Husband With Benefits
Chapter 183: So?

Chapter 183: So?

With Isabelle now gone, Nora ignored Demetri and turned back, ready to return. Just then Demetri called out," The cab is here, Nora. Let’s go."

Nora narrowed her eyes at him," So? If your cab is here, you can go..."

Demetri frowned at that. Was she angry at him? Why? Shouldn’t he be the one that is angry? After all he wasn’t going around calling other people ’baby’ and answering to someone else calling him ’sweetheart’!

If Nora could have heard Demetri’s thoughts, she would have known that the man was drowning in vinegar. Without a word, he walked towards her, picked her around the waist and before she could even protest, stuffed her into the back seat of the cab.

"You! You! You..." Nora sputtered at being manhandled by D suddenly and tried to threaten him but he simply caught her mouth in a quick kiss and moved back ordering the driver, "The Ritz, please."

"Let me off first!" Nora spoke quickly, even though her face was an adorable shade of red at being kissed so suddenly in company! Demetri held her wrist and once again ordered the driver," Please drive."

The driver hesitated before he questioned," Miss, are you alright? Do you need help?"

Nora narrowed her eyes and was about to ask the kind driver to beat up her husband before she shut her mouth. There was no need to involve some poor man in her troubles.

"Thank you, sir. This is my husband and I am simply infuriated with him. Don’t worry about it."

Even though Nora spoke the word- ’husband’ as if she was spitting, Demetri was pleased with her response and sat back contentedly. The driver carefully looked in the mirror, making sure that the woman was not being threatened or answering out of fear. Once assured that there was no threat, the cab started to drive forward.

Nora harrumped and turned her head to stare out of the window, thoroughly ignoring the man. Demetri rubbed his forehead and remarked, "You are angry with me."

Nora shot a scathing glance his way as if to say, "Duh. Happy realization." before turning her head back to face the window. Demetri sighed.

"I don’t know why you are angry. I’ve just come and we haven’t even spoken about anything."

"You are here for business and don’t even think of informing me. What do you think I should be happy about? You are going to dictate everything about where I go and what I can do but there is no need to communicate with me?"

Demetri narrowed his eyes and spoke dangerously," This is communication? That is rich. I actually came here to be with you, kitten and what do I get to hear? Bella baby? Nora sweetheart? Never have you ever used such sweet names for me! And you are one to complain!"

"As if I can call you baby? Can you imagine the sheer torture the younger Frosties would put you through if I were to call you baby? You are not someone I can call baby alright"

The driver, who had been shamelessly listening in at the couple’s cute fight, quickly added in Nora’s support," That is true, sir. You do not look like a man who could be called ’baby’."

It was at this moment that Nora and Demetri realized that they were actually fighting over something so childish! Nora blinked at Demetri while he blinked right back at her before the two simultaneously broke down into laughter.

Never in her life, Nora could have imagined that she would be angry with Demetri about not informing her before coming over. She did not need to analyze the reason for her anger though. She had actually thought that Demetri would avoid her and that is why he had not told her of his visit to country N?

Demetri on the other hand was ready to bury himself in his own garden as fertilizer. He had not been so embarrassed even when he had confessed his love for his teacher in first grade. He’d all but begged Nora to call him baby.

The atmosphere in the cab turned a bit awkward but the cab driver was not fazed by it. He watched the entire by-play with amusement and said," You must be newly married. Only newly married ones would fight for such ridiculous reasons! Me and my woman have been married for 25 years but I still remember how we fought all those years ago! Oh! How good it is to be so in love..."

Both Nora and Demetri remained silent while the cab driver continued to reminisce about his own journey of love as the cab wove through the bustling streets.

The cab finally pulled up in front of the grand entrance of The Ritz. Nora and Demetri stepped out and Demetri quickly marched out with Nora trailing behind him. Both had already taken the time to compose themselves and anyone looking at them would not have thought that these two people had been fighting childishly just now.

Clearing her throat, Nora turned to Demetri and asked, "So, what brought you here to country N so unexpectedly? Did something happen? Are you finally ready to tell me everything?"

Demetri was relieved that Nora had not caught on about his gaffe just now and quickly shook his head," No. Actually, Erasmi said something that had me coming here quickly."

Sh*t! Nora wanted to smack her face. She knew she should not have been stupid enough to answer ERasmi’s questions about her feelings for Demetri! Now the man had gone and blabbed to Demetri. No no no no no! She needed to divert Demetri’s attention so that she could call that betrayer and question him about how much he had told Demetri!

"Really? What did he say, sugarplum?" Nora asked with a straight face.

Demetri, who had just taken a sip of water, coughed and spluttered as he stared incredulously at Nora," Sugarplum?"

"Hmm. You wanted me to call you something sweet, right? I think Sugarplum sounds good. Don’t you think so? Then what about...cupcake?"

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