Love’n’Lust

Brie was still getting out of the cab while Cherry checked for cash in her purse to pay the cab driver.

Brie shoved some disturbing hair behind her ears after she got out. On doing that, her eyes spotted Belle getting into a car whose door was been held by Ben.

“No,” she muttered and slapped her forehead.

“What?” Cherry asked after settling the driver.

Brie didn’t reply. She just sighed and went towards the entrance to their apartment. Cherry looked around her to depict what tampered with Brie’s mood. It was then she saw the black cars driving out in uniform, now she knew.

“Brie?!” She called and went after her friend.

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Belle glanced at Ben occasionally as he drove. He had asked the driver to hand the keys over to him, and his convoys weren’t accompanying him anymore.

They got to a flower shop. Ben parked the car by the side and came down to open the door for her. There were some people leaving the shop and some standing inside so she was surprised that he was getting the door for her.

‘Isn’t he bothered that he would be recognized?’ she asked herself in thoughts when he opened the door.

“What are you doing, Ben?” She had to ask him. She didn’t know he was taking her to a flower shop when he stole her from her sister’s apartment.

“You want flowers, we will get flowers.” She heard him reply to her.

“Ben, this isn’t what I meant.” She told him again but he didn’t listen. She felt his hands take hers to lead her inside.

Belle bit her lips nervously. They were several persons at the shop and the probability that no one would recognize him was twenty out of a hundred.

Still holding her hands, they walked into the shop; Belle noticed a young boy turn his head to look at them after they passed by him.

Belle looked down, trying to hide her face. When she told him that she wanted him to show her to the world, she didn’t expect that he would actually do it, so soon. She wanted to bury herself at that moment.

He took her to the rose section.

“You like white roses but you love the pink ones more, so we will get both.” He told her and turned to a staff which had been sent to attend to him after the store manager realized it was him; Ben Larkson.

Belle was amazed to find out that he knew what type of flowers she liked, and how much she adored pink roses. The florist which he talked with, returned with a bouquet of white and pink roses. Ben took them from him and put them in Belle’s hands.

He went on to kiss her on the forehead, then on the lips, not caring for the few many eyes that were now on them.

“What else do you want?” He whispered to her after.”I cannot give you the love you want but I am willing to do any other thing you want, just say it.”

“…” Belle stood speechless, with astonishment written all over her.

“Belle, do you know that since I met you, I haven’t been attracted to any other woman? It’s like my body was always meant to interact with yours. I don’t want you to stop what we have already started.” He cupped her face in his hands.

He didn’t want to have to take other actions to make her change her mind so he decided to take this alternative of pleading with her.

“I know I like to dominate your body, but it’s funny how much you dominate my mind, Belle.” He told her the truth. “I will give you anything you want.” He thought he should add.

“I don’t want anything from you, I just…” She stopped and sighed, then looked at his face once more. He rubbed her cheeks and pecked her lips again.

“First, you have to promise that you won’t overreact whenever I talk to Nathan.” He raised a brow when she mentioned Nathan.

“Belle…”

“You said you’d do anything I want, right? This is what I want. Will you do it?”

“You don’t expect me not to react when I know what he wants from you.”

“I already turned him down, I don’t connect with him, you do not worry.”

“Did he ask you out?” Ben didn’t know that till she mentioned it.

“Not directly, he asked if I had someone serious… I didn’t even know what to say, I don’t know what to say if any other person asks me that same question, because there’s you, but I don’t know if you… if you are serious.” She sighed after explaining.

He didn’t say anything after her.

“Aren’t you worried that people are going to figure out that it’s really you, and not their assumption? They are already staring.”

“I want them to. Come,” He took her hands to head back outside. Their eyes were still on them as they went towards his car.

Belle heaved a light sigh of relief when she sat in the car and Ben closed the door after her. He joined her in the car and started on the road.

“I’m hungry,” She disclosed to him.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“Where do you want to go?” He turned his eyes to her briefly before returning them to the road.

“No, not to a restaurant. I just want to eat some junk, maybe pizza, and fries while I lay with you in bed.” He stopped the car at a stop sign to look at her fully this time.

“… then we can cuddle after…” She completed and got an unexpected smile from him.

“Anything my princess wants.”

“I’m no one’s princess, I’m a queen.” She pouted and heard him laugh.

“Okay, my queen.”