Chapter 126 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I can’t do that. I don’t want to get in trouble with Mr. Harry. For some reason I feel like he has something against me and won’t hesitate to fire me for the slightest excuse,” Benne said, but Celsie shook her head.

“Don’t worry about him. I will just tell him I sent you on an errand. You really should go in the car. See you later in the day,” Celsie said as she reached out to open the door.

“By the way, I just realized that I don’t know your surname,” Celsie said turning to look at him with her hand still on the door.

“Handy. Benne Handy,” Benne said making Celsie’s lips twitch in amusement.

“I thought it was just a nickname because of your job?” she asked.

“I suppose my surname gave me my life’s purpose,” he said with a grin, and Celsie giggled.

“Well, it’s good to meet you, Benne Handy,” Celsie said in an amused tone as she got out of the car and waved at him before walking away.

Benne sighed as he looked at the car key in his hand. He had no need for her car since he would be leaving for the meeting in his own car. He got out of the car, and after locking it he headed for his office.. He was just going to have Harry take the car somewhere else so that she would think he had left with the car as planned.

Sonia opened her eyes in the morning and the first sight that greeted her was Bryan’s face directly opposite hers, with his hands still on her waist.

Without making a sound she just looked at him as he slept peacefully with his lips slightly apart. Her mind drifted to all that had happened the previous night and she winced in embarrassment at the thought that he had watched her dancing and making a fool of herself. Her heart fluttered when she remembered how he had kissed her in the pool like his life depended on it. She had been too upset to think all that had happened, but now that she was calm, her lips twitched in amusement at the knowledge of how his body reacted to hers.

Wanting to see if his body would react the same way this time, she moved an inch away from him and undid the belt of the bathrobe which she was still wearing, and without taking off the gown she leaned forward so that her bare breast was rubbing against one of his hands.

She watched as Bryan stirred in his sleep, but didn’t wake up. So she leaned forward as if to kiss him, but just as her lip connected with his, her phone started ringing and Bryan’s eyes fluttered open.

Sonia cursed under her breath and tried to pull away, but Bryan’s hand which was still on her waist automatically held her in place as he looked into her eyes and bit her lower lip.

“Ouch! What was that for?” Sonia glared at him as she raised a finger to touch her lip.

“Who said you are allowed to do that?” Bryan asked, repeating what she had told him the previous night.

“Do what?” Sonia asked innocently.

“Kiss me?” Bryan asked with a slightly raised brow even though he was very glad that Sonia was back to her usual self.

“And who said I was going to kiss you?” Sonia retorted.

“I guess you wanted to give me a Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) then?” Bryan asked sarcastically making Sonia roll her eyes.

“Whatever.”

“And why are you always naked around me now?” Bryan asked when he felt her warm mound pressing into his arm.

“Do you have a problem with me being naked around you?” Sonia asked, wondering what sort of ridiculous conversation they were both having at the moment.

“This is ridiculous,” Bryan thought out loud echoing her thought as he withdrew his hand from her back, “Let’s start afresh, okay? Good morning baby, did you sleep well?” He asked with a bright smile, not wanting to go on with the ridiculous argument they were having.

Sonia narrowed her eyes at him, but before she could say anything her phone started ringing again so she turned to pick it up from the other side of the bed while Bryan got out of the bed and got into his wheelchair, and left the bedroom.

She glanced at the phone with a scowl when she picked it up and saw that it was a call from her Editor-cum-manager. The man always seemed to know just the right worst moment to call her, Sonia thought with a weary sigh as she received the call.

“I’m surprised you haven’t called me in days,” Sonia said without bothering with pleasantries.

“Well, like everyone else I’m aware that you traveled to be with your fiance, so I didn’t want to intrude on your personal time,” he said politely.

“How nice of you,” Sonia muttered under her breath with an eye roll. If he really didn’t want to intrude on her personal time, then he wouldn’t have been calling so early in the morning when she could have easily been sleeping in with her fiance or having sex with him.

“Thanks. So, how is the new story coming up?” He asked, jumping straight to the reason he had called her.

“I’m still on it…”

“The last time we talked, you promised you were going to send me the first couple of chapters,” he reminded her with disapproval.

“Well, I’m still working on it. I need this story to be a bestselling masterpiece… So if you want something good, you will have to give me time,” Sonia said flatly.

“Well, your other books are already selling out so quickly that the publishers are having a hard time making new copies on a daily basis… Not that they are complaining though. So I think you should hurry up with this new one as well,” he suggested.

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