Aletta stood outside the office door as she wondered if her decision was good enough. After encountering Leslie and the craze she had thought long and hard about her relationship with Joshua. Even though she had not been interested in getting married, the thought that his parents might want grandkids and a married daughter-in-law and that might ultimately lead to them breaking up crossed her mind a whole lot. The scenario of them separating and she being heartbroken could not for a second leave her mind and it kept her from getting any work done. She was also concerned he might have to marry a rich woman and she would be left with our memories of him. She had made up her mind but for many reasons, she kept rethinking it. She was about to push the door open when it yanked from inside and Joshua stood in the door frame tilting his head and blinking. "What are you doing there?" she let out without thinking. "I think I should be asking you that," he said leaning into the frame m

"You finally agreed to come to a fancy place" Joshua said and Aletta nodded. She has made a reservation using her influence as his assistant and it was a piece of cake for her. She has noticed that Joshua has been a bit absent-minded as they came to the restaurant and she had tried to get answers out of him but he had not said anything and just avoided the situation totally. "Yes, you have been asking for a fancy date and I decided it would be a good time to come here" "A good time?" Joshua asked slipping his hand into hers and the other hand into his pocket. A man began to approach them with a huge smile on his face. Aletta could see that the man recognized Joshua it was obvious he did, and this was part of the reason she avoided fancy places like this. Everyone would know who he was and try to stick their nose in his business. "Mr Delgado," the man said with so much glee it was obvious from a distance. "Hello, John" Joshua said. Aletta made a sound in the back of her thr

"What?" Joshua asked his cup in hand and in the air still waiting for her glass to clink with his. "Let's toast to me asking you to marry me," she said again. It was as though the confidence she had lost she suddenly regained. She sat up straight and stared at him in the eyes. Joshua stared at her continuously without moving as he was unable to properly process what was going on at that time. "Joshua? So?" she urged waiting for his response. "But you said...you said that.." he let out in a stutter unable to correctly articulate all the words. "I know what I said before but I am saying this now, are you not going to respond" Now she was panicking, she dropped the cup to the table and pressed her fingers to the table while staring at him. "Of course, you know I have always wanted to marry you but you had been against it for such a long time I don't know how you want me to react but this is shocking," Joshua said making no sense to her. She laughed and then held his hands tha

Aletta chose a ring after much pleading and pushing from Joshua. She had wanted to let it be when she noticed that the rings cost more than triple her yearly salary. How could she think of wearing something that fancy? He had to take a lot of convincing from him to be able to make her decide to take a ring. She finally picked one. "It's so beautiful but I don't know if it fits my finger," she said taking her hand up into the air and admiring the huge rock in her hand. "Of course, it fits your finger, it's as though it was made for your finger" Joshua said opening the door to the car and waiting for her to get in. She slid in her eyes still fixated on the ring on her hand. Joshua closed the door with a huge smile on his face as he turned over to the driver's side. "You do know you did not ask me to marry you right?" Aletta said as he slammed his door shut. "What?" Confusion climbed his face as he turned to her. "You did not get down on one knee and ask me to marry you, you

"Hello Mom," Joshua said over the phone. "Mom ? I did not realize that I was your mother" Jessica said. Joshua rolled his eyes and of course, his mom had to be dramatic. "Mom, why are you doing this?" "Why am I doing this? Xavier hear what your son is saying to me. I can't believe it" Jessica screamed and Joshua heard some shuffling before a grunt from his father. "Mom, I am sorry, it was unplanned," Joshua said. Yes, he had it in mind to wed Aletta but his proposal plan was not anything like this, he did not even know what his proposal plan was, he was waiting for her to come to him and she did without him having any time whatsoever to think it through. "You mean you proposed to a girl without thinking about it" Jessica asked with a gasp. "Mom , I will explain later when we see. I would also bring Aletta along so you can hear her own side of the story" Joshua said. "Are you with her?" Jessica asked about ignoring her son. "Of course" Joshua replied. "I thought as much, I m