Just Friends?

Chapter 32

Later that day,

Veronica was having staff meetings with the staff that didn't listen to Desmond in her absence and placing orders for the kitchen and bar in between

Michael was still with Bailey, comforting her and hoping to make her understand she'll always be family to him and he'll always be there for her because she is like a sister to him

"Being family zoned is worse than being friend zoned, I mean friends can be friends with benefits, you can't be family with benefits" Bailey scoffed

"Bailey" Michael sighed shaking his head at her

"You still haven't answered my question by the way" Bailey mentioned

"What question?" Michael asked

"Why you choose Veronica, what's so special about her? Isn't she everything you don't want, I mean she is your employee and she is a blonde" Bailey replied

"I know all that" Michael replied "It's not a matter of choosing, it's more of a feeling, I can't really explain it but it's just... it feels like it's meant to be" he continued

"I hope she feels the same about you" Bailey replied

"She does" Michael told her

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"Finally" Veronica sighed once the last employee left the office to back to work, she put the paperwork in her drawer before she locked it and also made her way to the dining area to make her rounds to check up on the guests and chat here and there with the regular guests that missed her when she was in Italy and were happy for her she found a nice man to share her life with

"Is Lake Como really as beautiful as they say? We'd love to go there for our honeymoon next year" the woman of the regular guests asked her while her soon to be husband enjoyed his steak

"Yes it is beautiful and we were lucky we had beautiful weather too" Veronica answered

"If I were you I wouldn't have left the bedroom" The woman winked at her

"Ugh Karen please behave" Her fiance shook his head at her

"What? So it's ok for you to think playboy models are hot but I can't say the same about actual talented people?" Karen replied

"But you might actually run into the guy, he is the owner after all" Her fiance told her

"Enjoy your meal ok? I'll see you guys next week" Veronica mentioned and moved to the next couple

"Didn't expect you to be here" She heard behind her and froze, she recognized the voice as her once fiance Nigel Smith

"It's my job, why would't I be here?" Veronica replied, as proffessionally as she could and saw Sasha and their baby also at the table once she turned around

"Already ruining your current relationship too?" Nigel smirked "You didn't learn anything? You're once again choosing a restaurant over a guy" he continued

"Nigel" Sasha gasped at his rudeness, she never saw that side of him

"A restaurant? When you met me you knew I was going to take over my parents restaurant one day but I choose to move to Pasadena with you and let them sell it so we could build a life together, I was just an employee at another restaurant, I even considered working less so we could spend more time with each other and eventually our children we were going to have, that day you broke my heart, remember I wanted to tell you something but you said you wanted to tell me something too and I let you go first? It's a good thing I let you go firts because other wise I would've started working three days a week for nothing! That was my news, I saved up enough money for us so I could work less and have our first child after we got married, It was perfectly planned I would have my most fertil days the week of our honeymoon, I was going to stop with the birth control a month before the wedding, You ruined my entire future plans" Veronica told him and quickly wiped away a tear that rolled down her cheek "But you know what? I'm so glad you did break my heart, otherwise I wouldn't have known the difference between you and a real man" she continued