Love’n’Lust

“Who is he?” Brie asked when she finally noticed the man standing behind Belle with his hands full.

“I will explain after he is gone, just let him through so he could drop these off, his boss needs him to drive him somewhere and it’s important.”

“His boss? Who is his boss?”

“Brie just make way so he could keep these then I will tell you everything.”

“Okay okay,” Brie said making way like Belle requested by opening the door wider and watching the man walk into their apartment. At least it wasn’t the man with the scar, she wouldn’t have let him in if it were him standing behind Belle. Randy didn’t look scary at all to her.

“Where do I keep them, ma’am?” Randy asked standing and waiting for her to let him know where to keep the bags.

“Uhmmm…. on the couch?” Belle said looking at Brie to know if that was okay.

“What are they?” Brie asked Belle.

“Clothes,” Belle replied and Brie nodded.

“Okay, keep them on the couch please,” Belle told Randy and he carefully put the bags down on the couch as slowly as he could so as not to displease Belle by any chance.

“Thanks,” Belle said when Randy was about to leave but he didn’t say anything in return, he just hurried downstairs.

“Okay, what’s happening here? What did I just miss?” It was Cherry asking, she just came out from their shared bedroom after hearing the noises being made in the living room. “Who was the man who just left here? And Belle, where have you been?” Cherry asked Belle, putting stress on her last word.

“…..” Belle was about to say something but Cherry spoke again.

“O, my, god.” She said slowly, shocked at the bags she was seeing on their couch.”Are these all from Zamani Boutique?” She turned to Belle, who just smiled sheepishly.

“Wait, those are from Zamani? Like, they are really from Zamani boutique?” Brie went towards the couch where Cherry stood to check it out herself.

“See? They are from the famous Zamani boutique.” Cherry said as Brie looked on at the bags, speechless for a while.

“Belle?” She went to meet her cousin where she stood, “How…? How did you…..?” Brie trailed off amidst her question, not knowing what to ask exactly but she wanted answers from Belle.

“Can we sit, so I can tell you both everything?” Belle said even though she wasn’t really planning on telling them EVERYTHING.

They all sat on the other empty part of the L-shaped couch. Cherry sat with her legs crossed but when Belle was about to speak, she asked her to wait and hurried to the kitchen and got some chips.

“Alright, tell us.” She said, sitting back down like she sat before. Belle drew in a deep breath before exhaling loudly, she was about to tell them about Ben and possibly all that had happened.

“So, you know that app that you recommended?” Belle asked Cherry and she nodded first but still felt the need to ask.

“Sex mate?”

“Yeah.” Belle smiled, getting excited to tell them now.”So, I met with the man that day and…. well… we had sex, great sex.” She said making Brie go agape because she was usually shy when it came to talking about things related to sex.”You won’t believe who it was I had that one-night stand with.”

“Who? Do we know him? You seem pretty excited mentioning about him.

“Yes! Yes, you guys do know him, everyone in City S knows him. I didn’t know him at first, I mean I did but I didn’t know what he looked like currently because as you know, I’m not one to fantasize over celebrity pictures like Cherry….”

“Hey!” Cherry said with her mouth full of chips.

“Just let her continue, will you?”Brie laughed over what Belle said and how Cherry reacted to it.

“What do all you just said have to do with the Zamani products you brought home?” Cherry asked.

“Well, I happened to have had a one-night stand with Ben Larkson…..”

“What?” Brie was bewildered.

“The Ben Larkson? The billionaire Ben Larkson?” Cherry stopped chewing when Belle nodded.

“You had a one-night stand with Ben Larkson of City S?”

“Yes.”

“No way.” Brie shook her head not willing to believe her cousin sister.

“I swear it’s true.”

“But…..” Brie stood up, wanting to give reasons why what Belle said wasn’t possible but she quickly realized that they were more reasons to believe her than not.

“Remember that Sunday she came back wearing something totally different from when she left? That was why.” Cherry gave one of the reasons Brie herself had in thought.

“Yeah and she is not even wearing the dress that I borrowed to her, she is wearing a designer dress,” Brie added.

“This…..” Cherry got up and held up one of the bags.”All of this, was it him?”

“Yes.” Belle nodded again.

“Okay, this is…. how did you….. what happened? How is he taking you shopping? How did he reach you after that night? I thought you didn’t want to meet the man ever again after that night?” Cherry asked again.

“I thought so, initially but when I did my first interview in my boss’s place, I met him again and that was when I found out who he actually was.”

“O my god, you are so lucky.” Cherry squeaked happy for Belle.

“Lucky? Hold on Belle,” Brie was still confused about some aspect of the whole story.”Why is he taking you shopping, is he interested in you?”

“Well… obviously,” Cherry answered before Belle could say anything.

“You forget that Ben Larkson is not one for relationships,” Brie reminded her friend, Cherry.

“Yeah, that’s true but you never know with these rich people, they are usually undecided about what they want,” Cherry said before turning to Belle.

“Belle, what is it, did he say he is interested?” She asked her.