Chapter 28 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Sure,” Benne assured him.

“Okay, I will have my assistant help you get all you need and send them over to you,” Bryan assured him.

“Alright then, I should go in now,”

“Don’t forget to send me a picture. I’m curious about this new haircut,” Bryan said before hanging up.

He couldn’t believe that Benne was having so much fun while he was here stuck in his house because of that crazy lady, Bryan thought with a sigh as he walked over to his bar to pour himself a glass of wine.

He picked up his phone when it started ringing again and was going to ignore the call when he noticed it wasn’t a familiar number, but accepted the call at the last minute, “Hello, this is Bryan Delgado,” he said, ready to bark at whatever journalist who was calling.

“And this is your fiancee,” Sonia said with a smile, making Bryan sit up.

She had planned on waiting for a week before reaching out to him, but when she heard he had returned to his City, she decided to reach out. Plus she needed something for her next chapter, and to do that she needed to talk to him.

Bryan was speechless for a moment and then cleared his throat, “Hi!” He managed to say for lack of anything better to say to her. What he wanted was to yell at her and tell her how evil she was for running off without a word, but he didn’t want to say anything to annoy her else she goes off again.

“How have you been, babez?” Sonia asked in a friendly tone.

“Where are you? Why did you leave like that?” Bryan asked, ignoring her question.

“You wanted me gone, didn’t you?” She reminded him.

“Yes, but not that way. We were supposed to first end things between us officially,” He explained to her politely.

“I already told you I don’t want to end things with you. When I said yes to you, I meant it,” Sonia said with a smirk.

“But we both know I didn’t mean it when I proposed to you,” Bryan said in frustration.

“That’s too bad because I meant it when I accepted your proposal. So what do you want me to do? Should I go on social media and announce to the world that you just wanted to make a fool out of me? Are you willing to admit that you’re that much of a jerk?” Sonia asked curiously.

“Why are you even doing this when you don’t even love me?” Bryan asked in frustration.

“Because I’m pretty shallow and pretentious like you said the other night. Maybe I want to ride on your coattail,” Sonia said, reminding him of their conversation before he dozed off.

“Sonia, can you please stop?” Bryan asked, trying hard not to snap at her.

“Okay. I saw a payphone on my way out and decided to call to know how you’re doing. Let’s talk some other time. Be good fiance.”

“Hold on,”

It wasn’t until he heard the disconnect tone that he realized he hadn’t even bothered to ask her how she had gotten his number. What was he going to do about this crazy lady?

Unlike the others who were happily exiting the company premises the moment it was closing hour, Celsie felt like a kid who had been separated from her favorite toy. She didn’t like that she was leaving the building without any document to work on at home. How was she supposed to pass her spare time? Maybe she needed to find a bookstore and get herself some books to read, and maybe she could also stop by a grocery store and stock her refrigerator, Celsie thought as she stepped out of the building and looked around the parking lot for her official car and driver.

Almost immediately, she saw the car drive in her direction at full speed, and then it screeched to a stop right in front of her. She frowned as she wondered what was wrong with Benne since almost everyone else was looking in their direction now.

Her eyes rounded in surprise and her mouth almost dropped open when Benne stepped out of the car looking like he had just stepped out of the front cover of a Playgirl magazine. Who was this mouth-watering, butterfly-giving, toes-curling handsome hunk in front of her? Where was her driver? Although her driver had been very attractive in a manly way, the person before her looked attractive in a very boyish and dangerous way. His previously black hair which used to be slicked back was now a curly copper brown short mid-skin fade. He had a silver nose ring on the right part of his nose, and two diamond earrings on both his ears. Although her driver had made her feel uncomfortable, he had been ‘safe’ unlike the person in front of her now, she thought, as she listened to the collective appreciative gasp which came from some of the other ladies around.

“Who is this hottie?” One of the ladies asked.

“Is he her boyfriend?” Someone else asked.

“Isn’t this the guy at the cafeteria earlier today?” Another lady asked.

“Is he? He looks so different and handsome!” The second lady said.

Benne winked at the ladies who were hurdled in a corner staring at him, before turning to look at Celsie, “Are you ready to leave ma’am?” He drawled with a crooked smile.

“Did he just ma’am her? Don’t tell me he is her driver?” The first lady asked.

“It seems so. He doesn’t look like a driver,” The second lady said in a loud whisper.

Jade had been right, although women did not like to admit it, they were naturally attracted to bad boys as an ant was drawn to sugar. From the moment the hairstylist had finished dying and styling his hair, and he had gotten his nose and ear piercings, he had noticed that almost every lady he walked past turned to look at him. It hadn’t helped that his stylist had suggested he roll up his sleeve and undo a few more buttons if he wanted to really play the bad boy. Seeing the appreciative glint in Celsie’s eyes now, he knew he was on the right track, Benne mused.

“Ma’am?” He drawled, leaning closer to Celsie so she would focus.

Celsie snapped out of her daze as her eyes focused on his face, and she regretted it immediately she met his beautiful hazel eyes looking at her with a glint of amusement in them. She felt her mouth go dry and blinked at him in confusion.

“We should leave,” she suggested as she quickly reached for the doorknob at the same time as him. She withdrew her hand immediately their fingers touched, and it was all Benne could do not to chuckle as he held open the door for her to get in.

Celsie hurried inside the backseat of the car and sat down. She took off her glasses and fanned her face with her hands as she tried to compose herself before he would join her in the car. Was she really attracted to him? Perhaps it was because he was the first person she had slept with? Maybe it was time to get that dildo as planned.

“You finished early today,” Benne observed as he got into his seat.

Celsie cleared her throat, “Yeah,” she said without bothering to offer any explanation.

She reached into her handbag and took out her glass case, and then used the microfiber cloth to clean the lens of her glass before wearing it again, “If you don’t mind, I would like us to stop at a bookstore or a grocery store. I’d like to shop for sometime before going home, so you can just drop me off and leave,” she said without looking at the rearview mirror which she knew he was using to watch her.

“Perfect then! I need to shop for groceries too, so maybe we can shop together,” Benne said with a grin as he turned on the car ignition, and reversed.

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