Once she took off her clothes, she walked over to the bathroom and stood by the door as she remembered how Benne had walked in there only a few hours ago to carry her out. Why did it suddenly seem like it had been such a long time since she last saw him?
She couldn’t take the day off in this state. She needed to do some serious work to get her mind off the nightmare, and Benne… At least until he calls her.
As Celsie turned on the shower and let the warm water hit her body, she closed her eyes, and flashes of last night came back to her. How Benne had looked at her, how he had touched her. Her heart fluttered in her chest, and her pussy pulsed when she remembered how he had worked on them with both his lips and fingers.
She opened her eyes when she started to feel herself getting aroused by her thoughts, “I’m going to be in serious trouble if I keep having these thoughts,” Celsie murmured to herself as she tried to focus on scrubbing her body.
Once she was done bathing, she dressed up in a cream-colored pantsuit, with a pair of pink stiletto and handbag to match, before going out to join Amy who was just setting the table.
“Are you going somewhere?” Amy asked as she looked Celsie over, wondering where she was going to dressed like that.
“Yes. I’m going to work. I don’t need the day off,” Celsie said, making it clear that her decision was not up for discussion.
Amy clamped her lips shut and gave her a nod, “I made pancakes. You can have it with tea.”
“Thank you,” Celsie said as she sat down to eat while Amy cleaned up the kitchen.
Once she was done eating they both left for the company. As Amy parked the car and Celsie got out of it, Benne who was standing by his office window looking outside, shook his head when he caught a glimpse of her before she could walk into the building.
Stubborn woman! What had he been expecting? That she would gratefully take the day off? He shook his head as he walked into his office closet to put on his costume. He had been hoping he wouldn’t need to as he had no intention of leaving his office today, but now that she was here he would have to use the costume.
Once he was done dressing up, he opened the door, and stepped out of his office, startling Celsie who had not been expecting him to be at the office talk more of coming out of it.
“Good morning, Miss. Miller,” he greeted, standing by the door while watching at her with a very strange expression in his eyes.
“Good morning, sir,” Celsie greeted as she stood up with her head bowed. She couldn’t meet his eyes as she feared that if she looked at him, he might somehow find out that she had just lied to her parents about her relationship with him.
“I was told you were ill. Why are you here when you should be taking the day off?” He asked, cocking his head to the right as he watched her closely. He had thought they were past this stage where she feared to look him in the eyes, but it seemed like they weren’t past it yet.
“I feel okay now, so there was no reason to stay back at home,” she said without meeting his gaze.
“Still, you should have taken the day off. Mr. Harry won’t be around for some time, so it’s going to be just you and I working together… Closely,” Benne added, and Celsie’s brows pulled together in a slight frown.
Why did he have to add ‘closely’ to it?
“Are you sure you don’t need to take the day off? The next couple of days might be pretty intense,” Benne said, and Celsie raised her head to look at him.
“I’m okay. I need to keep busy,” she said, and Benne gave her a nod.
“Well, I’m certain you can be busy without having to work. Let’s go out,” he offered, slipping one hand in his pocket.
“Out?” Celsie asked in confusion.
“Yes. We need to know each other better to work productively together. Do you have a problem with that?” Benne asked, and Celsie shook her head.
“Good.. So let’s go.”
“Are you expecting a call from someone?” Benne asked Celsie without sparing her a glance while keeping his gaze on the road as he drove the car.
Celsie shook her head, “No. Why?” Celsie denied too quickly as she slipped her phone inside her handbag and turned to look at him.
She couldn’t really understand why she was waiting to hear from Benne, but she was. He had disappeared all of a sudden and she hated to admit that this somehow bothered her. Maybe if Sonia had taken her call or returned her call, she would have had someone else to rant to, but apart from Sonia and Lucas, the only other person she could talk to was Benne. The very person that was making her worried.
“Then are you worried about something? You have been taking your cellphone in and out of your handbag ever since we left the company,” he pointed out, and Celsie looked away feeling slightly embarrassed that he had noticed that. To some people, her actions could be seen as rude, and maybe he was one of such persons.
“I’m sorry. It’s just that I tried reaching Sonia earlier but she wasn’t taking her call, so I guess I’m kind of worried about her,” Celsie explained, as that was the only logical explanation, which was also partially true, that she could give him. There was no way she could tell him that she was worried because of her driver who had disappeared after leaving her in the hospital after their intimate night together.
“I see,” Benne said, feeling slightly disappointed as he had thought that perhaps she was waiting to hear from him, “I suppose they are both busy with the reality show. If you’re very worried about her, perhaps I could give my brother a call. That way you could speak with her and find out how she is faring,” Benne offered.
“What reality show?” Celsie asked in confusion, making Benne realize that Sonia had probably not told her about it.
“I suppose she forgot to mention that she was going to be featuring in a reality show with my brother. You can check it out on any of the social media apps. Yesterday’s interview has been trending all morning,” Benne suggested, and Celsie gave him a nod as she took out her phone to do as he had suggested.
Benne turned to spare her a glance after some minutes and a smile touched his lips when he noticed the smile on her face as she watched the video on her phone with her earpiece tucked in her ear.
When she called earlier he had been too upset and confused to receive her call, as he didn’t know what to say to her at that point. And then he had been even more upset when Harry returned to inform him that the so-called cab driver who had been asking questions about him the previous day was a well-known private investigator among the elite class.
Someone somewhere was curious about him, and it didn’t come as a surprise to him as he had suspected that a car was following him the previous evening, but he had ignored it when the car drove past him as he parked the car in front of Celsie’s house. Now that he knew for a fact that he was being watched, he knew he had to be more careful. Benne Handy had to disappear for some time.
Although Harry had sent someone to find out who the investigator was working for and what they wanted from him, he knew that there was a need to hurry up with all he was doing and tell Celsie the truth before someone else beats him to it.
He still didn’t know exactly what to do about the whole thing yet, but one thing that was certain was that he couldn’t be her next-door neighbor or driver anymore, and neither could he stay away from her. All he could do now, was stay beside her this way as Benedict Delgado.
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