Chapter 109 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“But what about the meeting with the production team?” Sonia asked with a slight frown.

“I’m sure Bryan can handle that and relay whatever they discuss to you. Besides, we should give him time to miss your presence in the house, don’t you think so?” Mia asked with a wink.

“If I didn’t already love you before now, I absolutely adore you now,” Sonia said as she clapped her hands excitedly.

Once it was time to leave for the Cinema, Celsie met Benne by the car. Neither of them said anything as they gazed at each other. To a casual observer, it would seem like they were two lovers staring at each other, but that wasn’t the case.

As Celsie looked at Benne she wondered how her boss’ knowledge of her relationship with Sonia was going to affect the dynamics of her job at the office, and what she was going to do about her relationship with Benne if her boss eventually gave her the go-ahead to get a new driver.

The major reason she had gotten herself involved in all this mess of trying to please him by helping him get the lady he liked and being his temporary girlfriend was that her boss had said she couldn’t fire him and that if he left she would have to lose her job too. Now that she had decided to help him be the perfect boyfriend, she wondered what would happen after now if he was unable to get Anita and if the CEO still fails to grant her permission to change her driver.

Benne who was also staring at her and wondered why she could have asked Sonia to tell Bryan that she worked with his brother. Was she interested in the CEO after all? Had he misjudged her in haste because he wanted her to be the one? He hoped not, cause he was already more interested in her than he had been in all the past ladies combined.

“You look nice,” Benne said, breaking the silence between them as he looked her over with a smile.

She was dressed in a short denim skirt with a black bodycon turtleneck tucked into it, and a pair of black sneakers to match.. Her hair was packed in a ponytail as usual and her glasses were back in place on the bridge of her nose. The only sign that she was wearing make-up on her face was the lipgloss on her lips. Seeing how she was dressed, she could easily pass for a college student.

“Thank you,” she said with a small smile as she also took note of his outfit. Benne was dressed in khaki combat shorts with a white t-shirt and black sneakers which matched the baseball hat on his head.

“You are driving?” Benne asked in surprise when she auto unlocked the car and got into the driver’s seat, while he remained standing where he was by the bonnet of the car.

“Yes. We are not going to work, so I figured you don’t have to drive us today. Get in,” she said jerking her head in the direction of the front passenger door as she shut her door.

Benne smiled a little before walking over to where she was, “I should check the car to make sure it’s fine before we leave,” Benne said, motioning for her to unlock the bonnet.

Once he checked the bonnet to make sure everything was okay, he went around the car and got into his seat, “Do you know where we are going to?” Benne asked as he put on his seatbelt. Since Celsie was new to the city he knew she didn’t know her way around.

“She said we should meet at Eastside Cinemas. Although I told her I don’t know the place, she thinks you might know it since you are not new to Serenopolis. So do you know it?” Celsie asked as she turned on the car’s ignition, but made no move to set the car in motion.

Eastside Cinemas? Of all places to go to, why did it have to be there? Benne mused with a slight scowl. That had been one of the places he had asked Anita to meet him for their date and she had stood him up after he waited for over two hours for her to show up, “Sure. I know it,” Benne said with a nod.

Anita didn’t matter to him in any way. As long as he was going out with Celsie, it was fine. He at least had a girlfriend who he was sure wouldn’t stand him up. How could she even stand him up when she was the one driving them to the place? Benne reasoned with a grin.

“Good. So make sure you point me in the right direction,” Celsie said as she reversed the car.

“Left,” Benne called to her so she would know the direction they were going. Celsie said nothing as she took the left route.

“I was wondering something,” Benne said as he watched her while she drove.

“What?” Celsie asked without sparing him a glance.

“Even though you warned me you were probably going to fall asleep halfway into the movie, I’m surprised that you slept off so soundly in my apartment,” Benne said, making color flood her cheek in embarrassment.

“I guess it’s because I ate too much, the clothes were warm, and I don’t do movies much…” She stopped when Benne chuckled.

“I guess that explains why you snuggled closer to me when I carried you?” Benne asked with a teasing tone and chuckled again when she turned to look at him in disbelief.

“I’m not saying I mind that you did. I just wanted to be sure you are not that comfortable with everyone,” Benne said with a serious expression in his eyes.

“I don’t visit others or spend the night at their place,” Celsie said defensively.

“It’s a relief to know that,” Benne said with a nod.

“So, I took the liberty to make us a list of things we can do as a couple, as I told you I would do earlier,” Celsie said after she drove in silence for a while.

“You have?” Benne asked, sounding not so surprised.

“Yeah. Hold on,” she said as she kept her eyes on the road, and reached into her bag which was on the space beside them for a sheet of paper, “Here, I made you a copy,” she said as she handed it to him.

Benne took the paper from her and he raised a brow when he saw that the first two paragraphs had been ticked already, “Sleepover at boyfriend’s house, and watch a movie with boyfriend at the Cinema, why are they ticked already?” He asked, glancing at her curiously.

“I slept over at your house last night, remember? And we are on our way to see a movie,” she pointed out.

“That sleepover doesn’t count since you did it before you thought of creating the checklist, and you can’t even call that a sleepover. You only dozed off at your boyfriend’s place. Besides, don’t you know that most ladies visit their boyfriends and stay with them for days? Even weeks?” Benne asked, making Celsie’s brows pull together in a frown.

“Not all girlfriends do that. Left or right?” She asked when they got to another intersection.

“Right. Not all girlfriends do that but I want my girlfriend to do it. I’m teaching you how to be my girlfriend, remember?”

“That doesn’t make sense. I am your next-door neighbor and seeing me every day…”

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