Husband With Benefits
Chapter 205: Memories

Chapter 205: Memories

Lucien: We’ve found a clue. Conference room

With that cryptic message, Lucien quickly grabbed his laptop and raced up the stairs towards the conference room. Finally, after months of searching for Nora, he’d finally received a substantial lead.

He’d barely reached the door when Ian and Seb reached right behind him. Shoving him aside, Ian entered the door with Seb behind him leaving him standing at the door.

"You guys are older than me. You need to stop being so petty. Do you think the room is going to give you the info? I have it. So what was the point in coming in first."

Ian shrugged his shoulders insolently while Seb warned," Someone has learnt to talk back, hmm? Don’t forget you are the youngest..."

Lucien rolled his eyes and walked in with a shrug. Just then Erasmi walked in followed by Gabe.

Looking at their brother who resembled a zombie, Ian tsked in sympathy and hugged the man," She’s not doing well?"

Gabe sighed, his shoulders slumped in defeat, and clapped Ian back, "Hmm. Doesn’t have much time."

"Then why are you here? You need to be with her." Seb clucked in sympathy.

"Actually, I was just about to leave to return when I saw Lucy’s message," Gabe answered slowly.

Soon, the boys took the place and Lucien immediately passed on the details," Two people have suddenly been invited for a personal chat with a Royal aide from Estania. The meetings are all secretive and have been disguised as if they won a sudden vacation for a few days."

"So. How can you be sure this has something to do with Nora?"

The first person to have won this so-called grand award is Antonio, Nora’s ex-fiance. And the second person is this woman."

As Lucien showed the picture of the second person, the four brothers leaned forward carefully before casting a doubtful look. "Her? Are you sure? She would be a very distant connection to Nora."

"I am sure."

"This could also be a coincidence." Seb pointed out.

"It could have been if it was only one. But the vacation they have won? It is to Veridia."

"Veridia? This is Estania’s close neighbour and ally, isn’t it?" Erasmi asked, his eyes narrowed in thinking.

Gabe narrowed his eyes and asked slowly," Lucy? Can we trust this woman?"

"I don’t know Gabe. But for now, I’ve already arranged for people to tail the two of them."

Gabe nodded and stood up," Good. You’ve grown up. At least we now know that we’ve been on the right track. Hopefully finding Nora will bring back Demon too. Seb, have you been able to find a way to get into Estania?"

Seb shook his head, "No. They seem to be intent on avoiding our company. In fact, the moment we showed interest, they seem to have changed their policy of getting foreign investment and closed their doors to everyone outside. So, all our attempts at collaboration have been failing."

"There might be a way that one of us can get into Estania," Gabe murmured slowly. "But..."

Gabe stared intently at Lucien while the other cluelessly stared back.

Erasmi, Seb and Ian looked between the two with a frown before fixing their gaze on their youngest brother.

Lucien met their gazes and frowned," Why are all of you staring at me like this?"

Lucien looked at Seb expectantly who shrugged his shoulders and pointed to Gabe, "It’s because he is staring at you."

The other nodded at that as well so Lucien had no choice but to turn to Gabe," What?"

Gabe sighed and took out his phone, scrolling through the pictures," This."

As Gabe’s phone was placed in the middle of the table, all four of the others leaned forward in their seats, eager to see.

Erasmi frowned as he tried to see the relevance of the picture and so did Ian, unaware what it was they were looking for. Similarly, just as Seb was about to give up and ask Gabe, his eyes noticed the figure in the middle and he gasped, "Holy cakes! What is this?"

Gabe met his brother’s gaze while Lucien tried to think of a way to escape the conference room. How did they find this? He’d never revealed this thing...

Before he could do anything, Gabe spoke up, "It’s from about two years ago."

Seb turned to Lucien and shook his head," You dog! What is this? Do you have some kind of a split personality? I mean you are the most boring man ever, all staid and upstanding but why do you look like a bad boy here? And when did you get your lip pierced?" Seb focused on Lucien’s lower lip trying to see if his brother had a piercing that he had not noticed.

At this time, Erasmi and Ian finally spotted what the other two had been looking at.

Instead of looking at Lucien, Ian turned to Gabe," Dam*! You had such an explosive material and you kept it from us? How could you? I mean this is..."

Lucien shook his head and tried to speak," Gabe, this is an old picture like you said. So, how is this relevant here?"

Gabe shook his head and glared at his brother, "Do you have eyes? Do you not see the woman in the picture next to you who is almost sitting in your lap? Who is she?"

Lucien gave a blank look, trying to think back," I don’t know. We were just having a good time, all of us. I was probably too drunk..."

Gabe shook his head and spoke," Lucy? I don’t know what to do with you. Let me remind you. This girl is actually very arrogant and cold. That night, some of the other women wanted to bully her and planned to throw her into the pool and you saved her from becoming a laughingstock. It is why she is so close to you in here. She was with you all evening."

As Gabe said this, the evening returned to Lucien slowly. He had indeed saved her but he had not paid much attention to her. At the time, he’d been worrying about securing his position here in the company while Demon had made his life a living hell, and that was the only party he had gone to let his hair down...

Seeing that his brother was still clueless, Gabe spoke," That girl is Princess Evangeline of the Royal Family Of Estania and if our investigations our correct, she is ...Nora’s cousin."

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