Chapter 897 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

She had not merely decided to visit the kid’s Instagram page on a whim. She knew she had been drawn to it like moth to light. And the reason was because from the moment she saw the child’s picture a part of her already believed she was Benne’s little girl and she wanted to know her and do her best to love her as she should.

She didn’t consider herself maternal or anything close to it, but she could treat the kid the way she treated Jamal. She hadn’t considered herself the relationship type until she met Benne either, yet here she was. She would do her best to take it all one day at a time and see where it leads them.

She smiled when Benne’s hand caressed her back sleepily, “You’re not sleeping, are you?” Benne asked and she adjusted so she could look into his face.

“I’m not, but you should keep sleeping,” Celsie said as she patted his face.

“If you’re not sleeping, I should stay up…”

“No. You still need to rest. There’s still time before the party. I will rather pick up a book from my handbag to read while you sleep,” Celsie said as she used that opportunity to get out of the bed to get her handbag.

Benne yawned, “You must have been bored,” Benne said as he tried to sit up, but she shook her head.

“I wasn’t. I enjoyed listening to your breath,” Celsie said as she returned to the bed, and Benne chuckled.

“That’s something a bored person would say,” he pointed out as his gaze moved to the book she was holding.

“What book is that?” He asked curiously.

“I borrowed it from Harry,” she said as she passed it to him.

“Opposites Attract,” he read the title with a smile as he looked up at her.

“Are we opposites?” He asked, and she nodded.

“You mean outside the fact that you’re male and I’m female? You’re my employer and I’m your employee?” She asked with a teasing smile and Benne chuckled.

“I believe that’s not what the book is talking about, is it?” Benne asked as he returned it to her.

He preferred to read motivational books centered on business and money and making than books about relationships. He believed that every relationship was different and the same things didn’t work for everyone, so as far as he was concerned, the only rule that applied was doing what you believed worked for your relationship.

“It’s talking about differences in temperaments, and how to handle those differences,” Celsie explained and Benne nodded as he yawned.

“What do you think is my dominant temperament?” Benne asked even though he knew what it was.

“I believe you are Choleric,” she said, and Benne chuckled.

“Yeah. You’re right. I’m a Choleric-Melancholy,” Benne said, and Celsie nodded thoughtfully, making a mental note to look more into it as she read.

“So, what do you think I am?” She asked, and Benne grinned.

“Your dominant trait is definitely Melancholy,” Benne said, and Celsie sighed.

“So, what did the book say? Are our temperaments compatible?” Benne asked, and Celsie nodded.

“Yeah,” she said as she flipped the pages to her last read page.

“Why don’t you tell me what you’ve read thus far?” Benne asked as he adjusted to a more comfortable position and lay down facing her with his hand on her thighs.

Seeing his new position, and sleep laden eyes, Celsie could tell he was still feeling very sleepy and was trying hard to stay awake for her sake, so she decided to indulge him, knowing he would sleep off before she was done.

Five minutes later, Benne was snoring softly, and she grinned as she watched him sleep.

“This is not always the case, though,” Benne said sleepily in response to a nonexistent statement that Celsie made, and she giggled quietly as she dropped the book and picked up her journal.

After getting dressed for the party, Benne left to join Bryan in the living room as they waited for the ladies who were together in Jade’s bedroom to join them.

Sonia had invited Celsie into her and Bryan’s bedroom so they could have a moment together alone before leaving for the party, but Jade had insisted that they all converge in her bedroom instead to help each other dress up and get their makeup done.

“So, how did your house hunting go?” Jade asked Sonia as she applied her mascara.

“It was fun. The realtor was capable and understood his assignment. We checked out a couple of houses, but one in particular stood out for us both. You’re going to love it when you see it,” Sonia said with a wide smile.

“How many bedrooms are there?” Celsie asked curiously as she put on her contact lens.

“Oh, don’t worry. There are five bedrooms. And one of the bedrooms is specially reserved for you. You do realize you are going to be sleeping over a lot and babysitting, right?” Sonia asked, and Celsie giggled when Jade stopped what she was doing to look at Sonia with a raised brow.

“And what about me? Don’t I get a room?”

“Sure. There is a room reserved for anyone of the Delgados. So, you can use it when you come visiting or Evelyn and Desmond can use it. We gave it a lot of thought. Celsie’s bedroom is exclusively hers! She is going to be my chief babysitter,” Sonia said, and Celsie eyed her uncertainly.

“You do realize that unlike you who babysat for your neighbors in high school, I don’t have any such experience with kids, right? How am I supposed to care for your baby in your absence?” Celsie asked, and Sonia rolled her eyes.

“Our baby, Celsie. Ours. What makes you think I have any experience either? I babysat kids around Jamal’s age not babies. So, we are both going to learn all about it. You realize this baby is ours, right? We are both pregnant and you’re going to be with me every step of the way. You will be going with me to my prenatal classes in Bryan’s absence too,” Sonia chattered excitedly as she rubbed her abdomen dreamily while Celsie turned away from her without saying another word.

If she was alone with Sonia, she would have used this opportunity to bring up the issue about Benne’s supposed daughter, but she couldn’t do that in front of Jade.

“Jade, how did your meeting with Anita’s sister go?” Celsie asked, changing the subject.

“Oh, that! It went better than I expected, and I can assure you that by this time next week, Rebekah will be where she deserves to be. Locked behind bars,” Jade said, and Sonia looked at her with interest as she applied her red lipstick to her lips.

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