Chapter 956 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I’m glad we turned off the phones,” Sonia said as Bryan joined her in bed and placed the tray at the middle.

“Me too. Last night was so wonderful, Bryan. Thank you,” Sonia said as she looked at him with earnest eyes, and Bryan smiled as he raised a piece of toast to her lips and she took a bite.

“And thank you for saying yes to marry me. I promise to cherish you and our baby or babies as the case may be,” Bryan said as he took her hand and kissed her palm.

“If this were my , I’ll be ending our story right here, you know?” Sonia asked as she ate, and Bryan shook his head.

“I’ve always wondered why some authors end books that way or why movies end that way,” Bryan said and Sonia shrugged.

“Because the rest should be left to the imagination of the reader. They can think about the happily ever after from there. Why ruin it by writing about marriage and the ups and downs that come with it when you can end it at such a good point?” Sonia asked and even though Bryan understood he still didn’t agree.

“Well, wait until our baby comes and then you can end the story if you must,” Bryan said and Sonia grinned.

“I was on the phone with my editor a while ago. He thinks now might be the best time to release the on our story. It might sell faster as everyone would be interested in us right now because of the news of our engagement. What do you think?” She asked and Bryan raised a brow.

“But you are not done with the story yet, are you? Wouldn’t it be stressful for you to try to hurry it along? Besides, do you plan to include the pregnancy in it and not the baby?” Bryan asked, and Sonia pursed her lips.

“What do you suggest I do?”

“I think you can wait until our baby comes. The news of the birth would be a trending subject as well and I’m sure your book would sell just as well. That way you can take your time to write without stressing yourself and you can end the story with our baby’s arrival,” Bryan said and Sonia nodded.

“Alright. I think that works just fine,” she said, and they ate in silence for some time before Bryan spoke again.

“I was thinking. How about we find time to travel over to see your parents as we planned to the last time?” Bryan asked and Sonia nodded.

“Yeah. We should. I should introduce you to them and let them know I’m getting married,” Sonia said and then glanced at her other phone when it started ringing.

“I thought we turned off our phones?” Bryan asked, and she gave him a sheepish smile.

“You know only Celsie can reach me through this phone. I couldn’t turn it off,” she said and Bryan shook his head.

“Maybe I should get one for family too,” he muttered as he focused on his meal while Sonia received Celsie’s call.

“Good morning, baby!” She greeted cheerfully.

“Can you talk now? Are you busy?” Celsie asked and immediately Sonia remembered it was Monday and they had probably received the DNA result.

“Sure,” she said and rose.

“Babe, I need to speak with Celsie in private. I will be back,” Sonia told Bryan before walking out of the bedroom.

“What’s up?” Sonia asked as she headed down the hall and into an empty bedroom.

“It’s negative! The kid is not his,” Celsie announced and Sonia felt like dancing for joy.

“Thank goodness! How do you feel about that?” Sonia asked curiously.

“Mostly relieved. Even though I had made up my mind to stick with Benne, I wasn’t looking forward to the whole Babymama drama. God, I’m so happy, Sony,” Celsie said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

After she left Benne’s office she had been occupied by a brief meeting with a designer and after the designer had left she had taken her time to think about it all and had just needed to talk to Sonia about it.

“And Benne? He must be disappointed, I suppose,” Sonia said thoughtfully.

“He is not. He was more relieved than disappointed,” Celsie said with a sigh as she recalled how he had wept.

“Really?” Sonia asked, somewhat surprised.

“Yeah.”

“I can’t understand something though. Why did Kimberly do such a thing? Has he called her yet? I mean, she should have known Benne wasn’t the father…”

“You won’t believe Benne’s grandfather was behind it,” Celsie cut in, and Sonia gasped in disbelief.

“You’re kidding, right?”

“I wish I was. I can’t even imagine what he was thinking. But I’m glad it was all just a really bad prank,” Celsie said before going on to tell Sonia how Harry had found out the truth. I think you should take a look at

“Benne was so pissed.”

“I would be pissed too if I were in his shoes. So, what now?” Sonia asked, wondering what Celsie was thinking.

“I don’t know. As annoying as this whole stuff might have been, it has got me thinking though,” Celsie said, and Sonia raised a brow.

“About what?” Sonia asked and Celsie bit her lower lip as she thought about how to say it.

“It made me wonder what having Benne’s kid would feel like. It made me imagine what our kid would look like,” Celsie confessed and tears gathered in Sonia’s eyes.

It was the damned pregnancy hormone always making her feel weepy.

“Celsie,” Sonia whispered.

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