Love Untangled - Chapter 130

Benjamin

I felt weak giving into her as she kept taking me in and out her mouth.

“Oah.” A groan escaped my lips as my fingers stroke her soft curls on the back of her head.

Now and then she looked at me and I had a hard time controlling my body. As if she could read my mind, Jasmine looked so pleased with her herself knowing what she did to me. She smiled at me and came to sit on top of me, slowly letting me ease into her.

“Jazz.” I cried as her flesh surrounded me.

My hands traced her body, grabbing her breasts, my eyes seemed to roll back in my head.

“I love you.” She breathed in my mouth as she rocked my world. I murmured something uncomprehensive and filled her body. In the aftershock, jasmine kissed me fiercely.

Jasmine rested her face on my chest and I gently stroke her body. “That was…” I began to say. She kissed my chest and I kissed the crown of her head.

We were quiet for a while. Slowly my breathing returned to normal. The room felt cold to my naked skin, so I picked her up with one arm and placed us both under the covers. Jasmine snuggled on my chest again.

“Habibie.” I mouthed. Her pretty cat-like eyes looked up to me, and I wiped her hair out of her face so I could look at her.

“Do you feel this?” I asked her. Jasmine’s eyes became more curious, unknowing what I meant. My hands darted down to her belly. I thought of our babies inside of her as I kissed her.

“The peace.” I breathed against her nose. Jazz did not answer. “Honey… we have so many enemies, people that want to assassin us… We constantly have to be on the lookout for political intrigues..” I sighed.

“Together we can achieve so much for our country, and for the young woman that live there…” I said trying to get her attention. It worked. Jasmine’s eyes grew big.

“But we have to do it together, united, as one front.” I told her.

“This..” I said as I tasted the sweetness of her lips. I parted her mouth and deepened the kiss. “Is the only tension we should feel between us.” I said as I caressed her face. My fingers tingled where I touched her.

“I’m sorry.” She said shying away from my touch. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me.” She said, eyes filled with grieve.

“I-” She breathed heavily. “Let’s be happy together.” I suggested with a smile. She smiled in return.

“No other woman.” She said like a sulky child. “No other woman.” I promised. “And let’s talk instead of fight.” I uttered.

Zachary

In my dreams, the whole hotel was on fire. Curtains were going up in flames, furniture was melting.

The smell of burning wood, combined with plastic seemed to vivid.  I felt like suffocating.

I opened my eyes and my lungs burned. It was no dream. The whole room was lit up in fire. I was coughing fiercely.

I was laying on the sofa of the hotel suit Benjamin rented for us. Saphira was in the bedroom, because although her mom brought her up freely, that stupid Benjamin got to her concerning all sorts of wedding night crap.

Dazed I stood up. The stank of everything melting was hard to digest, so I took my shirt and pressed it to my nose. I did not realize it before, but the sound of the fire alarm was ringing hard.

Outside the suite I heard people screaming. I ran to where Saphira was, but I had a hard time seeing through the smoke.

“Saph!” I screamed. “Saph!” She did not respond. I finally found her and I tried to wake her up. “Saph!” I cried. “Zach, what is happening?” She asked in a faint voice.

“I don’t know. Everything is on fire.” I said in shock. “Come!” I said and helped her out of bed. “We need to be fast.” I said. As we quickly moved towards the bedroom door.

We heard someone open the suite door. “Is anyone there?!” A males voice yelled. “Yes!” I yelled back. “We are here.” Saphira tried to say, but her voice was faint.

I picker up in my arms and tried to make my way through the fire, towards the hall. It was a fire fighter.

“I have got one of the last ones out.” The man said to his walkie talky. He placed some sort of cloth over us and we followed him.

“It will be okay.” I said to Saphira. She was coughing so hard. Everything was red and orange and yellow.

“Stop.” The firefighter said. We heard a very loud noise as a part of the ceiling collapsed. “Where is Benjamin?” Saphira asked in panic. “Let’s worry about us first.” I said shaking my head.

The fire fighter guided us through the staircase. When we finally got out, I could still smell the stank of death and destroy.

There were so many people.

I collapsed.

Saphira

“You have been very lucky.” A tall doctor with grey hair told me. “You had been exposed to severe smoke for quit some time.” He said twitching his lips. I sat on a hospital bed and touched the yellow sheets.

“Where is Benjamin?” I asked the doctor. “You mean the man you were with?” He asked me. The man frowned. “Yes. No. That is Zachary. How is he? I meant Benjamin. How is Benjamin? Did he make it out alive?” I rambled on.

The doctor seemed confused. “Zachary is being seen by my colleagues right now as we speak.” The man said in a kind voice. “If you want I can check if your other friend is in this hospital as well.” He said looking at his pager.

“What was his name?” He questioned. “Benjamin.” I whispered. “Last name?” The doctor said without looking at me. “Benjamin El-Raji Al Saud.” I said. “The sultan.” We both said at the same time.

His eyes were big. “Do you know him?” He scrutinized my face. “Yes.” I breathed.  “Are you first family?” He asked me.

I shook my head. “Oh.. Well… Then I am sorry miss… I am instructed not to say anything about his whereabouts.” The man swallowed.

“If you want, one of my assistants can take you to see your friend.” He said meaningfully? “To see Benjamin?” I asked relieved. The man shook his head in frustration. “No to see Zachary, your ahm… Boyfriend, he mentioned he was.” The doctor said. “We have contacted your family back in Malibu and they told us to tell you, that they will come here as soon as they can.”

“Well I am to go and see other patients. For now everything looks good. If you come about any health complaints, please let us know.” He said shaking my hand.

The doctor left and I realized my mom could not contact me, because I did not carry my phone with me.

There were so many people in the hospital. People with severe injuries. Burn wounds. It smelled like melted flesh in here. “Can I help you?” A nurse asked me. She held her blond hair in a high pony tail. Sweat covered her forehead.

“Y-yes.” I said. “Is Benjamin… I mean the sultan here? I need to see him.” I pleaded. The woman shook her head. “He is not here. But I don’t know where he is either.” She said and pointed towards the large TV screen that was hanging from the ceiling.

I walked towards it and stared at it for a very long time. The title below said that there had possibly been an attack on the King of Saudi-Arabia and his wife. And that the attack had resulted in 30 deaths so far.

I was frozen in place.

If 30 people had died, while someone was out for him, there was a very good chance that they had gotten to him. Tears started to well from my eyes.

“There you are.” I was starlet when I felt two hands on my shoulder. Zachary held me close to his body and I did not move.

I was crying so hard, that my whole body felt weak. “Are you cold?” Zachary said wiping my tears away.

I was wearing a cotton Pajama, but my feet were bare. “There are some people that are bringing clothes to the hospital and shoes… maybe we can go find some?” Zachary said uncertain. He did not wear any shirt.

I shook my head. “Where is Benjamin?” I whispered. I saw something flicker across Zachary’s face, but I did not know what it was, and now was not the time to go and identify it.

“I really don’t know.” He breathed. We both looked at the screen for a while and saw that a news broadcaster was speculating about what happened.

“An attack?” Zach said.. Shock colored his tone.