Husband With Benefits
Chapter 158: A Genius Plan

Chapter 158: A Genius Plan

The dimly lit room was filled with tension as Nora and Demetri sat across from Gabe, Ian, Seb, and Lucien. The only source of illumination came from a lone desk lamp that cast elongated shadows on the worn wooden table. Outside, the rain fell steadily, a sombre backdrop to the impending confrontation. The air was thick with tension as Demetri and Gave continued to stare at each other.

Finally, it was Gabe who looked away, pushing a small pen drive and a file towards the others. "This is all I’ve found."

As he said this, Gabe stood up, ready to leave the room. It was Ian who stopped his brother, questioning him," Aren’t you going to discuss the countermeasures and strategies?"

Gabe shot a look at Demetri who had yet to say anything before shaking his head," I don’t think so. It is not safe, Ian. I... If push comes to shove, I cannot assure you that I won’t do everything I can to save Arabelle."

"You’re being foolish, Gabe. You would never do anything to compromise our safety and you know that."

"No, you don’t, Ian! You don’t know how difficult it was for me to pass this information to Demetri and not just take Arabelle from here and run! So don’t expect me to sit here and do nothing while we discuss ways to get rid of the threat that is Arabelle!"

Gabe almost walked out of the room when Demetri’s voice stopped him," Sit down Gabe."

"But..."

"I already have a solution to Arabelle. "Gabe paused and looked at his brother with hopeful eyes.

Demetri sighed and continued," But if we go forward with this plan, you will never be able to see anyone from the Frost family ever again."

Gabe gulped as he heard this but found himself at a loss of words. He loved his brothers as much as he loved Arabelle. It was why he’d chosen to reveal Arabell’s plan to Demetri without taking her out of the equation. But...

"Sit and discuss your role. Whatever you choose, we will know your answer eventually." Demetri ordered sharply this time.

Seeing that at least the situation was settled, for now, it was Lucien who broke the silence," I don’t understand how Lara Anderson made contact with Arabelle and when?"

"It’s been a while. It seems Lara Anderson was even present on the day of my engagement with Arabelle. Though Arabelle believes that meeting her was a coincidence, I don’t think that this is as simple as that."

As everyone tacitly agreed, Demetri picked up the transcript notes of Arabelle’s interview under hypnosis with the Doctor, noticing the dates. It was as he had expected. Lara was first going to facilitate the escape of her daughter and the man who was supposedly her lover. But to think that they would actually dare to use the Frost family’s personal plane as a means to escape was simply preposterous even though it was just as genius.

Elijah Frost and Arabelle were scheduled to fly out of the country two days from today on the Frost Industries’ private jet. In addition to the two passengers, Arabelle had arranged for two people to join as her guests. Once the plane had left the country, Sara and her father would then hijack the plane and kidnap Arabelle and Elijah Frost forcing Demetri and the other Frost brothers to leave the country to negotiate with them.

And Lara Anderson would probably use this time to attack and kill Nora. According to their plans, once Nora was confirmed dead, Arabelle would help Sara and the man escape while other hired mercenaries would take their place as the kidnappers and surrender to the law enforcement officers.

The plan was indeed genius because while Demetri’s people had been keeping an eye on all ways of escaping the country but they would not have suspected that Sara would use their own plane to slide under from their noses.

"No wonder this woman has caused multiple deaths and still been able to fool people into believing that people died of an accident. She’s too sinister." Lucien commented, shaking his head.

"We need to stop marvelling at her intelligence and find a way to stop them from getting on the plane." Seb commented, his eyes hard and unforgiving at the thought that Arabelle would dare to use their grandfather for her own means. Did the girl really have no limits. Out of all of them, their grandfather had been her biggest support. To use him this mercilessly, he could only wonder what she would do to Gabe.

Other than killing that woman Lara and Arabelle, Seb was tempted to grab Gabe by the shoulders and shake some sense into him!

"There is no need to stop their plan. They’ve already set the table, we just need to position our own pieces to counter their moves and trap them in their own net." Demon spoke softly.

"You have a plan already?" Ian questioned.

Soon, Demon had already started to explain the plan in his mind and since the brothers were all used to combat strategies from training together, it did not take them long to connect the dots.

It was only Nora who needed time to understand the plan. And when she did, she shook her head vehemently disagreeing to the plan. " You cannot do that!"

All the brothers looked up from discussing their moves, having forgotten that there was someone in their amidst who was not used to this, they looked at her in confusion.

It was then that they realized that Nora was almost having a panic attack. Her face was covered in cold sweat while her eyes were wider than a deer fleeing its attacker.

Demetri quickly reached out and held her ice cold hands in his. Holding his hands in a tight grip, Nora shook her head and repeated her words," You cannot carry out this plan. It is too dangerous. As long as it was just me, it was alright. But all of you cannot put your lives at risk for me. I... I am not worth it."

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