The billionaires best friend

Chapter seven

Ben's PoV

We had a lovely relaxing week at his beach house. I can honestly say he spoils me rotten but then he always had before I started giving him attitude and he started distancing himself from me. It's our last day and I feel much better, of course it'll take up to six weeks for my breaks to fully heal but my concussion is gone. Darius still won't go any further than blow jobs and he only allowed me to give him a hand job once but I don't mind. I'm his boyfriend and that's all that matters to me. "You ready to go home tomorrow love?" He asks from above my head. I'm currently in my favourite position laying my head on his chest while my body is wrapped around his side. I nod "yes, I love being here with you alone but I miss my brothers and sister. This is the longest I've been away from Kate and I hope she's not mad at me for not saying goodbye".

He sighs "I'm sorry I didn't even think about that I just wanted you to relax and I knew the big oafs would smother you. All out of love of course but they don't see how bad they get. I'm still expecting a black eye because I'm dating you now. I know they accepted it but I wonder how well they'll handle our pda. One kiss and I might be knocked out" he laughs but I can tell he's secretly a bit worried. "If they do I'll be very mad and you know they hate when I'm mad at them so don't worry. I'll be expecting kisses and hugs no matter who is around Mr" I threaten playfully. He scoffs "yeah like you'd ever be starved of affection. I'll be lucky to get near you once they see you. Your lucky really but I know you appreciate them".

I look up at him and his sad expression breaks my heart"I know your family didn't accept you but you have us. You've been part of our family for years now and you'll never be lonely again as long as I'm around. I love you and you have every piece of my heart and soul, always have and always will." We've confessed our love so much this week anyone listening to us would call us two love struck idiots, thankfully we're alone so we don't care. He kisses me and I feel my heart break for the young boy he once was.

His father caught him making out with his friend in his bedroom when he was eighteen. After he kicked the friend out he brought Dar in front of his mother, older brother and sister in the living room and called him all manor of names. He punched him in the face and told him to pack his stuff. No one stopped his fathers abusive words or actions so Dar simply left. He had some savings, three hundred and two dollars to be exact. That got him a bus ticket away from his ashamed family and he moved here. He was living in a little run down apartment and working in a bar, the pay was minimal and the living conditions poor.

Rick was at the bar one evening discussing a business deal with an associate and Dar was serving them. It was quiet in the bar so Dar over heard most of the deal. When the other man went into the bathroom he told Rick not to take the deal, when Rick asked why he laughed and gave him multiple reasons against the proposition. Rick told him then that there was no way in hell he was planning on taking the deal in the first place but he was intrigued as to why Dar was working in a bar and not an office. They got talking and soon became firm friends it took a while but eventually Rick made Darius see he was waisted in the bar and he convinced him to get his degree. Darius refused to allow Rick to pay for it so he got a scholarship but accepted Rick's help with the excess. He's payed him back in full since he opened his own business.

"Thank you my little beauty. I love you so much. I just miss them from time to time but I try not to dwell on it" I see the resolve to drop the subject on his face so I do just that. "Let's walk on the beach with our feet in the water. We've been cooped up in this house all week. I'm fine, I can walk" I say before he asks or frets. "Ok, ok, sorry let's go" he takes my hand and we spend the next hour strolling up and down the beach. We enjoy our final evening relaxing and watching a film, with maybe, just maybe, a few kisses thrown in.

The trip home is short and because it's Saturday we go straight to my house knowing everyone will be there. He takes our mobiles out of the glove compartment having turned them off and stashing them there when we were on the way here. The second we turn them on they blow up with notifications but we ignore them. Now I'm worried they are probably furious at us. I take his hand and we walk inside. There they are. My brothers, Theo, Rob, who's smirking at me, Noel and Katie. Oops.

"Where the fuck have you been. You leave in the middle of the night, you take off and how did you tell us? You left a fucking post it on the fridge that says 'I have Ben he's safe but we won't be back for a week, Dar'. Are you fucking with me or what. I allow you, my best friend, to date my baby brother the boy we raised from birth and this is the shit you pull" Christ Rick is going to have a heart attack. I look at Theo for help but it backfires quickly "don't you look at me for sympathy Ben Wallace. We've been going out of our minds with worry-"

I cut him off "why? You knew I was with Darius, you knew I was safe with him he's always taken care of me even when I was being a little shit to him. So why? I'm not a little kid now and even though I'm not a full adult either, I was with one. Sure you didn't know exactly where I was but I'm back and I'm feeling better. I love that you want to protect me but he's part of that too. Rick if I was with Lor all week you wouldn't have this reaction would you. No, you wouldn't and you know it so lay off him please." Everyone looks stunned but Lor my lovely, mood breaking, bro helps me out, or so he thinks. "So, you still a virgin?" He jokes. "You fucking better be!!!, that's it Dar leave-" Rick roars at the top of his voice and I'm glad Noel took Kate away before she had a chance to hear any of this.

I throw Lorcan an 'I'm going to kill you' look and shout over Rick "no, he's not leaving Rick, nobody would ever tell Theo to leave so Dar deserves the same respect, we are leaving now" I take Dar by the hand and open the door. "Get back in this house right now" Rick growls at me and I face him "Rick I love you but I need to be away from you right now, I'll be back once you've all come to your senses. You all need to loosen the apron strings and let me live. Dar has been your best friend, your brother for so long and I think it's very disrespectful of you all to treat him as if he is some common stranger I ran off with, also if you can't trust him then you obviously don't trust me either and that hurts. Now I'm a nineteen year old man, you cannot stop me leaving so I'm going" I walk away and get into Dar's car.

He drives and takes my hand knowing I need the comfort. I hate that I had to say that stuff but I know them, if I don't set out the rules of how I want to be treated they will continue to interfere in our relationship. I finally got the man I love so my family will have to learn to cope with it some other way. Sure, the idiot beside me could have definitely said more than that and in a proper note but as I stated its not like they don't know him or it's not like he kidnapped me. I'm upset but as Dar takes my fingers and kisses them I know it'll be worth it in the end.