Chapter 80 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Sure you can. But it really isn’t a big deal. Just dinner between us neighbors,” Alicia assured him with a small smile. It really was going to be a simple dinner since all they wanted was to get to know him better so they could see if he was good enough to father their child. He has the physical qualities they needed. But now they wanted to know about his intellectual qualities as well as his background.

“Alright. I hope you don’t mind if I bring my boss with me?” Benne asked hopefully since he didn’t want to be alone with these ladies that looked like they wanted to devour him. He realized that he didn’t even know what the relationship was between both ladies, but he assumed they were either sisters or friends, and he wasn’t curious enough to ask them anything. The only person he wanted to know anything about was Celsie, and maybe during the dinner, he could observe how well she interacted with others.

Alicia and Jasmine exchanged a look again, and Alicia shrugged her shoulders, giving Jasmine the go-ahead she needed, “If that would make you more comfortable, I don’t see why not. You can bring her along,” Jasmine said with a cheerful smile, and Benne nodded.

“We could also invite her over that way it would make better sense for you both to come together. How about that?” Alicia asked, and Benne flashed her a smile.

“I will appreciate that. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. I suppose that’s your cab over there?” Jasmine asked, pointing to the cab that just drove into the street.

“Yeah. I have to run now so I don’t keep my friend waiting,” Benne said with a wave as he hurried away in quick steps.

“Something is going on between them, don’t you think?” Alicia asked thoughtfully as they both watched Benne get into the cab.

“Yeah. I wonder what it is though,” Jasmine said, pursing her lips thoughtfully.

“I guess we can find out on Sunday. It’s not too late to invite her for dinner, is it?” Alicia asked, staring in the direction of Celsie’s apartment.

“Let’s see if she will answer her doorbell,” Jasmine suggested as she slid her arm across Alicia’s waist and they walked over to Celsie’s house.

Celsie who had been about to doze off while reading was jolted awake by the sound of her doorbell. She glanced towards the living room anxiously, wondering why Benne was there. Did he perhaps change his mind about what he had to do, and wanted them to have sex tonight? She wondered with a yawn as she looked down at the oversized top she was wearing.

She was just going to see what he wanted and tell him to come back tomorrow night as planned. She was feeling too sleepy and was in no way ready for sex or any company tonight. With that thought in mind, she stood up and headed for the door. Her brows shot up in surprise when she opened the door and saw Jasmine and Alicia standing there with a smile on their faces, “Hi!”

“Hi!” She responded without stepping back to let them in. It was late and the last thing she wanted was anyone’s company.

“Hi! I’m Alicia. We are your neighbors,” Alicia said conversationally.

“I know,” Celsie replied curtly.

“We were hoping if you will be kind enough to have dinner with us on Sunday night?” Alicia asked, looking at her hopefully.

Celsie looked from one to the other before saying, “Okay..” Surprising both ladies.

Bryan had a glare in his eyes as he watched Sonia hold an ice pack against his ankle which was slightly elevated above his body using pillows. He was feeling very angry and he wanted nothing more than to yell at her, but he couldn’t even find the strength to do so. He felt like it would be a waste of time doing that since he was dealing with a stubborn witch.

His doctor had arrived a while ago and after taking a look at his ankle had told him he needed to stay off his feet for at least a week so that his ankle could heal properly. That meant he was stuck in his house with this stubborn, crazy witch.

“Why are you so quiet?” Sonia asked curiously when she noticed how he kept glaring at her but didn’t say anything. Why was he still angry with her when they had seen the key?

“Can you please, not talk to me? I don’t even want to hear your voice,” Bryan growled at her. Thankfully the doctor had given him medicine for the pain, so all he was feeling was a dull ache now. Still, he was mad at her and the sound of her voice grated on his nerves.

“And why is that? You were angry over the key I lost, and now we have seen it. Everything is fine,” she said, making him want to bare his teeth at her.

How could she say everything was fine? Was she blind or deaf? Hadn’t she heard what the doctor said? Didn’t she understand what that meant? He wasn’t even in the mood to start explaining any of that to her, so he lay back on the bed and shut his eyes, while she kept rubbing his ankle with the ice pack. The doctor had said they should do that for twenty minutes every two hours. His only consolation was that Sonia wasn’t going to be getting a good night’s sleep since she would have to wake up every two hours to apply the ice pack.

“By the way, where did you keep my laptop and jotter?” Sonia asked as she stood up from the bed, getting ready to walk away with the ice pack and keep it for the next round.

Bryan slowly opened his eyes to look at her. She wasn’t thinking he was going to let her work when he wasn’t going to be able to work for the next couple of days, was she?

As long as he had to stay off his feet for the next couple of weeks, she would also have to stay away from her laptop. No writing or touching her laptop. As long as he was incapacitated because of her, she was also automatically incapacitated.

“Huh?” Sonia asked as she waited for Bryan to respond to her question.

“Why do you ask?” Bryan asked, switching from angry to polite now.

“Because I need to get back to my work,” Sonia said in a matter-of-fact tone, and Bryan snorted derisively.

“Sorry babes, you won’t be getting back to your writing anytime soon until I am fully recovered,” Bryan said, making Sonia’s brow arch.

“Meaning?”

“Meaning as long as your darling fiance is unable to move, you can’t do anything either. You have to take care of me, especially because you put me in this condition!” Bryan said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.

How could he blame her for his own carelessness? Sonia wondered as her mouth dropped open in disbelief, before she quickly recovered, “Put you in you in this condition? Me? You have got to be fucking kidding me! Do I look like the bathroom tile? Or did you hit your head when you fell? When did I ever put you in that condition?” Sonia snapped at him, her green eyes blazing angrily.

She was mad at him? Like seriously? Bryan mused in disbelief. Choosing not to engage in any argument with her, he adjusted the pillows under him and shut his eyes. It wasn’t like she had any idea where he had hidden her laptop anyway. Even if she went into his study to search for it, he knew she wasn’t going to find it, so he wasn’t bothered.

He opened his eyes when he heard her storm out of the room and shut the door angrily, and then he let out a soft sigh. How would he be able to cope with being under the same roof with her even for a week? It was even more annoying now, knowing that he would have to rely on her to move around the house.

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