BENNIFER 2.0 - ‘This Time It's Forever'

ALL THE DETAILS BEHIND JENNIFER LOPEZ AND BEN AFFLECK’S STEAMY REBOOT (BEN PLAYED HARD TO GET!) — AND WHY THEIR EXES HAVE THEIR DOUBTS

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JENNIFER LOPEZ and Ben Affleck couldn’t keep their hands off of each other. During a June 13 dinner party to celebrate Jennifer’s sister Linda’s 50th birthday at Hollywood’s trendy Nobu restaurant, Jennifer could be seen caressing Ben’s face before the actor pulled her in for a steamy kiss. After, the “Let’s Get Loud” singer smiled and giggled as he nuzzled her neck and whispered in her ear. “Jen feels like a loved-up teenager,” says an insider. “She gets butterflies when she’s with Ben, and she doesn’t care who knows it.”

Just like old times. The exes — who called off their engagement in 2004 after two years — have been going strong since reconnecting in early May, following Jen’s split from Alex Rodriguez. But Bennifer 2.0 almost didn’t happen. An insider reveals the 51-year-old Hustlers star had to convince her long-ago ex to give their love a second chance. “Ben wasn’t so keen on getting this serious so soon at first,” the insider reveals. “So Jen basically had to talk him into it. She begged him to just go all in and trust fate — otherwise she said it wasn’t worth it.” Still smitten after all these years, the