Husband With Benefits
Chapter 172: Uh Oh! Too Late

Chapter 172: Uh Oh! Too Late

As Nora walked towards them, Erasmi was thoroughly prepared to question her about her decisions and life choices. What he had not expected was that the girl would return in the same clothing but with no baby bulge...

"Did she have an abortion? was the first question that entered his mind. But he quickly discarded that thought. Why would she do something like that?

As he kept staring at her mid-waist while she walked down the corridor towards them, Isabella could not help but frown. She clicked her fingers in front of his eyes and hissed," Are you staring at her br*asts? How can you be such a jerk? She is like your sister..."

Erasmi, who was already confused, coughed sharply at the accusation and turned his head to glare at the woman by his side, "Has anyone told you that you need to have a filter in your mouth and not just speak anything that comes into that empty head of yours?"

"I speak what I see! You were staring at her." Isabella protested rudely.

"I was staring because her appearance has changed from when I saw her a couple of hour ago."

"Changed? Changed how?" Isabella frowned, not noticing anything different about her friend.

Irritated, Erasmi hissed out the truth," She is not pregnant anymore." as he showed her the picture on his phone from the chat that he had sent to his brother.

Isabella couldn’t contain her laughter as Erasmi showed her the picture he had sent to his brother. He’d even yelled some words at the man. Before she could read the message, Erasmi quickly tucked in his phone and with irritation muttered," Tell me the truth, quickly."

"Why would you think she’s pregnant?" Isabella asked, still struggling to stifle her giggles. "Maybe she just ate a lot and had put on weight? Why did you not think that?"

Erasmi frowned. Who cared about their pot belly like that? But she was clearly not pregnant now...

Sheepishly, he put his phone away as Nora reached their table. Erasmi looked at her face, trying his best to not look below her neck as he stood up and greeted her with a peck on the cheek.

Since Nora was already used to the brothers’ quick warm greetings she simply hugged Erasmi back and stepped away, not noticing anything. Isabella, however had noticed Erasmi’s concentrated effort to not look below and could only laugh harder, clutching her stomach.

Erasmi shot Isabella a glare while Nora looked at her friend in confusion. Did Isabella drink after the exam or take something? She was laughing uncontrollably while her face was flushed.

She moved her hand to check her forehead for fever but the girl simply leaned back and pointed at Erasmi," Check him! He thought you were pregnant..."

Nora’s expression shifted from confusion to surprise, her eyes widening. "Pregnant?" She looked down at her flat stomach, clearly puzzled and then as Erasmi looked away in embarrassment, the confusion cleared, and she laughed out loud. Nodding she patted his hand and spoke," I was indeed pregnant in the morning! I am so sorry! I’ve been practising being a natural with the baby bump, so I did not even notice I was still wearing the bump when I met you in the morning..."

That was when Erasmi realized that Nora had been ready for a play and her pregnancy was part of her costume... Uh ohh.

He would need to contact Demon to clarify the mistake. Even as he took out his phone to call him, he did feel a twinge of regret, he’d already been thinking of baby names for his niece or nephew in the back of his mind...

Clearing his throat, he prepared to apologize to Nora first but the girl already anticipated and chuckling, waved away his apology.

But Isabella did not wish to stop the fun. Erasmi Frost looked like a cute big bun when he was embarrassed. She even wanted to pull his red cheeks. So of course, she had to tease him more," Do you want to bet that Demetri is going to be here tomorrow?"

Nora frowned.’ Why would he be here? He’s already confirmed that only Lucy, Seb, Ian and Gabe are coming and Erasmi is already here."

But then Erasmi grimaced. He expected the man would have already teleported here if he could. Demon had already read the message but not replied. It was clear that meant he would give his reply in person.

And then Nora realized. With a sinking feeling, she shook her head and looked at the man with hopeful eyes," Tell me, you didn’t..."

"I did." Erasmi confessed.

Nora shook her head and lightly banged her forehead against the table," This is going to be so embarrassing..."

"It is going to be entertaining! How can you say that? I mean this is your golden chance to prank him!" Isabella offered but Nora shook her head," There’s no need to cause him unnecessary stress. I’ll call him and tell him that it was a misunderstanding."

As she dialled Demetri’s number, however, Erasmi spoke up," I’m already trying for the last five minutes. His phone is switched off..."

"I’ll message him..."Quickly Nora opened the chat box and typed straight forwardly," I am not pregnant."

The message showed sent but undelivered. Nora could not help but frown as she realized that her friend was probably right and Demetri might already be on the way to see her.

And the butterflies that were not fluttering in her stomach suddenly made her realize how disappointed she had been when he messaged that he would not be coming. Patting her stomach, she gave a wide smile to Erasmi, her new favorite brother-in-law. Because of him, she would be able to see Demetri after so long...

In the entire confusing fiasco, they totally forgot that they were supposed to be going out for a meal and instead enjoyed the cafeteria food which was usually bland but somehow tasted the best just now...

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