Love’n’Lust

“But it’s not his fault,” she whimpered with fear for Nathan. When Ben didn’t say anything after her, she decided to expatiate what she meant.

“I… I was the one who seduced him, this is not his fault, None of the things that happened were his fault, it was all me.” She didn’t try to look at him while she spoke.”I had too much wine and I did something stupid, he was just visiting so none of this would have happened if I never seduced him.”

“Why are you trying to save him?” She looked at him now.

“I’m just saying what really happened and…”

“Nothing you say would stop me from making him suffer, Belle. He ate from the same dish as myself and that is very unacceptable to me.”

“But it’s not his fault, it’s mine,” she repeated what she believed was true.

“There is no fucking way you seduced him, I’m not going to believe that.” He wouldn’t.

“But I did, Ben. It was my fault, I am telling you.”

“Why the hell was he with you anyway, when did he start to visit you, I asked you to stay away from him, did I not?”

“I’m sorry…” Was all she could mumble after him.

“Let’s assume that you seduced him like you are saying, he, as a man has the ability to not be seduced by you.”

“What?” Her tears weren’t falling from her eyes anymore, they just remained stagnant there.

“He should have self-control as a man; if you seduced him and he fell with it, then he lacks self-control, he still has a fault here. Belle, you have no idea how much I want to inflict pain on him,” she heard his voice turn deeper as he spoke. She had no idea that the man in front of her was trying to keep his anger about his recent discovery away, he was trying to shove it deep down so as not to be angry at her.

Ben wanted to inflict pain on him like he said; he wanted to hear him cry out in pain even if that wouldn’t compare to how he was feeling at the moment.

Belle had nothing more to say, she just stood where she had been standing all the while, but this time, leaned back on the door.

“Please don’t hurt him,” she dared to make a plea after some quietness between them but only heard him chuckle. She saw him chuckle with an accompanying scary smile.

“Let’s go back, we leave for City S tomorrow.” He put his around her waist to make her move away from the door then he opened it.

Alex had been waiting patiently for the result of her information. She wanted to see Ben embarrass Belle in public, and in front of the whole crowd present but unfortunately for her, he chose to take her somewhere private. When he did that, she knew he wouldn’t be leaving through the main entrance so she went towards the direction they went to see for herself what happened.

When one of the doors to the rooms opened, Alex hid. She saw both step out with Ben’s hand around Belle’s waist and she couldn’t believe it. It was like her plan had no impact at all. Ben was holding Belle like he was earlier before finding out about any of the things she told him.

She felt like pulling out her hair in frustration after seeing that she didn’t get the outcome she predicted. She expected him to humiliate Belle and for the media to capture it all and make it go viral because she knew how much publicity could affect one’s reputation but Ben just stopped all of that by taking her to a room after he found out.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

He knew what Alex wanted and when she told him about Nathan, he knew she wasn’t spitting rubbish but then, he needed to hear it from Belle herself.

*****

City S.

Belle was at her house, she took out her phone to call Nathan immediately after Ben left her alone. She was scared for him and wanted to tell him to leave City S as soon as he could but none of his calls went through.

She kept trying but it still didn’t reach his phone. She sat on a couch and inhaled deeply, she hoped Ben hadn’t gotten to him already.

*****

A driver opened the car for Ben when it stopped at the police station holding both Tiger and Crow. Unlike what Belle thought, he left her for the station and not for Nathan. He had someone get Nathan but now he just needed something or rather someone to invest his anger on.

“Still nothing?” He asked one of the usual policemen who accompanied him to the interrogation room to see Tiger.

“No sir, he is pretty stubborn, hard to break.” Ben scoffed when he was replied with that.

“I want to be alone with him, free him of his chains.” They all looked at him with disbelief when he requested that but the head of the men saw that he was being serious.

“Sir, this is a very dangerous man, and I believe you know that, leaving you alone with him is not safe and…”

“Here,” Ben took off his watch and handed it to the man while he was still speaking. He also took off his rings.

“Unchain him,” they heard him repeat. Tiger sat quietly and wondered what Ben had in mind asking to be alone with him. He would never admit it but he feared Ben Larkson.

Very soon all the men in the room were gone and it was just three men left, Ben; Tiger; and the officer to unchain him.

The moment his hands were freed of the chain, Tiger wriggled his wrists in the air, he had missed having the freedom to do that.

“Sir, this is not advisable,” the offer whispered to Ben after unchaining Tiger.

“Leave,” It was a simple order.

The man left and joined his colleagues standing outside and watching what Ben planned to do through the one-way translucent window glass.

Ben walked up to Tiger, they were of the same height so he looked him in the eyes before making him an offer.

“I’m in the mood to kill,” He started.”So be wise with my offer.”

“Wise? For all I know, the only reason I am still alive is because I haven’t mentioned who I worked with to kidnap her.” Ben smiled, he was right.”You want to know who this person is, you want to punish this person and the only way to do that is through me, so I should be the one making offers, not you.”

“If you can take me out in the next ten minutes, they will let you go.” Ben pointed towards the door.”If not, it’s between your life and the name I want from you.” Tiger exhaled loudly after Ben spoke.”I have no weapons here, I want to assume you don’t also. Good luck.”

Tiger wasn’t given a chance to accept or decline the offer. He just saw Ben take off his suit jacket and spread it over the chair in front of him neatly, then he cracked his neck afterward.

“I don’t want to do this,” Tiger said but got a blow hit to his mouth, making him bleed instantly. Ben did that to provoke him into accepting the offer and it worked. Tiger tried to hit him back but he was quick to avoid it.

The policemen outside watched this go on and were surprised by it. They knew Ben was a hard man but they didn’t expect what they were seeing, since he usually had his securities and escorts with him most of the time.

Ben pinned Tiger down to the ground and transferred all of his anger to every hit he gave him. He knelt over him and with a wounded and clenched fist, he struck multiple blows to Tiger’s face, making it hard for one to tell where he was bleeding from. He hit him till he couldn’t hear him make grunting noises with every blow he got.

His white shirt was stained with some blood but he didn’t care. He got off of Tiger and raised the arm of his shirt to the elbows. Tiger started to get up slowly while keeping his eyes on Ben as he did so, he spit some of the blood in his mouth before wiping it with the back of his hands.

“Tiger! Act like the name you gave yourself.” He intended to provoke him more.

Tiger charged at him and crashed him to the ground, returning all the hits he had gotten from him, fueled by the need to prove himself, if not for anything else.

Ben soon stopped him and pushed him off but Tiger came back and tried to hit him with the elbow but Ben stopped him again. He put his right arm around Tiger’s neck and shortened his breath.

Tiger quickly gripped on the arm and tried to get up in an attempt to separate himself from Ben’s hold but Ben also stood with him. He didn’t stop, mustering more energy, he attempted again but with the aim of trying to get back his breath this time.

He tried all the means he knew in getting one’s hand away from the neck in a fight like that but Ben knew his every move and countered them.

It slowly ended in him tapping on Ben’s arm, as his breath kept on getting thinner. He was always fearless of death but Ben’s hold on his neck was making him wish to breathe freely again. He felt Ben’s arm loosen and was happy to inhale air but Ben didn’t give him that chance. He was dragged to the interrogation table and before he knew what was happening, his head was bashed into it repeatedly, all in quick action.

Ben held him by the hair and made him face him. He smirked and let him fall to the ground. Tiger lay there, trying to catch his breath and get his body to accept the numerous pains he felt.

He saw Ben walk to the door to collect something from the officers. He thought it was a knife at first but he saw him approach where he lay with a sharpened pencil.

“It’s past ten minutes, you failed.” Ben squatted next to him.”Now, you get to choose between dying and giving me what I want.” Tiger breathed loudly as he listened to Ben.

“It’s a fucking pencil, what are going to do with it? Torture me to talk?” Tiger laughed, exposing his blood-covered teeth but stopped when Ben joined him in laughing. Ben also held his laughter after he did.

“This pencil could kill you. Just one thrust to your neck and it will breach your platysma muscle and potentially cut you off of breath, there’s no way to reverse it.”Tiger listened with hidden fright.

“Alternatively, puncturing your neck with this pencil will lead to rapid exsanguination, which will still lead to your death. Sixty seconds, the full name of the person whose order it was for you to carry out that job.” Ben held Tiger by his hair and lifted his head, placing the sharpened tip of the pencil by his neck.

“Do it,” Tiger said and felt the pencil pierce his skin; he didn’t expect Ben would do it. With a slightly audible grunt, he lifted his arm to stop Ben but only felt the pencil go deeper into his neck.

“Alex Koller,” He said in between faint breaths, and Ben immediately stopped. He heard Ben scoff before getting up and leaving him on the floor to try and remove the length already inserted through his neck.

The door opened and the officers rushed to Tiger on the floor, holding his neck. Randy also walked in with a briefcase. He sat it on the table and got out a new white, sleeved shirt for his boss.

When Ben had changed, he walked out without caring about what would happen to Tiger, he was now going to think of how to punish Alex.