“I’m going to take a cold shower,” he grumbled. He stepped outside and heard a squeak as he collided with a very red faced Lily. She’d obviously been listening at the door and her hand was inside her yoga pants. She yanked her hand out, looked wide eyed at his naked body then down at his hard and almost angry looking cock. She shrieked and ran upstairs. Trish burst out of the washroom to see Ben standing there naked and red faced as Lily scampered up the stairs.
“You’re still hard?!?” Trish gasped.
“Excuse me,” Ben said pushing past her into the wash room to take a quick shower. His clothes were on the counter. He locked the door on his way in so he was left alone. Once he was clean and he had relaxed down below he dried himself off and put his clothes back on. His underwear were still in the gym.
He opened the door and saw three very contrite looking redheads standing in the hall. The twins were dressed but still looked a little disheveled and wild eyed.
“Lisa, Lori, come here,” he said and they moved to stand before him. He could see they were moving a little tenderly so he had caused them some pain. Again, as much as he wanted to he couldn’t apologize for that as that’s what they seemed to want.
“You did nothing wrong. You were both exquisite.”
He saw them almost sag with relief. Smiles exploded across their faces and he was once again dazzled by their beauty. He reached out and touched their cheeks. They leaned into his touch and he was once more concerned with their attachment to him. He sighed. Truthfully, he was becoming overly attached to them as well. He dipped forward and gave each a tender kiss. They looked up at him with an almost feverish devotion and he had to look away. He focused on Trish.
“Thank you for suggesting the heavy bag. I think I’m going to pick up one for home.”
“I’m so sorry-” she began but he held up his hand.
“No, it’s fine. You tried to help me and… mostly succeeded.” He looked towards the stairs with a worried look on his face.
“Lily wasn’t here while I was standing by the door. But I had to use the wash room. I was in there for a while.”
“Maybe I should speak with her,” Ben said.
“No, I think I’d better do that,” Trish replied.
He finally nodded. He went upstairs and the women followed. He walked Lisa and Lori home then made his way home. The lights were off at Gabriella’s. He wanted her opinion about the idea of speaking with the reporter. He went in his front door and Lucy rushed to meet him in the foyer.
“Are you ok?” she asked.
He looked at her in surprise. “Yes, I’m fine. How is Tina?”
Lucy smiled. “Tina is sleeping.”
“How are you doing?” Ben asked her.
“I’m better now that I know you are ok. You looked pretty upset when you left. I thought you and Trish were going to go find those jerks and beat them up.”
“No, Trish took me to her place to punch a heavy bag in her gym,” he said.
Lucy nodded and looked at him with a smile. For some reason he felt compelled to continue.
“Then she invited Lisa and Lori over to help me work off some tension.”
Another nod.
“It didn’t work.”
Lucy’s smile dropped. “You couldn’t get erect?”
“No, I couldn’t… finish.”
“Oh! That must have been frustrating.”
“Yes.”
“Did you want to…”
Ben smiled. “No. It’s fine. I had a cold shower. I’m good. Thanks though.”
Lucy’s smile was sweet and alluring at the same time. Ben pulled her against him for a hug and kissed the top of her head.
“Are we going to have dinner?”
Ben looked behind himself and saw Karen and Penny, Christopher on Penny’s hip, standing in the door of the kitchen. “Did someone make dinner?”
“We bought the ingredients but we got home too late to make it and I’ll need Tina to show me how,” Karen said with a sad look.
“So we order in tonight. What would you like-”
“CHINESE!” Karen and Penny squealed. Lucy grinned and nodded.
“I swear they’ve become obsessed!” Ben grinned. “Go ahead and place the order. You know what I like.”
Karen and Penny skipped back into the kitchen to phone in the order.
Ben looked down the hall but Lucy tugged him towards the living room. “Let her sleep. You’ll see her soon enough.”
He nodded thoughtfully and let Lucy lead him into the next room.
Chapter 3
Dominic Selleni was a big man. Physically big, big hearted, and he had a big voice which was currently deafening Ben’s left ear. Dominic had Ben in a bear hug and was cheering loudly after hearing the news that Ben was going to be a father for the first time.
“BEN! THAT’S WONDERFUL NEWS!!!” he boomed. He release Ben and stepped back. “So that’s why you’re in a rush to do this renovation! You need a bigger home as your family is growing!”
Ben grinned at the man. Dominic was a doting grandfather for three kids and children meant the world to him. He had another surprise for the man. “Yes, but not exactly how you think. I’m not moving. My home has plenty of space for my needs except the spare rooms I used to have are currently being used by the girls I adopted when I was in France. They are going to live in the new build.”
Dominic’s face showed his confusion. “You’re rebuilding the house for some kids? They can’t live in it alone!”
Ben smiled. He knew this is where the story was going to go off the rails for his friend. “The girls are 24 years old. They were abducted by a white slaver when they were young. He kept them as pets. Playthings. He did horrible things to them. I’m helping them get their lives back. I signed them up for school and I’m getting them a place to live.” Ben pointed to the house they were about to work on. “We’ll see what they want to do once they get their secondary school diploma.”
“Geezus Ben! People give a little money to charities to make themselves feel better. You go all out.”
Ben saw Jayden approaching. “Speaking of going all out. Here comes the young man I spoke to you about. I’m hoping working on this project will turn him around too.”
It wasn’t even 8:30 yet but Jayden walked up with his white hardhat in his hands. Inside were gloves and safety glasses as Ben had suggested. His boots were brand new too. It looked like Rochelle got some advice on the rest of his outfit. It looked like he came right off the page of a catalog.
“Jayden, good morning! This is Dominic Selleni. Dominic this is Jayden King,” Ben made the introductions.
The men shook hands and eyed one another. “Who’s the site foreman?” Ben asked.
“Hector.”
“He still have that badass mustache?” Ben asked with a grin.
“See! Ben thinks its badass!” said a voice behind them.
Ben turned with a grin then quickly acted frightened. “Holy crap! It’s actually gotten bigger!” he exclaimed.
“Nah! It’s still a sweet ‘stache!” the man said stroking the minimal facial hair with pride.
Jayden stifled a snort.
“Who’s this and what makes him think he can outdo such a proud achievement as this. Look at him! He’s practically a baby! Peach fuzz!” Hector barked. Jayden glanced at Ben.
“Hector Ramirez, this is Jayden King. Jayden, that sounded like a challenge to me. If you think you can grow a better mustache you’ll just have to try,” Ben said with a raised eyebrow.
Jayden looked at Ben then a slow smile slipped onto his lips. He nodded. Then his face froze and his eyes went wide as he looked over Ben’s shoulder.
Ben turned and he saw Karen approaching with Penny. They were carrying something in plastic containers.
“Good morning!” Karen said shyly. Her eyes kept slipping past Ben to focus on the young man.
“What have you brought us?” Ben asked.
“Cookies! We made them!” Penny blurted with a grin.
“Karen, Penny, this is Dominic Selleni, Hector Ramirez, and Jayden King. Guys, these are my daughters.”
“Daughters?” Jayden gasped and Ben looked back at his incredulous look.
“Didn’t your Mom tell you about Karen and Penny?” Ben asked looking the young man right in the eye.
“She- she said you had… more women living in your house.” Jayden’s voice tapered off as Karen looked at him with her light blue eyes. She smiled and he felt himself smiling in return automatically.