Husband With Benefits
Chapter 147: Memories

Chapter 147: Memories

Nora stood in front of the tall building of Frost Industries with hesitating feet. She did not want to go inside but she wanted to go inside. She needed answers. Like echoes of her many nightmares, she could hear the voices of Lara Anderson and many others in school, telling her repeatedly," Do you think he was nice to you because you are likeable? He was only showing courtesy to your sister."

"She likes me, Nora. She wants to be my best friend. It is why I told her to be nice to you and she was pretending all along. She never wanted to be your friend."

"These chocolates are not for you. They are for your sister. She was feeling bad so she asked me to give a box to you as well. Don’t misunderstand. I do not like you."

Even though all these instances in the past, had been orchestrated by Sara and Lara in the past, Nora had failed to realize how deep these things had hurt her. The favored person in each of those memories was Sara but it did not feel like that now.

She had never doubted that they had a shared camaraderie because he liked her as she was. But now, had he been kind to her because of his love for her sister? Elijah Frost had believed that she would see the picture and break up with Demetri. Possibly the man had known that the woman in the picture was her sister. While she was the foolish one to not have had even that much of information.

Suddenly, she wanted an answer. She wanted Demetri to tell her that he was her friend and confidante because of her and not because of her a sister she did not even know.

Taking a fortifying breath, she walked into the large office building and confidently to the Reception, ready to ask to meet Demetri. However, before she could ask, she saw a man walking towards her hurriedly. She moved sideways, wondering if he was in some sort of a hurry but the man stopped in front of her and bowed quickly," Mrs. Frost. Sir is expecting you."

It was only as the man spoke that Nora realized this was the man she had previously seen in Demetri’s office. His assistant..." Assistant Ma. Thank you."

As she followed the man, she wondered how Demetri knew that she would come here. Could it be that Grandpa William had called and warned Demetri? But knowing Grandpa, he would never do that.

As she followed the man, she tried to control the anger, sadness, confusion and betrayal swirling inside her. She needed to hear his side of the story as well. He had to have known from the very beginning her identity and yet he kept his secret. She could have overlooked everything if they had continued to remain strangers up until now. But they had become close allies and friends.

How could he not tell her everything even after she had told him what transpired in that place under the lake? How could he have sat there, with no emotions on his face when she told him that the woman he had loved, her body had been treated like that? How could he have not told her then? Why did he keep such a crucial detail hidden? Did he think that she would never find out?

She looked down at the bags of food she had bought on the way here, her excuse for visiting him out of the blue? Would he also be able to see through her excuse? Did he pity her and take care of her due to her sister? According to Grandpa William, her sister would have fought for her custody once she had inherited the money. That would have meant that she would have consulted her boyfriend about that... and Demetri would have agreed...

Assistant Ma opened the door to his office and gestured for her to step in," The CEO is in a meeting. He will be here shortly."

Nora nodded and the man left the office, closing the door behind him. She looked around curiously. The previous time she had been here, she had been too shaken to take in any of the surroundings. As she sat on the couch, she noticed the wall of green plants on the opposite side and sighed. He really did love his plants.

Her gaze scanned the many different plants before moving to his desk. There, as she looked at the desk which held an array of papers, she could not help but stare at the small potted plant on the desk. It was the one that she had sent to Demetri... to thank him. That made her pause and reconsider herself. Was she simply manifesting things that did not exist?

So what if the person in the picture was her biological sister? She had not doubted herself when she had seen that picture. So why was she feeling all this now. Her mind seemed to be trying to make her see something while she tried to think of a way to convince herself that Demetri really did not treat her well because of her sister.

Just as she continued to sit there and stare at the plant, the door to the office was opened and Demetri walked in, looking as handsome as ever.

Her heart skipped a beat when he smiled at her and walked in her direction before an insidious whisper sounded in her head, ’Smiled at you? Or your face that resembles his dead girlfriend?’

Nora couldn’t hide the turmoil in her eyes, and she could only stare as he walked to her and bent down to kiss her. Concern furrowed his brow as he gently pulled away and asked, "Is everything okay, Nora?"

She hesitated for a moment, her heart pounding in her chest. "Demetri, Grandpa told me everything..." It did not matter how many times she had practiced everything in her head, the words that were torturing her, simply tumbled out of her mouth...

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