Chapter 914 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“By the way, Sony, how did the house hunting go yesterday? Did you find any place of interest?” Evelyn asked since she had not seen him since they left for the house hunting.

“We did. I can see why Benne is so successful. He employs only the best. The OmniGlobal realtor who took us around seemed to know just what we wanted,” Bryan said with satisfaction.

“You won’t believe Bryan handled the paper works and paid for the house yesterday,” Sonia said, her eyes shining with excitement at the prospect of buying their home.

Jade exchanged a look with Bryan, knowing that statement meant he was going on with his plan to engage Sonia in their new home.

“It was an eye opening experience. You won’t believe Sonia wanted to pay half the money for the place,” Bryan said, and Jade raised a brow as she looked at Sonia.

“Why would you want to spend a dime? Your boyfriend is wealthy. I would suck him dry if I were you,” Jade said, and Sonia giggled.

“I can’t wait to see how you suck Harry dry,” Bryan said and Jade stuck out her tongue.

“I intend to do just that…”

“I guess I will have to let him know,” Benne cut in, and Jade rolled her eyes.

“He knows and he loves me just the same. Nothing you say can change his mind. You will only end up making him fall harder in love,” Jade said with a smug smile and her parents laughed.

“Must feel good to be so confident,” Benne muttered.

“How did the party go last night? Did any interesting thing happen? Sonia, please tell me. I trust your storytelling skills,” Evelyn said, and Sonia shrugged.

“Well, it was going well until Matt showed up with some girl, and they both sat on the same table with us and Candace,” Sonia said with a scowl.

“It was awkward. Candace kept glaring at her,” Jade said with a giggle.

“Awkward? That’s an understatement,” Sonia said with a snort and Evelyn laughed.

“So, what happened? Any cat fight?” Desmond asked with interest, and they all laughed as Sonia and Jade told them about the meeting in the ladies’ room and how Gemima had busted them.

“I guess you all had a nice time then,” Evelyn said with a small smile when they were done talking about the party.

“Yeah. And today we are going to continue. We are going clubbing. Just us girls,” Jade said, and Evelyn turned to Sonia.

“You are not taking alcohol…”

“She won’t. I’m going to be there to look after her and my little Nibling, don’t worry,” Jade said, and Evelyn nodded.

“I thought I was the one meant to look after you alcoholics?” Sonia asked dryly, and Jade giggled.

“Eve, we need to go get ready to leave for the airport,” Desmond said as he glanced at his wristwatch and pushed away from the table.

After their parents left, Benne left as well, leaving Sonia, Bryan and Jade on the table.

Sonia picked up her phone when it rang and smiled when she saw it was Celsie, “Hey, baby!” Sonia greeted cheerfully as she rose and excused herself.

Immediately she left, Jade leaned closer to Bryan, “So, we are going ahead with your original plan?” Jade asked, and Bryan nodded.

“Yes. Perhaps if you have time later in the day I can take you over there to show you the place and then you can figure out what to do,” Bryan suggested and Jade glanced at her wristwatch.

It was past ten in the morning, “Is there a way we can do that without Sonia being suspicious or wanting to come with us?” Jade asked, and Bryan shrugged.

“Even if she does go with us, she doesn’t need to know the reason I took you there. Nothing wrong in flaunting my house to my sister, is there?” Bryan asked, and they both pulled away when they heard Sonia coming back.

“Babe, I’m sorry. But can we cancel our appointment with the interior decorators? I need to go over to Celsie’s,” Sonia said as she joined them and the siblings exchanged an amused look.

“Sure, we can. Is everything alright with Celsie?” Bryan asked, and she nodded.

“Yeah. It’s been a while we spent some time together alone. And since it’s weekend and she isn’t so busy we figured we chill together before hanging out with the others later,” Sonia said as though it wasn’t a big deal even though she could tell that whatever Celsie wanted to discuss with her was very important.

“Don’t worry, we don’t have to cancel. I can meet with them myself if you tell me what you want…”

“But I will like to be there when the decisions are made,” she cut in with a frown.

“We will just be discussing the ideas today. No major decision making. Whatever we discuss I will let you know and we can meet with them again on Monday,” Bryan said as he took her hand and kissed her palm.

“Alright,” Sonia said reluctantly. Celsie came before any other thing. She could let Bryan handle it today and on Monday she would tell them exactly what she wanted.

“Why don’t I come with you? I will like to see the place. And since Sonia won’t be with you, my feminine opinion might come in handy,” Jade asked hopefully and Sonia smiled.

“That’s right! Great! Jade will go with you, babe. And I can just meet with them on Monday,” Sonia said with a smile and Jade grinned at Bryan.

“Alright, then. It’s settled. We will drop you off at Celsie’s on our way,” Bryan said, and Sonia kissed his cheek happily.

“Great. Thanks baby. I should go get ready to leave then,” Sonia said and then turned to Jade.

“I might not be back before the time for our outing, so Celsie and I will join you girls when it’s time,” Sonia told Jade.

“That’s fine. I have to see Harry anyway. I will pick up Candace while I’m there and we can all meet at the club,” Jade suggested, and Sonia flashed the siblings a smile.

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