Chapter 355 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Do you always forget his birthday?”

“Not always. Although, Harry reminds me most of the time. I’m not exactly good with dates. Harry helps me keep track of things like that. But don’t worry, I won’t need him to remind me of your birthday. I can’t forget it anyway, it’s the first time I met you,” Benne said, and Celsie shook her head.

“You should set reminders on your phone. It is one thing to not be good with dates, but it is irresponsible to completely assign that duty to Harry. So how do you remember Harry’s birthday? He reminds you too? Or you have someone else to do that?” Celsie asked, and Benne shook his head.

“It’s not intentional. Before I met you I used to be so busy that I hardly remember my birthday until either Harry, my parents or siblings reach out to me,” Benne said defensively, “Harry’s birthday is two days after mine, so I try not to forget it,” Benne added, and Celsie nodded.

“So I’m making you not work as hard as you used to?” Celsie asked, and Benne shrugged.

“Not exactly. Harry has always asked me to slow down or take a break, so I’m taking his advise now that I have you. Talking about work, have you made up your mind about the job offer?” Benne asked as he turned to spare her a glance.

“I thought about what you said, I decided not to accept it,” Celsie said, and although Benne was glad that she had listened to him, he now had to think of a way to get her to accept it.

“Are you sure? You don’t have to reject it if you want it,” Benne assured her.

“I’m okay, don’t worry about me,” Celsie assured him, and Benne sighed inwardly.

Why was he feeling hesitant to tell her about his discussion with Harry? It wasn’t like she was going to scold him or beat him for anything, yet he just couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“So I was thinking about something,” Celsie said, and Benne spared her a curious glance.

“What?”

“I have to tell my family about Rachel,” Celsie said, and Benne nodded.

“Sure. You should do so if you want to,” he encouraged.

“If I do so I might have to tell them about Anita” Celsie explained, and watched him closely to see if he understood what she was trying to say.

“You can do that too,” Benne said, and Celsie raised a brow.

“You are not worried that my parents might overreact if they find out about Anita and your past relationship with her?”

“Overreact in what way?”

Celsie bit her lower lip, “What if they start trying to make us break up?”

“I’m glad that you are this concerned about our relationship, but I don’t think your parents will do that. Besides, I already have plans in place to make sure Anita and her family doesn’t cause any more problems for us. Don’t overthink it and just tell them everything if you want to,” Benne encouraged, and Celsie sighed.

“I will tell them tonight after the party,” Celsie said as Benne drove into the parking lot of a mall.

“Do you remember where this is?” Benne asked as he turned off the car’s ignition, and got out of the car, and Celsie smiled as she opened her door and got out too.

It was the mall where they had come grocery shopping the last time, “Of course, I do.”

“You said I wasn’t your type then,” Celsie reminded him as they both walked towards the entrance.

“You also said I wasn’t your type,” Benne reminded her.

“No, I said I didn’t have a type. Now you are soooo my type,” Celsie said with a grin, and Benne laughed softly.

“That seems like such a long time ago,” Benne said, and Celsie nodded in agreement as she recalled their conversation that day.

“You really told me a lot of lies. I can’t believe you made me beg you not to quit your job, after also threatening to fire me if my driver quits. You were a jerk, you know?” Celsie asked, turning to glare at him.

“Yes, I know. I was trying to be a bad boy, I’m sorry,” Benne said, and Celsie shook her head.

“And where did you get that idea from?” Celsie asked, and Benne squirmed not wanting to mention that his siblings had said being a bad boy would help him get her.

“Can you forget about all the nasty things I did, please?” Benne pleaded as they walked into the department store.

“Yeah, let’s do that. I will only think of you as the gentleman Benne that took care of me on our first night and didn’t take advantage of me despite taking me home for a fling, and the one that bought cranberry juice because of my ulcer, and also made sure I had always had lunch. Those were your actual selling points,” Celsie said, and Benne smiled.

“Thanks. Let’s go get your shower gel then,” Benne offered, but Celsie quickly shook her head.

“No. Don’t worry, I can get it alone. Just go and do other stuff,” she suggested with an embarassed smile, and Benne looked at her closely.

“Why?”

“Because I want to get it alone. You can window shop or do whatever you want. I will be right back,” Celsie said as she quickly walked away from him.

Once Celsie was sure that Benne wasn’t following her, she picked up a shopping basket and walked around the store in search of the section where feminine hygiene products were displayed. Once she located it, she took out her phone and dialed Sonia’s line.

“After chasing me out of your office, I guess you are not too busy for me now, huh?” Sonia asked dryly once she received the phone call, and Celsie laughed softly.

“Yes, I’m not too busy for you right now. Quick one, my period is coming soon, and I need to get something for it. Do you think I should go for tampons or a menstrual cup?” Celsie asked as she inspected the items in front of her.

“Oh! How did I almost forget that my baby is no longer innocent? Her girl hole is no longer sealed,” Sonia said with a giggle, and Celsie hissed in embarrassment.

“Bryan had better not be anywhere around you, or I’m going to kill you,” Celsie threatened.

Sonia laughed, “Don’t worry, he isn’t here. Personally, I prefer tampons. But since we are not sure yet if you will be comfortable with the idea of having anything else other than a joystick inside you…”

“Please, no dirty talks. Can you just go straight to the point?” Celsie pleaded in embarrassment as she looked around her, trying to ensure that no one else could hear what Sonia was saying.

Sonia laughed softly, enjoying her friend’s embarrassment, “You can start with tampons. If you’re okay with it, then you can use a cup,” Sonia suggested and then cleared her throat when Bryan, who had been using the convenience room, returned.

“Is there anything else?” Sonia asked, wanting to know if she should excuse herself or remain where she was.

“No, that’s all. You are at the apartment next to mine, right?”

“Yeah. That’s a weird way to describe your boyfriend’s apartment.”

“Whatever. We will be heading there soon. See you,” Celsie said as she hung up the call.

“You are Celestia Miller, right?” A feminine voice suddenly asked from behind her, causing her to jump back in shock.

“Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to startle you,” the young lady said with a burst of awkward laughter, “It’s just that I saw you earlier when you walked in, and I thought you looked familiar, but before I could walk up to you, you got busy with your phone call so I couldn’t approach you. I had to circle around while waiting for you to finish. I hope you don’t mind?” she asked apologetically.

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