Chapter 85 - I Am Not A Possession

Jasmine

I am not a possession

I turned around and stared into a pair of hazel eyes.

"Oh, hi." I said with my right hand on my chest. "Did I scare you just now?" Benjamin mused. His hands were behind his back.  "What are you hiding there?" I said as I pointed towards him.

"Mhh… nothing." Benjamin said flashing me a crooked smile. It still had the same effect on my as it did when I first met him. "Do you have a guilty conscious, seemingly I almost gave you a heart attack." He grinned.

I pouted my lips. "Stop teasing me." I said. Benjamin jokingly blew me an air kiss. "How was your day?" Benjamin questioned, still not showing me what it was he was hiding. "It was great actually!" I said gloating.

"I see you switched your high heels for sandals." Benjamin pouted. I felt guilty for doing so. "I was going to put them on before you came back home…" I muttered. "Ah.." He said as he drew closer to me. "Really…" I went on. "But I had not expected you back yet." I explained.

"Is that so?" He said as he tilted my chin up with one hand, while the other was still behind his back.  "Y-yes…" I breathed as he leaned in.

Our lips almost touched and then he stepped back. "What are you doing?" I frowned. Benjamin smiled in return. He showed my what he had behind his back. It was the most beautiful bouquet I had ever seen in my whole life. "The president made me bring this for you." He said.

"Geez… that is… I mean… It is incredible." I said baffled. The bouquet existed of the most beautiful wild flowers, with the brightest colors. "I hear you are picking up slang from my sister." Benjamin mocked me.

"What?" I said unsure of what he meant. "Geez…" He said imitating what I said before.

"Oh.. well.." I shrugged.

Benjamin came closer and snickered in my ear. The bouquet of flowers fell to the ground as his lips crashed into mine. He kissed me most passionately. I curled my fingers into his hair, to deepen our kiss.

"I love you so much." He breathed against my lips in between kisses. He made me get off the swing and pressed me against him.

Benjamin's hand dropped down to my waist caressing my butt. I shook my head, laughing at his wandering hand. "I am allowed to do that." He said confidently.

"Are you?" I must. "Yes." He said as he licked my cheek playfully. "Eww…" I said complaining.

"Eww??" He said gazing into my eyes. "You find my tongue eww?" He said flirtingly. I did not have a chance to reply because he licked my lower lip and then parted my mouth with his tongue.

He made my head spin.

"Good evening!" Saphira said approaching us. Lynn was behind her as well. Benjamin frowned at me, holding my gaze. He then pecked my lips once again before he spoke. "Hi ladies." He said referring to the both of them.

"Saphira came with us today." I said trying to lighten Benjamin's mood. "Mhh…" Was the only thing he said. "She picked out these for me." I said so he would be nice to her. It was not her fault that Sierra played a trick on her.

Benjamin was still quiet and so was Lynn.

"Are you staying over for dinner?" I asked Saphira.

Saphira glanced at Lynn. "That would be awesome!" Lynn said.

We all looked at Benjamin, but I could not really his mind.

"Maybe you should inform mother." I said to Lynn. "Yeah I will, she won't mind though. Mom always cooks for an orphanage any way."

"We could go swim tonight." Lynn offered. I looked at Benjamin. "Sure." He said. "But…" He said as he held out his index finger. "You and I do have to talked tonight."

"Okay." I agreed.

"I will go join Lynn and Saph inside." I said as I picked up my book. Benjamin took my free hand and pulled me towards him. "A kiss before you go then." He said with twinkles in his eyes.

I rolled my eyes at him. Benjamin wrapped his arms around me and kissed me verry, verry slow. "Okay, bye." I said as I fled from his arms.

"What a man…" I shrugged as we went inside. I immediately felt sorry I said that. I did not want to rib anything in to Saphira's face. I looked at Saphira and she smiled at me. "Don't worry." She said. "I said you and I could become great friends, so you can say whatever you look." Saphira said trying to comfort me.

"I don't want to make you feel bad in any way." I told her. "Don't hold back in my regard." She said. "And you are absolutely right of course." She flashed me a smile. "WHAT. A. GUY." She snickered.

"Yeah… He seems to be the possessive and bossy boyfriend at times." Lynn laughed out loud. "Husband you mean." Saph corrected her on my behalf. "Boyfriend husband… all the same." Lynn said raising her hands.

We had the most lovely dinner and were all changed in our swimming wear. I wore a full length bathing suit, complete with pants that reached my feet and sleeves, that covered my arms.

The others showed more skin. Lynn and Saphira looked beautiful, although I would never be comfortable wearing a bikini. Besides… My family back in Saudi would probably kill me, literally.

"Can I ask you a question?" Lynn asked as we entered the pool area outside. "Of course." I said to my sister in-law. "Aren't you like really hot in that?" She said slightly embarrassed.

"No, not all." I said. I took a dive into the pool and swam towards the cave. "Wow I can see a bubble bath in there." I said loudly to the Saphira and Lynn. "It is a jacuzzi really." Ben corrected me as he approached me.

"What are you wearing?" He frowned at me. "Even your hair is covered." He complaint. "Oh… I have a new bathing suit.." I said. "Do you like it?" I asked him a tat insecure now. I was normally really not the type that cared about I was wearing.

He did not say anything. "Ben?" I said again. "I love you." He said pulling me down under water. When we came up, Lynn and Saphira were in the cave as well.

"Do you like my bathing suit?" I asked Lynn. "You always look beautiful." She smiled at me. "Ben doesn't seem to like it." I said sulky. "I did not say that." He muttered.

"But you did not say you like it either." I accused him. "I adore you!" Benjamin said sheepishly. "Ï know that." I stated. "But…" I started to say.

"Do you or do you not like her bathing suit?" Saphira stood up for me.

Benjamin ran his hand through his hair.  He looked at her pleadingly, but she placed het hands on her hips. She wore a deep blue bikini and looked stunning.

"Come on now Saph." Benjamin said. They shared some sort of moment.

"I-" He began… "Jazz… it is not that I don't like your bathing suit, it doesn't really matter what you wear." He said turning around the point.

"It is just not what I am uses to." I admitted. "Bennnn!" Lynn yelled at her brother and smacked his head.

I felt tears well up in my eyes, but I tried to fight them back. 

"I think it is really normal that Jasmine is wearing the kind of bathing suit she is wearing right now. She comes from a highly religious country." She stood up for me again. "Thank you." I said to Saphira.

"It would be rather silly, if I was to where the type of bathing suit as You and Lynn were wearing, I have grew up differently." I said.

"Exactly." Was what Saphira said.

"I am going back inside." I said under my breath. "Jasmine… do be that way." Benjamin said walking after me. "I did not say I don't like it." He said raising his voice. "You did not have to say that, because I understood what you meant to say." I said bitterly.

"Yazz… Come back in the water!" He commanded!

"No." I shouted back.

Benjamin grumbled something under his breath that I did not catch. I got out of the pool and took a towel to dry me off.

"Jasmine!" He roared. "You are not the boss of me!" I told him. "I know I am not, but I am your husband." He stated.

"I know you are." I said as I walked in to the house. "But you told me we were equal!" I said as I took the elevator to the basement where our area was.

Benjamin took the stair behind me. The elevator opened and I sprinted towards my walk-in closet and locked the door. I heard Benjamin enter the main room.

"Jasmine!" He said in a small voice. He tried to open the door, but of course he did not succeed. I heard him sigh. "Open the door.." He slowly said.