Chapter 934 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Last night was crazy by the way,” Benne said as he pulled away to look into her face.

He grinned when he saw the blush that stole up her face, “How much of it do you remember?” He asked, and she shrugged.

“Enough to know I wasn’t drunk enough,” Celsie said, and Benne chuckled.

“And do you remember dancing on the stage at the club?” Benne asked, and she winced.

“I wish I didn’t. I remember doing that but I can’t recall the dance moves,” Celsie said, and Benne shook his head.

“Why did you do that? It’s unlike you,” Benne said and she sighed.

“Jade almost always complains about how uptight I am. It’s not in my nature to be as carefree as they are. I guess I just wanted to have fun with the girls and show them I could be fun to hang around with as well,” Celsie said with a shrug.

Benne wasn’t sure if she realized how sad that sounded.

“You don’t have to try so hard to fit in. I think you should be yourself and they should learn to accept you the way you are. Everyone can’t be wild and careless,” Benne said, and she raised a brow.

“You also think I’m uptight and need to loosen up. You insinuated it the other time in the car,” Celsie pointed out.

“No! I’ve never referred to you as uptight. You’re far from uptight. Cautious was the word I used (

“Well, if I’m to take the advise you just gave I can choose to remain cautious and you can accept me the way I am, right?” Celsie asked, and Benne smiled.

“I already accepted you the way you are. However, accepting you the way you are doesn’t mean I can’t ask you to improve on certain areas that affect our relationship, does it? I only suggested you work on your communication skills. I promised to do the same as well, remember?” Benne pointed out reasonably.

“Well, maybe being more carefree is also a way to improve my friendship with Jade and the others,” Celsie said, and Benne shrugged.

“That’s your choice. Just don’t do anything you’d be embarrassed about just because you want to impress them,” Benne advised.

“Were you embarrassed by my actions?” Celsie asked, realizing she had not thought of that aspect.

Benne chuckled, “Was I supposed to be embarrassed that you announced to everyone that I’m your boyfriend and you love me?” Benne asked and she closed her eyes.

She had forgotten making that announcement.

“I’m never going back to that club. Ever,” Celsie said, and Benne laughed softly as he caressed her cheeks as though to get rid of her blush.

“Do you know the difference between now and the last time you brought me here?” Celsie asked, an hour later as they got into Benne’s car after she had been discharged.

“Tell me,” Benne said as he started the car, and she scowled at him.

“You’re taking me home yourself. You didn’t abandon me like you did the last time,” Celsie said as she fastened her seatbelt and Benne looked at her incredulously.

“Damn it, Celsie! You didn’t have to remind me that I was such a lowlife jerk,” Benne said, and she giggled.

“I couldn’t help it. Sorry. This was definitely not how I envisioned spending our first morning together in my apartment,” Celsie said, smoothly changing the subject.

“Well, it’s barely seven yet. We can just return to bed and wake up like nothing happened,” Benne assured her.

“Maybe. So, what’s your plan for the day?” Celsie asked with interest.

“I will be hanging out with Harry. It’s been a while we chilled together. And hopefully I can take you out on a date tonight,” Benne said, thinking about Bryan’s surprise engagement party.

“Oh, a date?” Celsie asked with a surprised smile.

“Yeah. Nothing very fancy though. When are you meeting with Jamal for your date?” Benne asked, and she shrugged.

“I’m going over to pick him up by noon,” Celsie said and Benne nodded.

“That’s fine then. We can spend the rest of the morning together and then you can drop me off at Harry’s and pick me up when you come back with Jamal. Is that okay?” Benne asked, and Celsie flashed him a smile.

“It’s perfect!”

They drove in silence for a while as Benne thought about Celsie’s slip earlier.

He was sort of curious to know what had prompted her to make the statement she had made earlier about how he could stand seeing her in labor pain.

Was he reading too much meaning to her slip up or was she perhaps rethinking her decisions and ready to change her mind?

He also wanted to know if she remembered and had meant what she said in the car about sticking with him whether or not Dawn was his and loving Dawn as she loved him if she turned out to be his.

“By the way, I told my parents about Dawn before they left,” Benne said, wondering if she would be okay to talk about it since she had said they put it aside until they saw the result.

“You did? I thought you were going to wait until we got the results,” Celsie said as she adjusted in her seat to look at him.

“I figured it was best I tell them in person before they leave. You know how they are, if I tell them about it over the phone later they might want to fly down again, and I don’t want them to,” Benne said and Celsie smiled.

That was something both their parents had in common. Traveling on a whim the moment they received any news whether or not you wanted them to.

“I see. So? How did they take it? I bet Evelyn was happy,” Celsie said, and Benne shook his head.

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