19 Chapter 17

After completing the day's work I was in my office with my friends and Adam because I needed their help in planning a surprise marriage proposal for Kath, Seb was absent as he was in charge of keeping her away, he was the distraction.

"What's up with the emergency meeting?" Adam asked.

I literally had to contact him the day before dragging him back here from the UK, yes he was busy getting ready to take over as Seb was contented with being the CFO and vice president, he wanted nothing to do with running the company but he was happy and more than willing to help Adam with it.

Kathy was the CEO until they learned of their family company which was located here, so she choose move back to NY to run it and become the new CEO and the fact that she was my girlfriend, soon to be wife she had to move here.

"Relax, we just need one more person to arrive and you will find out" just then the door to my office opened and Carol walked in

"Aha, there she is, now we can begin"

Adam rolled his eyes before he turned to me and spoke

"And what is she doing here?"

Both Luke and I shared a knowing look before I answered him

"She will be helping me execute our plan because without her we are doomed and we need her for it to work"

"Okay, so what is this plan that requires her being" before I got a chance to speak Carol interrupted me clearly annoyed

"Listen and listen good Anderson, he needs me and if I were you I would shut up and let him speak for the rest of you to know what he is planning"

"Wow, I could sit here all day and watch them argue about nothing rather than sitting in my damn boring office looking at files and documents. Wait why do you two hate each other?" Ethan asked

"Brother you are stupid, can't you see they like each other, and it's just that they are fighting their feelings," Tyson said and I agree with him.

Ever since these two ran into each other in the hallway near Kath's office and Carol accidentally poured coffee on Adam, they have been taking it out on themselves and none of them wanted to admit there was something they felt, they would just pick on each other.

"Are you two dumb? I would never like a girl like her; she's not even my type"

"And you think you are?" and that's how they started their bickering and confrontations again

"Yikes chill out the both of you, we were joking. Let's listen to Earl here, anyway, aren't we missing Seb in this little meeting?" Ethan spoke then turned to me confirming about Seb.

"Well Ethan Seb as a job to do and that is to keep Kathy distracted because we wouldn't want her barging in and starts asking questions, would we now?"

"Earl you know those two cannot be together, remember the last time they were left alone, Kathy almost got Seb admitted to a hospital, they will kill each other," Luke said and everyone else in the room agreed with him, but what can I do, desperate time calls for desperate measures.

"Can all of you please forget about them and what will happen, help me plan everything"

It took me a while to win Kath back and it was hard I tell you though I did get a little help from our son, it was like she was reborn to not have a heart and feelings but in the end, I did win, we have been on dates and it was the best thing for me.

The past four months have not been easy though it was exciting and tiring, all the chaos around us took a turn on everything Kathy's aunt, in the end, was arrested and charged with murder sentenced for life and her husband also arrested for taking part.

I was surprised when it came out that Amber was Kathleen's cousin. How do I know her? Well when I had just taken over the company, a year later, her mother wanted us to merge our businesses and for that to happen I had to marry her daughter for the alliance, looking back at that I thank god it never happened first because that moment was when I was still in conflict with myself with the fact I just let the woman I love walk away leaving me and that too with our unborn child.

Second, my father and I had this weird vibe about her and immediately disliked her the moment she showed up stepping foot on the company and that too with her bitchy attitude daughter. My mother was not even letting me see anyone at the moment because for her I had to find Kathy and her grandchild, my heart also belonged to someone.

Kath took it hard especially when her aunt revealed that she had been keeping tabs on her and monitored her all this while but it stopped the moment she disappeared. She was the one who kidnapped her at the hospital after the accident and left her at the orphanage and ever since she kept monitoring her.

When asked why she did all this was because she found out that after her brother's wife gave birth to twins, he had changed his will and handed everything to his kids but his wife was in charge of it if anything ever happened to him and if anything ever happened to both him and his wife it was stated that his sister would control the assets but only hand it over once they turned twenty-five.

She took that as the opportunity to get rid of the siblings for her to have everything they owned and it did work. I tell you things at the moment we're so fucked up but in the end, they all fell into place. I was snapped out of my thoughts when everyone's attention was now on me.

"He summons us here and yet he zones out and leaves us hanging, I think we should all just leave"

"Hey wait I'm sorry, actually the reason you are here is that I am planning on proposing to Kath and I want it to be a surprise" before I even finished what I wanted to tell them I was rudely interrupted

"Congratulations" they all yelled at the same time, immediately they began throwing questions at the same time

"When is the wedding?"

"The ring can we see it"

"What is the theme" even our most quiet member Luke chimed in and was now blabbering with the rest and they were starting to annoying

Was I right deciding to ask them for help?

"Guys please be quiet, if you all speak we won't get anywhere with all this planning so shut the hell up"

Finally peace and silence, we can get on with the planning

"So I wanted you, Carol, to be the distraction, I can't let Seb be in charge of that, I don't need blood, and guys you are all with me. You will be helping me plan for the date and Luke" I called him "You and me, jewelry store"

After brief discussions and considering that the date was in three hours, everybody knew what they had to do so we were leaving but we stopped.

If you guessed commotion between Seb and my soon to be wife then dear friends you are right, we were all at the door ready to leave when Seb walked in his shirt stained and Kath was laughing at him.

"Okay, what happened this time?" Adam asked the duo

"This she-devil decided to dump all her strawberry smoothie on me" Seb yelled angrily while glaring at her and all she did was laugh harder

We had attracted the attention of all my employees and they were all craning their necks from their offices to see what was happening.

"Seb what did you do?" I asked

"Why am I always the one who is doing something wrong when something happens?"

I saw everybody giving him a knowing look which said it's always his fault.

"That's because when you two fight, it's always something you did to her," Luke said to him and we all nodded in agreement.

"Why are you, you know what don't bother I don't care anymore," he said while trying to sound innocent and bored

"So why is everyone here, what's going on?"

Oh, shoot Kathy asked and we didn't know what to say or do because we did not plan on them coming back this early. I looked around for help and my squad ignored me like I didn't exist and just let me talk.

"U-Uh we, I mean I"

"Would you look at the time, bestie I need you to come with me there is something that needs to be done and you are at the center of it so come on, chop-chop"

Thank god Carol jumped in and saved me before I spilled anything, Kath looked at us al suspiciously but was forcefully pulled and dragged away by Carol, I mouthed thank you to her and by the time they were gone we all dispersed for our assignments.

After minutes of driving, Luke and I walked into Tiffany and Co and the sales lady escorted us to the rings after telling her what we came for. I didn't search for long because I just saw the perfect ring for her, it was simply not too flashy yet elegant.

Luke looked at me after telling the lady the ring I chose and he nodded in approval, thankfully I was here with him and not the brothers because with them around nothing would have been accomplished.

We walked out of the store smiling wide as a Cheshire cat knowing in that in a few hours I would have the woman I love, the mother of my son as my fiancé and in a few months, she would be my wife.

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