Chapter 22.
'Wasn't Matt overseer at Killarney before he left?', Jaz asked, when he drove her to the Killarney cottage. Ben mumbled something, not sure if that indeed was the fact. He didn't know Matt, but maybe Jaz had heard some more info from Jodi.
She stared out of the Ute window, seeing the dark sky above them. Ben quickly glanced towards her. 'Okay, are you still mad at me?'
'No, why would I?', she spoke, not looking at him, but absent mindedly still staring to talus that quickly passed by.
'Well dunno, because I wanted to leave right away and all …', he mumbled.
She stayed quiet and saw them drive upon the entrance road towards the cottage only minutes later. He grinned shortly, convinced he would get her out of her thoughts, and would turn her in a great mood. As a true gentleman Ben had quickly moved over to her side of the Ute and opened the door for her. ' My lady?', he cheeky spoke.
Jaz rolled her eyes, a smile on her face and took in a deep breath, feeling how he guided her along with him to the cottage. 'God Ben, you really need to clean this place', she stated as she looked through the hallway and didn't even dare to think of how the kitchen must look like.
Ben scratched the back of his head; 'yeah okay Princess, I know, I will, my bedroom isn't that bad'. He flashed his big brown eyes suggestively towards her, wrapping his arms around her small waist. She chuckled and he saw her light eyes gaze up to him, amused bit touched.
' I guess there's no other option than'.
A moment later he bounced on the bed, wrapping his hands behind his head, resting on his pillow. His legs crossed, still his old boots on his feet. With a grin Ben watched his girlfriend place down her belonging and pull a strain of blonde her behind her ear, as the pig tails mostly held the rest of her hair together. ' So come on, join me!', he spoke impatiently.
' Yeah, yeah', Jaz replied, kicking of her shoes, climbing upon the bed and feeling his arm reach out for her quickly. It made her snuggle up against his side, and shortly she had lifted her head to give him a smile, her hand claiming his chest. ' So what now?', she asked, licking her lips.
' I can think of some options', he grinned widely, staring at the ceiling. Ben sense how her hand now slapped him softly, making him grin even more.
'Was it just me, or was dinner really weird?', Jaz now spoke, tugging at a button of his shirt.
'Like I told you, Jodi and Matt wanted to be alone, dunno what's up Marcus' sleeve, and …', he breathed in deeply; ' Stevie is trying to deal with life.' Saying it out loud made him affect more than he wished for.
' It must be hard for her to see Jodi and Matt like that; they're gonna have that perfect family she and Alex wished for', Jaz softly spoke, still fascinated with the buttons on his shirt.
' I wish I could help her more you know', he breathed out, and slowly turned his head towards her. Jaz looked up and saw his soft caring brown eyes. Even though Ben could be a pain in the ass, he had one big good heart and she instantly felt bad for him. Not to forget the feeling of love boiling up inside of her. She turned a bit more on her side, and reached her hand up to softly touch his face.
' You're doing the best you can. She knows you're there for her, when she needs you', she took a small breath, cuddling closer; 'she needs to do this on her own.' Jaz continued; 'maybe with some help from a man, but not in a cousin kind of way, if you know what I mean.' She wiggled her eyebrows softly and a gentle smile tugged at the corners of his lips, his mind wandering though as his brown eyes stared up at the ceiling again.
Somehow Ben doubted that man was Russ.
