Chapter 77 - Flirt

Jasmine

The air surrounding us seemed electric.

I well knew who she was. I heard Benjamin sigh. "This is Jasmine. My wife." Benjamin said to the girl, letting go of her hand. She still did not move.

Benjamin looked at me. His face was wet from crying. What had happened here?

"Your wife?" Her voice cracked.

"Yes." Benjamin said in a small voice. He was ticking me off. "Well we now all know who I am, but who are you?!" I tried to keep my voice as steady as I could manage. I learned from the master of course.

Benjamin looked at her and then looked back to me. "I am Saphira." She said. "His… I am his girlfriend." She said boldly. I was not going to let this get to me. I knew she was just trying to scare me off. Benjamin scaped his throat.

He stood up and distanced himself from her. Finally. "Habibie this is Saphira." He said as he walked up to me. "I have told you about her before." He said as he tried to smile at me. My jaw felt tight.

"We uhm… spend time together before you and I got married." He said as he reached for my face and held my gaze. Benjamin touched the tip of my nose and kissed my lips ever so softly. He looked at me and placed his mouth near my ear. "I did not know she was coming. I'm sorry." He whispered.

"I'm yours." He breathed in my ear.

"Saphira, it was good to see you again and to you talk about what happened." Benjamin said as he turned to her. He placed one hand on the small of my back. "I think we can both close that chapter of our life now." He told her.

"You can't really mean that?" Het voice was shaky. "You have just met her?!" Benjamin shook his head. "Actually, I know her longer than I do you." He simply said.

"Okay, I'll go." She sounded defeated. I almost felt sorry for her. "Ben?" She said as she turned around. "Mhh?" He murmured.

"We can just stay friends right?" She said with a smile. I looked at Benjamin. I did not really like the sound of this. "Sure we can." He smiled back. His eyes were still full of tears.

The girl left the room and I turned to look at him. I did not really know how to react to him. I just stood before him. "I'm sorry, I did not expect to see her and-" I broke him off.

"I know." I sighed.

"There is nothing between us, not anymore." He promised. "I know." I sighed again.

"How do you feel?" I asked trying to be understanding. "I don't know." He bit his lip. "Sierra lied." He said and I saw a bit of anger cross his face. "She told me that Saph… kissed someone else and send me a picture to let me think it was real." His voice was raw with emotion.

"Okay." I said really not knowing what else to say. "But the two of you had never kissed right?!" I verified.

I guessed that was why he just kissed me in front of her. He was making a statement.

Benjamin shook his head. "No." He promised me.

"Good." I said smiling.

I grabbed his blouse and tugged on his tie to come closer to me. Benjamin looked at me. I smiled and wiggled my eyebrows. He chuckled. "A little closer." I told him. "I can't reach." I said as I pouted my lips playfully.

He cocked his head to the side and smiled at me. Benjamin took my face in both hands and it felt like we went under water.

In between kisses I felt him smile against my lips. "Dinner is ready." I heard his mother say.

Seth and Adam were very sweet boys and Lynn seemed like a real sister. "Shall we watch a movie in our theatre tonight?" Lynn asked her brother full of hope.

Benjamin insisted on a horror movie and Lynn was all game. I on the other hand, was not so sure I had the stomach for this. We went to watch the movie in their home theater.

I sat down first and Benjamin came to sit right next to me. The smell of his cologne lingered in my nose. He sat so close I could almost touch him, but we did not.

"I'll probably need you bro." Lynn said smiling sheepishly, as she came to sit beside him.

When the young woman was being followed by a man who was planning to murder her, I saw that Lynn hid her face against her brothers arm. I could hear Ben laugh, as he wrapped his arm around her.

"You scared too?" He teased, gesturing for me to hide in his other arm. I raised one eyebrow and he just smirked at me. I really tried to convince myself this wasn't scaring me.

This was just a movie. It wasn't real. But then when the guy came to murder the woman with an axe in his hand, I put my hands before my eyes.

Okay, this was freaking me out. A lot.

"Come here you little coward." Benjamin said snickering, as he without consent, wrapped his other arm around me. He held me very close. I enjoyed the warmth of his embrace. He smelled really good.

When the woman was being slaughtered, Lynn ran out of their home theater. Lynn wasn't the only one that was scared. I pressed my face against his chest and Ben chuckled.

He wrapped his free arm around me as well, holding me tight. We stayed like that for a while. Would it be a bad idea if I took a quick peek at his face? I didn't like to see the tears in his eyes today.

Shoot… it definitely was… Because Benjamin stared right into my eyes. I flushed and quickly looked at the screen. My heart was racing. It felt like we just met.

"I love it when I catch you looking at me." He whispered in my ear. I felt a shiver down my spine.

"Do you know, that the butterflies you're feeling… in your stomach right now… are actually a stress response caused by adrenaline?"

I slowly turned my head towards him.

"How would you know what I'm feeling?" I teased him.

"Because your eyes keep flirting with my mind.." He said playfully.