The Family Meeting
Mandy
“You have a family meeting with Sarah Kings,” Camille reminded me and I groaned inwardly, turning off my laptop. I grabbed my bag and a sticky note with me as I walked out of my seat hurriedly.
“Ma’am, your ride is waiting for you,”
“I know Camille. Can’t you see I’m in a hurry already,” I said, directing my glare to her and rather to myself for moving slower.
“Alright let’s go,” I said and rushed to the door.
“Your shoes. Mrs. Reigns?” Camille pointed out with a chuckle and I groaned loudly.
“Get the heels from under my desk,” I said to her as I sat on the sofa. My phone rang and I looked at the caller ID noticing it was Christian.
“Hey baby,” I said over the phone when I noticed Camille’s eyes on me, and I rolled my eyes.
“Hey baby,” he said back and I felt my cheeks get hit by it.
“Are you there yet? Do you need me to pick you up?” He asked in a caring tone, while I directed Camille to place the shoes beside it so I could see it.
“No need to worry, I got it covered,” I put the phone on a loud loudspeaker and wore my heels instead of letting Camille do it for me, cause I needed to prove to myself that I could and so I did.
“I’ll see you there. Bye,” he responded
“Bye,” I said and hung up, wearing the second pair of shoes.
“Should I return these,” she picked up my flats but I said no and grabbed it from her hands and threw it into my bag.
“Take care of the office. I may be going home from there,” I said to her and she nodded and waved at me.
You might be wondering if it’s a family meeting. Why did I have it included in my schedule? Well because it’s Sarah Kings. She isn’t to be joked with.
I arrived there just at the same time as Edward who smiled brightly immediately he saw me.
“Look who it is, the badass CEO,” he praised and I laughed doing a twirl for him.Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.
“I have missed you Edward,” I said sincerely and went in for a hug when someone clears their throat behind us, making me roll my eyes.
“The player arrives,” Edward said and Christian immediately pulled me away from him, and wrapped his hands around me…
“Says the devil,” Christian responded right back at him.
“Don’t touch my wife, next time” he said jokingly, turning his hands into a fist, while I laughed.
“Possessive much,” I said to him and held his hands while looking into his eyes.
“A lot much,” he said and kissed my forehead, then my nose, and then my lips while I giggled.
“Eww. I don’t want to see that,” Edward joked and we both laughed when Sarah Kings arrived.
“Surprised of you two to keep to time,” she walked to us and smiled at both of them while they scratched their heads.
“I was here before him,” Edward and Christian bicker at each other
“Hi Mandy,” she smiled brightly at me and I felt my heart flutter.
“Boys,” she called them with such authority that they stopped their bickering and walked behind her while I smiled.
“How’s my little nephew or niece,” she said to me and gave me her arms as we locked our arms together, entering the elevator.
We got to the meeting room, and she took her seat beside her husband who was already waiting for her. Jared Kings was a good-looking man, fit, tall, and wonderful but he was nothing compared to my Christian, my husband.
“How’s our baby?” He asked sweetly after giving Sarah a kiss. And I smiled at him responding.
“Still don’t have a girl Edward?” Sarah teased and Christian laughed while I patted him lightly asking him to stop.
“She probably rejected him,” he said as a means to tease Edward.
“She did not,” I defended immediately…
“But she did,”
“She didn’t,” I poked his chest while he raised his hands in surrender.
“Thank you, Mandy,” Edward said and touched his chest pretending to be touched but I rolled my eyes at him as everyone laughed. I was only looking out for my girl, cause that Instagram post says a lot.
“Alright people,” Sarah hit the table and everyone became silent, including her husband.
“So we know it’s the annual Charity Ball,” she said and I gasped immediately.
It was the ball that the Reigns family organized to help the nursing home kids with cancer and the orphanage.
It was their greatest good and this year I would be part of it.
“We aren’t doing anything massive this year, but we are going to spice this up,” she said to us.
“You know it’s a family tradition, and our family images are one of the essential for this event. This year’s going to be a one-day event instead of three days, ” she stated, and whispers could be heard. I for one grumbled because I wanted to be part of this project
“Why? You asked?” She paused.
“Well, we would be having a competition instead of presentation and king dinners and comedies like mom and dad like it to be,”
“There would be a ball but less of all the dragged events,” she said and all three of them breathed out in relief and I looked at them wondering if they were insane.
“We are having a fashion designer show and highlight amongst the Kings, the powers, and the Reign couples,” she said and my eyes almost bawled out in excitement.
“What?” Edward said immediately, while I squealed.
“Mandy’s pregnant Sarah. She can’t be a part of this,” Christian said and I wondered who said he could speak on my behalf.
“Huh, excuse me of course I can be a part of it,” I rushed to say.
“I don’t have a wife,” Edward said to her in a lazy tone.
“You should be resting and not planning a fashion show,” he said to me…
“Or you’re scared I would beat you at it, husband,” There was something about the way I said his name, and I could feel it myself.
“Scared to lose to you,” he cackled.
“Never,” he added and I smiled in satisfaction.
“Good,”
“And you have a girlfriend, Edward. Don’t try to run away from this cool guy,” I pointed at him and Sarah laughed.
“Christian once again I like to love your wife,” I heard Sarah say and I blushed, hardly ignoring that everyone stared at me…
“I love her,” Christian said and I froze immediately.
“Did you just,” I said in a whisper and looked at him affectionately while he made silly faces at Sarah as they bickered.
He said it out loud, and he didn’t even notice. He said he loved me like it was nothing and didn’t know how much impact that had on him. How could he not have known? God, I wanted to hear this from him and now he said it, I’m so bewildered by it as I looked at my husband. Minee.
“Baby, are you okay?” He asked and I immediately rubbed my legs.
“My shoe hurt,” I said to him, taking my eyes off him, and he immediately raised kegs and placed them on his hand to help me take off the shoes.
“You shouldn’t be wearing this baby,” he rubbed my toes and my heel gently.
“Feels better?” He asked and I nodded my head forgetting we were in front of everyone while I gazed at him like I was going to eat him up. Well, I definitely wanted to after what he said.
“Can we do the PDA, at home?” Sarah said and I laughed hard.
“What are you going to wear back home?” He asked and started to take off his shoe while I looked at him with wide eyes.
“Baby… No, I have my pairs here,” I pointed at my bag and he chuckled. He opened my bag and pulled out my flat and helped me to wear them.
“Thank you,” I said to him, watching his hands on my thighs as he rubbed it gently
“Good girl,” he said to me in a soft voice and my inside melted instantly. Immediately he patted my head like a cute puppy and I looked at him blushing hard and embarrassed as everyone cooed sweetly at us, making me hide my face on his chest…
“Alright, Christian and Mandy. Most of us are married already, you don’t need to,” Jared said when Sarah kissed his cheek and we all laughed.
“We would send the details to you, Someone really important is calling me,” he said and stared at his wife as he helped her with her bag.
“Oh really,” she smiled at him as they shared a kiss and I covered my face instantly feeling exactly how they felt for Chris and me.
“You know I have a girlfriend, and I will see you all later,” Edward stood on his feet and walked out of the room.
“I’ll send the theme, so we have to make this charity work guys,” Sarah yelled walking behind Edward with her husband.
“Shall we,” Christian put my legs on the floor carefully and offered me his hands while he held my heels in his other hand like in the movies making me feel so shy.
“We should take my car, my driver is here,” he explained as we got to the elevator.
“Alright,” I hummed at him…
“Plus I want us to have the backseat all to ourselves,” he smiled and I giggled softly as we walked to his car.