Worthington Wives

Chapter Twenty Two

Two weeks had gone by that Ben and Reyanna started sleeping in the same bed, and he had been a gentleman. But this particular night, Reyanna rolled over on her side and her pajama top rode up, giving him a view of her soft skin. He knew he shouldn’t, but he had to touch her skin. She didn’t wake up, so he let his hand drift up under her top. When he touched her breast, that woke her up. Reyanna jumped up out of bed and told him to get out of her bed.

“I’m sorry, baby, I just needed to touch you. The temptation was just too much,” he confessed. “Come back to bed. I’ll be good…I promise,” he pleaded. “No, you need to go to your own room,” she insisted, still standing. “It’s time we put some distance between us until the wedding,” she said, turning away from him.

“Go on to your room, Ben,” Reyanna said, turning back to him. “Well, I can’t right this minute,” he said. “And why not?” She asked. “Well, my darling, I could show you, but you would get mad,” he said with a grin. When the realization hit her, she turned away blushing. “I’m going to the bathroom and you be gone when I get back,” she said.

Ben didn’t mean to offend her, but he had. Now, she wanted to throw him out of her room. But he remembered the feel of her soft breast and smiled. Yes, she was right, he had crossed the line. He knew he could no longer keep his hands off her, so he got up and went

to his cold lonely bed. He could touch her all he wanted in his dreams, though, he thought as he dozed off smiling.

Ben held Reyanna’s chair for her to sit the next morning and kissed her cheek, but she gave him an icy glare. “Brrr, you guys feel a cold breeze in here?” Ben teased as he sat down beside her. The brothers gave him knowing grins. It was obvious there was trouble in paradise.

“Mad….wom….an….bad,” Avery Sr. said. Ben nodded at his dad. “You said it, Dad,” he agreed. “Jew….ry,” his dad told him. “Is that how you thaw an icy woman, Dad?” Phillip joked. “Yeah…yeah,” he said, nodding his head and grinning. “Don’t encourage them, Avery,” Agnes scolded. The boys all grinned but kept

their mouths shut. Ben looked over at Reyanna and winked at her. He could see the hint of a smile which gave him encouragement.

“Can I get a kiss goodbye, Sweetheart?” Ben asked, once they were in the parlor. “As long as you keep your hands still,” she warned. “Yes, My Love,” he said, putting his hands on her waist. He kissed her gently, testing the waters. When she didn’t resist, he deepened the kiss, feeling her tongue dance slowly with his. “Mmm, I love my lady’s kisses,” he told her, rubbing noses playfully with her before leaving for work. “I love you, Baby,” he said, glancing back at her. I love you,” she said as he left the room.

“You have to stand your ground with them

when you stand for what’s right, girl,” Agnes told her coming to stand beside her. “They can be like children sometimes. You have to be the adult,” she told Reyanna. “Yes Ma’am,” Reyanna agreed.

After dinner that evening, Ryan and Antonio came to begin their dance training. “Could I offer you a snack or something to drink?” Reyanna offered. The two declined. “We may like some water when we finish,” Ryan told her. “We are going to break a sweat tonight, girl,” Ryan told her, grinning and taking her by the hand as he led her to the ballroom center. “Now, Ben, you work with Antonio, and then we will change partners and try out what you’ve learned,” Ryan told him.

“We are going to just teach you one dance that I feel is very romantic and fun. It’s called the Bachata, and I think you will enjoy doing this at your wedding,” Ryan said. “Actually, Antonio darling, come here, let’s show them how lovely the Bachata is,” Ryan said. “And you swing your lover around, and you bring your faces side by side and your bodies fit together like a glove like so,” he said as the two danced perfectly.

“Antonio is turning me on,” Reyanna teased. “Me too!” Ben joked back. “Watch those hips! You think you can move yours like that?” He asked, raising an eyebrow at her. “Probably not like that, but I’ll try,” she said, smiling.

Ryan paired with Reyanna and Antonio with Ben. Reyanna couldn’t help but giggle at Ben trying to dance with Antonio. Ryan held Reyanna’s hips and showed her how to move them and Ben teased her. “More of that figure eight movement, Ryan, I like seeing her hips move like that,” Ben said.

Antonio pulled Ben very close as they danced and Ben warned him to back up a bit. Reyanna giggled at him again. “Ok, I’m ready to dance with my fiancé,” Ben said, moving away, embarrassed by the uncomfortable closeness of the dance with Antonio.

When Ben danced with Reyanna, she was reluctant to get too close to him. She was already blushing from being so close, but according to the dance, their bodies were meant to be against each other. They had never been that familiar before, and she felt uncomfortable. “Put those hips against your man’s hips like this,” Ryan said, thrusting his hips against Antonio’s. Reyanna broke away with embarrassment and started holding her hands over her face. “I can’t do this in front of my Mom….and people from the church!” She said. “We have to do something else,” she said.

Ben put his arm around her and told her it was okay if she didn’t want to do that dance. Ryan came over to talk to her. “Honey….it’s okay, you don’t have to get that close if it makes you uncomfortable,” he said, comforting her. “We will do the ‘church version’, okay? You can fit a basketball between you. It still looks sexy and it’s still very fun, how’s that?” He offered. Reyanna dried her tears and agreed to try the “church version” of the dance.

Ben and Reyanna followed Ryan and Antonio doing the new version of the dance, keeping some distance between them, and she felt much more comfortable with doing it that way. Ben smiled at her as they danced. “Keep your eyes on each other, don’t look at your feet. Eyes on your lover,” Ryan reminded them. Reyanna blushed at the word ‘Lover’ because they were not yet lovers. Ben lifted an eyebrow at the thought, though and grinned at her, making her blush even redder.

“Okay, guys, that’s enough for tonight. We will be back every day this week. By Friday we will have you two dancing like ‘Dancing with the Stars’, trust me,” he assured them. Ben and Reyanna escorted them to the door and thanked them. “Oh, wait!” Reyanna exclaimed. She ran to the kitchen and got bottled waters to send with them. Ryan and Antonio thanked her as they left arm in arm.