Chapter 254 - Out of her options... (1/2)

”Is everything alright honey?” Reuben's voice entered Veronica's eardrum as she saw him standing at the door of their bedroom...

Reuben was standing at the door leaning his left shoulder on the wall and was waiting for Veronica to end her call with her father.

But when he saw that she was lost somewhere in her own thoughts at the middle of their conversation, he knew that she was thinking about something or someone. But still he waited for her to finish talking and when she was finally done, he asked her about if everything was okay...

Veronica gave him a slight smile which didn't reach till her eyes and said, ”Yeah... Everyone is fine.”

Reuben slowly walked towards Veronica and sat on the bed beside her. Taking her in his arms, he let her head rest on his shoulder whereas he kept his chin on her head.

Running his fingers in her hair strands, he said, ”Tell me baby what happened. You know that you can't hide anything from me like I can't hide anything from you.”

Veronica smiled hearing it and snuggled more into his embrace before replying, ”It's just...when Dad was talking about his company's new head designer, it suddenly reminded me of my friend, Diana.”

Reuben kissed her forehead while giving her assurance, ”Don't worry about her. I believe wherever she is, must be happy with her life. Now let's go and watch a movie.”

Instantly, Veronica tilted her head at him as she knew that Reuben was trying to diverse her attention from Diana to something else so that she didn't have to stay awful with the bitter memories...

So she just smiled broadly before exclaiming excitedly, ”Yayyy!! Then I'll choose the movie this time.”

Reuben chuckled and said, ”Whatever my queen says.” And ruffled her hair, making her pout cutely at him...

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Alonzo's Apartment...

After Cole and Regina took their seats on the couch of the living room, Myra directly went to the kitchen to get some refreshments when Alonzo came out of his room in his home attire after a nice bath.

The moment Cole saw him, he got up and hugged him tightly. Alonzo also smiled and returned his hug. He also felt very happy after seeing his friend after a really long time.

”Finally we met again.” Cole said smilingly.

”Yeah... Finally...” Alonzo said.

Regina also got up and walked towards them. Giving a wide smile to Alonzo, she said, ”You forgot to greet your own fiance Alonzo. This is not fair...”

Alonzo just gave her a not so interested look and curtly said, ”Hello..”

Regina's face fell at Alonzo's response as she thought he would at least say something sweet if he even didn't give her a hug.

She cursed him in her mind and made her mind more determined to get the wealthiest businessman Reuben Smith for herself..

Myra silently looked at her from the kitchen with a smirk on her face when she came to call everyone for dinner.

Hiding her smile, she announced, ”Brother, dinner is already served.”