prologue

 PROLOGUE

..STELLA..

It must be the eyes, that shade of sky blue that stands out, I know my Ben, even if his face is covered in that ridiculous mask, I can easily point him out, that is how deep our connection is.

Holding his gaze from across  the room, I begin walking towards him, I know he has already recognized me too though I put in effort to ensure he doesn’t  recognize me under  the mask I have on my face but here we are, walking towards each other. Today happens to be Ben’s youngest sister’s birthday, Abby wanted a masked theme party. Ben and I made a bet on who would  recognize the other first but lucky for us, the moment our eyes locked we both knew.

Ben and I eventually met in the middle of the room, the loud music and the people dancing, all that doesn’t matter, its like we are in our own little perfect world, god I love this man, I cant wait for the week to end so I can finally marry him. Without saying a word, Ben holds my hand and leads me upstairs, I dont bother asking him were we are going, I can follow him anywhere in a heartbeat.

Ben and I met when we were just toddles, apprantaly, our moms have been best friends since high school. Ben , his twin brother Benji and i had grown up together. Our relationship began the summer we finished high school, deep down, I  always knew we would end up together, in the coming week, we are finally going to get married and honestly, I feel like am the luckiest person alive.

Ben leads the way to his old room while I follow  quietly behind, I cant help wondering why he is taking me to his old room, immediately we enter the room, he closes the door and makes me lean on it, his face is an itch away from my face, I can feel his hot breath on my cheeks making me a little nervous, the way he looks at me with desire in his eyes makes me even more nervous though in a good way has I can feel butterflies in my stomach. Despite Ben and I being in a relationship for over five years, we had never been intimate, he always says we have to wait until we get married promptly stating that it would be more special since it would be a first time for both of us. I feel that is absurd especially since my friends laugh at the fact that I am still a virgin at 21. I don’t mind though, I love Ben and would do anything for him.

Unexpectedly, Ben carries me in his arms wrapping my legs around his waist, before I could say anything, his lips meet mine. I have kissed him countless times but it was nothing close to this, he had never kissed me with so much passion and desire, I find myself kissing him with the same passion showing him how much I want him, all the bottled up desire from all these years of longing, I let it all out.

When I feel his hand making its way into my dress squeezing my nipple, I lose my mind and let out a soft moan, god this feels good, I wonder why we haven’t been doing this all along. Whatever happened to Ben today, I hope he stays like this for good.

Ben carries me to the bed and I don’t object, I simply hold unto him until my back is on the bed, I try to remove my mask because I want to see his face when he does whatever he is planning to do to me but just as my hand touches my mask, Ben stops me and shakes his head, I immediately understand he wants me to keep my mask on, I don’t have a problem with that, maybe it is the masks we have on that turned him into this passionate man.

While I lay on the bed, he comes on top of me, he looks into my eyes and begins to undress me, I hold his stare, he manages to get me out of the dress leaving my pants on, he pauses to kiss my lips driving me insane. Ben moves his face close to my v****a, at first, I think he wants to go down on me but surprisingly, he uses his teeth to take off my panties , though I should be nervous since this is the first time he is seeing me naked, am way too aroused to care, I try to pull him in for a kiss but he pins my hands on top of my head, his lips are dangerously close to mine but instead of him kissing me, he looks down at my exposed chest, the look he has in his eyes when he looks back at me is priceless.

In the next seconds, he begins to suck on my nipple, this action makes me insanely wet, I want this man, I again attempt to pull him to my face but he seems to have a different idea has he pins my hands together again stoping me from touching him. He then begins to plant kisses down my body until his face is between my legs, when I feel his tongue doing insane things to me, my hands hold his head tightly as a wave of sensation passes through my body making me shake uncontrollably, fortunately, Ben holds me, when I manage to calm down, he begins to undress himself while am still shaken after having my first orgasm. When he is done undressing, he positions himself in between my legs, I let out a deep sign, my friends always told me stories of how painful their first time was, I mentually prepare myself for the pain am about to experience.

With the tip of his d***k inside my v****na, he looks into my eyes and proceeds to kiss me, in a swift movement, he thrusts all the way, I scream in pain not caring that their is a party downstairs and someone could hear me, he pauses and looks at me, for a second, I can see confusion in his eyes. not wanting him to stop, I begin to kiss him, that seems to calm him down as he now takes control and begins to move inside me, the pain I had felt earlier is now replaced with pleasure as I begin to move my hips upward meeting his thrusts. Moans fill the room, just when I reach my peek, Ben begins to move at an insanely speed driving me insane, eventually, we have an organsm at the same time.

Feeling weak and satisfied, we stay in the same position with him still inside me while his hands are wrapped around my waist, this feels heavenly and I let out a sign wishing this moment didn’t end. Unfortunately, the loud ringing of my phone disturbs our special moment,

I quickly reach for it, when I see who is calling, I remove the mask showing my horrified face, Ben is calling, against all odds, I pray this is just a misunderstanding and the man on the bed is my Ben.

With my eyes still fixed on the man on the bed, I answer the call.

“Stella, where are you? Ben, he was involved in an accident, my baby is gone stella, he is dead” I can hear mrs Edwards cry as she tries to explain what happened. I refuse to believe what she says and assume she is playing a bad prank on me, I hang up not wanting to hear anything more, my focus is now on the man on the bed, I make my way towards the bed and stand before him,

“who are you?” I ask, when the man doesn’t answer, I pull his mask off, upon looking at his face, I shake my head in disbelief, the man in front of me is non other than Benji, Ben’s identical twin brother, I ran my hands through my hair in confusion, how did I not notice this wasn’t Ben?...