Is that unintentionally KISS or not?

He stands close to Lara, looking at her and he says,

"You are looking beautiful in this dress but does it's backless make your beauty stand out a bit more?" He asks her quizzically, smiling at her.

Lara looks at him and angrily says,

"Don't look there"

He smiles at her and replies, "it's a rose and a human doesn't even see it."

"Along with this rose there are thorns, so be careful", Saying this, she walks away and Ben watches her go, whispering to himself,

"I will endure the pain of the thorns to get the rose."

Everyone is enjoying the event with drinks in their hands, couples are slowly doing every move to the music and at the same time, people get up and get ready to participate in this dance. Seeing this, Mr Rachel comes holding hands and starts dancing with Lara. Lara smiles a lot at her father's act and is enjoying it, at that moment when her father ends the dance to meet a guest and leaves. Seeing the opportunity, Ben approaches her and extends his hand, asking permission to dance with her. Lara puts her hand on his, and Ben puts his hand on her delicate waist and pulls her close until they are close enough to feel each other's breath.

It was dark with soft light everywhere to make the scene more charming and attractive and everyone gets lost in the moment. Looking at each other they slowly paced back and forth, Lara's hands on Ben's chest while Ben's hands gripped Lara's slim waist and pulled her closer to him.

They are looking into each other's eyes and Suddenly Ben leans down on her lips, kissing them softly and capturing them. The meeting of those lips in which Lara also loses herself in the moment and then immediately pulls back from him. Out of breath, She was looking at him in panic and surprise and runs away to her room. Watching her go, Ben puts a hand to his lips and starts smiling thoughtfully.

Coming into her room, she closes the door, and stands leaning against the door. Her breathing is heavy and her heart is beating very fast. She goes to the bathroom and stands in front of the sink and looks at herself in the mirror.

"what happened? How dare he? I, how did I kiss him? How could I be so careless? Oh god, I didn't want to do all this, how did this happen? Lara was standing in front of the mirror in a state of worry and panic, wondering at herself, feeling very angry at Ben and ashamed of herself at the same time. Opening the faucet, she starts splashing water on her mouth.

She changes her clothes and goes to sleep in the dark room and lies on the bed, but she is not able to sleep. After a while there is a knock on the door, she stands up from the bed while managing herself and starts thinking is it, Ben? But a voice in her ear disproved her thinking because at that moment her father was outside the door.

"Lara Open the door, Lara daughter, are you all right?" Her father who was constantly knocking on the door and calling her, Lara immediately opens the door and sees her father with a worried look on his face. Seeing the darkness in the room, her father now comes near her and asks her,

"what happened?, You came early from the party are you well? my dear", Her father now asks her, holding her face from one side.

"Yes, I'm fine, just tired of standing at the party and getting bored, So came early and went to sleep," she explained holding her father's hand.

"I was very worried about your absence, so Ben told me that you had come to your room." Her father told her.

"yes, it is" Lara replied.

"Well my dear, you rest and sleep, we will meet for breakfast in the morning", Her father kissed her on the forehead.

"Yes, well, you can relax now and don't worry, I'm fine." She smiled at her father.

"Good night my dear daughter", her father says to her as he leaves the room.

"Good night Dad, she says as she locks the door and lies back on her bed.

Ben, who is sitting on a bench in the park outside the hotel, leans back and closes his eyes as he remembers the kissing scene and has a smile on his face. After some time he takes out his mobile phone from his vest pocket and takes out Lara's number and starts writing a message to her. Then he gets up and puts both his hands in his jeans pocket and starts walking towards the door of the hotel with a smile on his face.

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When her eyes open in the morning, she feels her head is very heavy. She grabs her mobile with this sleepiness and suddenly she gets a call. Without looking at the name, she puts the mobile to her ear and says "hello"

"Did I wake up my daughter? How are you feeling now?" Her father asked her.

"I'm fine now, Dad", Lara said.

"If so, then hurry down to the breakfast table, we are waiting for you." Hearing this, Lara refuses but her father hangs up.

"I don't want to go down, but why? Why am I running away from him? what is my mistake? I'll go down, I don't know why I've taken this to heart. Relax Lara."

Consoling and explaining herself, she gets out of bed and gets ready. Leaving her mobile on the bed, she goes to the washroom and till now she has not seen that message from Ben.

Ben is waiting for her and hears her footsteps, sees her coming and immediately turns to the food. Saying good morning, she sits on the chair and starts eating breakfast.

"You look much better now her father smiles at her and Lar says,

"yes I'm fine"

"What happened to you Miss Lara have you been unwell?" asks Ben questioningly, Lara looks at him with raised eyebrows and says,

"What about me? I'm all right. Don't worry, Mr Ben". Ben nods smiling at her and Lara who smiles angrily at him and starts eating breakfast. Ben would sometimes look at her and sometimes he would be busy with breakfast.

Mr Rachel shovelled the salad into his mouth, glancing questioningly at Lara and Ben as if something was wrong.

"I was thinking that there are two days to the Award ceremony, so why not take a trip to Paris?" Mr Rachel asked them.

"Yes, that's a very good idea," said Ben agreeing with him. "Lara what do you say?" her father asked.

"Yes, I have no problem. She said while eating breakfast.

"Ok, then we will go out this evening you two be ready." Mr Rachel said while finishing his breakfast.