After I finished my shift, I changed into one of my new pieces of lingerie, that Ben has yet to see; a black babydoll made of sheer chiffon that has an empire waist but still clings slightly to my curves. It has spaghetti straps; the cups are covered in an eyelash lace and the bikini panties that came with are the same sheer black chiffon and have a lace ruffle trim. I cover up Ben's surprise with the same black dress that I wore on our first date. It hugs my curves and leaves little to the imagination. I can't wait to surprise Ben with his present.
Once I make it through the first door of the tunnels, I speed walk the rest of the way because I am so desperate to see Ben and I want to tell him we're not having a baby, we're having babies. I sprint up the stairs and push the bookcase away from the wall. I begin to step out of the entranceway when my arm is yanked, and I find myself staring in Ben's eyes. They are darker. His usually chocolate brown eyes are almost black and filled with desire. He pins me against the wall with his exquisitely toned body and devours my mouth.
My bag drops to the floor as I let go of it so that I can wrap my arms around Ben's neck. I was expecting him to be excited to see me, but not this; a complete sneak attack. I'm breathless with the way he has captured my lips and is assaulting my mouth. He is hungry for me and I am starving for him. He cups his hands under my buttocks and I eagerly wrap my legs around his waist, allowing me to rub my sex against his swelling manhood. God, I've missed him. He releases my lips, places a kiss on my jaw and then latches onto my neck.
These last two days may as well have been two years. I've missed him so much; his kisses, his touches, his soothing presence. I will never be able to put into words how much he helps to center my life. I feel his tongue lave at the spot just below my ear and his teeth graze my earlobe. "God Ben, I've missed you." I can feel the sexy grin that is forming on his lips against my neck.
"I've missed you too. Can't you tell?" he states, then grinds his hips more firmly against my own.
My eyes fly open when he thrusts against me and I bite my lip to keep from screaming. I already feel like I'm a firecracker ready to go off and we haven't even taken our clothes off yet. It's then that I realize my surroundings and remember that we are in the living room of the DiMera mansion where anyone could walk in at any moment or be watching on the security cameras.
I unwrap my legs from around Ben's waist and he kisses my forehead and then touches his forehead to mine. "As much as I would love for you to take me right here against this wall, I don't want to be putting on a show for anyone and everyone who could walk in or be watching on the security system I know you have done wonders with."
"I'm sorry Ciara. You're right, anyone could have walked in on us. I just got a glimpse of you and I lost my damn mind."
"Well, it's not like I wasn't a VERY willing participant for a while. How about we take this over to the gatehouse."
"Actually, we can stay here. Stefan is still away and said we are welcome here while he is gone." He takes my hand and leads me up the stairs to the room we shared before. I can see the door is closed. He turns to face me and takes both of my hands in his. "Close your eyes."
I eagerly oblige. I hear him open the door and feel him kiss the back of each of my hands before he starts to lead me into the room. I have no idea what the room looks like, but it smells heavenly in here. I can pick up traces of jasmine, lavender, and roses.
"Open them."
When I open my eyes, I see that he has been very busy today. He has a gigantic vase of daisies, tulips, and roses sitting on the small table to the left of the door. The lights have been dimmed and he has a dozen or so candles lit that are sitting along the windowsill and the nightstands on both sides of the bed. And the bed…he's placed rose petals on top of the bed. I can't believe he did all of this for me. I feel my eyes begin to well up with tears, "Oh Ben."
"Ciara, why are you crying?" He steps closer to me and wipes away the tear that has managed to fall.
"I'm just so happy and surprised. You didn't have to do this all for me. This is too much."
He swoops down and places a chaste kiss upon my lips. "Nothing is too much, for the woman that I love. The woman that is carrying my child."
I know I should tell him now, that it's twins, but I wanted to tell him when I showed him our sonogram and I left my bag downstairs. I don't want to ruin this moment having to go down there to get it.
Ben gets down on one knee and then kisses my belly. "It's daddy little one. I love you and I love your momma too."
I just melt when I hear him say this and I feel a few more tears escape and fall down my cheeks.
He stands back up to his full height and holds my face between his hands, "You mean the world to me. I hope you know that."
He has made me so speechless the only response I can manage is to nod my head yes.
Ben brushes his lips over my own his kiss is almost hesitant, and his lips move slowly over mine. A low moan comes from my throat when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down my jaw, my neck, and along my collarbone. I urgently search for the buttons on his shirt and struggle to get them open with my impatient fingers. I need to feel his skin pressed against my own. "Ben, I need you so much."
Being the gentleman that he is he begins with the buttons at the bottom and we meet in the middle. My hands shakily remove the last button from its hole and I heedlessly toss it on the floor. I run my hands down his chest lightly grazing his skin with my nails. I raise up on my toes and blaze my own trail of kisses up his shoulder and down his torso, stopping at his flat nipples teasing one with my thumb while licking and sucking on the other.
The low guttural groan I elicit from him pulls at my insides and completely drenches my panties. He encircles my waist with his hands and pulls me flush against him. I can feel his needy erection pushing at my core as he begins to pull at the hem of my dress, bunching it up bit by bit until he reaches my hips and then pulls it completely up and off of my body. He steps back to take in the sight of me and I swear his eyes become even darker, like obsidian. "You take my breath away," and steps back toward me.
He sweeps me up into his arms carrying me over to the bed as if I were made of glass. As he lays me down on the bed, I can see in his eyes an extra sparkle from the candles dancing and reflecting in them.
One of his hands tangles in my hair and moves down my face then sweeps over my neck, and along my collarbone and finally rests on my breast. I feel his thumb graze over my left nipple and I can't help but moan at how good it feels.
He lowers himself on me and I raise my leg against him. He kisses my neck and then moves his lips lower until he's at the straps of the babydoll I'm wearing. When he takes the strap in his teeth and gently brings it down my shoulder, I give a breathy sigh and I feel like my whole body has a raging fire running through it. He does the same with the other strap and I begin to think that if he doesn't touch me soon, I will die.
"Ben, I need you to touch me, please."
He laughs at me, "Patience is a virtue, babe."
I give him a look of sheer disbelief as I wrestle with his belt, "Yeah, well waiting sucks."
A chuckle bubbles up from deep in him and he flashes me the sexiest grin while he steps out of his pants. How my panties didn't melt off of my body I have no idea. "You do make an excellent point."
He takes both of his hands and slides up my legs, starting at the calves and runs them all the way up the back of my thighs and under my negligée to cup my ass, bringing my center to his mouth. He licks my mound through my panties, and I whimper because it feels amazing. He sucks on my clit through the fabric and I buck my hips up meeting his ravenous mouth.
A tiny explosion rolls through my body and suddenly the feel of my nightie is too constricting. Ben must read my mind because he tugs at the hem and pulls it off of me. The kiss of cold air is refreshing on my feverish skin.
"Do you think pretending to fight earlier is why we are so hot for each other right now?" He asks this after he has returned to my waist and starts placing wet kisses up my abdomen, swirls his tongue around my belly button and then nibbles at the skin right above it. He hooks his thumbs into the strings of my panties and rids me of the last of my clothing.
I chuckle.
He sits upon his haunches to look at me, "What?"
"When we were doing that, I was wondering about that too," I pause to catch my breath, "I was surprised at how pretending to fight with you was such a turn on." I breath in deeply, "The conclusion I came to was that I think hanging wallpaper with you would be a turn on."
He laughs deeply, "Oh yeah."
"Yeah."
He hovers above my prone body and I take this opportunity to rid him of his boxer briefs. He chucks them somewhere behind him. I stare at his nakedness and now it is my turn to be breathless. I think he is the only man on this planet that I would use the word beautiful to describe him. He truly is a sight to behold. His arms are well-muscled but not to the point of being bulky. His toned abdomen is a reoccurring wet dream for me along with that V line. A girl could get lost for days exploring that followed by his lean hips and strong thighs. It's sometimes hard for me to believe that he is all mine and that he has chosen me to lavish his attention upon.
He begins pressing kisses against my abdomen once again and then journeys lower again.
"Ben," I sigh.
His mouth moves lower still. His lips feast on my inner thighs and then he slides down to my knee.
Never in a million years did I think that the back of my knee would be an erogenous zone, but when he swirls his tongue there, I almost completely jump off of the bed.
"Ohmygod, Ben, please…"
He rises above me and positions himself. I feel him slowly start to enter me and I welcome him fully. My entire body arcs off the bed when I climax, but I want more. I push against his chest, wrestling with him and demand, "Get on your back, now."
Ben does what I ask, and I immediately straddle his hips. I move my body backward until I feel his length pushing at my bottom. I sit up and position myself directly over the ripe head of his cock and take him deeply into my damp folds. He meets me eagerly thrusting his hips against my own. He sits up while I ride him again and again. Ben palms my ass with one hand and firmly grasps onto my hip with the other. I clutch at his back to keep my balance. He teases my nipples by licking and sucking at them. He grazes his teeth over the right nipple. I feel my core begin to convulse and I explode again. This time he joins me. If there is anyone inside the house or remotely close to it I'm certain they heard me scream as I came. I collapse on top of him and lay there for a few moments while he is still inside of me.
My brain is complete mush and it takes several minutes for me to be able to string words into a logical order and form a sentence. "That was…amazing." I take a few more moments and then I roll off of him and lay their speechless next to him.
Ben rolls onto his side facing me and I shadow his action. He takes my cheek into his right hand and leans in to kiss the tip of my nose. He then trails his hand down my side and caresses my abdomen before stopping to rest his hand on my hip. "You're incredible. You know that. Absolutely incredible."
His hand on my belly reminds me I need to tell him about our babies, but I have no energy to go downstairs to get my bag.
"Benny Boo…"
He scrunches his face causing his eyes to squint and I can tell he is fighting to stop a small grin from forming on his face. "Yes, babe…"
"Will you be a dear and go downstairs to grab my bag. I want to show you our sonogram."
His face lights up at the mention of seeing the sonogram and he hastily exits the bed to find where he threw his boxer briefs slip into them and slide his pants back on. "Where did you leave it?"
"I dropped it by the bookcase when you surprised me with that sneak attack. And don't even think about peeking Ben Weston. I want to see your face when I show it to you."
He turns to me and makes an 'X' over his heart with his right index finger and rushes out the door.
I snuggle into the pillow more firmly and try to keep from bursting because of the excitement I feel that I am about the tell Ben about our babies.
