Love'n'Lust

"Guys, what do think about a guy named Ben." Belle asked as she looked at the man's bio on her phone. She just newly downloaded an app named sex mate, where she could meet a random person to hook up with.

She was new in city S and was staying with her cousin and her roommate, who just discovered she was a virgin and suggested the app for hook ups.

It was Belle's choice to remain a virgin all this while, but now she didn't find it such a good choice anymore, especially since she knew her cousin wasn't.

They both used to live with their grandma who believed strongly in abstinence till marriage but Belle was older now, she knew she didn't want to be a virgin anymore

In their small town, where she used to live alone with her grandma after her cousin left for the city, she knew many of the boys and men weren't keeping themselves so why did she have to.

"Ben what?" Brie, her cousin asked applying lotion to her body even though she was about to go to sleep.

"Just Ben." Belle replied.

"But you did read his bio, is he the kinda man you would wanna have sex with?" Cherry, Brie's roommate asked.

"I don't know, there isn't much on his profile."

"There isn't much on your profile either, just pick any of them and fix a date." Her cousin urged, getting into the big bed they all shared.

"And pick a date before Monday, you have to go to that media office, you applied for internship, remember?" Cherry added.

"Alright alright, I'll pick Ben, he seems okay." Belle said tapping the green button which meant accept.

"I'm going to sleep." Brie announced yawning, while cherry just sat there scrolling through her phone.

"How do I know he's online?" Belle asked again, referring the question to no one in particular.

"I don't know, I think there should be like a green dot or something." Cherry suggested.

"I'm not seeing it, I guess he isn't online." Belle said almost disappointedly. She was hoping she could fix a date now with him because tommorow she still had to send an email to the media house concerning her internship.

Switching off her phone, she turned in bed trying to get a perfect sleeping position and before she slept she said good night to Cherry but then heard her phones notification sound beep. Checking the phone, see saw that there was a notification from the Sex mate alpand it was a message from him.

It was just a waving hand emoji. She didn't know what to reply since she was not the best to start a conversation.

"Ben." She just typed.

"Belle Miller." He texted back."You do know that you don't have to use your full name on this app right?" He added.

"My first time here, you must be active on this app." She texted again smiling, hoping it was a good joke.

"It's my first time actually, some things aren't hard to figure out, common sense." She read and didn't know what to reply. "You do stay here in city S right?" He texted after she didn't text back.

"Yeah."

"Good." She read his text not knowing what to reply again." You are beautiful." He let her know and was a little surprised when he didn't get a thanks from her.

"Let's fix a date." She finally typed after a short while.

"Pick a place." He replied when he noticed she wanted to go straight to the point.

"I don't know anywhere here yet to be the one to pick a place."

"So you are not from here?" He asked and didn't get a reply from her.

"Cherry?" Bell whispered when she noticed Brie was already asleep. Cherry turned to her to know why she called."He's asking me to pick a place."

"Like a hotel?" Cherry wanted to know.

"Like a hotel?" She ignored his last question and replied directly to 'pick a place.'

"Yes." She saw his reply and nodded for cherry.

"Pun." Cherry whispered.

"Pun?" Belle had to ask.

"Yeah, it's a new hotel, should be okay."

"Pun." She texted him.

"Took quite a long time to think of a place." She didn't know what reply to give again. "Is 7 O'clock good for you?" He asked.

"7 O'clock when?"

"Saturday."

"Tommorow, Okay. Goodnight." She typed just because she was used to it but didn't wait for his reply.

She kept her phone on the drawer next to the bed and laid beside her cousin, trying to adjust to a comfortable position before sleeping.

"Are you done chatting with him?" Cherry asked looking up from her phone.

"Yeah, we fixed tomorrow, 7pm."

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"Okay, tommorow you fill us in."Cherry chuckled.

"Goodnight." Belle said before finally laying her head on the pillow, thinking about what he would look like, and how it would work out.

She hoped it went well tommorow.

SATURDAY EVENING

"Belle, come walk me to the laundromat, please." Brie begged as it was her turn this week to do the laundry.

"Let her be, she needs to rest for tonight." Cherry said.

"It just first time sex, it's not like she's going to a boxing game or something."

"I shouldn't have told you guys about any of this." Belle slapped her forehead and the two girls laughed.

"Are you coming with me?" Brie still asked.

"No, I'm sorry, it's past six already, I should be getting ready."

"Don't be sorry Belle, she had all day to take them." Brie rolled her eyes at Cherry's statement.

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"Sir, I shifted the meeting you asked me to cancel yesterday to today." A woman walked into an office with a tablet in hand.

"When will it be?" The man she had just informed asked, looking up from the laptop on his neatly arranged desk.

"In the next twenty five minutes, sir."She answered and he looked at his watch.

"7 pm?"

"Yes sir."

"Reschedule the meeting." He said looking back at his computer.

"but Sir, I already..." She stopped speaking when he looked at her, she knew how much he didn't like to repeat himself so she just walked away.

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A/N

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"Cherry!" Belle called from the room. "I'm gonna borrow your lip gloss in front of the mirror table."

"Oh it's not mine it's Brie's."

Belle put it in her purse and went to the living room, to ask Cherry how she looked but she didn't get to ask that before she got Cherry's remark about the outfit.

"What are you wearing?" Cherry asked sitting up from the couch.

"A dress?"

"And leggings?"

"It looks cold outside."

"The lip gloss, did you use it?"

"No? I put it in my bag just in case my lips gets dry." Belle answered and Cherry couldn't help but sigh.

"Okay, let's start from the clothes." She said going towards the room to pick something better for Belle to wear.

Going through Belle's clothes, Cherry didn't find any of them worthy for the night. She had to take out one of her own dresses.

"Here, change into this."

"Yours?'

"Yeah."

"It looks short." Belle pointed out.

"Yeah, that's why I gave it to you, you are about to get laid."

"I'm sure not getting there by seven." Belle mumbled changing Into the dress Cherry picked.

"Has she left?" Brie came back, asking excitedly as she entered the room.

"She was about to, she was gonna wear a leggings with this." Cherry passed the dress to her roommate.

"My grandma actually bought this." Brie laughed. "We should go shopping, maybe next week Saturday, lots of her clothes are to my grandma's taste."

"You are sure I should wear this?" Brie asked still feeling undecided about the dress's length.

"Come on, it's not that short." Cherry said making Brie turn to look at her cousin sister.

It had a thin sleeve, making the dress almost sleeveless. It was a blue dress, which stopped right above her knee. Brie gaped in surprise when she saw her.

"Oh my gosh, Belle! You look fabulous."

"Really?" Belle asked still pulling down the dress.

"Did you tell her to wear a bra with it?" Brie asked Cherry.

"No, she needs to take it off." Cherry said and Belle swallowed.

"My bra?"

"Yeah baby, take it off." Cherry nodded.

"Fine." Belle went back to the bathroom to take it off, while Brie and Cherry chatted on.

"If she comes out, you do her make up." Cherry suggested.

"I still have to go back to the laundry place, I just came back to see how she looked."

"You fucking had all day Brie, just help her, she's your cousin, and then you both can head out together."

"Okay okay, but you have to come with, she doesn't know the hotel, someone has to show her."

After they had agreed, Belle was out again and Brie did light makeup on her. They soon left when they finished with Belle's dress up.

"It's cold guys." Belle shivered once they were outside.

"It's not that cold, just a little windy." Cherry said about to lock the door to their apartment.

"Wait I'll get her a scarf to prevent the cold till she gets there." Brie stopped her.

Belle was about to inform them on how late she was but didn't say anything, seeing that Brie was getting a scarf for her.

The cab stopped in front of the hotel's entrance, it had driven past the gate, so Belle didn't have to walk all the way.

"Alright, have a fun time." Cherry wished her as she was about to get down. Brie had stopped at the laundromat.

Belle waved at the cab as it drove back. It was when she was about to enter the hotel that it occurred to her that she had forgotten the scarf because now she felt cold again.

Getting into the hotel, she was glad at how warm it was inside. She walked up to the female receptionist standing at the reception table.

"Good evening ma'am, how may I help you?"

"Uhm, I'm here to meet uhm a Ben, a Mr Ben." She said hoping he already came.

"Just Ben?"

"Uhm, I believe that is what he must have entered his name as, look,I really don't know, can you just help me check if there's a Ben on your list?"

"Let me check."

"Thanks."

Belle watched the receptionist skim through the monitor In front of her. She noticed she had stopped clicking on the mouse.

"There is a Ben, you said you are to him?"

"Yes."

"One minute." The lady requested picking up the phone and placing a call, smiling reassuringly to Belle as her job required.

"Sir, so sorry to disturb you but I need to be sure, you said a lady would show up by seven pm and there's someone here...." The lady stopped talking, she seemed to be listening to the person on the other side of the phone.

"What's your name ma'am?"

"Belle. Belle Miller." Belle replied.

"Yes sir." The receptionist said keeping the phone. " Sorry for wasting your time ma'am, here's the room card." She handed Belle one of the hotel cards smiling professionally."Do enjoy your stay."

Belle nodded, taking the card, she walked towards the elevator looking at the card number. It read number twenty six.

When she got upstairs, she looked at the numbers on the many doors lined up. She reached the one with twenty six and stopped, standing there, she drew in a long breath.

About to open the door, an old cleaner passed by with her cleaning trolley, looking at her as she pushed it on. Belle began to imagine her grandmother's thought on what she was about to do.

After convincing herself to carry on with her decision, she swiped the card and opened the door slowly and quietly. The room was dimly lit but she could see well.

She walked in and closed the door behind her, still pulling down her dress. Looking around, the room was simple as it could be, there was a television on the wall and it's remote control was laying on the table next to the bed.

She couldn't depict what colour the sheets was because of the room's lighting but it was either white or cream based on her guess.

There were two mini sofas sitting opposite to each other, she could see a man's coat neatly hung on the chairs arm, making it look like the chair was wearing the coat.

She walked to it, touching it slowly, it felt smooth to her palm, while she caressed it. She bent over to smell it without removing from the chair, it smelt good.

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A/N

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She bent over to smell it without removing it from the chair, it smelt good. It smelt like men's perfume.

Ben walked out of the bathroom wiping his hands with the small towel provided by the hotel. There was someone else in the room.

He wondered if it was her, he wondered if it was Belle. Standing there and watching her touch his suit jacket, which he had spread over the chair's arm, he thought she was sexy.

Even with the sleeping lights, he thought she looked sexy in the dress she wore. When she bent over to smell his jacket, he could see her dress go up. He walked to the bedside and turned on the brighter light, she turned around immediately.

"Belle?" He asked in a low, deep masculine voice.

"Yes.Ben, right?" She saw a man in long sleeved shirt.

"Yes." He walked to her."Fuck, you are beautiful." He muttered even though she could hear him. He was amazed by her beauty, he admired how she made her hair into a fine ponytail and how he could see her clear shoulders, with no hair to cover them, just the thin strap of her dress.

"You are very pretty." He said again, to her hearing.

"I know." He chuckled at her reply and then let it turn into a smile.

"I guess you are used to such compliments." He said and she smiled.

"I'm sorry I'm late, my friends thought I didn't look good enough in the dress I intended to wear."

"Your friends know where you were coming to? and why?"

"Well... they think I'm going on a date." She lied knowing how weird it sounded that they knew.

"They did a good job, I don't know what you intended to wear before this, but I'm sure you would still look as beautiful."

She didn't say anything more, she just stood there fumbling with her fingers, trying to control her nervousness. He came closer to her. Standing directly in front of her, she noticed how much he was taller than her.

"Are we about to...." She wanted to ask with her head down, she didn't want to ask that while looking at him but he lifted her jaw to face him.

"What?" He asked her, caressing her cheek with his left hand.

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"You have blue eyes." He noticed.

She looked down to avoid his dark eyes, she wouldn't say so, but she found them scary. She just didn't know how much they were filled with hunger.

"Are you going to..." She was about to ask again but he cut her shut with his answer.

"No." He said making her look back up at him with surprise.

"No?" He had this smirk when she asked, he went closer to her, leaned in like he was going to kiss her but placed his lips next to her ears, with both his hands on her slender neck, while he still played with her cheeks.

"I don't make love. I fuck. I fuck hard." He whispered in her ears with his magnetic voice, it sent shivers through her.

He looked back at her to get a reaction from her. She licked her lips, she had wiped off her lip gloss in the elevator, just because she wasn't comfortable but now they were a little dry so she licked them but he found it seducing of her.

He took her purse from her and kept it on the table in-between the two sofas. He took off her earrings, walked over to the bedside table and kept them beside his watch and a ring.

Coming back to where she stood, he caressed her shoulder, with his hands slowly sliding down the thin strap holding her dress, it stopped at her elbow and he began to kiss her right arm, he got back to her shoulder and she stopped him.

"Are you married?" She asked worriedly. She was going against her grandmother breaking by her virginity this way but she would never have sex with a married man or one in a relationship.

He chortled for a short while before stopping when he noticed she wasn't also laughing.

"No, I'm not." He replied her smiling.

"The ring." She was standing far from the table where the ring was and couldn't tell what kind of ring it was but she had to be sure

"My father's ring, mine now." He stopped smiling. " You don't know who I am, do you?"

"I don't, you don't know who I am either, I'm just being careful."

He smiled again.

"There's nothing wrong with that." He stated.

He wasn't married, everyone in city S knew that but she didn't. Now he knew she wasn't from this City, because if she was, she would know who she was about to have a one night stand with.

All she knew was that his name was Ben and that he was twenty nine years old, she didn't even know what he looked like before she came to the hotel. He expected her to be surprised when he turned the light on and when she saw who it was.

"Can I see it?" She requested.

"Really?" She nodded. He got the ring and showed it to her. She took it, looking at it now, it was obvious it wasn't a wedding ring. It had an inscription on it; B L. She gave it back to him.

"Can I fuck you now?" He asked standing as close as he was to her before with the tip of his nose touching her forehead.

"Don't use fuck, I'd rather you call it sex." She said, feeling his warm breath on her forehead.

"Why? It sounds too vulgar?" He asked again but she didn't say anything. "You know, maybe I should make love to you." He came to her right ear, kissing it. He heard her hum a little with pleasure.

He caressed her cheekbone slowly with his thumb, tracing it down to her lips. He admired them as he played with them using his thumb, he rubbed them slowly like he was putting lipstick on them.

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A/N

Heyy, you reading, thanks for reading this far please don't stop, support me in any way that you can. Your reviews, your comments, your criticism, all of it, I would really appreciate them. I love you.

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