Chapter 997 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

The moment they got to the Den, they saw Bryan and Matt seated there already playing PS.

“Hey, babe!” Bryan called to Sonia as he paused the game, and she went to him.

“You didn’t tell me you will be down here playing games with Matt,” Sonia said with a scowl and Bryan pulled her down on his lap.

“I thought you’d still be busy with Celsie. And I wasn’t sure if you’d be mad at me or not,” Bryan said before glancing at Celsie who was already seated.

“I’m sorry about earlier, Celsie. I didn’t mean to question you that way,” Bryan said, knowing if he resolved things with Celsie, Sonia would be less mad.

“All is forgiven. I hope you don’t mind releasing your fiancée to us, we have a wedding to plan and we don’t have all night,” Celsie said and Bryan grinned.

“Sure. You can have her. Thanks for not being mad,” Bryan told Celsie before looking at Sonia.

“Since Celsie is not mad, I hope you are not mad at me too? I didn’t take sides with my mom, I promise,” Bryan said and Sonia kissed him.

“I’m not mad. I don’t want us to fight over this anyway,” Sonia said and Bryan nodded.

“Me too. So, why don’t you go and plan the wedding with the girls, and we can go up together when you’re done?” Bryan suggested and Sonia nodded as she kissed him again before rising.

“Sorry you came over when everything is so shitty,” Sonia told Matt whose gaze had been fixed on the screen since Candace walked in and he waved it off.

“It’s fine. Been a while I beat Bryan’s ass anyway,” Matt assured her and she smiled as she went to join Celsie and Candace.

“I hope you don’t rush off in the morning, let’s have breakfast together and chill,” Sonia said while Bryan raised a brow.

“Is Jade not joining you?” He asked, wondering why Jade wasn’t there yet.

“Why won’t I be joining them?” Jade asked as she walked into the Den with her journal and a pen and went to join the ladies.

“Shouldn’t you guys excuse us? It’s going to be distracting having you in here,” Jade said and Bryan shook his head.

“We were here first. And there’s a lot of other places you girls can go to,” Bryan said and Sonia smiled.

“I’d rather be here and keep my eyes on him. Besides, I might need his opinion on a couple of things. So it’s good he is here,” Sonia said and Bryan blew her a kiss which she returned, before he resumed his game with Matt.

It didn’t take a genius to know that something was wrong between Candace and Matt seeing how he was not even looking in her direction and she was trying her best to not look affected by it.

“So, let’s get down to it! What kind of wedding do you want, Sony? Tell us what your dream wedding is, and we will do all we can to make it a reality,” Celsie said, jumping right into it since she didn’t want them to waste anymore time. It was getting late already.

Sonia pursed her lips as she considered Celsie’a question while Celsie and Jade opened their journals to write.

“Wait, why am I the only one who didn’t come with a jotter and pen?” Candace asked as she looked from Celsie to journal, “Celsie you didn’t say anything about jotting down stuff,” Candace said, making the rest of them giggle.

“I’m not with a jotter myself,” Sonia pointed out.

“You are the bride. You don’t count. We do the planning while you relax,” Candace said dismissively.

“Goes to show you are not organized,” Jade said with a sweet smile that made Candace scowl at her.

“I don’t think I can stand having you as a sister-in-law. I should probably hook Harry up…”

“You wouldn’t dare,” Jade growled, making them laugh.

Celsie clapped to get them back to focus, “We don’t have all night, ladies. And Candace, it’s not compulsory you jot anything down. Jade and I will have that covered,” Celsie said kindly.

“Sure. Thanks,” Candace said with a nod.

“Sony?” Celsie called, reminding her that she was yet to answer her question.

“I think it’s best you ask me specific questions,” Sonia said and Celsie nodded.

“Alright, first of all do you want a big wedding or something intimate?” Celsie asked, and Sonia turned to ask Bryan but before she could, Jade stopped her.

“Let’s know what you want first. You are the bride,” Jade said, and Sonia shrugged.

“I think I would prefer an intimate wedding. It’s not like I have lots of people I would want to invite anyway. I don’t know about Bryan. He might want his celebrity friends to be present,” Sonia said reasonably.

“Bryan, do you want a big wedding party or something intimate?” Jade called out to Bryan.

“Whatever Sonia wants is fine by me as long as I’m not expected to show up in a pink Tuxedo,” Bryan said making them laugh.

“Intimate wedding it is then. We will work on the guest list later,” Jade said as both her and Celsie jotted it down.

Candace couldn’t help but steal glances at Matt. She had noticed that he hadn’t bothered to spare her a glance since she walked into the den, and it was agitating her.

How could he say he was here to spend time with her when he had his eyes glued to the stupid game he was playing? She mused irritably as she tried not to let her annoyance show.

From there they moved to other aspects of their plan, talking about vendors and companies to patronize.

“I’ve received a couple of messages from various vendors on Instagram, begging to offer their services for the wedding. How about we check them out? If they’re not good enough, we could look elsewhere,” Sonia suggested.

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