Tears started to form in Belle's eyes as she stood in front of Ben, he wasn't answering any of the questions she was asking. She wanted to know what he thought. She wanted to know if he thought she was only there for the money.Before he showed up and asked Randy to come pick her up from Mrs Johnson's office, she had talked to Brie. She told Brie that Ben wanted to know what she(Belle) would like to get from him.Brie then asked her something that made her think for some of the free time she had because Mrs Johnson wouldn't give her a task to do. Brie had asked her;"He asked what you wanted? Was that during sex?""Yes." She had told Brie."What does he think you are, a prostitute? He buys you things from clothes to things of your choice and then expects you to give your body to him whenever, he must think you are cheap."Those words rang in her ears over and over again till Randy showed up. Now she was standing in this house with Ben and she was asking those same things that Brie ask
Belle went around the bungalow, checking the room's out. It had three rooms and a master bedroom and a well equipped kitchen. After going round the rooms, she returned to the kitchen and saw Randy leaving the groceries he had gotten earlier from the store. Ben was leaning against the wall, with both his hands in his trouser pockets. He saw her and asked;"How do you like the rooms?""They are perfect." He smiled when she said that. Walking up to her, he stroke her cheeks, Belle had noticed that he enjoyed doing that. "Thanks." She hugged him making his smile expand on his lips."It's nothing." "Now to show you how spaghetti should taste like." She teased him as she went to the open kitchen.Ben walked behind her and stood by the counter, watching her as she started watching the vegetables. He decided to help out. After washing his hands in the second sink, he took out one of the knives from the wooden knife block that sat at the edge of the countertop."What are you doing?" Belle ask
Nathan had later gone back to his office to get his jacket after Belle left with Randy. He was about to get into the elevator on the top floor when he heard Laura Johnson."Don't close the doors!" She increased her pace to the elevator since she couldn't run.Nathan waited for her and only when she got into the elevator did he push the button to close the door. It was silent inside the elevator for a while till Mrs Johnson said;"I see the way you look at my assistant.""Me?" Nathan was going to deny it but Mrs Johnson was asking him at this point, she was simply stating what she had been observing."You do remember that having or starting a relationship other than friendship is not allowed in this company right?""I do." Nathan assured her."Good for you. At least, now you have more than just one reason to avoid her.""More than one reason?""She's probably in a relationship with someone of high status, stay away from her." Laura Johnson warned. She wasn't saying Ill of Belle, she wa
Belle knocked on the door when she got upstairs to her cousin's apartment. Brie hugged her immediately she opened the door."Is it Belle?!!" Cherry asked from where she was, in the kitchen. She couldn't see the door from there."Yeah, it is." Brie let her know as she came back inside with her cousin sister."Oh my goodness," Cherry sounded dramatic."She is in a totally different outfit today again." She sipped from the glass of juice in her hands which she had gone to get from the kitchen.Belle ignored what she said and was heading to the room, she didn't plan to tell either Brie or Cherry about the house Ben got for her. She knew they would have different opinions about it and wasn't ready for any of that.Cherry would surely be happy and congratulatory about it but Brie on the other hand would probably be unhappy that she did not heed to her(Brie's) advice about not accepting things from Ben.Belle knew that Brie was looking out for her as her family and she appreciated that but sh
1 2 : 1 0 a m After she talked with her sister, Belle had a shower and decided to go to sleep, she was tired for some reason even if she didn't do anything much with her day.Still sleeping, her phone rang, waking her up. She checked under the pillow where she now always kept it before she went to sleep every night. Turning to face the ceiling and sleepily taking the call without checking the name she heard a voice that made her smile;"Belle," It was Ben."Yeahhh." She smiled more as she heard him call her name like he always did."Were you asleep?" He asked when he noticed her voice seemed to be lower than usual like she just woke up from sleep."What do you think?" She pushed all the hair that was disturbing her face backwards, lying back down afterwards."I'm sorry I woke you up," he started after checking his gold watch and seeing how late it was. He didn't know it was past 12am when he decided to call her and It was obvious to him now that he had just woken her up. "I just fe
Belle got off the bed and headed outside the bedroom, she had to check for Brie and Cherry. She didn't see them when Ben's call woke her up. Opening the door and walking to the living room, she saw them both sitting side by side on the couch with their eyes glued to the TV. Cherry turned in her direction when she heard Belle footsteps as she approached where they sat. "Belle, come sit, the series is finally about to end." Cherry urged from where she sat with a cushion pillow over her crossed legs. "You guys stayed up to watch it?" Belle was actually surprised. She knew about the series, they had started it together; all three of them. "Yes, it's the last part." Brie made space for her cousin sister to sit and join in finishing the show. *** MORNING "Belle? Belle?" Brie shook her cousin sister by the shoulder, trying to wake her up. "Whatttttt?" Belle covered her head with a pillow, she didn't want to get out of bed. "Get up Belle." Brie shook her again but she grumbled with a
"Belle?" Nathan caught up with her and tapped her shoulder as he called her for the second time. Belle knew she had no other choice than to stop."Sir!" She acted surprised to see him like she didn't hear him call when he was still in the car."Come on, I told you before, call me Nathan." He smiled."You are walking to work now? Do you do this everyday?""No, I didn't see any cab to take so I had to walk." She explained."All the way to the media house? Do you know how far it is from here? I mean it's not very far but it's not something you should trek through. Come get in, let's go together in my car.""I think I can just go on foot, I already started." Belle told him because she knew very much how she would rather go on foot and be late than drive with him."No you can't, I mean you shouldn't, damsels like you shouldn't have to go through such trouble, come on, let's go in my car." Belle sighed when he said that. He was smiling while trying to help her and she didn't want to say no
"Brie, I'm leaving!" Belle stood at their apartment's door ready to leave for work the next morning. Cherry had gone to work earlier than them both that day."Wait for me please, let's take the bus together okay?" Brie begged while taking out a pair of black flats from the shoe rack in their shared bedroom."Alright, hurry up.""I'm here." Brie panted, slipping her feet into the flats and hurrying to the door to meet Belle.After locking the door, they both made for the stairs leading downstairs with Belle leading. Brie was texting a coworker quickly when she bumped into Belle at the stairs' entrance."Why did you stop?" Brie asked and poked her head outside to see for herself and saw a man standing outside. She remembered seeing him once. It was the guy who had brought Belle's shopped clothes upstairs the other day; it was Randy."Good morning ma'am." Randy smiled politely. After saying his greeting, he opened the door of the left side of the car parked behind him."Did Ben ask you t