Chapter 327 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Good morning, love of my life,” Benne greeted as he kissed all over Celsie’s face until her eyes slowly opened and a smile split her face.

“Please don’t tell me it’s morning already,” She said sleepily as she tried to turn around so that she could drift off to sleep once again, but Benne spanked her ass.

“Yep, it’s past six. That’s the reason you should have listened to me and retired early when I asked you to,” Benne said, making her groan as she tried to keep her eyes open long enough to focus her gaze on him.

“But I still need to sleep,” Celsie groaned, making Benne pull away from her.

He sat on the bed and watched her without saying a word, and just when she started to drift off once again he spoke, “You want to call in sick? I’m sure everyone would understand if you don’t show up at work today,” he suggested, and as expected every trace of sleepiness left her eyes and she sat upright.

“There is no way I can call in sick. Especially not today, and you know it, you trickster,” she added with a scowl when she noticed his grin and hit his arm.

Of course, he knew that she wouldn’t call in sick. Although she loved to spend time with him, she was still someone devoted to her job, and the last thing an overthinker like her would want is for people to start thinking that she was slacking off her duty because of her relationship with the CEO.

“Since you’re not going to skip work, there is no reason for us to be late either. Let’s get ready for work,” he said as he rolled off the bed, and then took her hand when she held it out to him to help her up.

“This has to have been the longest weekend of my life,” Celsie said as she got off the bed, and Benne reached to help her take off his t-shirt.

“Don’t I just know that?” He asked since he felt the exact same way. It seemed like ages ago since they both walked out of his house on Friday morning to get her clothes for work. He was certain that while it seemed like the longest weekend of their life, for some others it was probably the shortest weekend ever.

“How do you feel about going to work today? Do you feel nervous now that everyone knows who you are?” Celsie asked curiously and raised her arms when Benne raised the hem of the oversized polo t-shirt she was wearing to reveal her naked body.

She was still quite surprised that Benne had been able to abide by the no-sex rule all through the night despite his obvious arousal which she had felt as he cuddled her to sleep.

After dancing, he had called Samantha to have one of the helps deliver their dinner to the bedroom, and then he fed her and allowed her to feed him in return. After eating he had led her to the bathroom and to her amusement he had insisted on bathing her.

After bathing her, he had taken her back into the bedroom where he toweled her dry and helped her get into his oversized shirt before tucking her in and asking her to go to bed.

Of course, she had been unable to sleep, not while he was away from her and on the balcony. She had whimpered and made enough sounds to get his attention until he dropped his laptop and came to join her in bed. And then they had talked about everything and nothing, ranging from pleasant childhood memories to their parents, to the weird people they’ve met in their lives, to work until Celsie had drifted off to sleep.

“I don’t feel anyhow. That they now know what I look like doesn’t mean they’re going to be seeing me often. What about you? Are you ready to face everyone? Friday was pretty tough,” Benne said with a concerned expression and Celsie shrugged.

“I have you with me, so I’m sure I’ll be fine,” she assured him, and Benne gave her a nod before throwing the t-shirt on the bed.

He looked down at Celsie who was now standing before him naked, while he was still wearing his boxers, “Take it off,” he told her quietly, referring to his boxers.

“Going forward I will be the one to undress you, and you’ll do the same to me until you’re comfortable enough to look at my body without averting your gaze every time I’m naked,” he said, and Celsie eyed him skeptically.

She wasn’t sure she could ever get used to seeing him naked. “You think that will work?”

“I know it will,” he assured her with a grin as she reached for the waistband of his boxers and pulled it down his thighs.

She looked down at his morning erection which was pointing at her in all its glory and she swallowed as she tried to stifle the urge to touch it.

She cleared her throat as she glanced at him, “You’re aroused.”

“Don’t worry about it. Whatever goes up must surely come down. Isaac Newton said so,” he assured her with a wink, and Celsie giggled.

“I’m sure he wasn’t thinking of that when he said so.”

“Don’t be so sure, Jewel,” Benne said as he took her hand and led her into the bathroom.

Once inside the bathroom, he took their respective toothbrushes and applied toothpaste on them before handing Celsie hers. They both stood in front of the mirror staring at their reflections as they brushed their teeth. Neither of them said a word to each other until they were done.

“I’m sorry about my mood last night,” Benne apologized after returning their toothbrushes to the holder.

Celsie smiled, “It’s fine. I understand that it wasn’t within your control, else you would easily have snapped out of it when you saw how it affected me,” Celsie said, and Benne gave her a nod.

“I’m glad you know that. Now let’s hurry up and leave before the gang gathers,” Benne suggested, referring to their parents, and Celsie giggled.

Forty minutes later they both sneaked out of the house as quietly as they could, and this time they didn’t have to leave for the office in Celsie’s car.

“You don’t have to walk in with me. You can go in through your private elevator as usual,” Celsie told Benne thirty minutes later when they arrived at the company and she noticed that he was about to park the car in front of the company instead of just letting her get down and taking the car to his private parking lot.

“I will rather go in with you and be sure everything is okay. I can return to the usual routine tomorrow,” he said as he got out of the car, and Celsie did the same.

Although they were both early as usual, they both noticed that many other staff had also arrived early, seeing as the parking lot was half-filled with cars already.

Benne handed the car key to the valet and instructed him to take the car to his private parking lot before walking into the building with Celsie.

The moment they stepped through the door, they stopped in their track and Celsie’s breath caught when she saw that most of the staff were standing in two parallel lines as though they were waiting for them, and at the end of the line was a large banner that read, “WE ARE SORRY DIRECTOR MILLER”

Celsie glanced at Benne to see if he had any idea that they were going to do something like this, but although he had his poker face on, she knew him well enough to know that he was just as surprised as she was.

This was awkward. What did they expect her to do or say? She didn’t even trust their motive since it was most likely that they were doing this because she was dating Benne, and they were scared that some of them would lose their job.

She watched as the members of her team came forward, all looking shamefaced apart from Amy who had a happy smile on her face.

“Good morning sir,” Amy greeted Benne before turning to Celsie, “Good morning ma’am. I’m glad everything was resolved,” Amy said as she stepped forward to take Celsie’s handbag, and Celsie smiled at her as she let her have her bag.

She was relieved to know that she had at least one person she could count on here, “Thank you, Amy.”

“You’re welcome. I’ll just take the bag to your office now,” Amy said with a polite bow as she walked away with Celsie’s handbag, leaving them to face the rest of her team.

“We are sorry, director Miller. We shouldn’t have said what we said,” one of the male members of Celsie’s team apologized while avoiding Benne’s gaze since he was the person who had insulted Benne when he came looking for Celsie at the office.

“And what exactly did you say?” Benne asked coldly before Celsie could respond, and she grabbed his hand to stop him.

The man quickly fell to his knees, “I’m sorry, sir. I shouldn’t have said that about her, and I shouldn’t have insulted you either. Please forgive me,” he pleaded, and Benne merely stared at him with disinterest before turning to look at Celsie with a softened gaze.

“Do you want to forgive them or should I just fire them all?” Benne asked, and Celsie had to hold herself back from giggling.

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