Benne smiled as he watched different emotions flicker on her face. He had expected her to say something about getting to the peak of her career, but seeing how confused she looked, he was somewhat relieved.
Maybe there was hope for him after all.
“What are you thinking about so seriously? Want to own a fashion line?” He asked to get her attention and Celsie smiled as she shook her head.
“Nah! I like working for you too much,” she assured him with a grin.
“That’s such a relief. I have no doubt how fashion line would be out of business if you decided to be a competitor,” Benne said making her giggle as they went to join the others.
“Isn’t this the way to the house? Is the restaurant on this route or are we stopping by the house before going to the restaurant?” Sonia asked with a displeased frown as Bryan drove the car.
As much as she liked being spontaneous she wasn’t in the mood for spontaneity right now. She had planned to spend the evening just lying in bed until Bryan suddenly decided he was craving some fancy Chinese delicacy.
She had suggested he order whatever he wanted but he had insisted they go out together since it had been a while they had gone out on a date.
How could he not understand that being an extrovert didn’t mean she was always up for such impromptu dates? She was not in the mood. She was feeling lethargic and wanted to stay in.
After much convincing, here she was, dressed up in a sexy red dress he had convinced her to wear and seated in the car letting Bryan drive her to wherever he pleased
“Yeah. Jade said she left her earrings there yesterday and wanted me to help her get it…”
“And you didn’t think you should inform me about this detour? We are going there to meet with the interior decorators tomorrow, aren’t we? Why can’t the earrings wait until tomorrow?” Sonia hissed irritably.
“She wants to wear it tomorrow…”
“For Christ’s sake, Bryan! Then she could have picked it herself! I’m really not in the mood for all of this! I’m tired and want to be on my back,” Sonia said, and Bryan reached over to take her hand.
“I’m sorry. I understand I’m stressing you,” Bryan said as he lifted her hand to his lips without taking his gaze off the road.
Sonia pulled her hand away from his irritably and turned her back to him so she was looking out her window.
“C’mon love, don’t frown. You look more beautiful when you smile,” Bryan said, and she turned to glare at him.
“I’m not staying at the restaurant. Not after this detour. We will just get the food and come back home. We can arrange to go on a date some other time,” Sonia said, and Bryan nodded.
“Alright. If that’s what you want. I’m sorry,” Bryan said amicably.
Seeing how calm he was and how he was trying to calm her, Sonia sighed, “I understand you were trying to be romantic by wanting us to go out on a date, but I’m really not feeling up to it. Sorry I’m ruining the mood,” Sonia said apologetically and Bryan shrugged.
“It’s fine. Is something bothering you or is it the pregnancy hormones?” He asked curiously and she sighed
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s the hormones,” she said, and Bryan turned to look at her.
“What can I do to help?” Bryan asked and Sonia raised a brow.
“Other than taking me back home?” She asked, and Bryan grinned.
“I thought we are heading to our home?” Bryan asked, and Sonia smiled involuntarily.
“Whatever. Let’s just get it over with,” she said as he drove through the open gate.
“Why is the gate open?” Sonia asked with slight a frown.
“I guess they workers must have forgotten to shut it on their way out. We will do that on our way out,” Bryan said and Sonia sighed.
“That’s quite careless of them. I guess we should be thankful there’s nothing valuable in the house yet,” Sonia said and Bryan smiled.
“I doubt anyone living around here would be the type to cart away people’s valuables when they’re not looking,” Bryan assured her as he parked the car.
“Well, you can afford to be so trusting. I can’t. Did she tell you where she dropped the earrings?” She asked as she unfastened her seatbelt.
“Give me a minute to call her,” Bryan said as he picked his phone and dialed Jade’s line to inform her they were there so they could get ready.
“We are here. Where did you drop the earrings?” Bryan asked, and listened for a moment before turning to Sonia who was already getting out of the car.
“She thinks it might be in the backyard,” Bryan said as he got out of the car and they both headed for the front door.
Once they got into the house, Sonia turned on the lights and headed straight for the back door which led to the backyard, and as she approached she couldn’t help but hear the sound of music drifting from there.
“Are the workers still around or did someone forget their speaker here?” Sonia asked as she turned to look at Bryan.
“Let’s find out,” he suggested with a blank face as he slowly followed her, letting her lead the way.
As Sonia opened the door, Bryan quickly dipped his hand into the pocket of his trousers to take out the ring.
Now she could clearly hear the lyrics of the song. It was Ed Sheeran’s thinking out loud. One of her all time favorites since she was a huge fan of Ed Sheeran.
As she got off the porch and turned the bend following the music, the backyard was suddenly flooded with light and a loud cry of “Surprise!” Split the air as camera lights flashed in her eyes to capture her shocked expression.
“What?” She asked in stunned surprise as she looked around at the smiling face of everyone present there while wondering what was going on.
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