Chapter 930 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Once he helped her get into the car and fastened her seatbelt, he went around and got into the driver’s seat.

“I’m not as drunk as you all think, you know?” Celsie asked, and Benne nodded.

“Yeah. I can see that. I don’t think you’re drunk at all,” he said dryly as he started the car.

“Doesn’t this remind you of the first time we met?” Celsie asked as she turned in her seat so she could look at him as he drove.

“Every time you’re drunk I remember the first time we met,” Benne said and she giggled.

“Didn’t you just say you didn’t think I was drunk?” she asked with a yawn.

“I didn’t say you’re drunk right now either. I said every time you’re drunk I remember,” Benne said with a grin, and she giggled.

“I think alcohol makes me horny. We should make out. Perhaps we can have sex in the restroom of the club before leaving. Or maybe here in the parking lot,” Celsie suggested and Benne shook his head.

He couldn’t believe she hadn’t noticed he was driving already and they were out of the club’s premise.

“I’m taking you home to sleep this off,” Benne said when he turned to see her dozing.

“Benne?” Celsie called after he had driven in silence for some time.

“Yeah?” Benne called as he turned to spare her a quick glance to see if she was alright.

“Did you come with your extra clothes?” Celsie asked and he chuckled, amused that she was thinking of that even in her drunken state.

“Yes. My bag is in the backseat,” Benne said and Celsie yawned again.

“Good. I don’t think I can stop loving you and I really don’t want to either. So you should know that I love you whether or not Dawn turns out to be yours, and if she happens to be yours, I will love her even as I love you, so you shouldn’t worry about me and just be happy if it makes you happy,” Celsie promised before dozing off, leaving Benne speechless.

As Benne drove the remaining distance to Celsie’s apartment, he glanced at her from time to time still stunned by her drunken confession of love and support for him.

Her words kept replaying in his head and the more he thought about it the lighter he felt.

He had thought she had been overdoing it the previous day and was probably pretending to be okay when she wasn’t, but after hearing her say this in her drunken state he was more convinced now that she really wasn’t going to leave him over this, and for that he was both very relieved and grateful.

Although, as relieved and grateful as he was feeling, he wished she was sober so he could ask her a couple of questions. Like what she meant about loving Dawn as she loved him.

Did that mean she was going to be okay with playing an active role in Dawn’s life if she happened to be his daughter? If she was willing to do that by his side, then he didn’t think he could ask her for more. He could see she was already compromising and meeting him in the middle.

After he parked the car in front of Celsie’s place, he looked inside her handbag for the keys to her door as he decided to open the door first before getting her out of the car to make the process easier.

As he got out of the car and headed for her apartment to open the door, Alicia who was taking a stroll with Jasmine waved at him as they made their way towards him.

“Hello, Benne! It’s good to see you,” Jasmine greeted with a friendly smile.

“Been a while,” Alicia said and Benne smiled at them.

“Same here.”

“Well, if you’re here to see Celsie, you should know that she is not in. I saw her leave earlier with Sonia. She didn’t take her car,” Alicia informed Benne making him wonder why she would think he didn’t know about his own girlfriend’s movement.

“Yeah. I know,” Benne said, not bothering to add that Celsie was with him and was crashing in his car.

“By the way, I thought I saw you last night dropping off Celsie. That was you, right?” Alicia asked with a curious smile.

Benne shook his head inwardly, amazed by the fact that even at such a late hour Alicia had been up and had spotted him.

She seemed like the human security camera of the neighborhood monitoring everyone’s activities. He wasn’t sure he had ever met anyone as nosy as Alicia.

He had always thought that only lonely old folks in such neighborhoods did stuff like that and monitored people’s life, but now thanks to Alicia he was learning that it was probably a bad habit that grew on people like Alicia to their old age.

He was very glad he wasn’t a permanent resident of this neigborhood and had chosen to settle in a more reserved location, else he wasn’t sure how he would live with someone like her in his every day business.

If she wasn’t already on his good book before now for looking out for Celsie even if it had been at his expense, he would never let someone like her come close to him.

“Yeah, that was me…”

“Yeah. I figured. I saw the pictures in the newspaper. The anniversary party looked lit. Although, I sort of wish we got an invitation,” Alicia said with a wistful smile and a shrug.

“Please don’t mind her,” Jasmine said apologetically.

“By the way, the interview with Eric is on Tuesday, you know? Eric and I were wondering when you would send the questions…”

“Listen, I wish I could chat with you right now but I really need to get Celsie inside the house. Why don’t we talk about it later?” Benne cut in.

“Get her inside? Where is she?” Alicia asked as she looked in the direction of Benne’s car, and Jasmine shook her head.

“We are sorry for keeping you! We didn’t realize you were together,” Jasmine said apologetically as she took Alicia’s hand before she could ask Benne any more questions and pulled her away. Scolding her as they left.

Benne shook his head as he opened the door. He had no idea how someone like Jasmine had ended up with a person like Alicia, but they best explained the phrase, ‘opposites attract’.

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