My Baby’s Daddy Is Mr CEO

Chapter 24

Chapter 24 Oliver takes Arianna home to celebrate their engagement; they take Rosie along with them to the mansion. A small party is thrown and the servants are invited to join in the celebration. Rosie spills alcohol on her clothes and decides to go and clean up in the restroom. Right after she leaves the sitting room, Sammy walks in. He had a look of surprise on his face as he had no idea what was going on. He approached Zach to find out where Oliver was. “Hey Zach, what is going on? And where is Oliver?” “Oh, hi sir… the boss is celebrating his engagement party tonight, and he is over there,” Zach replied, pointing to one end of the sitting room. Sammy looked that way and saw Oliver discussing with Arianna, with drinks in their hands. “Wait, did you just say an engagement party?” He queried. “Um… yes, were you not aware? The boss proposed to young madam tonight and she said yes,” the butler replied “Oh, okay thanks,” Sammy replied and dismissed him. He could not believe what he had just heard. His best friend was engaged and he had no idea, he was left out of the happy moment, which was not fair. He matched forward to Oliver immediately. “Oliver Gomez, just the man I was looking for,” he said in a plain tone, bringing their attention to himself. “Oh, hi Sammy,” Arianna said excitedly “Hi Aria, can I borrow Oliver for a minute?” He asked with a smile. “Sure, he is all yours, I was about to go looking around the building anyway,” Arianna replied and walked off with a smile. “Hey, what`s up man,” Oliver said with a smile. “Don’t what`s up me, how could you do this Oliver, I thought we were best friends, how could you get engaged and throw a party without caring to let me know?” Sammy grumbled “Oh, I am sorry man; it just kind of happened real quick that I did not remember you.”

“You did not remember me? Maybe because you never took me as a friend, I was just another worker to you.” Sammy said sadly “No Sammy, what are you saying? Of course you are my friend and my brother too, you know it’s true,” Oliver argued. “Well, I don’t think I know anymore,” Sammy replied and turned around. “Wait, where are you going?” Oliver queried. “Oh, I was not invited here, so I would just go upstairs to the balcony until I receive an invitation,” he replied and headed for the stairs. Oliver sighed and bumped his fist on his face. “Oh man, I am trying not to get emotional tonight, but there is Aria and now Sammy too.” * * * * * * * * * * Rosie walked out of the restroom on the second floor, she looked to her left and noticed a balcony with a man on it. The light there was poor but she could tell that it was him; Sammy! She went to him slowly and joined him on the balcony; she could see that he was upset about something. “Nice view from here huh?” she said, getting his attention to herself “Oh, hi… Rosie right?” He asked “Yes, and you are Sammy, I remember. You must be here for the engagement party,” she said softly and looked into the beautiful dark clouds with the twinkling stars. “Not really, I came to drop some information about work for Oliver, I had no idea that he proposed today or that he was holding a party,” Sammy replied with a look of disappointment. “Oh, I … am sorry about that, it must have hurt.” “You don’t need to apologize, you are not Oliver,” Sammy replied. “Well true, but I am still a friend anyway, and we should console our friends when they are hurt.” Sammy smiled and stared at her. “How long have you known Aria?” he suddenly asked. “Well, it’s been about eight years or so, why asking?”

“You know, I have known Oliver for the past twelve years, we have been friends, classmates, colleagues or so forth. He was my boss at work but that did not change the friendship we shared. Okay, maybe sometimes he gets bossy but he apologized sooner or later. I can’t believe he would get engaged and not remember to invite me,” he spoke with sadness in his voice. “I understand your pain; it’s like when Aria went to watch new episodes of Harry Potter without me, which hurt terribly. But sometimes, our friends don’t really mean to hurt us, they are humans after all and they can’t be perfect. Sometimes, organs like our brains and heart disappoint us, so how much more about our friends. We just have to understand and forgive them when they make mistakes.” Rosie explained Sammy was silent for a while, then he smiled. “I think you are right, I am glad I met you here.” He smiled “Oh, I could say the same.” Rosie giggled. “Want to get back to the party?” “Sure, ladies first,” Sammy replied and then laughed. * * * * * * * * * * * “So, we should start making preparations for our wedding, where do you think it should hold? Just name a location,” Oliver said in excitement. “Um… you want to have a big wedding?” Aria asked softly, with a look of nervousness on her face. “Of course, wait… you don’t want a big wedding?” he asked back. “No Oliver, it’s not that I don’t want a big wedding but not just now. Can’t we just have a simple court marriage and then after the child is born, we can have a grand church wedding.” “Really? But why do you think we should do that?” Oliver queried. “Well you see, I have just a few weeks before our baby arrives, we won’t be able to meet up with the wedding arrangements on time, the baby might come early and I don’t want my baby to be born out of wedlock, I don’t want anyone to call my child illegitimate even when I am married to her father.” Aria explained Oliver thought about her words and felt she was right, a very big wedding like he had in mind would take about one month for preparation, but a court wedding procedure won’t take up to a week, they

could get a wedding certificate and it becomes official. “Look Oliver, if you are not comfortable with it then we can…” “Don’t worry honey bunny, I agree with you, a court wedding it is,” he replied, cutting her short. “Oh cool, wait you called me a honey bunny, is that my new nickname?” she asked with a smirk “Yeah, you like it?” he smiled “Sure, papa bee,” she smiled back. The smile on his face disappeared immediately, “wait, what is that?” “Your new nickname of course, enjoy.” She smiled mischievously and walked away with her glass of juice. “Hey, not cool,” he whined and went after her.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.