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It hit Benton at dinner. It was like hitting an immovable object. A brick wall came to his mind, but it was even more than that. He was reeling from the idea that had hit him.
He was in love with Kelly.
Kelly was everything that he had wanted in a partner, and he didn’t even know it. She had put herself through hell trying to be able to talk to him, but he knew that wasn’t an issue. He found that everything about him changed when he was with her. He was calmer. He was lighter. He could think better. She was the reason he had been able to get things done quicker and better than before. He was even more caring about the fact he was not the best of bosses before she arrived.
He was trying. Benton looked at her and realized that all at the same time. His head hurt now. He knew he was attracted to the small woman before him. It had never been a driving need to have a woman in his life, he had thought. Then she arrived, and he wanted h
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Kelly looked around the darkened space. It was clean and perfect to describe his personality. Uncluttered and almost empty. He turned on the light, and she then saw why it was so dark. He had curtains on the long windows that were black and blocked out any light from outside. She knew that her room also had curtains, but they were not like this. He watched her as she looked around. He had a sofa that was made for two people in the middle of the open room. He went over, and the tv lowered from the ceiling. She watched as it did. He sat down and knew she would follow in a moment. “What would you like to watch?” he asked. Even to his own ears, his voice had changed. It was lower than normal. Though he was trying to balance himself, he couldn’t really hide right now. He had meant what he said. He had never allowed anyone in the room they were in. This was his. His space. His place that he could let the rest of the world fade away. Sh
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Benton had no idea what was going on, but he waited there as she just looked at him. There was so much in her eyes that was going on. He could see the tears starting to build up in the orbs that normally had so much life in them. Her breathing also changed. It was short and forced. She didn’t want to look at him. She was trying to force her eyes everywhere. “Kelly?” he asked softly. “It hurts.” She said even softer. “What does?” he asked, thinking that he somehow hurt her. He hadn’t thought about it, but he didn’t know if she had any pain throughout her body that could be set off through touch. He was sinking in his own doubt. This was not what he wanted. Just a taste. A simple taste of her to help ease the dull ache throughout his own body. Never to hurt her. “He cheated on me,” Kelly said. “What?” Benton asked, surprised. “Derrick. Derrick cheated on me, and then he tried to play it off. He was fri
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She was exhausted. Her head hurt in a way it had never hurt before. She closed her eyes, and she could see everything in front of her. Every memory was fighting with another to get there to the front of her mind. It was like fighting with herself in a way that she had never done before. Everything was just flashing, and then it would fade, and then it would flash again. The memories just flooded her mind, and it was extremely painful at the exact same time that she was trying to figure everything out and where everything was fitted together. Nothing was easy right now for her the pounding her head what is even more than the physical pain that she had sustained from falling down the mountainside. All she could do was closed her eyes to block out everything that was around her. All she could really hear was the sound of his heartbeat against her ear. It was slow and steady, and he just kept his hands on her back. It was the only thing that was let
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She was exhausted. Her head hurt in a way it had never hurt before. She closed her eyes, and she could see everything in front of her. Every memory was fighting with another to get there to the front of her mind. It was like fighting with herself in a way that she had never done before. Everything was just flashing, and then it would fade, and then it would flash again. The memories just flooded her mind, and it was extremely painful at the exact same time that she was trying to figure everything out and where everything was fitted together. Nothing was easy right now for her the pounding her head was even more than the physical pain that she had sustained from falling down the mountainside. All she could do was closed her eyes to block out everything that was around her. All she could really hear was the sound of his heartbeat against her ear. It was slow and steady, and he just kept his hands on her back. It was the only thing that was letting
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Benton woke up with a start as he felt the shirt he was wearing moving slightly. It was also wet. It took him a minute to realize he was on the couch and not in his bed and that there was another person there by his side. She was making noises that he couldn’t hear properly. He shifted slightly, and then he knew she was asleep. She was also trapped in a nightmare. “Kelly?” he asked quietly. Then he tried to wake her gently. He was trying as hard as he could to get her to wake up. Her sounds were getting worse. He then shook her a little harder, and she gasped. “Kelly, wake up.” “I’m, I’m awake.” She said as she tried to find her voice. He saw her face into the darkness and knew she had been crying in her sleep. “It’s okay. You’re here with me. Sweetheart, you are safe.” He said softly, rubbing her back as she sat up. “Benton, it hurts.” She said as she rubbed her head a bit more. She was not even trying to hide the tears
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“Does the why matter?” he asked as he looked at her. “Yes it does.” She said as she lifted her head to look at him. “Alright. Then let me tell you a few things that you don’t know about us.” Benton said as he looked into her eyes. “My great grandfather is the one who began the family company. He is the one who made the most money before I took over. He grew it from nothing to what you see here. When his son took over they were still new money and were looked down on. So my grandfather was forced to marry my grandmother because she was raised in the right circles, as my mother would say. My grandfather was distant and then when they had kids, they had to marry from my grandmothers circles not my grandfathers. Everything was a transaction between them. My Father had to do the same. He was forced to marry my mother and then have children. He was never happy if she was around, and I am not sure my mother has ever been a happy a day in her life unless she w
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The silence in the room was deafening to the couple in the wide space. The night had closed around them and the medicine he had given her must have been easing her pain in her head because she didn’t seem like she was in pain. The confession he had just laid at her feet was something that he never had thought he would say out loud. They didn’t know all that much about her family. He had only gone because he was trying to see what type of people would do something like that when they knew for a fact that their daughter was alive but in a safe place. The police also were concerned with the way that things were happening. There was too much going on with the missing fishing boat and then the fact of finding of the woman miles away and very injured. Benton had been in contact with them the entire time. Even Kelly had been in touch with them and had talked to them over the pho
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Benton could feel the change around them. He had been open with her and she was seeing things a little more clearly. Things like all things were starting to be clearer for her. As well. She moved a little bit to be closer to him as they were lying on the couch under the comforter still. Though the couch was the size of a small twin bed it was enough for both of them to be there together without having to be pressed up against each other. Though it seemed more comfortable that way. She surprised him as she leaned down a bit as she moved herself forward and then she found his mouth. As soon as her soft sweet lips pressed against his he didn’t think that he would ever find something that tasted so good. His hand went from her back to her head and laced his fingers through her hair being gentle knowing that she still had bruises there. The kiss grew as she got closer to him, and he could feel her body pressed into his more. Their mouths danced together and then he tried
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