"Don't go yet," I tugged him back in from his hand for another kiss.

"I have to," he grinned against my lips, already stepping out of my front door, "I'm already two hours behind schedule."

We had spent a very relaxing day together, before he now left in the late afternoon. After I had given him a full body massage and he had - to his best abilities - attempted to return it, we had gone on a long walk in the forest behind my house, followed by a few rounds of a much more energetic activity back in my bed.

I was only wearing a pair of panties and his dress shirt loosely fitting on my body with only a few buttons very carelessly buttoned to keep it somewhat closed.

Ben had had an overnight bag incase he had had to stay at a hotel on his way back from my house on Saturday, and was now wearing sweats and a tee shirt.

"You're the boss, can't you stay for one more day?" I pleaded, half jokingly, of course.

He chuckled and kissed me again, "you're cute, Sofia. I'll come back next weekend, if it's okay with you?"

I nodded, before cupping his jaw and kissing him much more passionately than before, "don't forget me."

Ben pulled away to laugh, "how could I ever? We need to start calling or FaceTiming daily, or whatever you like."

Still not letting go of his hand, I sighed and nodded, not feeling happy that he was leaving.

I knew that it was just four days until I'd see him next, but these few days with him had been the happiest I'd been in a long time. We had fixed our relationship, talked things through and confessed our love for one another. All I wanted to do was—

"I just want to tie you up in my bed and not let you leave," I had to tell him, giggling to myself.

His expression amused me more, his side already facing me as he was more than ready to leave, "next time."

My brows raised, calming down as I hadn't expected him to say that, "wait, really? Do you promise?"

Ben shook his head at himself, "I promise. I'm way too whipped, I need to go before I start promising anything else."

I squealed and kissed him again, "you won't regret it."

Once I pulled back I calmed down and just took him in. I could tell he was debating something in his mind, but had no idea what it was until he spoke.

"Come with me."

"What?"

He shrugged with a light grin, "come with me to the city. Stay at mine. I'll take you out on a date to that restaurant you like."

"How do you know which restaurant I like?" I was amused and confused at the same time, but had already mentally decided that I would go with him.

Since my weeks were mostly free and however much it was going against our agreement to go slow, I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible.

Ben reminded, "you had reserved a table for you and Tony that one time, but he cancelled. We went there and it wasn't half bad."

My eyes widened and brows raised in realisation, smiling as he had remembered and came to the correct conclusion.

"You in?" He grinned at the excitement I was showing, way too giddy for my own good right now.

"I need to change and pack," I told him, forcing myself to calm down as I continued to squeeze his hand in mine, "are you sure it's okay? You're already late and—"

"Doesn't matter. I'm the boss, remember?" He kissed me, taking a step to be fully inside my home again while closing the front door behind him.

I grinned and nodded, letting his hand go and instead cupping his face to kiss him some more.

Neither of us had planned it or meant for it to happen, but as the kiss became increasingly more passionate and steamy, we had ended up having a little more fun in my living room, truly unable to keep our hands away from each other.

After our third round of the day, I had somehow managed to pack all my necessities and some clothes quickly before we left, now four hours behind his schedule.

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"I need to go to a meeting," Ben spoke as soon as we'd entered his apartment.

"Seriously?" I almost whined, knowing that I had agreed to come here knowing that he had to work.

I watched as he placed our luggage in the entrance and closed to front door behind us. Then, I took a moment to look around and reminisce. I hadn't been here in so long, and it felt somewhat good to be back in his apartment and the city in general.

"Yes. You can join, if you'd like?" He turned to stand in front of me, flipping on a few lights to light up the spacious living area down the hallway, "you could come say hi, everyone misses you."

"Is the meeting about that woman who... you know.." I hesitated, not wanting to intrude on such a sensitive subject.

"Yeah..." he understood my stance on the subject, "you can come another day. I'll have my cook come in soon, he'll make you whatever you want. There's a gym and a hot tub you can get to through my bedroom, if you'd like."

I smiled warmly as Ben began listing things I could do at his apartment to keep busy while he was out.

"I haven't used it once, honestly, but there's also a small pool," he was carefully taking in my expression, trying to see if anything sparked my interest, before adding slowly, "or maybe you'd like to just watch a movie?"

"I think I'll just go see your father and maybe pop in at Tony's office as a surprise," I decided, reaching to take a hold of his hand, still smiling happily.

"He'd like that, I'm sure," Ben returned my smile with a nod, before being very obvious as he wondered, "Tony, huh?"

I giggled and shook my head, "he's my friend, you should know that by now. Besides, he might be my future boss as well, who knows."

"Right," his dark eyes sent the most pleasurable tingle down my body as they studied my features, "I should really go now."

"You should," I agreed, my smile softening along with my voice, "you don't want to keep them waiting."

"I don't," his voice seemed to trail off, not in any way indicating that he was going to move or go change from his sweats as he remained standing right in front of me, holding my hand.

"I really don't wanna go," Ben then breathed out and brushed a strand of my hair behind my ear, shaking his head to himself to ground himself.

My smile widened and I leaned up to kiss him, "I'll be here when you get back. I may even cook us something nice for dinner."

"The cook—" he began, but I cut him off with a shake of my head.

"I can handle it. I make the best pasta bolognese you'll ever have," I stated proudly, and a grin tugged at the sides of his lips.

"What about that date, though?" He reminded me, "we can cook together tomorrow evening."

"We can move the date for tomorrow, it's better if we stay in tonight," I leaned closer to brush my lips against his, lowering my voice and knowing exactly what I was doing to him.

I knew he had the meeting to get to and that the subject of it was very touchy, but I couldn't help myself. The pull I felt to Ben had only been growing since Saturday and I felt unable to keep my hands off him, which proved to be rather inconvenient during the car ride here.

"Yeah, okay..." he sounded very dazed and I grinned mischievously, loving the effect I had on him and how clearly it now showed.

"Shit, Sofia, I really need to leave. Like right now," he gathered himself and took a step away from me, both of us knowing he wouldn't be leaving any time soon if I would continue trying to seduce him.

"In sweatpants?" I nodded down at his attire, and he groaned in realisation.

Ben muttered a few curses and began making his way toward his bedroom after grabbing our baggages to take there as well.

Humming happily to myself I took my time following him, taking a minute to also find that everything looked the same as it had bee during my last time here.

I now felt like I had a stable base here with Ben in the city, feeling complete trust and love in him.

Me being giddy and in love right now could not have worked out any worse for him though, as once I'd reached his bedroom and found him in tight black boxers just having slipped a white dress shirt on, I had decided that the others would need to wait for him a bit longer.

"Hey," he chuckled, straightening the sleeves while the shirt's buttons remained very distractingly unbuttoned on his toned body.

Without another word, I began taking slow steps toward him. Ben's smile faded and movements halted the moment he realised what I was after.

"I'm so late, Sofia," he murmured quietly once I was standing right in front of him, my one hand shamelessly placing itself on his abdomen while the other toyed with the waistband of his boxers.

"Better make it quick and fast, then," I managed out, my voice barely above a whisper before I kissed him passionately, my intensions now more than clear.

Ben grumbled out something in disapproval, but his hands soon cupped my jaw as he kissed back with equal vigour and passion.