Chapter 939 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Benne shrugged, “I’m alright. Sort of anxiously waiting to get the result tomorrow,” Benne confessed.

“Why didn’t you ask them to speed things up? I mean, they could have easily done that because it’s you,” Harry said and Benne sighed.

“I didn’t want to,” Benne said, and Harry raised a brow.

“Why not? You’d rather be anxious all weekend than get the answer you seek easily?” Harry asked and Benne looked away for a moment before looking back at him.

“I suppose I just wanted to have a normal weekend with Celsie. I thought things might change when we get the result and I wanted us to be at ease,” Benne explained and Harry nodded in understanding.

“Did she do or say anything to make you think she would walk away if the result comes back positive?” Harry asked and Benne shook his head.

“On the contrary her behavior has been sort of really encouraging. It’s beautiful and scary at the same time,” Benne said, and Harry chuckled.

“Beautiful and scary?”

“Yeah. It’s beautiful because I would love for it all to be true. I sort of feel like our relationship has improved a lot this weekend despite the whole Kimberly thing. And I’m scared because I’m worried she might be in denial or something and if she realizes for real that the kid is mine, she might just withdraw,” Benne said with a sigh.

“Well, I’m very sure you’re overthinking it. This is the reason you should have pushed for the test to be carried out faster. That way you would save yourself all this stress. The way I see it you’re only postponing the inevitable,” Harry said as Benne sipped from his glass.

“I suppose you’re right. Tomorrow is almost here now, so we will know,” Benne said, and Harry eyed him curiously.

“Have you decided on what you would want to do if she turns out to be yours?” Harry asked and Benne nodded.

“My mom and Celsie suggested I invite them down here to meet with the family. I also would want to talk to Kimberly to see how we can coparent from the distance. Perhaps she can live with me and start school here, then spend her holidays with Kimberly, or she can school there and spend her holidays with me,” Benne said and Harry nodded in understanding.

“Yeah. I think that’s the only way it can work due to the distance,” Harry said thoughtfully.

“I can also visit from time to time while she is over there. I wouldn’t want to wait months to see her,” Benne added and Harry nodded once again.

“That sounds fine. You seem to have given it a lot of thought,” Harry said, and Benne shrugged.

“I don’t think I had much of a choice. Celsie wants to be friends with Kimberly,” Benne said and Harry raised a brow.

“And why does it seem like you don’t want her to?” He asked, and Benne sighed.

“I don’t know. I just don’t want a repeat of the whole experience with Anita…”

“I don’t think there is any reason to worry. Both situations are very different. The stuff with Anita happened only because you weren’t honest from the beginning. Celsie would never have gotten close to Anita had you clearly told her your intentions from the onset or at least told her precisely that Anita was your ex. Celsie is going into this fully aware of who Kimberly is, and she doesn’t need to be told to be careful until she can tell if Kimberly is friend or foe. Both situations are not the same,” Harry stated confidently, and Benne pinched the bridge of his nose.

“I suppose you’re right…”

“Of course, I am. When have I ever been wrong?” Harry asked with a smug smile and Benne chuckled.

“I could list a couple…”

“I don’t want to hear them,” Harry cut in and Benne laughed.

“So, how do you feel about Bryan getting married?” Harry asked, and Benne raised a brow.

“What’s this? Therapy? You don’t have to worry about…”

“I’m not worried, just curious,” Harry corrected.

“Well, I never would have imagined that Bryan would get married before me or that I would be actively considering not getting married, but I’m fine. I had plans of finding a way to change Celsie’s heart about the whole marriage then, but then life threw me a curveball and now marriage is the least of my worries as I’m too busy trying not to lose her as my girlfriend. I’ve decided that I’m just going to take life as it comes,” Benne said dismissively before looking at Harry with interest.

“Enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What’s happening with you? How does it feel to be in a relationship?” Benne asked with a grin and Harry chuckled.

“I’m not sure. It’s all good I think,” Harry said since he didn’t feel like much had changed since he started dating Jade.

His love for Jade was a constant. And his thoughts of her were the same. The only difference was his growing desire to make love to her, and even though Benne was his best friend he could hardly tell him that he couldn’t wait to have his sister under him.

“And Sara?” Benne asked, and Harry shrugged.

“She’s awaiting the DNA test result to ascertain if Crystal is her daughter. I spoke with Bar. She has tried to arrange a meeting with the supposed head doctor at research institute, so I’ve arranged for someone to meet her. But I think she would be putting that on hold for the time being,” Harry explained and Benne raised a brow.

“Why?”

“Because she wouldn’t want to miss out on this opportunity to get a free lobe of healthy liver or the whole of it for that matter. If she’s anything like I think she is, she would want to get a transplant first,” Harry said and Benne mulled over it for a moment.

“The good thing is that either ways, she falls into our trap,” Benne said, and Harry nodded.

“I would rather she makes an attempt on illegally harvesting Crystal’s liver so she can be arrested. Duping her through the research institute scheme wouldn’t be good enough for me,” Harry said and Benne smiled.

“There are a lot of things we can do to her. And there is no reason we can’t make her do both,” Benne said confidently.

As though summoned by their discussion, Harry’s phone started ringing with a phone call from Sara and he raised a brow and showed Benne the caller’s identity.I think you should take a look at

“Speak of the plastic devil,” Benne muttered as Harry received the call.

“Hey, mom!” Harry greeted cheerfully and Benne scoffed.

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