Chapter 6 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“What?” Harry asked in disbelief.

“Let’s just say I’m bored. I want to get to know her and be friends with her without her knowing about this aspect of my life.”

“What if she is in a relationship?” Harry asked skeptically.

“That should be part of me getting to know her. And about the job… I want to be her personal driver. So that means you have to give her an official car. Tell her it comes with her promotion package.” Benne said making Harry’s mouth drop in disbelief.

“There is absolutely no way I’m letting you do this! You’re completely out of your mind!” Harry exclaimed.

“Maybe. Just humor this crazy friend of yours and do as you’re told.” Benne said with a grin.

“What do you hope to accomplish by being her driver?” Harry asked in confusion.

“That’s also a part of me getting to know her. So make it happen before the end of the day.” Benne said with a smile, pleased with himself for coming up with such a brilliant plan.

“I really think this is crazy. Completely crazy.!”

“I think so too. And that’s more reason I want to do something completely crazy.” Benne said with a smile as he thought of Celsie. She not only intrigued him but also aroused his curiosity. He was willing to do as much crazy things as he could just to get to know her.

“I’ll just get to it then.” Harry said as he headed for the door, and then stopped when he remembered something, “That reminds me, your mother called earlier, she asked that you return her call immediately you get the message.” Harry said making Benne groan.

“We could just pretend like I haven’t received the message yet, right?” Benne asked Harry who shook his head.

“No, we can’t. Every single time I’ve tried to lie to her in the past, she caught me. So I’m just going to tell her the truth if she calls again and asks why you haven’t returned her call.” Harry warned making Benne shake his head.

“Coward. Just leave, I’ll call her now. Did she give you any hint as to why she wants me to call her?” Benne remembered to ask.

“She only asked about your girlfriend and if things are going smoothly…”

“And what did you say?” Benne interrupted before Harry could finish.

“I told her everything was fine.”

“Good. I’ll return her call right away.” Benne said and waited until Harry had left before picking up his phone.

“I learned you had a hooker over last night. Is that how I brought you up? Don’t tell me your wealth is beginning to get into your head.” Sixty years old Evelyn Delgado asked the moment she accepted his call.

“First of all, she’s not a hooker, and secondly it’s none of your business who I bring into my home or what I do in my home,” Benne said in an easy voice.

“So am I to assume the lady you passed the night with is your girlfriend?” Evelyn asked ignoring what he had just said.

“You’re free to assume whatever you please. How are you?” Benne asked, changing the subject.

“I’m alright. I read in the papers that you finally bought Oceans airline… Well done son. I’m proud of you.” Evelyn said making Benne smile.

“Thanks. How is dad?”

“You should come to see us if you’re so concerned about your father.” His mother said with a snort.

“I’ve just been really busy lately. I’ll visit you soon. I promise.”

“If you say so. What about your siblings? When last did you hear from them? Or you’ve been too busy to reach out?” She asked making Benne wince guiltily.

“I’ll give them a call the moment I hang up,” Benne said apologetically.

“You should do that. Heaven knows I miss the lot of you around the house. Everywhere seems so silent without any of you around. It would be good to have grandchildren playing around here.” Evelyn said making Benne chuckle since he had been waiting for her to say it as usual.

“I’m sure you’ll get plenty of them soon. So you should try to enjoy the silence for the time being. And if you get too bored, you both can travel down here. My house is big enough for you all.”

“Yeah, maybe we should do that soon. I’ll just talk to your siblings.” Evelyn said thoughtfully.

“I have to go now. I love you, mom..” Benne said before hanging up.

Now that she was relaxed in her office, after doing the majority of the paperwork she needed to do, Celsie’s thoughts drifted back to the event of the previous night and the mansion she had woken up in that morning. She sat up as she thought about Benne. Who was he? She wished she could remember how he had made love to her, but the only thing she could remember was the foreplay and how he had made her scream and moan loudly. Her face colored in embarrassment when she remembered the man who she had met outside the bedroom door. Had he possibly heard her scream? She really hoped not.

She suddenly remembered she hadn’t checked her phone since she woke up because of the rush to get to the office on time, and she quickly dipped her hand in her handbag and took out her phone. She bit her lower lip when she saw over fifty missed call notifications and about five text message notifications. She had no doubt who the calls and texts were from. Her parents, her twin brother, Lucas, and her best friend Sonia.

Two of the text messages were from her mother asking her to call her immediately she saw the call, one was from her father threatening to file a missing person report if she failed to contact them before the end of the day. another was from Lucas asking her to call him immediately she saw his text. And the last was from Sonia asking her why she wasn’t taking her call, and if she had been kidnapped by a serial killer.

She called her parents first and assured them she was okay and had been too busy unpacking to check her phone, before returning her Lucas’ call.

“You got us all worried, where were you?” Lucas asked, sounding very relieved to hear from her.

“I went partying last night and I got drunk… You won’t believe I woke up really late and arrived at the office over two hours late.” Celsie said making her brother’s brow furrow.

“That was a very risky thing to do knowing you do not have the head for alcohol. What about your boss? Did he query you?” Lucas asked in concern.

“Just a little bit. But I took care of it. How did you celebrate your birthday?” She asked curiously.

“Well, I celebrated it at the hospital. There was an emergency case and being the doctor in charge, I had to be here for most of the day.” Lucas explained.

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