Husband With Benefits
Chapter 155: The Threat

Chapter 155: The Threat

"CEO Frost, I am really sorry but we are going to have to ask you to not visit for the time being."

Demetri Frost sat in the doctor’s office at the rehabilitation center and stared at the junior Doctor who dared to stop him from visiting his brother.

The doctor fidgeted under his gaze, not daring to meet his eyes but he had to follow instructions of his superiors and still stop the man. He looked at the man from under his lashes and grimaced. The man was reclining there as if he owned this place and had all the time in the world.

No wonder everyone had been excited when he had offered to take on this task. He was new here. How could he have expected that CEO Frost would be a personification of fear? How was he supposed to get rid of this man? He tried to think on his feet but every explanation that came to him, could not leave his mouth out of sheer fear.

There was no way he was going to be able to convince this man to not visit here. He needed to call the senior doctor.

Demetri leaned back in the chair, patiently waiting for the doctors to come up with excuses to stop him from visiting Erasmi. This was the second time he had come visiting and he had not been allowed in instead being told to wait for permission. The doctors really seemed to think that they had the power to stop him.

A few minutes later, the older harried doctor walked in with a fake smile on his face," CEO Frost. We are so sorry to keep you waiting. We..."

"Are you?" Demetri cut in smoothly before the doctor could come up with any other platitudes and directly cut to the chase," Where is my brother, Doctor?"

The doctor stopped short at the question before taking his seat. To gain some time, he picked up the glass of water, slowly sipping it before he explained," CEO Frost, Erasmi Frost is in his room at the moment. I understand that you have always visited your brother on this day of the week for the last many years but we are finally seeing some improvement in the patient. We would like to isolate him for the time being to avoid agitating him. The situation is very precarious at the moment now, CEO Frost. I hope you understand. Erasmi Frost’s life hangs in the balance and any mistake on our end could make things worse instead of better..."

Demetri listened to the doctor ramble on, before he smiled sardonically. "It is pefectly alright doctor, if you cannot allow me to meet him. I understand."

The doctor breathed a sigh of relief as he heard the man agree and nodded quickly, trying to usher him out at the earliest," Please rest assured. We will contact you as soon as there is visible improvement."

The doctor stood up and walked around the table waiting for Demetri to get up so that he could escort him out but Demetri Frost remained seated.

"CEO Frost, you have any other questions?"

Demon shook his head once at the doctor before repeating himself, " I don’t like liars, Doctor. I’ll repeat a question I asked, and you can see if you want to change the answer. Where is my brother?"

The doctor felt the floor disappear before him. This man knew that Erasmi Frost was not in the facility anymore. There was no doubt in his mind that Demetri Frost was aware of the missing patient.

The doctor gulped and fell to his knees," Please forgive me, CEO Frost. We did not mean to lie to you."

"That is not the right answer, Doctor."

The doctor inhaled sharply and quickly explained," Erasmi Frost regained movements in the limbs a few weeks ago. We wanted to contact you, but his first request was that you or anyone from the Frost family not be informed of his recovery. Once he started with the physical therapy, he was able to adapt quite quickly. We were studying his progress and hoping to convince him to inform you of the same but before that, he suddenly disappeared one morning."

"And then you decided to not inform me even after that, despite knowing the man might be in danger?"

"We... we wanted to. But Mr Frost left a note. He said he would return today and explain everything to you himself..."

"But he hasn’t returned yet?" Demetri drawled, still at ease.

"No sir. We will inform you as soon as he returns."

The man smiled at the doctor as he warned," You will do no such thing, Doctor."

The doctor blinked and looked at the man, wondering if he had misheard. And then as his mind connected the dots, he realized that he was probably being thrown out of the facility and begged," CEO Frost. Please forgive me. I am already nearing retirement."

Demetri Frost sent a sharp smile his way and spoke again," Stop grovelling doctor. You are not being thrown out. Don’t you find it strange that I know Erasmi Frost is not in his room?"

The doctor frowned as he tried to understand the meaning of the words. He’d barely registered relief that he was not being thrown out but as he looked at Demetri Frost carefully, trying to understand what the man could mean when he was suddenly struck.

Demetri Frost seemed to have lost some weight. Even though he looked in healthy, there was some feeling of sickness around him...

"You are..."

The man’s eyes glittered with sharpness as he looked at the doctor with a dangerous smile," You are indeed a smart man doctor. You’ve finally recognized me. Don’t worry. I won’t let you come to harm. After all, you’ve cared for me for a decade... You can send Demetri to my room when he comes... but remember to not let him know about my recovery."

The doctor stood up and bowed, showing his gratitude as he agreed fearfully," Of course, Mr. Erasmi Frost...Thank you, Mr. Frost."

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