Have My Baby by Stella Adeyemi

Author:Stella Adeyemi [Adeyemi, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BWWM Club
Published: 2019-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Keisha’s first reaction was laughter. Loud, gale. Because, how else could she have interpreted his words, other than “funny”?

“Okay, that was a good one, I’ll give it to you. Well, then, if you do not want to talk, it’s fine. The lunch hour is almost over. But I got to ask though, are you taking the marriage ultimatum?”

“I already did,” he said simply. “I just asked you to marry me.”

Still finding it funny, she chuckled this time, and sat up in her seat. “Yeah right. You obviously aren’t taking it seriously. But, if you aren’t gonna get married, what do we do? I’m sure we’ll figure out a way out of this mess, though.”

He was in front of her before she knew it, taking her hands into his and staring deep into her soul.

“Keisha, I… I wasn’t actually joking. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, and trust me, I’ve given it hard thoughts. I don’t think there’s a way out of this, other than the merger. The Miami scandal is starting to affect sales in other parts of the world too.”

She knew this. Sales had been dropping rapidly. Skepticism about the quality of their products was beginning to eat deep and hit hard.

“We really cannot afford to waste any more time,” Kane continued. “We need this merger. We do. And if getting married is the only way to get it, then I must. I have thought it through. The marriage has to be fast. And simple. We would need to stay married for at least, two years, if we do not want the media to suspect anything. And of course, being married to a friend, being married to you, would definitely beat being married to anyone else.”

Keisha still didn’t understand what was happening. Sure, she heard the words he was saying but they weren’t making any sense to her. Marriage? To her? With her? Kane wanted to get married to her? Her boss… Kane Wells?

Refusing to believe it still, she chuckled again, uneasily this time. “Kane, I get it, you’re trying to pull my legs, but don’t you think this is taking things a little bit too far?”

Because despite the fact that her brain was still maintaining reasoning, her heart had started to believe it, and soon, her brain would begin to hope that it was true. Nope, she couldn’t do this to herself. It was hard enough, trying to deal with these feelings for him that were growing stronger by the day. Imagine making a fool of herself, by believing this ruse? The joke would be on her, period.

“But I’m not kidding, Keisha. I am actually being serious here. I mean, we’ve had a very excellent working relationship for the past three years, and I can say we’ve been more than just boss and employee. Not to mention that in the past few months, we’ve grown into more. I would like to think of us as good friends. Great friends, even. I’m not making a huge deal out of things, am I?”

Too confused to say anything, she simply shook her head.

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