not sure I am. What’s going on here? Whose party is it?” Celsie asked curiously.

“You do know how to keep secrets better than Bryan. I’m really impressed,” Jade said with a pleased smile as she plucked Celsie’s purse from her hand.

“It’s Sonia’s engagement party. I’m going to be holding on to your phone so you don’t sneak off and alert her,” Jade said, and Benne watched Celsie as she gasped, her eyes wide with happy surprise.

“Really? Bryan is proposing to Sonia tonight?” Celsie asked Benne and he grinned.

“Yeah. He didn’t want you to know about it so you wouldn’t tell Sonia,” Benne explained and she rolled her eyes.

“I wouldn’t have told Sonia about it. Besides, I would have been happy to be a part of the arrangement! I feel cheated,” Celsie said with a scowl as she turned to Jade.

“Is everything in place? Is there something I can do?” She asked, and Jade shook her head.

“Nope. Everything is in place. We had too many hands on board. Mia and Jeff took care of the catering, I handled the decoration, and Candace handled the florist. Matt is seeing to the waiters,” Jade said and Celsie sighed.

“I see.”

“You don’t have to look so sad. I’m sure you’d be with Sonia all through the wedding planning process. You will definitely be in charge of that,” Benne said, and her eyes lit up again.

“You’re right! I actually have a wedding to plan! Oh, my God! I didn’t even think of that!” Celsie exclaimed laughing happily, and Jade shook her head in amusement.

“Well, I’m going to leave you both now. I need to get back to my man,” Jade said as she turned to leave with Celsie’s purse, and then paused to look at Benne.

“By the way, Harry said you offered to take care of our vacation?” She asked, and Benne chuckled.

“Yeah. Why? You don’t want me to?” Benne asked, while Celsie looked at them curiously wondering what vacation they were talking about.

“Can I trust you to make sure it’s as romantic as possible? Don’t go all protective possessive big brother on me and get us separate bedrooms,” Jade warned, and Benne grinned.

“I would never think of doing that to either of you,” Benne assured her, and she grinned.

“You’re such a good brother. When you want to propose to Celsie, I will go the extra mile for you,” Jade promised as she pecked his cheeks before walking away.

Benne turned to see Celsie’s reaction to what Jade had said but she was merely smiling as she looked around, “I suppose this is the property they purchased?” Celsie asked and Benne gave her a nod.

“Sonia is going to be so happy. This is a dream come true for her. Getting married to someone she loves and having a family,” Celsie said happily.

“What about you? What is going to be a dream come true for you?” Benne asked as he watched her with interest.

“Why? Are you going to make it come true?” She asked with a teasing smile.

“Sure. I would love to if it’s something I can do. So, tell me,” Benne urged her.

Celsie opened her mouth to say it but frowned when she realized she didn’t even know what it was.

She pursed her lips as she considered the question for a moment.

If she had been asked this same question a week ago she might have said getting to the peak of her career or owning a house or something, but now she wasn’t so sure anymore.

She wasn’t sure she had ever had a dream that wasn’t tied to her career. All she had been doing until now was merely existing and living for her job.

She had not really lived until she moved to Serenopolis. Until she met Benne. Until she fell in love with him and met all the wonderful people connected to him.

Yes, independence was still a major personal goal for her. Being able to do what she want, when she wanted and how she wanted. But in Benne’s brief absence the independence had meant next to nothing and all she had wanted was to have him back with her.

All these years had she not thought that she didn’t need a man in her life? She never would have guessed that she would become happier by letting a man into her life. Yet, here she was.

In the last couple of weeks she had come to learn that there was more to life than her career or even money.

This was begining to make her realize that she did not know herself as much as she had thought she did all this time, and perhaps it was time to really get to know herself and find out what she wanted. Maybe it was time to start dreaming again.

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