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When they were done he walked her to the door and she slipped her boots on. She leaned into him and gave him a sweet kiss. “Think about my request about my cousin, OK?”
Ben blushed. “Right, yes I will.” He pulled open his door and stopped in surprise as the twins were standing on his step shivering.
Trish stepped back and Ben pulled the two girls inside the warmth of the foyer.
“How long were you two out there?” Ben asked.
The looked at each other with looks of shame on their faces. “Maybe twenty minutes.” Lori said.
“Why didn’t you ring the doorbell?” he gasped.
“A little embarrassed maybe?” Trish suggested and the two ladies looked at her then nodded reluctantly.
“Did your mother send you over here to apologize?” Trish asked.This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.
More nods.
“Do you understand what you did was wrong?” Ben asked.
They looked at him with lost looks and shook their heads. Their eyes were a little glassy.
Ben sighed. “You know I watched you two grow up. The first time I saw you was when you were just thirteen. Heading off to school, all pigtails and braces. You two looked so sweet! That image is my strongest recollection and how I think of you.” They began to protest but he held his hands up. “I know, I know, you’re both grown women now and incredibly beautiful! If this was our first meeting I might feel differently but it’s not. I can’t separate my memories of your childhood from you and that means we can only be friends. Friends don’t kiss like you kissed me last night. Friends don’t touch like I was touched last night. That can’t happen again. Is that understood?” Heads nodded reluctantly and tears flowed silently down cheeks. He reached out and brushed the tears from their cheeks. They pressed their faces against his palms and looked up into his eyes imploringly.
“Please don’t cry.” he pleaded, his heart twisting.
Trish saw his anguish and moved forward to put her arms around the shoulders of the two young women. “Ben, they’ll get over it. Just give them time. Come on girls, help your Aunt Trish home and she’ll tell you the story of how she took one for the team.”
Ben’s face burned and the two ladies immediately caught on to what she meant. They hustled their ‘Aunt’ out the door and away. He could only watch them walk Trish down his driveway and beyond. He hoped she showed some restraint but he knew better. He turned away to try to regain some semblance of sanity in his life.
The following week he got his permits to work on Trish’s master suite. She moved to the spare bedroom in the basement with Mason during the renovations. As the small basement shower was to be the only shower in the house for the next two weeks Tina was only too pleased to bring Christopher and stay with Ben during the interval. All furniture in the master suite and the small bedroom Ben was removing was moved into the garage. Then the demo began in earnest and went smoothly. Up came the carpets. Down came the doors and walls of the existing closets in the master bedroom. Out went the existing washroom fixtures for the master bath and the shared bathroom. The new master bathroom and walk-in walls went up and the new shared bathroom took over the remaining space from the small bedroom. The new fixtures and plumbing went in and passed inspection. The new electrical including new lighting and the in-floor heaters went in and passed inspection. Drywall, paint, tiling, new carpet, finish and a copious amount of closet organizers were added to the walk-in and ALL of the bedroom closets.
Ben had worked like a man possessed and managed to finish on time. Two weeks to completely rebuild the master suite and shared bathroom and update all closets in the upstairs bedrooms.
Trish was over the moon with her new master suite. She tried to convince Ben to christen it with her but he settled with a dinner out to celebrate.
On the night everything went back into place, aside from the furniture in the now missing bedroom, Daphne and her daughters came over to see the updates. Ben relaxed on a chair in the living room until a gushing Trish led her chattering neighbors back downstairs. Daphne was so excited about the work done and her daughters were almost giggling. Ben caught them staring at him excitedly when they thought he wasn’t looking.
“What?” he finally asked frustrated.
They both glanced at Trish and he recalled the little story she’d told the girls. He wondered how much embellishment had been involved.
“Is it true you pounded Trish into the mattress until she couldn’t walk then wanted more?” Lori asked with a look of awe on her face.
Ben scowled at Trish while Daphne’s face went beet red.
Dammit. “Yes.”
The twins squealed and clung to each other as they stared at him.
“How was that supposed to help?” Ben growled at Trish who grinned at him.
“A legend is born!” she giggled.
Daphne scowled at her daughters who did their best to calm themselves. Ben did his best to ignore the admiring glances they stole.
Tina had somehow managed to convince him to let her stay just one more night though her bedroom was ready for occupation. She was busy making dinner for him at his place and Trish was watching Christopher for the night. He was pooped from working so hard on this project but he felt really good about how it turned out. Now he’d have a delicious meal, a hot shower complete with a Tina massage, and a good night’s sleep and by tomorrow his batteries would be recharged for his next project, Daphne’s place. The floor plan was the same… shit! No bedroom in the basement and the contractors were arriving tomorrow to start work. The main floor and the basement were not going to be livable for two to three weeks.
Daphne caught Ben’s look of dismay. “What’s wrong, Ben?
“Can we take another look at your place, now?” he asked.
“Sure. Come on girls. Thank you for the tour Trish!” Daphne said.
Before Ben could leave Trish crushed herself against his chest and dragged his mouth down to hers for a deep kiss. “God! You so deserve a hot night of sex for this!” she whispered in his ear. As he pulled back she gave him a smouldering look.
“Funny how that’s always your reward.” he growled, half from lust and half from frustration with this oversexed woman.
“Collect soon!” she hissed playfully as he followed the ladies out the door. Daphne had to push her daughters ahead of her as they held back to catch a glimpse of Ben’s… excitement.