William and Wish made their way to the office together. The employees all bowed to the two as they walked by them. On their way, the three uncles were also passing by.
" Good morning, William and Miss.lennon." Mr.Ron spoke with a shady smile. It was obvious the uncles werent pleasant to have crossed them.
" Good morning uncle Ron, " William greeted and bowed to the other two as well. Wish did the same.
" Hope the both of you are learning and experiencing the company's business matters?" mr.Lindson asked, " especially you, miss.lennon."
Wish clenched her jaw but still forced a smile. He really liked testing others patience. " I am working hard, thankyou for your concern.....uncle." The last word was hard to pronounce for her but she did. The uncles nodded with a mocking smile. She spoke again, this time their smiles faded, " Also hope the three of you have been preparing your contributions. The month is going to end soon."
They became slightly upset by her statement but shrugged it off with a forced smile again. " Of course, you shouldnt worry, miss.lennon. We have already worked on it. Its not really a hard job since we are still very experienced than you right?" mr.Miller said making Wish clench her jaw again. She decided to not say anything.
" We'll be leaving for now then." William cut taking their attention. As they were ready to walk away, Mr.linson spoke again, " we heard about the marriage postponement."
The two stopped instantly.
" We were curious...is it because you guys are still not going along?" mr.Ron added with mr.miller speaking after, " if so then it might be a big problem for the Brent company, right?"
Wish couldnt believe how downgrading these uncles tone were. Did they really want the Brent family's downfall that much?
" Of course." William smiled surprising them. It wasnt the answer they had expected. " We just met two weeks ago. Isnt it pretty obvious that we wouldnt get along well?"
The uncles exchanged looks, his answer sounded very straightforward. Wish couldnt read what he was thinking.
" But..." he continued, " i am sure it wont take us long before we start understanding each other. As my future bride has a good personality, she is kind and thinks about the others before her, She is liked by everyone who meets her and on top of all these she is smart and intelligent..." he glanced at her and saw that she was pretty surprised by his sudden compliments. " What more do i need than this? because i am already sure that i wouldnt want to marry anyone else other than her."
Wish blinked multiple times hearing his words. Without realising, she was blushing hard. What was going on? Brent wasnt even serious, he just wanted to clear the misunderstanding from his evil uncles right? Then why was she blushing?
" Lets go sweetheart." he grabbed her wrist and pulled away from the scorning uncles who had gone silent.
They reached outside his office and he finally let go of her hands. " Were you blushing, Wish?" he slowly smirked, enjoying her expression.
" What??! No!" she quickly said avoiding eye contact.
" Just so you know, i was being sincere." he said that and opened the door.
What did he just say?? she clenched her fist tightly. that man always so effortlessly flirted with her and made her blush, making her even more angrier.
" Get out!!"
She suddenly heard William's annoyed voice from inside. Getting out of her thoughts, she quickly entered the office to see what commotion was going on. When she opened the door, brent was folding his arms upset and in front of him was, none other than, his cousin Veronica smiling unfazed by her angry brother.
" Hey Wish dear!!" she rushed past him and gave her a tight hug.
" Hey sister, how've you been?" Wish asked shocked by her appearance.
" I am single and thriving." she flipped her soft curly hair.
Brent sighed heavily, " how did you even get in here?"
Veronica rolled her eyes," What do you mean? my lil brother's office is MY office as well." she said matter-of-factly.
" Whatever, you are banned the next time." he went to his desk.
" by the way, are you finally accepting my brother?" Veronica asked with big eyes. she was always so full of energy and gave off happy vibes. Wish envied her personality a little because she could never be like this naturally. Veronica was still one of her favourite person after being introduced to this fancy world.
" Accepting...?"
" Yes, like are you finally liking my brother...a little bit? from the first time you met him..?"
Wish didnt know how to reply to this question. Did she like him a little more than the first time they met? or was it the same? she quietly thought about it while Veronica waited patiently for her answer.
" What?" Brent made the two snap their heads at him. He held a golden coloured envelope and glared at it like as of it was a curse letter or something. Meanwhile, the letter looked so fancy, Wish thought it could have been made from a real gold. I mean it wasnt impossible here right?
" That looks fancy." she mumbled eyeing the letter.
Veronica smiled proudly, " Thats a golden ticket."
Wish turned to her, puzzled. She had never heard of anything like that.
" It means another party!!" Veronica danced lightly making Brent roll his eyes and look the other way.
Wish had expected her to say something serious but it was opposite, " A party?? again??"
" Yes!! and this ones special..." Veronica said, " The golden party is only for the elite family."
And how is that special? Wish thought inside her head.
" Wish dear!" Veronica suddenly clung on her arms, " i know you need some new dress. lets go shopping together, okay?"
"well..." she scratched her head.
" I came here specifically to take you with me, you will come right??" Veronica continued clinging on her arms.
" umm...." Wish had always wanted to go out shopping with a friend. But this situation was completely different from her imaginations. They were going shopping on a luxurious mall with clothes probably more expensive than her college tuition. " i think i will have to then..."
" Yayy! also dont worry, William will pay for your dresses." she whispered the later part. Wish nodded lightly. " lil bro, you can also join us. we will go for a brunch before the shopping. What do you think?"
Brent rubbed his forehead, having a dilemma about joining or not.
" Guess i'll get to spend more time with my sister-in-law then right?" Veronica said pulling Wish out of the office.
He instantly looked up with wide eyes, " wait!! i am coming too..." he grabbed his coat following them who had already left the office.
Meanwhile, Wish was being dragged by the cousin and she silently followed her not knowing what to do.
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