For His Pleasure

67

"I love you, you know that?" He enveloped me in his strong arms and held me against his firm front in a warm hug, making me feel so content and complete.

"Ben," I began, unsure of how to tell him this, "I don't know if this is too soon, but because we agreed that once this was over we would start on our future, I haven't taken my pill today yet."

Something flashed in his eyes after he had pulled back, but he gave no further reaction, making me feel a little awkward and as if I was rushing this. There was still Winston and a lot of paperwork to take care of, as well as other practical matters with Tony, but on the most important level this was all over now.

"There's still a few days of protection, and of course I can still take it today incase it's too fast—" I continued, starting to feel bad about my choice with his lack of response.

"Wait, I have something for you," he gave me a quick grin before abruptly leaving the room.

I sighed and sat back down onto the chair of my vanity, confused and tired, and now slightly embarrassed.

Ben returned less than a minute later with a piece of paper, seeming very proud of himself and excited. I turned on my seat to face him, when he surprised me by kneeling down in front of me.

"Sofia, I love you," he began, and I grew more confused. It looked as if he was proposing, but instead of a ring he had a paper. This would look quite amusing to an outsider, as I was very ready for bed with pyjamas on, while he was still in his suit pants and dress shirt, looking nothing short of the sinfully sexy Don that he was.

"You surprise me daily. You make me want to grow and be a better person," Ben continued, watching my confused expression with a growing genuine smile, yet I began to feel like he was playing a joke on me, "I want to share my life and everything in this world with you, I couldn't picture myself ever loving anyone else the way I do you."

"Ben..." His words were beautiful and touching, but I had to see what was on the paper.

"I will burn every man who has ever touched you-"

"Don't be dramatic," I had to laugh, and he joined in.

"Sorry, I'm just excited," he grinned and glanced down at the paper in his hands.

"About what?" I inquired, trying to peek and see what was written on it.

"I know this clashes with your weird housewife kink," he gave me a cheeky wink and handed the paper to me, "but I want you to be copartner in Capra Corp."

My eyes widened and I took in the paper, the gorgeous man still kneeling in front of me. He was being serious. The paper had the first page of a document, signing half of Capra Corp's ownership to me. It had been drawn up and signed by Ben over a month ago, before all the drama with Winston and Tony started.

Ben was seriously asking me to run the business and the world with him.

"You're intelligent and I have the utmost respect for you. I trust you," he placed a hand on my thigh, voice growing more low and meaningful now, "what do you think, love?"

"Yes, of course. I'm honoured," I had to let out a laugh, so taken aback, "this is- wow, I wasn't expecting this at all. Is this your way of proposing to me?"

I was still taking in the paper, too focused on it to pay attempting to Ben shifting a little.

"No," he cleared his throat, "this is."

My smile faded when I looked up from the paper, only to find him holding a ring in his free hand.

"Oh, Lord..." I breathed out shakily, staring at him as tears clouded my vision. I blinked and a few of them fell out, my hand quick to wipe them away.

I felt overwhelming adoration to this man, and him kneeling in front of me with a ring in his hand and that look in his eyes made my heart burst with love.

"Sofia, will you marry me?"

I lunged at him, arms wrapping around his neck as he stumbled back a little, chuckling as he caught his balance and hugged me back.

"Careful, it's my mother's ring," he kissed the side of my head as I squeezed the life out of him, "it's a yes or a no, baby."

"Yes, yes," I repeated hastily, pulling back to cup his jaw and kiss him passionately. I felt him smile against my lips, before kissing me back and pulling me more against him with his free hand as the other still held the ring.

"I never thought this would happen to me," Ben admitted after a moment, both of us now sitting on the floor as I took in the ring that he had placed on my finger, "and I can't believe it's with you."

I took his hand in mine and squeezed it, offering him a loving smile. His eyes were filled with emotion, as he now looked down at the ring.

"I was crazy about you from the first time I saw you," he began, a small laugh leaving his lips, "and I think I fell in love with you two minutes later, when you called me an asshole and stormed out of my office."

"You really were an asshole," I giggled at the memory, bringing his hand to me and giving his knuckles a gentle kiss, "but a very sexy asshole."

"I've been an asshole to you a lot," his dark gaze met mine again, "I'll spend the rest of our lives making up for it."

"Honey," I awed and brought a hand up to cup his jaw, my thumb brushing over his cheek softly, "that's all in the past now."

Ben offered me such a pure smile it made my heart ache.

"How about that baby then, huh?" he joked to change the subject, smile morphing into a suggestive grin.

I laughed and leaned over to kiss him again.

"I need to check when I'm ovulating, but I guess we could start practicing now..." I grinned against his lips.

His hand cupped the back of my neck to hold me to him, and the kiss turned increasingly fervent and needy.

I wasn't sure if we were going to make it to the bedroom, even as it was adjoined to the wardrobe we were still in.