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Beatrice threw her hair into a messy bun as she walked into the kitchen, she sighed staring at how lovely the kitchen was, and right now, what she was thinking about is how to make her next move.

With her current job as a secretary, she can't keep up with that amount of money to pay for house rent, and again her pride won't let her ask anyone for money to help except her parents, and she wants to avoid bothering them too.

She plodded tiredly to the fridge in the kitchen and wanted to have a soda drink and got disappointed with herself when she opened the door of the fridge and couldn't find any drinks inside the fridge, just bottled water.

'I need to make time and go to the grocery store,' She frowned inwardly, she had been telling herself that for like two weeks now without taking a step to the grocery store and now all her foodstuffs had completely gone dry.

'I guess I will go for water instead,' She thought and grabbed a bottle of water, she opened the lid and gulped down the cold water which gave her a tingling sensation down her throat, but a cold drink would have been much better for her.

When she was done drinking the water to half of the bottle, she went back to the living room to continue eating the pizza she bought on her way home from work.

Beatrice sat on her cushioned chair and stared at the television, she couldn't even make out what was happening in the show she was watching.

'What if I sell my car to get more money?' She thought, dragging her gaze from the television and wanting to do more thinking.

The idea of her selling her car which was still being fixed at the auto mechanic shop got her irritated and agitated.

Beatrice scrunched up her face, maybe she should search for another home with less amount of money.

She sighed, rubbing her temple with her fingers and breathed out then stared at her dog which sat in the space next to hers while its eyes were glued to the television.

'I'll look for another realtor and sort out things tomorrow,' She thought, and decided to keep her brain at rest and don't stress anything.

She glanced at her cute dog and stretched her left hand to it and stroked its fur gently, Cody turned its face immediately to Beatrice when he felt her hand on him and stick out its tongue at her and Beatrice smiled warmly.

"Everything will be fine!" She muttered to her dog and took the box of pizza on the table and placed it on her knees.

Cody barked at Beatrice, and she laughed at her dog, ruffling its fur with her hands.

Ben just walked out from his luxurious bathroom in his room and started striding to his big-sized master's bed, he had a loose towel tied around his torso and another small towel hanging on his shoulder before he used the end of the small white towel to dry off his damp and tousled hair.

When he was done drying off his jet-black hair, Ben tossed the small white towel on the edge of his bed and minced his way towards his walk-in closet to get his pajamas.

Ben lived alone in his duplex home, he did most things by himself, cleaning, cooking, laundry, and the rest, his mother had talked to him several times to get a maid even though it won't be a female that should assist him when he's always busy at home, but he refused.

Ben just finished buttoning his night dress, he walked back to his bed with his big towel in his arm and grabbed the small towel he had flung on the bed earlier.

He walked to the bathroom to spread his towels before he came out.

Standing in front of his master-sized bed, he wished Beatrice were there with him, he wished he could get to her to be in his bed with her naked, but that's very soon and there's nothing she'll do this time to get out of the trap he has set for her.

If there's one thing he is sure about Beatrice is that she would never want herself to be in debt with anyone and when she finds out, he cleared her rent she'd do anything to out of being in debt with him and that's where he'll come into her skin.

'I honestly can't wait for tomorrow,' He thought to himself as he gave a slight chuckle and jumped on his bed.

Ben laid on his back staring at the ceiling in his room, he smirked and then clapped his hands.

Suddenly, the LED lights came on, and the ceiling showed different shades of color and slow sensual music began to play in his room.

Ben hummed along with the song, then he decided to text Beatrice, He turned on his side and grabbed his phone from the chest beside his bed.

He scrolled through the app on his phone and mistakenly clicked on his gallery app instead of the iMessage icon, and he was stunned.

It was funny how he had taken numerous unaware pictures of Beatrice while she worked in his office.

He chuckled slightly, staring at one of the pictures where Beatrice was pouting, she looked so cute, and he decided to make the picture his wallpaper.

Ben stared at other pictures of Beatrice he had taken.

'She's so beautiful,' He thought to himself and smiled.

'It's just a matter of time, Beatrice, I will make you fall head over heels for me,' He smirked.

He scrolled for the next pictures for her and smiled at how she looked so good there, she was having a presentation discussion when they were having meetings with other executive directors.

Ben exited the gallery app and clicked on his iMessage app and searched for Beatrice's name.

'Hey!' He pressed his lips together and sent the message, he breathed out and placed his phone on his chest, waiting for Beatrice's reply.

He stared at the ceiling and not long enough his phone buzzed he grinned and quickly checked the message, but then his smile faded, and he rolled his eyes.

This girl is just stubborn as a rock.

'What is it?'