Chapter 101 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“You don’t need to think so. I’m just telling you I don’t like clingy people, and I don’t like PDA,” Celsie said.

“How can you say you don’t like something you haven’t even experienced before? Shouldn’t you come to such a conclusion only after you have been in a relationship and experienced it?” Benne asked, making Celsie’s brow pull together in a frown.

“I’ve seen other people in relationships do it, and I don’t like it. I don’t have to experience something to know how I feel about it,” Celsie countered stubbornly.

Benne smiled at that, “We will see about that. Enough of the argument already, come sit beside me. I’m clingy and I love PDA, who knows? Maybe that’s why they all left,” Benne lied since he had never been clingy with any of the ladies in his past. He hadn’t even taken his time to know them enough to tell them the truth before started acting up.

Celsie sighed as she stood up, and walked over to where he was. Once she sat down beside him, Celsie’s heart skipped a beat when he pulled her close to himself so that her head was on his chest. She tried to move away, but Benne wrapped both arms around her as he placed his nose in her hair to inhale it.

“Your hair smells really nice,” he whispered, making her stay still.

In that position, the powerful scent of his cologne flooded her nostrils, and she took in a deep breath. She had always wanted to sniff his body, and now she realized she was doing just that.

He was her temporary boyfriend, right? So she at least had the right to do this. If he could be clingy and hold her this way when he had someone else he liked, then she could also be selfish and do whatever she wanted.

Her mouth went completely dry when he moved his nose from her hair down to her ear and then her neck, “I love your body spray too,” Benne said, fighting the urge to kiss her neck.

Celsie swallowed as she felt the tip of his nose on her neck, and one of his hands moved to touch her hair. Was he going to have sex with her now? She wondered.

Benne slowly cupped the back of her head, and weaved his hand into her hair, massaging her scalp gently in a way that made a sigh escape from her lips. He placed the other hand under her chin and raised her face so that she was looking at him.

Celsie’s heart skipped a beat as she met his gaze, and she involuntarily swallowed. Her little pink tongue darted out of her mouth to wet her dry lips, and Benne’s eyes followed the movement.

They both looked into each other’s eyes for a moment while Celsie’s heart fluttered. Benne bent his head down a bit and paused as he waited for Celsie to make the next move.

As if she was being compelled by his eyes, she raised her head slightly too in a way that their faces were now very close to each other, and his breath fanned her face.

Benne swallows as he looked into her beautiful face, while his hand behind her hair resumed massaging her scalp. Her eyes fluttered as she tried to keep it open.

Just a kiss, Benne promised himself. He wasn’t going to take it further than a kiss. He just wanted to taste her lips right now. He needed to.

Using the hand behind her hair, he pushed her head forward, and before she knew it he covered her lips with his own. Her lips tasted of wine, so he suckled on it. He sucked her lower lip, eliciting an involuntary moan from her, and after sucking on the lower lip for a while he moved to the upper one, wanting to suck out the wine on it until he could taste just her.

He dipped his tongue slightly inside her mouth, kissing her deeply as he nibbled on her lips with his teeth. Celsie moaned loudly this time as her hand moved to the front of his shirt and grabbed it for support. Her toes curled, and her stomach fluttered as she tried to think of what was happening.

Were they finally going to have sex? What could she do now? She wondered as her hand moved over his body, and she returned the kiss, trying to match his passion. She knew she wasn’t exactly a good kisser, since she was inexperienced, but she tried to mimic everything he was doing.

Benne lifted her off the couch without breaking the kiss and placed her over his leg so that she was straddling him as they kissed. In this new position, Celsie raised a hand to his head and weaved her finger into his short crop of hair as he was doing to hers and gently massaged it too.

A groan escaped from Benne’s lips, making him realize that if he was going to stop, then he needed to stop now that he still could. Could he? He wondered as he opened his eyes to look at Celsie whose eyes were closed as she kissed him. He slowly withdrew his hand from her hair and ran it down her back before breaking the kiss.

Celsie’s eyes fluttered open, and slowly the mist of desire faded from her eyes, replaced by confusion.

What had just happened between them? How come her body had reacted that way? Why did he stop so abruptly?

She wasn’t having sex with him because she desired him, was she? She was having sex with him only because he had said she owed him that, and both Sonia and Lucas had said the same thing, right? So why then was she wishing he hadn’t stopped?

And what was that thing poking her… Her eyes slightly widened in surprise when she realized she was still seated on his legs, and what she was feeling between her legs was his erection. She quickly got off his lap as her face flushed a bright red.

Benne on the other hand who had been watching all the emotions that flickered on her face, almost chuckled when she slid off his lap, and put some distance between them without leaving the couch. She did desire him after all, he thought in satisfaction.

“Do you think I’m a bad kisser? Perhaps that’s why they left?” He asked with a teasing smile.

She cleared her throat, “Are we still going to watch the movie, or you want to talk?” she asked without looking at him since she could guess that he was probably laughing at her.

“I guess I’m a terrible kisser after all,” Benne said with a mock sigh as he turned on the television and DVD player.

Bad kisser my ass! Celsie thought as she tried to compose herself, and focused her attention on the television. She didn’t bother to look in Benne’s direction as they watched the movie. Not even when he offered her the chocolate mousse dessert, did she look at him. She accepted the glass from him and thanked him before digging into it.

Benne grinned to himself as he ate. He knew that all he needed to do, was keep tempting and teasing her this way, and soon she would stop feeling this embarrassed around him.

Halfway into the movie, Benne who had been engrossed in the movie turned to see Celsie who had dozed off as promised. She had folded her body into a small ball on the couch so that she wouldn’t touch him, and her head was resting in the crook of the armchair.

He chuckled when he noticed that she was holding on to the dessert spoon in one hand, and there were chocolate residues on the edge of her lips.

“How adorable,” he murmured to himself as he moved closer to her. He considered waking her up to take her home but decided against it when he saw how peaceful and lovely she looked in her sleep. Besides, she was his girlfriend now, so she could sleep over, Benne thought with a grin as he bent down and placed one arm under her legs, and the other behind her neck before lifting her off the couch.

Celsie stirred in her sleep at the sudden motion and her eyes fluttered open as he carried her to his bedroom. She looked at Benne sleepily before snuggling closer to him, much to his surprise.

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