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Ben spoke with the manager and the man authorized the transfer from his account to Trish’s. He also arranged the cheque for Shelly. Trish paid off the remaining balance on her mortgage and was still left with over $675, 000. She rushed across the bank and leapt into Ben’s arms with a whoop of joy. Customers turned to look and smiles were on a lot of faces.
“Feeling a little more comfortable now?” Ben asked putting her back on her feet with a smile.
“Yes, my future looks a lot more promising! And a critical mistake in my past has been repaired!” She took Shelly’s hand in hers. “And I owe both to you Ben.”
“I can’t really take credit for you and Shelly. That was your bravery and your love for your cousin.” Ben said.
“You were right, he is a sweet man!” Shelly said looking at Ben who squirmed under their admiring eyes.
They walked back to Shelly’s office arm in arm again only their grip on Ben was a little tighter now. Back at the parking lot Ben said his goodbyes as he had to head home. Trish insisted on giving Ben a big kiss. She pressed her body against him and her tongue explored his mouth. This had the intended effect and Ben swelled quickly in his tight pants.
What Ben couldn’t see was Trish reaching out for her cousin’s hand. As Trish’s tongue tangled with his he felt a tentative touch on his bulge between their bodies. Then the hand was pressing hard and sliding up and up until it was gripping the head. He heard Shelly gasp and his eyes opened. She was standing right next to them hiding her actions and it was her hand rubbing and squeezing his cock through his pants with Trish guiding her wrist. He pulled back from the kiss and took a step away which made them pull their hands back. He was trembling with reaction. His body wanted more but his mind was confused.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.
“Trish, we’ll talk later. Shelly, it was really nice meeting you.” he said, his voice deep and rough. Ben turned and walked awkwardly to his truck and quickly pulled out of the lot. He saw them standing together watching him drive away. It was difficult driving with his erection trying to escape from his pants. Once more his body betrayed him. He’d just finished telling Trish he didn’t want to be promiscuous and she was encouraging her cousin to grab his cock!
Finally he just forced himself to put the event out of his mind and concentrate on his next project, saving Tina’s financial resources. He got home and immediately called his lawyer. The man said that the prenup was solid. He’d spoken with James’ lawyer and there was no wiggle room. All assets were exclusively in James’ name and there was more bad news. James had made a lot of bad investments and hadn’t properly insulated his personal assets. His estate was being sued and the bank had already moved to seize the funds in his account, the house, and the car. There would be no money.
The good news was that James had done such an excellent job of isolating Tina that she was protected from the outstanding debts. Any assets she had were protected and she couldn’t be named in the lawsuits. She could walk away.
Ben was glad he’d told her to get her personal items from the house as to try now would just get her in trouble. He thanked his lawyer and hung up.
Late in the afternoon his doorbell rang. Gabriella and Catherine were on his step wearing identical looks of shame. He let them in, took their coats and led them into the living room. After they turned down an offer for something to drink Gabriella leaned forward and looked him right in the eye.
“Ben, we just wanted you to know how sorry we are for accusing you of being an arsonist. When you protected us from the paparazzo we were stunned by how far you were willing to go to protect your friends.” she said earnestly. “We were just worried that you might be caught this time as they were likely to take what happened to the Celestial far more seriously.”
Ben nodded and sighed. “I’m sorry about how I reacted last night. I can see how you might have made that leap to the idea I was responsible. Let me assure you I wasn’t. I spent the evening talking with Hannah and Beth from 7PM until midnight. When I told Trish I’d take care of it I meant by paying the debt. I don’t think that will be necessary now.” Ben stopped there as he didn’t want to implicate his University buddy Dominic whose calls had obviously been very effective.
“I saw a locksmith park in Tina’s driveway this morning. Is she changing the locks?” Cat asked.
“No, they were likely sent by the bank. They’ve seized all of James’ assets as his estate is under a few lawsuits for his bad investments. Luckily Tina is protected from those but all she has now is the stuff she took out yesterday in some suitcases.” he said sadly.
“No Ben, she also has us as her friends. Where is she going to live?” Gabriella asked.
“She and Christopher are going to live with Trish. I just bought Trish’s house today. ” Ben said.
The women looked at each other. “That’s great!” Catherine said. “What is she going to do for work? She’ll need daycare for Christopher.”
“Yeah, I figured she could get Christopher enrolled in Daphne’s day care when it opens. She’s going to go to University for a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. It was what she had planned on doing before her parents married her off to that asshole James.”
Again the women shared a concerned look. “Ben, how can she afford to do this? You said all she has are the suitcases with her. Unless they were filled with money, she’s not going to be able to afford to pay for daycare much less University.” Gabriella said gently.
“I’m paying for it.” was all he said.
“Why?” Cat asked.