Thorny kind of Love

Chapter 19

Bell's POV

As I sponge the water over my back, I get startled by someone's touch, I turn to see Ben naked behind me, I admire how the water runs down his athletic body, Ben pins me against the marble wall of the shower and kisses me, sucking my lips and groping my breast at the same time, his hands' grips and lifts my bum until I wrap my legs around his waist, as he enters me, I realize that he's not wearing a condom. "Ben...condom," I said gasping for air, but Ben continues to thrust and I am filled to deep with pleasure to stop him. "Trust me." He gasp and places both his hands on the wall to keep his balance and I cling onto him as tight as I can, I feel myself heat up and scream out his name as I reach my climax. I can feel that Ben is near, He lifts and pulls out of me and comes on the shower floor, and my legs are still wobbly, so I hold onto Ben. When we're done, we dry off and get dressed. I see the time, it's six-thirty, my shift starts at nine today, so there's plenty of time to put on a fresh uniform and make it in time for work.

"I ordered breakfast," Ben says as we head out of the room. I see that he ordered the breakfast special, an omelet filled with mushroom and cheese, followed by coffee.

"Bell, when I leave, I will come back after at least two months and stay for a week and then we can rent a cottage, I will plan every detail so that we can be together," Ben says excitedly. Will this work out? I ask myself, looking at Ben, I trust him to know that he will try and make this work for us, and right now I will agree to anything that will keep us together. "That will be amazing, I just don't if I can be that long without you," I say with a bit of sadness. Ben takes my hand from across the table, squeezes it lightly, and says, "I can promise you that it will be worth the wait Bell, and besides, we'll stay in contact every day." I suddenly start feeling a bit broken and insecure and ask, "Do you promise to contact me every day and never get tired of me, will you stay faithful to me Ben?" He looks deep into my teary eyes and says, "Bell, I promise to contact you every day, I will never get tired of you and as long as we're in a relationship, I will never betray you."

We both agree not to tell our family members of our relationship until we can figure out where this relationship will lead us. Ben waits in the car, while I get dressed up for work, I call my brother, but the phone goes to voicemail, they must still be asleep, I tell myself. As I'm walking towards the car, I can hear Ben raising his voice on a phone call. "Polla! Can you wait until I get back" Who's Polla, maybe a work colleague I tell myself? I know that Ben takes his job very seriously and this person most probably needs something done urgently and Ben not agreeing with it. I open the door, get in and Ben immediately ends the call, seeming very frustrated.

"Everything ok?" I ask him with concern. He seems distracted and doesn't answer, I'm not sure if he heard me so I ask again, "Ben is everything ok?" He looks at me and says, "Yes everything is fine, just work-related things." Then he takes my hands and almost sounds worried when he says, "Bell you know that I love you right? And regardless of what might happen, I will always love you." Ben is scaring me a bit but I reassure him that I will always love him too and no one will ever change that. He seems a bit relieved and starts the engine of the car and we drive off to the B&B.

Ben drops me off at the back entrance as I asked him to. For the rest of the day I don't see Ben, he did message me a few times, sending me pics of what he is up to. I can't help but smile every time a message comes through of him. I send him the selfies I took this morning before he woke up and he replied with the most romantic message, my heart melted:

-Every time I think about you, my heart skips a beat, It was hard to get out of bed this morning because I just want to hold you forever.-

This is what I have been missing in my life and it's a feeling that I never want to lose and I will do anything to hold onto it. In three days, Ben will be leaving and I want to spend as much time with him as I can, we had made plans to drive to the pass of Franshoek and watch the amazing sceneries and visit a night market later this evening.

In my break time, I call my brother, still on voicemail, I'm worried, but I know my brother will call if anything was wrong, they most probably have a great time together, I'm happy that my dad loves spending time at my brother's and at least I don't have to worry about him being alone at home.

Ben's POV

I come in the room and can hear that Bell is in the shower, I was hoping to find her still lying in bed. My thoughts are pure pleasure now and I undress and find Bell in the shower, the water dripping all over her beautiful skin, I can't stop my hands from wanting to touch her, she startles and turns around, I take a few seconds to look at her, something erotic stirs inside of me and I pin her against the wall, I kiss and suck, working my way from groping her breast and then her bum, she wraps her legs around me and I can feel that she wants me just as much as I want her.

As I enter her, she gasps, "Ben...condom." I don't want to lose the feeling of this connection and I know that I can control myself, so I continue thrusting inside of her and say, "Trust me." I feel the hunger I have for Bell and hold on tight to her while holding my balance. She screams out my name as she reaches her climax, satisfied by her call, I come.

Once we were done, we dress and I tell her that I ordered breakfast, I watch Bell and suddenly I come up with a plan that might work. "Bell, when I leave, I will come back after at least two months and stay for a week and then we can rent a cottage, I will plan every detail so that we can be together," I say excitedly. She smiles but I can feel she is sad and says, "That will be amazing, I just don't if I can be that long without you." Her eyes are filling up with tears. "I can promise you that it will be worth the wait Bell, and besides, we'll stay in contact every day." I sense Bell's insecurities as she asks, "Do you promise to contact me every day and never get tired of me, will you stay faithful to me Ben?" It breaks my heart to see the tears in her eyes, I comfort her and say, "Bell, I promise to contact you every day, I will never get tired of you and as long as we're in a relationship, I will never betray you."

I drive Bell home to dress and as I'm waiting in the car for Bell, my phone rings, it's Polla. Not giving me a chance to talk, she blabbers and blabbers, I don't want Bell to hear me on the phone with her, so I cut her off rudely and say, "Polla! Can you wait until I get back?" Bell opens the car door and I immediately end the call.

"Everything ok?" Bell asks with concern, I hear her but so frustrated by Polla that I forget to answer, she asks again, "Ben is everything ok?" This time I look at her and answer, "Yes everything is fine, just work-related things." I get the feeling of fear, as if I am going to lose her, I take her hand and say, "Bell you know that I love you right? And regardless of what might happen, I will always love you." Bell looks a bit confused but confirms that she loves me too and I am relieved, as long as we love each other we can overcome anything, I tell myself as I drive to the B&B.

For the rest of the day, I try not to be seen with Bell, not wanting to risk Gina and Miriam seeing us, but I text her every time I miss her, she send me a picture that she took of us together in bed this morning while I was sleeping, I make it my welcoming wallpaper, we made plans to drive to the pass of Franshoek and watch the amazing sceneries and visit a night market later this evening.