Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

"I am not a young boy," Ben remarked before walking inside, leaving Tina behind.

"Hey, wait for me." She rushed behind him.

When he saw her running towards him, he frowned and slowed down his pace and waited for her to catch up.

"If not a young boy, what do you want me to call you?" Tina inquired.

When he did not say anything, she added, "Should I call you an old man then?"

Ben: " "

"Huh?" She slightly tilted her head and looked at him. "You don't like that either? What should I call you then?"

"You can call me Ben."

"Okay, Ben—" Tina smiled. "Did anyone tell you that you have a very cute name?"

Ben: " "

Awkwardly clearing his throat, he shook his head. "No."

"Oh—then let me say it," she remarked. "You have a very cute name."

The sudden unexpected complement made his ears turn red. Not wanting to get caught, he quickly looked away.

"T-Thanks—" he replied before walking away.

…..

[Rachael's Room]

After taking a short peaceful nap, Rachael and Andrew quickly freshened up to join everyone in the living room.

"Should we just go home?"

"I thought you wanted to stay here."

"Yes but—" She contemplated for a while before saying, "There are too many people in the house right now, I am worried you will feel uncomfortable."

"That is not a problem," he assured her. "Since we already told everyone we will stay for a few days, let's not change the plan."

Wrapping his arms around her waist, he added, "Since your aunt is here too, it will be nice if you spend more time with her."

Thinking for a while, Rachael agreed, "Okay, let's stay for a few days."

"Owen has already booked tickets for the trip." Andrew tucked a strand of hair behind her ears. "Do you still wanna go? We can cancel if you don't want to."

"Oh that trip, I almost forgot about it," she sighed. Owen's planned friends group trip almost slipped her mind.

"Hmm, we can cancel if—"

"No need to cancel," she interrupted him. "Owen sounded so excited when he was talking about it, let's not disappoint him."

"Well, a trip doesn't sound that bad." He grinned and pulled her closer. "You and me in London, the romantic weather—" He brushed his lips against hers. "The hotel room and—"

Before he could complete the sentence, she pressed her hands against his chest and pushed him away. "I have to go down—"

"Well—" he shrugged. "I will definitely not mind you going down. In fact, we can go down on each other."

Rachael frowned as she tried to figure out what he meant.

Seeing how clueless she looked, he threw his head back and chuckled. Giving her a peck on her lips, he let her go.

Rachael, who was still trying to process through his words, widened her eyes in shock when she finally understood the meaning behind it.

"Hey, that's not what I meant," she snapped.

"Really?" he raised his brows. "What did you mean then?"

"I was talking about going down for supper."

"Ahh that down," he exclaimed. "I thought you were talking about going down on me."

When she glared at him, he quickly apologized with a huge grin on his face. "Sorry, I misinterpreted your words."

Rachael rolled her eyes at him and was about to walk away when he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him.

Hugging her from behind, he kissed her earlobe and whispered, "I can't wait to go down on you." His hands around her waist slowly moved upwards. "I can't wait to claim every inch of your body Rachael."

When he caressed the side of her breasts, her breathing hitched. Her heart rammed against her chest and the butterflies in her stomach started fleeting in excitement.

"Is it over?" When she nodded, the smile on Andrew's face widened.

"Good." He pressed his lips on shoulders...but before he could make a move, a knock on the door ruined the moment.

When Rachael heard his irritated mumble, she chuckled, "It must be Tina or Emma to call us down."

Left with no other choice, he reluctantly let her go. "If people keep disturbing us like this, we should just go home."

Ignoring her grumpy husband, she quickly opened the door.

"Yo—" Tina stepped into the room as soon as the door opened.

Looking at Andrew who had a very gloomy and dark expression, she inquired, "I hope I didn't disturb you two."

"Yes."

"No"

Andrew and Rachael answered in unison.

"Oh—" Tina looked at them in confusion simultaneously. She wondered if she had interrupted some steamy session between the two of them. "I am sorry—"

"No you didn't disturb us—" Rachael glared at her husband who still had a scroll on his face. "We were just talking."

Andrew frowned and looked at his wife. They were not just talking, they were talking 'DIRTY'. He wanted to say it out loud but he controlled his emotions. He didn't want to go against his wife's words and sleep on the couch without her cuddles.

Awakdrly clearing her throat, Tina remarked, "Anyway, I came here to tell you both that Ben is waiting for Andrew downstairs and aunt Reeta is calling you both for dinner."

"Alright, we will come down soon."

Tina nodded and was about to leave when she remembered something else. "Oh—Joshua is here too, he was looking for you."

"Is he here already?" Rachael exclaimed. "Tell him I am coming."

After Tina left, Andrew changed into a fresh t-shirt which he had in the suitcase he had taken to Paris.

"Who is Joshua?" he curiously inquired.

"He is aunt's Roma's son," she answered. "We are of the same age and he stayed with us for almost ten years when he was schooling. We were very close at that time."

"He works in Russia," she added.

"What does he do there?"

"I don't know properly but I think he is some relief worker there," she replied.

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