Love’n’Lust

“I’ll order us something else to eat.” He said, packing away the dishes.

“Is it also gonna be spaghetti?”

“If you want.”

“Yay.” She said dramatically, earning a smile from him.

The order came through after a little more than twenty minutes. Belle was the one to open the door and receive the food they ordered.

Leaving it on the dining table, she went to the kitchen to let him know the food had arrived because he was cleaning up what remained from the horrible dish he made.

She almost bumped into him because he was on his way out with two wine glasses in his hands. He wanted them to have wine.

“Why do you have those glasses?” She noticed them.

“We are going to have wine.”

“Wine? I can’t have wine, I’m not good with wine, I get drunk easily, I told you that.” She reminded him.

“Yes, I remember. It’s why we are having a non alcoholic wine.”

“Oh.” She said closing the kitchen door as he made his way through.

They both sat at the dining table as they ate silently. Belle loved the wine they were having, it was grape wine. She finished her glass and he stood to pour her more, seeing how much she was enjoying it.

He wanted to see her happy. Somehow, her happiness made him happy, he didn’t know why but he felt at ease whenever he saw her smile and it made him happier if he was the one to make her smile.

“Do you know why I wanted you here with me?” He asked her and she shook her head but still went on to reply.

“Late night sex?” Her reply made him chuckle.

“No.”

“No?” She was surprised.

“No. I wanted you here because I know I’ll have a reason to return to the office if you are not here. If you leave then I’ll have to go back to the office, I want a reason to stay here and relax. That reason is you Belle.” He said every word that came to his thoughts directly the way they came.

“So I’m your reason to get lazy?” She asked jokingly and was happy when he laughed.

“It’s not laziness, I just… I want you around me always, if possible because somehow you manage to make me forget everything I don’t want to think about. When you are here, I get to think about you and nothing else. I get to think about how beautiful you are,” she smiled when he said that,” how charming your voice can be, how sweet you are….” He trailed off, drinking from his glass and looking at her.

“Where have you been? All my life, where have you been? I wish I had met you earlier in my life Belle.” He told her. He really did wish he had met her when he was younger, when he had not become who he was now, when he still believed in the universe giving one what they deserve, now he believed that one could only get what they fought to get.

“If we had met earlier, then I’m pretty sure that I would have changed my mind about sleeping with you for the first time.” She laughed.”Trust me, there would not have been a chance that we would both be sitting here, eating together.”

“You think?” He didn’t believe what she just said, he was sure he would still have gotten her whether she approved to it or not. He always got what he wanted.

“I know.” Belle on her part was sure she wouldn’t have given him a chance to even share a bed with her if they had met before now. Her old self wouldn’t be willing to think about doing anything sex related.

After they were both done with eating, they retired to the bedroom. Belle waited for him to pull the duvet over them so she could rest on his arm.

“Are you asleep?” Belle asked as they laid in bed silently, she was asking because she couldn’t sleep.

“I’m awake.” He told her and she sat up.

“I can’t sleep.” She told him.

“Do you have something on your mind?” He wanted to know, he often couldn’t sleep when he had too many things to think about.

“Not really, I just can’t seem to close my eyes and sleep.”

“Come.” He opened his arms and she climbed on him, resting her head on his chest. He started to stroke her hair gently.

“Why were you in a bad mood earlier?” She asked, enjoying what he was doing to her hair.

“I had to see my father yesterday.”

“Your father?”

“Mmnn.” He confirmed what he just said.

“Your father is still alive? I read on this article that…. you know, he was late and that was why you had to take over the company at a young age.”

“It’s an old article, he almost died, he went into coma for some years, I had to do what I had to do.”

“So he’s still alive huh?”

“Yes, sadly.” Belle was shocked when Ben said that. What did he mean sadly, did he want his father dead? He didn’t notice her surprise so he continued speaking.”I don’t usually grant interviews concerning my biography so this people just publish what they want to and add some lies to be able to sell. I’ve decided not to sew media companies anymore for that, when I do that, the city paint me as a heartless person for doing that.” Ben knew many of the people in city S feared him.

“Well, aren’t you heartless? I mean, you don’t believe in love, you have to be heartless not to believe in love.” Ben chuckled at what she just said.

“When you put it like that then maybe I am heartless.”

“You don’t seem to like your father.” She already noticed.

“I don’t.” He never hid the fact that he didn’t like his father.

“Really?” Belle was more surprised than before after he confirmed that he didn’t like his father.

“Yes, I had to visit home and I met with him after a long time and it ruined my night and also affected my office hours earlier today.”Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.