The secretary who became a billionaire's wife
Chapter 26

Phoebe's POV

"Would you like to wear this?" Ethan says bringing out clothes that will fit me from his closet.

I shrug, all I want is to feel comfortable. That's all, when I'm leaving I'll put on my dress.

I take the cloth from him and wear it. I feel his eyes on me as I dress. After wearing the clothes he gave me a pair of his in-house suede slippers.

And we step out of the room, I follow behind as we head to the living room where his sister is.

As we are walking down stairs that lead to the living room I see his cousin's sister glued to the TV like she's never seen one before.

She doesn't even look like she needs company. She looks busy with her TV and she's oblivious of her surroundings, her bowl of popcorn placed in between her legs.

I began to rethink my decision, maybe I shouldn't have bothered, now I'm short of words to say when I get close to her, I don't even know if she'll like me she doesn't look so friendly.

"Hey, come on," Ethan calls me as he looks back and replaces out that I had stopped in my tracks.

I continue walking. He gives me his hand and i place mine on top, he puts his fingers in between my fingers.

As I look back to Kayla who was previously glued to the TV she had averted her gaze to I and Ethan, she smiled and that in some way that relieved me.

We got to the sofa where she sat. I sit next to her and Ethan sits beside me.

"Hello," I give her a friendly smile, "Hi, you're....." I guess she's trying to pronounce my name, "Phoebe," I say.

"Phoebe, Nice name," she says.

"Thanks," I replied sharply," Looks like you're having a good time, I thought you'll be bored so I came down to keep you company," I told her.

"Oh, really? That's so nice of you, actually I'm not bored, I'm watching my favorite series." She says, taking her eyes off the TV.

"You know what? come seat here," she taps her right side for me to sit, I throw a glance at Ethan and he nods, I go over to where she wants me to seat, she is now in between I and Ethan.

She starts talking about the romance series that she's watching, her favorite characters, and I'm listening to her and contributing where I should talk. Ethan looks at me and smiles.

I pretend not to see what he did so that I won't laugh and Kayla will think we are eye gossiping her.

She tells me about her pregnancy norms, the sex she'll like her baby to be, maybe she needed a friend after all.

I tell her a few things I know about pregnancy and advice on the areas I can, she's like me, we could be age mates or one of us will be older than the other.

I liked her because she was friendly and kind, and if you asked me I would say she had a good heart.

Her phone suddenly rings aloud cutting through our conversation, I get up to get it from the table in front of us, I look at the caller ID and I see "My dear husband" as the saved contact.

I pick the phone and hand it to her, her mood lightens when she sees the caller ID.

She accepts the call, "Hello Honey," she says immediately she picks up the call, Ethan wasn't lying after all.

I steal a glance at Ethan and he's just there smiling sheepishly, he'll be happy I was able to bond with his sister and keep her company.

She must be a sweet wife and a sweet sister for Ethan to let her come here and live with him. They must have a good relationship.

She kept talking with her husband on the phone and I was just there waiting for her to finish. She gives Ethan the phone to talk to her husband. He took the phone and stood up, leaving me and his sister alone.

"How long have you known Ethan?" She asked me, she wanted to ask me this but didn't know how to say it in front of Ethan, what do I tell her? Should I tell the truth about me and Ethan? She might not like it, I don't want any problems for myself or anyone.

"We crossed paths some months ago, it's very recent we started talking, like a week ago," I try to make my voice stable and convincing enough.

"Should I tell you something?" She asks me with a smile, I bet she wanted to tell me a top secret.

"Yeah, what is it?" Eager to know what she wants to tell me.

"I think Ethan loves you, Ethan is not the type that brings women home or even has a girlfriend, he's a strict playboy no strings attached, but if Ethan loves you, you'll enjoy him, I can count how many girlfriends he has had in his life, but I see the way he looks at you and the way he smiles at you, I could tell he loves you." She convinces me.

"I was staying with him before I got married, we've been very close since childhood. That's why you have to believe me. Has he ever told you he loved you?" She asks.

"Yeah, he has told me," I say squeezing my hands, "but I'm just afraid, I don't want to give my heart to someone who will beak it,"

"Oh my Dear, I know where that's coming from, I can't tell you Ethan is a Saint, but he's worth trying, give him a chance you can teach him to be the kind of man you want, you guys look good together," she winked at me. We both laugh and I sight Ethan coming.

He gives Kayla her phone back, "Kayla I think I'll be going to my room to get some rest," he looks at me," Are you coming or you want to be down here?" He asked me.

Kayla nudges me a sign that I should go with him, "I'm coming with you," I say getting on my feet.