Page 39 of Surprise! I'm Engaged To My Boss
At least, apparently, that had served to make my mother completely forget about the part about Camila Collins being my employee and focus on her attributes. In addition to her education, she also commented, more than once, on how beautiful my fiancée was.
And she was right after all.
Meanwhile, Collins kept herself very busy, with her eyes fixed on Apollo, sitting on the other couch.
That was ridiculous. My dog should be the one afraid of her, not the other way around.
My phone vibrated with a notification, and I unlocked the screen, seeing a series of messages sent by my middle brother.
LOGAN:
Sorry, brother.
Emergency surgery came up.
I'm going in for surgery now and won't be able to make it to your dinner.
Let's arrange another one so I can meet your fiancée.
And to really understand how the biggest bachelor in the family ended up changing so suddenly.
And tell me the news about the situation with Alice.
Hugs to everyone there.
Nothing about those words surprised me. Logan was a workaholic, but I could bet he was excited about the emergency surgery so he wouldn’t have to go to dinner. He had always been the most reclusive and antisocial guy I had ever met.
“Logan isn't coming,” I declared.
My mother groaned. Sebastian rolled his eyes, and I knew he was thinking the same thing I was: that this was nothing new. It would be amazing if Loganactually came, even though he had assured me he would.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, though it was only about ten minutes, another of my staff arrived, informing us that dinner would be served. We all stood up, and she led the way to the dining room.
Camila took advantage of the fact that Apollo remained seated and hurried to go ahead, linking her arm with her grandmother's, as if her intention was to accompany her and not just run away like crazy from the tamest dog on the face of the earth.
My mother did the same with me and let the others go ahead, then she said to me, in a low voice:
“Honey, I'm really surprised. Positively surprised. When you came up with this engagement story, I imagined a thousand different types, but nothing even close to the gem you brought home. How did you get such a qualified girl?”
Was it an engagement or a job opening after all?
“I had access to her resume,” I joked. Although it wasn’t entirely a lie.
“And she's so pretty! I didn't think I'd say this, but... I'm happy you chose her.”
“Thank you, mom.”
“Maybe for the first time in my life.”
“Thanks, I guess.”
“Because, you know, you're not the type to make good choices often.”
“I got it, mom. And I am already grateful.”
“And I even considered that she might have some hidden interest. Imagine, what would such an intelligent girl want with an irresponsible person like you? It can only be love, nothing else justifies it.”
“I think that's enough, don't you, mom?”
