You More Than Anything In The World

She opened the bedroom door, only to walk right into Benjamin standing at the doorway.

Had he not caught her by the waist in time, Arissa would've fallen on her behind.

“Be careful!”

This time, his voice sounded stern as opposed to his playful tone from earlier.

After taking a few seconds to regain her composure, Arissa recalled what she wanted to ask him about and quickly broke out of his embrace.

“What happened to the kitchen?”

Benjamin simply shot her a glance as he grabbed some clothes and headed toward the living room. “We'll talk in the living room.”

Huh?

Arissa froze and stared at him in confusion.

Benjamin turned around and said, “The kids are still asleep. Let's not wake them now.”

Arissa could only nod and follow behind him.

Unbeknownst to her, Benjamin broke into a grin as he thought to himself.

Mmm... How obedient...

“Did you have someone remove all the food from the kitchen?” Arissa asked the moment they got to the living room.

Since Benjamin had just returned from his morning run, he was about to take a shower.

“Yup!” he replied as he continued making his way toward the bathroom.

Arissa was so caught up with questioning him that she followed him inside without even realizing.

“Why did you do that? How am I supposed to make breakfast, then?”

“The hotel will prepare breakfast for us. You can go back to sleep if you wish to kill time!”

Having set his fresh change of clothes down in the corner, Benjamin began taking off his shirt in front of her.

The sight of his well-developed muscles gave her quite a shock and caused her to turn around immediately. That was when she saw the mirror and realized she had followed him into the bathroom.

“I'll be on my way out now!”

Benjamin glanced at her through the corner of his eye as she ran off. “I don't mind having you scrub my back for me!”

Arissa ignored him and slammed the bathroom door shut behind her. Fearing the loud noise would have woken up the kids, she quickly ran over to check on them.

It wasn't until she saw that they were still asleep that she breathed a sigh of relief. She then pulled the blanket over their shoulders before leaving the bedroom.

I can't make breakfast since there's nothing in the kitchen, and it's still very early at the moment... Should I go back to sleep? Or should I just wait for the kids to wake up? D*mn you, Benjamin! You could've at least told me if you didn't want me making breakfast! I wouldn't have gotten up so early if you did!

She thought to herself while glaring fiercely at the bathroom door.

Eventually, Arissa decided to order some food from the menu and had the butler serve it up.

The butler had just brought the food over when Benjamin came out of the shower.

“Enjoy your breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Graham!”

Arissa froze when she heard that.

Benjamin shot her a glance as he sat down at the table. “Go on, Mrs. Graham. Eat up!”

Arissa made her way to the couch and said defiantly, “I'll eat when the kids are all here. You can carry on without me, Graham!”

Hmph! Does he really think I enjoy this title? I just didn't feel like explaining myself, that's all!

Benjamin narrowed his eyes. “Arissa, have you forgotten what you promised me?”