Husband With Benefits
Chapter 125: The Holiday(2)

Chapter 125: The Holiday(2)

The crackling fire sent sparks dancing into the night sky, casting a warm glow over the group of students gathered along the edge of the lake. The air was thick with laughter and the scent of burning wood, as Nora found herself in the midst of the lively crowd, unexpectedly enjoying herself. She’d never felt this in her life. Even with the threat looming over her, Nora felt happy.

Amidst the sound of clinking bottles and joyous chatter, someone struck up a lively tune on an acoustic guitar. The beat resonated through the summer air, prompting a spontaneous eruption of dancing, she too swayed to the music, feeling the infectious rhythm as her classmates twirled and spun around her.

This is what being young was about, wasn’t it? To be able to enjoy the little moments. Even though she was alone in this moment, she did not feel lonely. Smiling, she picked up her phone and clicked a picture, wanting to keep the memory.

Bringing her knees to her chest, she crossed her arms and laid down her head, feeling too much at peace. She watched as the effects of all the drinking started to take effect, resulting in the favorite game of every drunk student ever. Truth or Dare. Only, this version seemed to have changed to only Dare or Dare.

She watched in amusement as the Dares turned from mild to outrageous until someone was almost forced to take a dip in the cold lake. Nora shivered at the thought and thanked the fates that she had not participated in the games. Since the time they’d reached here yesterday, she had shied away from going near the lake, even though she had roamed the entire grounds of the house otherwise, hoping that the attacker would take the opportunity. But that lake seemed to give her an eerie feeling. It was why, even as everyone had enjoyed it during the day, she had stayed away.

Sara and Antonio had locked themselves in a room, appearing only to grab some food during the day and Nora did not know what to think of that. Was Antonio here to attack her or not?

With her thoughts returned to the threat, Nora could not help but sigh. Tomorrow would be their last day and night here so if something were to happen, it should happen between today and tomorrow.

Just then, someone nudged her shoulder and Nora opened her eyes to look at Sara. Think of the devils and they appeared. Sara gave her a radiant smile and spoke," Nora, thank you for your advice! We’ve patched up. And I think this fight and later the talking has made us even closer. So thank you."

Nora shook her head and took a sip of her water, not even wanting to answer that. She turned back her gaze to see the boy shivering as he huddled in front of the fire, soaked from head to toe. Sara followed her gaze and exclaimed, "What are they doing? Ooohh. They are playing a game Dare! Nora, why are you not playing? Come on, we also have to play!"

Before Nora could refute her or claim that she was perfectly fine, thank you, she had been dragged amidst the ever-growing circle as Sara shouted," We are also in."

Nora shook her head and wanted to backout but was roped into it with loud cheers and jeers. Shaking her head, she promised to play one round and sat down...

***

Demetri sat in the large vanity car that he had been living in since yesterday and looked at the crowd below. Despite the fact that he could keep an eye on Nora and the many precautions he had taken, his gut continued to churn, warning him something bad was going to happen. And he hated this helpless feeling. It reminded him of the time when Erasmi had been taken to the hospital. Even then, he’d almost begged Erasmi to not go...

No. Demetri shook his head as if assuring himself. Unlike Erasmi, Nora was fully prepared. There had to be something that they were missing out on and that is what was causing him the stress.

Just then, his phone started to ring, and he realized that it was the vet’s clinic where they were testing the Tibetan mastiff that had attacked Nora. Quickly, he answered and the excited voice on the other end stated," Chairman! We have found the thing that makes the dog aggressive."

Demetri tightened his hold on the phone. Since they had not found anything on Nora’s clothes that might have induced the dog to attack, the vet had been experimenting with different smells that might provoke the dog.

"What is it?"

"Sir, mothballs and vinegar! One of our volunteer staff ended up dropping a bottle of vinegar over herself before she came here. She was in a hurry and instead of changing her clothing, she simply let the vinegar dry. And she was wearing a sweater with mothballs! Our regular staff is careful about this because of course mothballs are toxic to most pets and vinegar in general irritates them. But she did not know, of course. When she went to feed the dogs, the Mastiff almost broke through the cage to attack her! She was so scared she ran away from here faster than a bullet train!"

Before the man could continue, however, Demetri cut it," Nora’s clothing had neither mothballs nor vinegar..."

This jolted the other man and he scratched his head in confusion- Of course they had already tested Madam’s clothing and found that it did not seem to trigger the dog..."Maybe there was someone standing close to Madam and they had the smell of vinegar and mothballs? The dog could have been confused if the people standing were close enough..."

Demetri thanked the vet and rubbed his forehead, trying to think if he had seen someone wearing some old sweater that might have mothballs...

As the person’s face flashed in front of his eyes, he cursed and quickly started to search for Nora on the screen while he dialled her number with his phone.

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