More time passed than Belle calculated. She had begun to write an article about random things she noticed in the new town she was in, using Zina's laptop.One night, she was asleep when she felt warm breathing near her face. She regarded it as nothing because she was so much intoxicated by her deep sleep.The next morning, she was sitting in front of the kitchen counter, waiting for Zina's pancakes which she now enjoyed when Zina leaned in front of her, elbows holding up her head, she stared at Belle."What are you doing?" Belle asked her with a light laugh."Staring at you?" Zina replied."Yeah, I see that. Why are you staring at me like that?" "Because you are cute?" Zina smiled and then bit her lips."P-L-E-A-S-E," Belle laughed at what she just said."I haven't even gone out in like a month, I must look like a zombie or a vampire and you think I'm cute?""I think Vampires are cute too," Zina laughed with her."Your lips are just..." Zina couldn't take her eyes off Belle's cherry-l
Zina stood still till Ben left for the room to meet Belle, that was when she could finally be at ease. She heaved a sigh of relief and ran her fingers through her hair, thanking her stars that he didn't find out she was feeling something for Belle.She immediately went and shoved down some of the flowers that hadn't completely entered the bin. She had seen the flowers while she was in the cab coming home with Belle, and had remembered Belle mentioning how she loved pink roses so she stopped the cab back then to go get her some but was met with Ben's surprising visit when she made it home.She sat on the couch, cursing herself inwards at how she had forgotten that Belle was in some tangled situation with Ben, and how she was only there to look after her and make sure she was safe.She knew she would lose so much more than her job if Ben got to find out that she was beginning to like Belle so she decided to erase every growing feeling that was in her concerning Belle.*****Late Morning
Belle just looked outside the window while seated next to Ben as Zina drove. Once in a while, she would look at Zina and wonder how she didn't know that she was just there to protect her. She was so different now that Ben was with them; she talked less and smiled less even when she managed to speak. Belle sighed.The car drove by the Crisp-TV media house building before they got to her house. Zina came down first and opened the door for her, she looked at the ground while Belle got down, avoiding eye contact with her.Ben leaned by the door frame with his hands in his pocket as he watched Belle after she walked into her room. She stood for some seconds and looked at the bed, her phone was still there, where she kept it before leaving. She went and picked it up then went to meet Ben."I don't want to stay here anymore. I can't." She sniffed."Okay. I will make sure the first house by the media house is vacant by tonight, so you can stay there from tomorrow," Ben told her while holding
"What did they say?" Belle asked Brie after she returned from the billing department. "Nothing much different," Brie shrugged, devastated as before."So what are we doing now? Grandma needs to be attended to with urgency, or else her health will depreciate more, that's what the nurse said when she returned," After she spoke, Belle got a call.Brie asked her to answer it as it might be Cherry calling to know how things were going so Belle answered her phone without checking to see who it was."Why didn't you let me know?" She heard Ben's voice over the phone."Ben?""Have they begun giving her the treatments she needs now?" She heard him ask and wondered what he was talking about."Ben, my grandma has been ill for some days now, I didn't know till I found out earlier today, so I'm back to my hometown with my sister." She thought he should know but after saying all that, she realized that he might already know."Do you already know?" She decided to ask and was sure she heard him sigh."
Belle was seated at the back of one of the cars Ben came with. She rested her head on his shoulders and enjoyed as he caressed her hair slowly. They were going to a hotel, it was almost night, and Brie decided to stay at the hospital."Thank you, Ben." Belle thought she should say to him."Next time something like this happens, I want you to call me immediately, okay?" He told her instead of a ‘you are welcome’ like she expected."What if you can't help," she sat up and turned to him."There will surely be a way to avert the situation. No problem is unsolvable, it just depends on how you approach it, and I don't want you to approach any problem from now on, let me be the one to take care of that for you.""..." Belle said nothing. She rested on him again but not on his shoulder this time, she laid her head on his thighs and he began stroking her hair again.She suddenly chortled to herself but he heard her."What is funny?" He wanted to know but Belle said nothing in reply. She wasn't
Her call was answered at the first ring, so she went direct with her questions."Ben, where are you? Randy says he can't take me to see you without you giving him a go-ahead, so where are you?" "Good afternoon, Miss. Sir Larkson isn't here to take your call, I'm sorry. But if it's important, I am more than available to relay your message," Belle heard a polite female voice reply to her through Ben's phone."Oh, okay." She knew it had to be his assistant."I will make sure to inform him of your call when he returns to the office," she heard the lady again before ending the call, disappointed that she couldn't go to him.Randy saw that disappointment on her face and wished he could help her but he did dare go against Ben.****Belle was later driven to the new house Ben got her. She was tired and couldn't stay awake even if she wanted to overthink some things.Late into the night, she felt a hand rubbing on her shoulder, it felt nice. The touch extended to her arm, then she felt a fing
Morning.Belle woke up and Ben wasn't beside her. She sat up and looked around but didn't see him. Falling back on the pillows, she lay back down with a sigh, assuming he had left while she was still asleep.Her assumption was wrong because Ben soon opened the door to the room and came in with a tray in his hands. He kept it on the bed carefully, before leaning into her and kissing her on the cheeks."Is my hair messy?" She asked but Ben just laughed as a response."Glad you've woken up, else I would have had to, brought you breakfast. Thought you wouldn't be in the mood to make yourself something, seeing how tired you were last night.""Tired? I was tired. Did you see yourself last night?" She retorted and watched a smile come on his face. The smile soon became dry before diminishing. Her mind automatically went back to last night and all he told her, she knew that was probably what he remembered to make his smile fade.She stood on the bed and held his face in her small hands like h
Later.Belle woke up with suddenly. It made Ben sit up too."Ben," She called when she saw that he was also awake."Yes, I'm here." He held her, "Take a breath.""Okay," she nodded and did as she was asked, breathing in and out slowly. It made her relax and Ben noticed it."Good," he smiled."Talk to me, I'm listening." Ben wanted to know what made her get up with such suddenness."Earlier," She began, leaning back into his arms."Yes?""While we had sex, you said something..." She trailed, hoping he would catch what she was referring to. She didn't want to complete it because she knew he didn't like the topic."I said something? Be specific.""You know, you whispered these words to me...or did you?" She stopped and asked herself, biting her lips and thinking to herself.He didn't know but most of the time they had sex, she always imagined how he was saying how much he loved her while he fucked her. It was something she discovered that gave her orgasm reach a boost, and when he said ‘I