Love’n’Lust

In the car.

“Do you really love me?” Belle asked once Ben joined her in the car from the other side.

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“I don’t know… my sister doesn’t believe it. She probably thinks I was joking when I told her you love me.” She shrugged and crossed her leg over his thighs to sit on them while facing him.”But I know you love me, I don’t think you would say you love me if you didn’t.”

He smiled. Belle leaned in to kiss below his jaw; near his ear. She felt his budge beneath her grow so she laughed in a low voice that could displace him.

“O my goodness, you are so big, I can feel it.”

“Thanks to you,” she found his voice to be much more hoarse than before.

“You make me want to ride it right now but no, we are still talking.” She readjusted her seating position still on him before staring at him dreamily for some seconds.

“You are one handsome man, you know?” She smiled.”I wonder what day you would love me more than I love you.”

Ben laughed. He knew she was drunk so he just listened while she said all she said but her last sentence made him laugh because she thought she loved him more than he did.

He took in a deep breath after laughing, a smile replacing his laughter as he thought back to the first time he ever saw her, compared to when he first met her.

The day he saw her was out front of a grocery store in her town. He was on a business trip to evaluate some lands he planned to invest in that day, and one of the cars he came in was parked just across the road to where he saw her standing alone outside the store. He assumed she was waiting for a taxi. He remembered that she was wearing a yellow, knee-length flay dress.

He had looked at her without any intentions, but couldn’t take his eyes off her after that. There was a transient wind that day which made her hair fly for some seconds. It also took the flay dress she wore in one direction, making some of it stick to her thighs while trying to go in the direction of the wind.

Belle had held down the dress from going up and exposing more of her upper thighs. It made him smile that day, he remembered. That was the moment he had a sudden desire for her.

He had swallowed saliva after imagining what it would be like to have her in his bed, or even bent over a table while moaning to his strokes.

“Bennn,” he was brought back from his thoughts after Belle called his name.”What are you thinking about? And why are you smiling like that?” She faked a frown.

Ben laughed again when he looked at her face and adored how pretty she still was even when frowning.

“Who were you thinking about just now? I am now sure it’s not something but someone, so who?” She demanded but got a bigger smile from him.

“You.”

“Me? You are thinking about me? Why? Am I not here with you?”

“Just remembering the first time I saw you. I’m not sure I’ve ever looked at any other woman for that long.”

Ben smiled more when she scratched her head, confused. He wished he could start to tell her how he followed her immediately after she got into a taxi that day; how he found out where she stayed with her grandmother and asked Randy to find out about her.

He couldn’t tell her that he was the one who made sure she got the internship spot she applied for. He knew when she arrived City S, and that night when they talked on the app, Sex mate, he knew when she opened the account.

He couldn’t tell her that the four different accounts which she could pick to fix a day with if not him that night were also his. He wanted her and he got her. He just didn’t realize why he did all he did just to spend a night with her.

Yes, initially, he just wanted to sleep with her and get her out of his mind like he did with others but that was difficult for him. He wanted another night with her after that lustful night at the hotel.

After he had her in his bed once and twice, he wanted her again. He just wanted her, he couldn’t stop himself from thinking about her. He thought it was just her body making him lust over her but it wasn’t just lust, it was love and lust.

“You are thinking again, is it still about me?” Belle pouted in his face.

“Mhmm.” He pinched her cheeks.”Damn, it feels so good to say this to you. I fucking love you, Belle.” His words brought about an automatic smile to her face; that smile of hers that gave him calm.

His phone rang in the cupholder beside him. Belle turned and  saw that it was Randy calling. Ben declined the call.

The car stopped and they were at the new place where Ben got her; somewhere very distant from the Crisp-tv media house. Belle didn’t want to walk so she closed her eyes when they got there.

Zina was glad to open the house’s entrance for Ben to take her in. She could finally stop having her mind messed up by Belle.

Ben gently laid her down on the bed but she held him tight without letting go. Ben thought she was sleeping till he saw her open her eyes.

“Do you want to leave? Are you going to Randy? Something came up right? Is that why Randy called?” She asked sleepily. She wasn’t asleep while Ben carried her all the way there, but after closing her eyes for some time and pretending to be asleep, the sleep came.

“No, I’m not leaving. I’ll spend the night with you.”

“Oh, kiss me then.” She loosened her arm from around his neck and let it roam on his shoulders. Ben gave her what her wanted. He leaned in closer and kissed her passionately, earning him one of her soft low moans.

“Mmn.” He heard her.

“Are you sure you don’t want to go to sleep?” He asked her.

“Noooo,” she bit her lip.”Kiss me more, Ben.” She pecked him while looking into his eyes. Ben parted her small soft lips with his and took her tongue, giving her a wet kiss. He climbed over her as the kiss got deeper but his phone disrupted their intimacy.

“No, don’t take it, just kiss me.” Belle groaned when he took the phone out of his pocket. It was Randy calling again.

“Just a minute,” he got up from her. He planned to ask Randy to save whatever had to tell him for later, then turn his phone off.

“Noooo,” she pouted and sat up after he took the call.

“Randy, can you not call my phone the way you do? What are we, married?” She heard him say to Randy before walking some good distance away from her hearing.

Sitting there, she watched and admired him but it wasn’t long before she started to battle with sleep, her heavy eyelids betraying her effort to stay awake.

Ben turned around and saw Belle asleep with part of her hair covering her face. He returned to the bed and left his phone at the bedside table before shoving her disturbing hair backward.

After that, he kissed her forehead, then her cheeks. He lastly placed a light kiss on her lips. When he wanted to cover her up with the blanket, he saw that she still had her heels on so he squatted beside the bed to take it off her.

He stared at her feet admiringly, loving how beautiful they were. He kissed her right foot. Her skin was smooth so he trailed his kisses all the way up her slender leg, from her ankle to her thigh but then he stopped. He didn’t want to wake her up even if he still wanted to kiss all over her.

In the shower, as the cold water touched his skin, he closed his eyes and let his mind think of nothing for seconds. He had a lot to think about; there still was the whole issue with his parent’s marriage at a breaking point after his mother found out he was biologically related to his father; he also had some pending issues at the office; and there were also underground businesses he had to take care of, it was why Randy called.

He went and picked Belle from Brie’s the soonest he could after leaving a meeting. He needed her. She was his escape from overwhelming thoughts. Taking her to the club was a way to ease his stress off. She didn’t know but that was one of the reasons he gave love a chance. He spent time thinking of her and had to tell himself the obvious. His mental stress reduced to an extent since he met her. Loving her made him happy, even when he didn’t accept to being in love and now that he knew he was in love with her, it was better.