Lycan's Rogue Mate

Chapter 10

Lucy's POV

"Dont worry, Lucy. You'll do fine. Just be natural." He said trying to calm me.

He has suprisingly been nice since we visited his supposed late wife's (Mate) old apartment. He even called me twice last night to know if I've started packing and haven't forgotten the party.

I like this side of him, the caring and not the bossy type. I just smiled at him which he returned and I felt my heart flutter and did I forget to mention that he looks so hot in his tuxedo. Smoking!

"Is she something special?"

"Mr Benson, who is this lady with you?"

"Any future plans?"

"Is it true she's your personal assistant?"

"Does she fulfill your personal needs too?"

“Will you forget about Maria, and why are you visiting her apartment?"

Several reporters threw several other offensive questions at us as we made our way towards the entrance. I really don't like this much attention but I'd have to make do, I knew what I was bargaining for when I signed the contract.

"Tell us mr Benson. Tell us. We need answers."

"Yes. I'll tell you who she is. She is indeed someone special. "He said smiling down at me. I smiled back whilst looking into those eyes. My favourite pair.

Finally, after Benson raised his voice, they all became quiet, suddenly becoming really curious.

" Her name is Lucy. Lucy Brainstone. My fiancee and soon to be Mrs Benson. She is my fiancee and we'd be getting married in a month. "

"Are you doing this just for the contract and do you truly love her?"

"Is she truly your Children's Nanny."

"Why haven't we heard about this before?"

“So talking about my Ex, Lucy here knows everything about her...and if it happens that she returns then I will issue her a divorce paper ..since I will be married to Lucy by then" Benson lied just to cover up everything.

When the questions died down a bit. He started speaking again.

"You haven't heard about this because I dont have to tell you about everything that goes on in my life, besides, my beautiful fiancee here doesn't like all of this public showoff, we kept our relationship a secret. And yes, she was a nanny to my kid's, and thats because it was our way of being closer to each other." He said giving a very too sincere smile. What a liar! I just tugged on his arm tighter and gave him a tight lipped smile.

Immediately, he said those words, the faces of some women changed to 'aw' expressions especially the ladies. Some were like 'aw , we never knew you could be such a romantic' and several other comments to make his smirk go wider. He is really satisfied at the way they received his lies.

"Ok, yea.. that's it. Just take their pictures. No more questions." A bodyguard who I hadn't noticed said to those reporters.

But why are you just introducing her today on the day of the awards?

"I only revealed this because I just proposed to her few days ago and decided its finally time to let the public know that one of the most eligible bachelors is taken."

Yes, tell us mr Benson, are you sure this isn't some business strategy.

I took that as my cue to reveal the beautiful ring Benson had bought for me the day we went to see Maria old place.

They immediately started taking pictures. They took few more pictures and we finally made it to the hall and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Even though I didn't say much, I still had to be there to hear our characters being questioned.

"Hey, Benson. Will you introduce me to this beautiful lady or should I do it myself?" A slightly older man said beside me. He does look familiar.

"Good evening, mr Peterson and this beautiful lady here is my fiancee, Lucy Brianston." He said wrapping his arms around me. I felt myself smile at that. His fiancee.

"So she is the one who's finally captured Benson's heart. You're a very pretty lady, miss nichole." He grabbed my hand kissed my knuckles. I looked over to Benson and he gave me an approving smile.

"Thank you, sir." I replied and I'm sure my face is crimson red by now. I can feel it.

He and Benson discussed a few things, mostly about the project and after few minutes, he left.

"Enjoy the party guys. I'll see you around. Host duties is calling." He said and Benson nodded. He gave Benson a weird smile, more like a proud look and patted his back.

Benson took me around, introducing me to his guests and associates and most of the men gave me perverted looks. It even got to a point where Benson had to speak up.

"Hey, listen, the attention is up here and not there." He said pointing towards my Curves where the man has been staring alot.

The man's wife, of course didn't notice until Benson spoke as she was too busy ogling Benson and giving him what she thinks is a seductive look but in all fairness, she did look a fool licking her lips the way she did. What makes it more amusing is that Benson wasn't even looking at her.

When the man looked up, his cheek had a pink taint to it. He just gulped. Benson looked really angry and it took everything in me to whisper words to calm him . Since we left there, he has refused to take his hands from my waist.

As we passed, I began to feel people glare at me, mostly the ladies, they gave me envious looks and the perverted old and young men, they immediately kept their eyes up once they noticed Benson looking over at them.

It continued like that, if we go visit a couple, the wife will ogle Benson and act like I dont even exist and the men, will be gulping just looking at me. It's so disgusting if you ask me.

And now, we are finally alone. I like the word 'alone'. I'm way too tired of smiling so much and pretending to enjoy the party.

This is just an avenue for the rich and egoistic men to flaunt their wealth and ego. As for the ladies, whether married or not, they are just busy ogling and talking about men.

"You dont like this party, do you?" Benson asked with a small smile playing on his lips.

I shook my head and gave a sheepish smile.

Looks like my expression gave me away.

"Really?" I asked, surprised.

"Then, let's go."

"Yea, since you don't like it." He shrugged.

"Umm." I gave an unconvinced look.

"Ok, ok. The secret is that I also don't like this kind of parties." He whispered into my ear. I widened my eyes at the closeness of our faces.

Somehow I lost myself in his eyes. I kept staring at those blue eyes I've come to love. I felt my hand move on it's own to touch his face and somehow, even he didn't stop staring.

"Umm, mr Benson." Someone said behind us ruining our moment. Damn you mister.

"What?" He shouted. I flinched. He must have noticed because he mouthed 'sorry' to me and I just smiled.

"Hmm, sir, the…umm..those foreign investors who usually give projects every year they come around, so I felt that you might want to meet them." He gave him a stiff nod and stood straight.

I straightened up as well and prepared to be alone now. I just changed my mind. I hate the word 'alone.' Uggr!

"Babe, I'd be back, just few minutes." He said and kissed my cheek and I felt my eyes widen. That's the first time he ever kissed me. Ok, maybe not on the lips but he freaking kissed me. I should be happy right? …whatever.

I kept watching him from a distance as he interacted with him so professionally.

"He's hot, isn't he?" I nodded instantly but wait… who said that?

I looked over and saw two women standing beside me accessing me from head to toe with a look of disgust in their eyes and it's to no surprise that one of the ladies is Clara. Clara Jonathan, tye famous model and TV presenter, and the other woman, with a dirty blonde hair, who is probably some rich kid like her. First time impression lasts a lifetime. I swear.

"You silly girl, you're doing this for money, aren't you? Just make sure you don't fall for him. He's only mine." Clara said and the dirty blonde girl just laughed. I didn't say anything.

"By the way, why would Benson ask a bic#* like her to be his fiancee. Gross! I wish he had asked me, I'd gladly be his s*x slave for no charges at all." She said dreamily. Now that's Gross.

Clara glared at her and she quickly kept quiet.

"By the way Lucy, you've got a nice dress on. Must be Maria's old dress, but the truth is that such an exquisite piece is not meant for sluts like you."

She stated giving me the fakest smile ever.

"And your cloth looks just as beautiful but then, it'll have been better if you had gotten an original piece from the makers considering your wealth instead of this old rejected clothes from his Ex. Look, look. It's even torn." I said pointing a spot at her backside and she quickly used her hands to cover it.

That's it. Payback time slut. I returned the gesture of giving her a fake smile in return. "Thanks for the complement, Clara." I said in a sing-song tone.

I laughed out loud at her reaction and the look on her face when I laughed was priceless, she looked really mad , like really mad. Foolish girl, I was just returning the favour.

"See you around, girls." I said waving to the two idiots. The dirty blonde bimbo left her mouth agape. She's probably not used to seeing her friend being insulted. Well, get used to it. Lucy Brianston doesn't take any insult for granted.

I turned around and saw Benson looking at me with a straight face. His face completely void of any emotion.

"What the f**k, man. How could you call a woman names. That's so silly."

"What did you expect me to do, huh? Should I just watch them ruin me again? She f*****g hugged him. She went out with him. He even applied sunscreen on her back so sensually as though he's her lover? The most annoying part was that she seemed like she was happy and content. It's obvious that they are in a relationship. It was their plan. " I ran a hand through my hair frustrated.

I feel angry, disappointed, frustrated, betrayed and yet….. guilty. I feel bad for questioning her character like that but I had to because I don't trust her.

I wasn't like this until lara almost ruined me. Such a b***h. I was completely in love with her. I was warned before taking the decision to be his fiancee but I wouldn't listen. I could feel that Blake will be disappointed by my decision, but this is the only way I can find out if Benson really loved Maria, and if yes? Why didn't he come for her or why he is so in a hurray to marry another girl since it is just 9months.

Benson's POV

See Lucy with Blake only makes me feel that she was trying to get back at me for not defending her from Clara at the party.

Luke burst out laughing.

"You sound jealous, Ben? Are you beginning to fall for Lucy? That aside, because you saw them together, you can't simply assume they are together. Ok, listen, think it through with a clear mind."

Luke has started to treat Lucy as someone special after our fake engagement, He was talking about some weird connection he feels with her.

"I dont know. "

Well….maybe no. But I don't trust her.

"Does she seem like someone that can associate with Clara?"

"Dont be silly, man. Answer me honestly." I could tell he was getting upset too. We've been married for only a week and are already fighting. I feel bad too. Especially when I saw her face this morning. The glow in her eyes were long gone. Her beautiful green eyes were red and swollen. She looked shaken. It seemed like that she cried all night. She even had to use shades throughout the flight back and when we got back, she just went to her room and hasn't said anything to me till now and that was when I started to regret not controlling my temper.

"Ok, fine. She doesn't seem like the type." I replied whilst gulping my wine down at once.

"For the the one week that you guys spent alone together, did she act suspicious or anything? Did you see her do anything secretive? "

"Exactly. "

No, well honestly the one week we had spent in our vacation was really one of the best I've had in a while. For once, I wasn't the Benson everyone knew. The straight faced and arrogant man, who was always here and there for his mate Maria. I let my hair down throughout until last night of course.

I was relaxed. I was free from having to do so much work. All that is thanks to nichole ofcourse. At first, I had decided that I won't relate much with her and just let her know her place as my hired wife.

I even planned on telling her the next day that she should not act like a real wife whilst we are alone and maintain her distance from me but the next day after having breakfast, I saw how excited she was to explore our vacation, that too with me, I couldn't just bring myself to ruin her mood.

So, I just decided to have 'fun' like she called it but in all fairness, I did feel happy and I laughed alot too.

We visited so many places ;the national stadium, the mahiri resort Island and so much more…. even the mall.

Uhhh! I remember when we went to the mall, I was so bored. I mean, shopping means boredom to me. I hate shopping. When I see something I like, I just order it without bothering to check the pricetag.

"You see. You can't seem to get that sheepish grin off your face. Your expression explains it all. You enjoyed your time with her."

'Hell yes.' I wanted to say but I know him well than to put myself in a fix. He'll start to say 'Oh Benson, admit it or not, you like her.'

"Well, maybe I did." I replied shrugging like it's nothing.

He gave me a smirk " Now tell me, why did she agree to this in the first place. To be your fake wife, well hired because you truly got married. "

"For my company's sake?"

"Right. And we both know you had that verified. He was really ill."

"Before you start to debate internally, think this through. That girl married you only for your children and your company and has been nothing but nice and loyal to you. She spent her every time with you as though you are her lovely husband. She did everything like a real wife would do despite the fact that noone was watching you, correct?"

True. I agree… but

"No buts this time around. You agreed that she fulfilled every duty of a wife despite the fact that you've been married for only a week. Just because she forgot about your dinner plans doesn't make her a whore."

"Correct, but…" He's right. Lucy acted as though this is all real. I guess she tends to forget that this is all a deal afterall.

He interrupted by raising his hand up

I tried to utter a word but he stopped me again.

"And by the way, you got angry seeing her with Blake. Really, Benson? You've always known that Blake always does everything in his power to spite you. He will stoop to any level just to make you upset and look, he's succeeded. I can't believe you fell for his game plan."

"Listen Benson, I know ok, I know how much Clara's betrayal shook you. I understand that you're having trust issues but that doesn't mean that you should see everyone around you as liars. Try to think about them. You've been my brother since forever and I know that you're not the type to insult respectable people and nichole, my dear friend, is a very respectable woman irrespective of the reason she married you."

"Where are you going?"

He stood up and I couldn't help but ask.

"I'm leaving. You should, too. Go and make amends to the one you've offended instead of drowning yourself in alcohol whilst wallowing in self pity." He made his way towards the exit but stopped and looked at me.

"Just remember that not every relationship should be treated like a deal. If not anything, you could be friends. Think about it. " He gave me a small smile. "I love you, man. Take care." He said whilst patting my back.

"Just remember that not every relationship should be treated like a deal. If not anything, you could be friends. Think about it. " He gave me a small smile. "I love you, man. Take care." He said whilst patting my back.

This brought a smile to my face. I've always known that Luke's got a softer heart but I never knew he could be so sentimental. It feels weird having my buff give me relationship advice. I chuckled and he smiled back before finally leaving through the doors.

I collapsed back on the chair. Well, Benson. You've got a lot of thinking to do.

.......Hi lovesss, its another chapter

....... Benson and Lucy is finally playing the fake married couple role. Do you think Lucy has an alternative since she is now his wife and you why is always with Blake.