I THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUR GIRLFRIENDAnabelle thought about Reuben with smiles on her face until she drifted into deep sleep with the smile not fading away from her face.…………………Reuben woke up the next morning almost late for work. He had oversleptHe hurriedly prepared himself for work.He got to the office just in time to meet the manager.“ Good morning sir” he greeted“ Good morning Reuben. I can see you have enjoyed your free day to the fullest.Welcome back.” The manager said.“ Thank you sir. Thankyou for the day off sir" Reuben replied.“ You are welcome, get right in and resume your work. We have so many orders to attend to today so it's going to be a very busy day.” the manager said and left hurriedly, leaving Reuben no time to respond nor say anything.Reuben hurried through to the office and began his work for the day.When it was lunch time, he bought an extra pack of food from the restaurant and quickly rode on his motorbike to Anabelle's workplace.He called him on the

THE BEGINNING OF A NEW BEGINNINGAnyways I commend you for that, that quality is going to help you seriously in your life and the new turn you are about to take.” Grandpa commended Reuben Reuben nodded in affirmation.“ Well Grandpa, I think that will be all for now, so now my next step is to propose to her. Then I will officially introduce her to you as my girlfriend.” Reuben said.Grandpa nodded.“ So how are you coping here with everything, isn't it too tedious?” Reuben asked, with a concern for his grandfather.“ I'm okay with everything, I don't have to do anything here you know. Just to wash my plates after eating. ” Grandpa said and laughed.∆∆∆∆[∆ When Reuben brought Grandpa to this new apartment, he paid for a restaurant who supplied him with stews, soups, drinks, fruits and other groceries.He kept all the supplies in the fridge and grandpa only had to heat his food and enjoy his meal.He also hired a cleaning company who cleaned grandpa's place at dawn on grandpa's order.

A MAN FULL OF SURPRISESReuben solved the puzzle easily.But as soon as he solved it, the box burst open and a blue box fell out .Anabelle was frightened. Reuben took the box and smiled.He placed it on the table and slowly opened it.A beautiful bright diamond ring was uncovered.The light in the room shone on it and it sparkled.Everyone's attention was on them now.Reuben took the ring and slowly dropped one knee on the ground.“ Anabelle Acosta. I had wanted to say this for a long time but my heart was too heavy to let it out.But today I will release it.Will you be my girlfriend?” Reuben said and looked at Anabelle.Anabelle pushed her chair back a bit.Her heart began beating faster.She stood up from the chair.She looked around, everyone was looking at them.Suddenly a tear dropped from her eye and a smile broke out on her lips.“ Yes I will” She said softly and stretched out her handThe whole crowd in the restaurant began to cheer loudly.Reuben slowly placed the ring on h

CHAPTER 47“ Well, from the video, it looked like the recorder was standing behind me. Trust me I know nothing about that video.However I must say, you looked really good in the video”Reuben Said“ Stop that. You are making fun of me”“No I'm not, you really looked good.You know my colleagues are wanting to meet that couple in the video and they don't know the man is me.” Reuben said and laughed.Anabelle laughed too.“ Guess what!” Annabelle said“ What”“ Just guess”“ I'm not good at guessing you know“ Try something”“ Ok you have been promoted”“ No” “Demoted?”“Far from that”“sacked?”“ Oh God! Just be positive for once”“ I'm still guessing”“ It's okay now”“ So what is it?”“ I was given the day off". Anabelle said“ Fantastic, but unfortunately, I'm working full time.” Reuben complained.“ Well I didn't have enough sleep today so I guess I'm gonna go to sleep.So we will meet at Grandpa's later.”Anabelle said.“ Seems good on your side.Work's about to start. Talk to

CHAPTER 49“ A buffet at the ceremony, then maybe we can play the latest video on the internet about the couple.” Reuben said with a short laugh.“ The buffet I agree with but the video I disagree with.” Annabelle said “ Come on sunshine, your colleagues already know it's you. Just imagine if they find out that the man is me.Especially my colleagues, we are going to have a real lifetime experience” Reuben pressed harder“ Well, it's okay if you insist on having a lifetime experience,” Anabelle said and raised her hand with the expression of a quote.“ Talking of a lifetime experience, where do you suggest for our honeymoon?” Reuben asked, staring at her.“ Honeymoon?” Anabelle threw back the question.She looked surprised on hearing the word ‘honeymoon’“ Yes, honeymoon. Why do you look so surprised?” He asked.“ It's enough for the ceremony, why do you want us to have a honeymoon? It's going to cost us another whole deal of money you know. I still insist on making things simple