“There’s also the fact that you haven’t asked me if I want another woman in my life! I have a very full life with many women in it who I love very much! Sometimes I struggle to find enough time to spend with the ones I’m with,” Ben finally asserted in frustration.
Zama finally realized it wasn’t enough that she wanted this. Ben had to want it as well! Her expression became a little desperate. “I do not need much of your time! I promise I will be very compatible with your lifestyle. I have no jealousy in me at all, and I am very friendly! I also have my own money and handle my own investments very skillfully, so you do not need to worry about my expenses. I am an excellent cook though I admit my knowledge of recipes is mostly from my home country.”
When Ben still seemed resistant, she rushed on. “I am willing to learn your customs! I am also willing to give you full access to my body and mind. Nothing will be denied to you!”
Yvonne was grinning widely. “This offer is exceptionally generous, Ben! I can’t see how you could possibly turn it down!”
Princess Zama beamed a wide, happy smile at Yvonne for her supportive words as Ben gave Yvonne a frustrated look.
Finally, Ben turned back to the younger woman. “What’s your Plan B, Zama? You just met me, and before that, you’d run away from your father to avoid being forced into a marriage. Kaan was going to sell you back to your father. Now that you are free of both your father and Kaan, you have options. What is your alternative if you don’t go with me? I expect the women who are with me to have contingency plans.”
Zama’s eyes were beginning to get glassy. “I-I had to flee from my father’s palace as his plan for me was too offensive to contemplate. I grew up in the security and isolation of the palace. I know no other life. I heard of Kaan Sadik due to his dealings with my father. I only had a short time to act, so I packed a bag and stowed away on his delivery ship. When I was discovered, I convinced him to let me be one of his guests with the promise of payment. There was never a Plan B until I met you! I cannot go back to my father and the palace. Only misery awaits me there. I have money but do not know the world or how to live in it. Being one of your wives would mean I would have somewhere safe to learn. The others could teach me.”
Her eyes pleaded with him. “You are welcome to everything I have. My body is young and strong, and while I have no experience with sex, my virginity is yours as well!”
Yvonne gaped at her in shock, then her eyes locked on Ben.
He glanced at her.
The actor finally found her voice. “Ben, you must help her! She’s too innocent to be forced into the world alone!”
Ben frowned at Yvonne. “Help her? Doesn’t it sound like I’d just be helping myself to her?”
“It would only sound that way if she didn’t want that too!” Yvonne insisted.
Ben took a deep breath, then let it out. He thought about the logistics of taking another woman into his care. There was no shortage of living space as he’d soon have two more homes available to fill. In the interim, she could stay in a spare room in the house he built for Karen and Penny, or maybe Trish would let her stay in the bedroom in her basement. She might stay with Liliya too. Ben wouldn’t be letting Tatiana back.
He closed his eyes. He was really thinking of doing this, but he’d do it his way. He looked at her again.
“I can offer you a place to live while you learn how to navigate the real world outside a palace. I can ask my friends to help you with that. You will need to earn your keep by following their instructions for maintaining the home and doing your share of the cooking. You will need to apply for a visitor’s visa and work towards getting citizenship. Maybe political asylum is a route to go. Again, I have friends who can help you with that,” Ben said.
He held up his hand as Zama began to squeal excitedly. “You may not have noticed I did not include any promises about sharing my time with you. I owe the women I’m currently with so much I will not jeopardize any of their time for you. You seem like a very lovely young woman, and you are very beautiful. I’m sure you will have no trouble finding a more suitable mate than me.”
Zama was still vibrating with excitement, and her smile suggested she’d take Ben right now, against the wall, if he indicated any interest.
“That’s it. Is that acceptable?” Ben said sternly.
“Yes, Ben! You will not regret this! I promise!” Zama gushed. Then she surged toward him, but he caught her shoulders.
“Hugs only,” he said.
She nodded with a coy smile.
He sighed and let her press her body against his as she held him tight.
“Should you change your mind, know I am yours for the taking,” she said breathily and felt his response down below as his cock surged. “Ohhh,” she sighed as it began to press against her.
He gently pushed her back and smiled weakly. Her eyes were twinkling with joy. “Don’t pay any attention to that. It has a mind of its own.”
She bit her lower lip, and Ben had to look away as his coverall was becoming uncomfortably tight.
“You’re a good man, Ben!” Yvonne stepped closer and hugged Ben before he was ready and felt that pressure against her pussy, too. She leaned her face back as she kept their bodies pressed together. “Oh! You’re a good hard man!”
He’d had enough teasing, so he pulled away. “Okay, we’ve had enough fun at my expense.”
The two ladies smiled happily at him. Then Zama spun and rushed back to a duffle bag next to the chair she’d been sitting in. She quickly returned with a book. Aesop’s Fables. “The book I promised you!” Zama said, holding his eye.
Ben smiled. “Good girl!”
Zama’s grin was huge as she bounced on her toes, delighted with the compliment.
“I’ll have my finance people see what we can do to compensate these people,” he said.
“Aesop? I think it’s a little late for the people in those stories,” Yvonne said with a grin.
Ben opened the book and pulled out Ulrich’s journal. He skimmed the pages and found a listing of bank accounts, account creds, and passwords. He’d written down the details of how he’d done the initial transfers digitally, withdrew the money from the new accounts in person, then made deposits into a Swiss bank. The address of the bank was on the next page. “This shows where Ulrich hid the money he stole. I’m going to make sure the company gets reopened, and the people get their pension money back.”
Yvonne’s eyes widened in shock! “Where did you get this?”
Ben grinned. “The night Ulrich died, clever Zama knew she’d only have minutes to search his room, so she fled the table as if distraught and went straight there. When she found it, she hid the journal where no one would find it, and now we have a chance to reverse the evil that man did.”
Yvonne was squirming as she stared at him. “Ben, I am seconds away from embarrassing myself with a display of lust for you,” she said with a concerned expression.
“Oh! Okay, I’ll speak to you later,” he said and quickly left the room.
A sailor was waiting in the corridor. Ben was suddenly aware that he’d been assigned a leash. There were always sailors outside of every room he was in to take him places… except he had no place to go at the moment.
“Where would you like to go, Mr. Shepherd?” the young woman asked.
“Home.”
-=-
Evelyn’s skin was tingling, and it was all she could do to hold herself still at parade rest as they waited for the passengers to disembark.
“You are going to drill a hole in the floor. You are vibrating so strongly!”
The Sergeant looked over her shoulder at Liliya with a grin. She knew the assassin was equally excited to see Ben.
People began appearing, and they scanned the group with their eyes, but there was no sign of Ben.
After what seemed like an eternity, they saw a very tall and beautiful black woman with a huge head of hair walking directly toward them with a smile on her face. She stopped before them.
“Hello, my name is Zama. Ben asked me to find you and let you know he is having difficulties with the customs process.”
The third member of their reception party stepped forward. “Hello, I’m Gabriella Wallace. I have Ben’s passport and will be Ben’s official interpreter. Please take me to him.” She nodded to the others and hustled away to the entrance. Evelyn watched the two speaking to the guard there then Gabriella was led inside while Zama was refused entry. The tall woman walked back to join them again.
“I’m Evelyn Killcade, and this is Liliya Sokolov. How do you know Ben?” she asked.
“I am going to be one of his wives,” the young woman said with a brilliant smile.
Liliya and Evelyn stared at her with wide eyes. “Ben isn’t officially married to any of the women in his life,” Liliya insisted.
Zama nodded. “So I have come to learn. It is more of a symbolic title.”
“And Ben agreed to add you?” Evelyn asked a little too sharply.
Zama looked at her cautiously. “I was under the impression there was no jealousy amongst the women in Ben’s life.”
Liliya smiled. “The Sergeant still hasn’t accepted that Ben has chosen her. That makes her a little touchy about it.”
Zama looked at Evelyn in surprise. “Ben accepted you, and you doubt him? He has not accepted me, and I want him to with every part of my being! He said I may live amongst his family and friends in his neighborhood while I learn how not to be a princess.”
“Princess?” Evelyn said, feeling a little more comfortable knowing Ben didn’t accept another beauty into his bed.
Zama nodded sadly. “Yes, but I no longer want this title as my father was too eager to marry me off to a horrible old man. I have no idea how to live outside a palace.”
Liliya nodded. This sounded like something Ben would agree to.
Another woman was approaching them. She looked lost. Zama saw where Liliya was looking and turned to see the smaller woman.
“Moon! What is wrong?” the princess exclaimed.