Eden’s Point of View:Eden walked to Bennett’s room, her feet stomping with anger on the wooden floor. She had not even worn any slippers before walking out. All she wanted to know was what the hell did Bennett want from her. Why would he toy with her feelings for no reason? If this was his way of punishing her for kidnapping him, she did not want to keep up with the ruse anymore. Eden reached Bennett’s door and paused for a moment, to get her thoughts in line. She looked ahead at the door intently and started thumping her fist on it. Bennett opened the door and stood there shirtless, but Eden did not care about it, she was mad at him and she wanted answers. She walked in, past Bennett, and stood there waiting for him to close the door.“What the hell do you want from me? I realized my mistake and I apologized. Are you doing this as some sort of punishment?” asked Eden, anger filling up her bones.Bennett walked over to the bed, picked up his shirt, and put it on, but let it remain
Bennett was in no mood to resist whatever Eden was doing to him. He knew that she wanted to be in control, just like she has always tried to be. She ran her hands all over his chiseled chest and abs while looking intently into his eyes. She bent down and kissed his lips again, and he returned the favor gladly. But Eden pulled her lips from his again and started tracing them from his cheek, down to his neck. Bennett closed his eyes, giving himself to her touch and kisses. Eden felt accomplishment when she finally heard him make a small but raspy moaning sound when she started sucking and biting on the sensitive spot of his neck. Bennett’s hands were on Eden’s waist, but with the way Eden was making him feel, an image of her naked body on the bed came back into his mind and he wanted to feel her skin on his hands. He held her thighs, slowly massaging them as they traveled upwards, toward her ass. He lifted up her short robe, exposing her bare skin for his hands to roam around. He held
For the first time, Eden did not think that Bennett was doing this to punish her. He looked genuinely distressed about something and she knew it was related to the reason why he had stopped himself from taking things too far with her. She realized that he was offering her an explanation, which is exactly why she had come to him in the first place. Eden decided to set aside her pride. She did feel humiliated that Bennett was the one who had initiated the whole thing, once before in the car and now in the hotel room and that he was the one who had stopped it too. She knew it was not the right time to get angry over it, she had to hear why Bennett was so conflicted over being with her.“Okay, I’ll try to understand,” said Eden, softly.Bennett took a sigh. “You know that we had an agreement about having a divorce in 4-5 years. We are to go our separate ways, live our own lives, and get to choose what we want in life. Neither of us wanted to get married to each other in the first place.
Eden smiled as she walked back to her room. Of course, her disappointment was immeasurable when Bennett stopped what they were about to do, but she felt happy for finally coming to an understanding with Bennett. She felt less angry about the whole situation because she finally knew what he felt for her. It felt like a sense of accomplishment that she had won on sweeping him off his feet, but it felt different this time because Bennett too had her hooked. She thought that maybe, just maybe, if things work out between them, they might not go through a divorce after all, but she was still not certain if he was the man she wanted to spend her life with. She thought about what Bennett has asked her. Do you think you can ever love me? Eden did not know if what she felt for her was mere physical infatuation or genuine feelings of likeness towards him. Maybe if she got to know him, she might not be able to love him after all, at least not enough to stay married to him.Eden knew that it would
Eden took another bite of her dessert, a Tiramisu, and almost spewed it all out because she started laughing. She said in between laughs, “And then, you know, Sophia didn’t talk to me for a week.”“No I could tell she was the only sane one between all of you,” chuckled Bennett. “I bet she didn’t want to be a part of it in the first place.”“YES. She was so against the whole thing, but she came through anyway. So, not so wise after all.”“You’re the one to talk about being wise, you failed at a kidnapping so bad. It was the worst abduction in the history of badly planned abductions,” said Bennett and laughed as he took another sip of his wine.Eden and Bennett had been sitting in the cafe for about 2 hours, just drinking and talking. Eden felt like he was an easy conversationalist, she had never noticed this personality trait of his because she has always either been blinded with hatred or a mad desire for him. She never tried to truly look into what kind of person Bennett really was.
Bennett’s Point of View:Neither Bennett nor Eden had planned the evening to be romantic, they had only hoped to get to know each other better, and find a place in their conscious to feel comfortable around each other. If they had to spend 5 years together, they needed to be on good terms, and not constantly in disagreement with each other. But on the tower, as Eden looked down at the city, with her eyes sparkling with astonishment, Bennett felt like he wanted to hold on to the feeling of seeing Eden happy. He wanted to be the reason for her happiness, but he knew that Eden did not feel the same. She was too young to decide what she wanted for herself, and she had still to find out who she really was or who she wanted to be. Bennett did not want to get in the way of her self-improvement. He thought this because of how well their date had gone. He knew it would take a little mor
Eden said goodbye to Bennett and told him she’d see her in 5 days, and walked to her suite, thinking about what Bennett had said.‘What if we don’t stop?’What if we really don’t stop? thought Eden, as she locked the door and kept the key on the coffee table. She stopped her thoughts from going any further and went to her room to take a nice bath. She did not make the mistake of going to bed naked again.Eden wore her nightgown and slipped between the bedsheets. She was slightly tired and drunk, but she could not sleep. She tossed and turned in the bed until 1 AM. She needed to sleep since she had to catch an early train to Florence. Bennett had offered his driver to take her to Florence, but she insisted that she wanted to travel alone, and completely on her own.Eden shut her eyes close, wanting to sleep immediately, but it was no use. She knew what was making her night sleepless. Bennett. She thought about touching herself, but that would only mean fueling the fire that burnt in he
Eden had her lunch in the hotel restaurant. She did not talk to Bennett or see him after she left his room in the morning. She felt extremely humiliated for doing what she did while she was under influence of the alcohol. She was hoping to forget everything she did, the way she threw herself at Bennett and tried to sleep with him. Eden knew that the alcohol did not make her do it, it only made her confident enough to take what she herself wanted, a mere catalyst for the desires that she had been suppressing. But she was better off suppressing them.Eden did a light lunch, a simple grilled chicken salad, and water. She was still hung over and did not need to feel heavy for traveling to Florence. She had only brought one big suitcase with her, she didn’t need much to wear for just 7 days. When Eden was going back to her room to get her suitcase and head for the train station, she saw Bennett waiting for her outside her room. She looked at him and her heartbeat fastened. What is he doin