Husband With Benefits
Chapter 208: Demon Frost

Chapter 208: Demon Frost

With glittering eyes he watched as his wife appeared on the screen in front of him, smiling as she looked down into the camera. Of course he knew that she was not looking into the camera but rather at the dog that Dora had taken to her, however, he could not help himself.

With a quick movement, he paused the video, his thirsty eyes taking in her face. Today was the first time he was seeing her since that fateful night. Seeing her like this, her smile even more restrained than it used to be made his heart ache. She’d never been too plump to begin with but now she seemed to have lost more weight. What kind of karma had she accumulated in the past that all her blood relatives seemed to be against her.

His back ached as he hunched over the screen, unable to take his eyes off her vulnerable face. As he stared at the frozen image on the screen, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of helplessness. He needed to work on helping her get back her memory or else... the plans that the Queen had, would put her in even more danger.

Switching back to the live screen, Demetri closed his eyes and heard the words carefully. So the rumors about Prince Augustus were indeed true. He smirked when Dora insisted that she would go with them and Nora tried to refuse...

Did his little kitten want to spend time with that Prince? With a smirk on his face, he moved back in his seat and listened to the little girl criticize the Prince freely while Nora agreed. At least she had not lost her judgement along with her memories. And for now, he did not need to worry about Nora going out with the preening man. Dora would not let go so easily.

He’d finally had confirmation that his Kitten was indeed here and seemed to have lost her memories. Now the first thing he needed to do was establish contact with Nora and probe her memories. What had exactly happened that her memories had vanished?

As far as he knew, she had received no injury from those people who had brought her here. But between the time she had been separated from him to coming here, something had transpired to make her like this.

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Prince Augustus made a face as he watched his date lift up the little sleeping princess from the car and carefully carry her into the room. He’d planned a beautiful day of picnic and shopping to woo her, hoping to end the day with Nora in his bed.

But it had been ruined by that little girl and her messy dog. The Queen insisted that he needed to marry Eleanora at the soonest but then she sent those two demons to torture him! All day long, he’d felt like he’d ended uo doing babysitting instead of a date.

And that dog! Even the dog seemed to have some sort of princess complex, insisting that she be carried all the time. Each time he succeeded in having that kid distracted and tried to slip closed to Eleanora, the dog would butt in. If they had been back home, he would have had the little pup beheaded about a hundred times by now.

The dog seemed to sense his emotions and growled at him. Narrowing his eyes in anger, he lifted his leg to kick the thing when suddenly the dog ran away from him. He cursed under his breath but the next moment he almost fell back as a person walked out of the shadows.

Since it was already dark, Augustus was unable to see who had emerged from the shadows. The figure stepped into the dim light, revealing a tall, imposing and somewhat malevolent silhouette. A low chuckle echoed through the air, sending shivers down Augustus’s spine.

"Tsk tsk, Prince Augustus. What would people say if they knew that their beloved prince was about to take out his anger on a little puppy," the mysterious figure sneered.

Augustus squinted, trying to make out the details of the person before him.

"And who might you be?" Augustus demanded; his irritation evident in his voice.

The man chuckled again, the sound carrying an air of arrogance. "No need for formalities. I am called Demon."

Augustus frowned, trying to remember where he had heard this name. However, what he did not show was that the man’s aura had successfully intimidated him.

Augustus stepped back, even as he tried to threaten bravely," A demon? Do you think that such a name will be able to save you? Do you know where you are trespassing? I am going to call the security right away..."

"Who are you talking to?", Eleanora’s sudden voice from behind him made Augustus jump up in fear as he whirled around.

With his hands clenched, Augustus stared at Eleanora and was terrified. She’d just come out of the mansion and the light shining from behind her made her look like a ghost. His heart palpitating, he wondered if he had entered some kind of an alternate reality and stepped backwards. "I was talking to that man. The one beside that dog."

Nora looked to where the prince had pointed and frowned, "What man?"

"Are you short-sighted? This man..." He trailed off in horror as he realized that while the dog was still there but the man wasn’t. Muttering curses under his breath, he quickly jumped into his car and ordered the driver to get the hell away.

Eleanor shook her head at the weird prince’s behaviour and called out," Come, Kitten. Lets go in. You’ve had an exciting day as well."

The dog quickly walked towards her, as if well used to her commands. She had barely taken a few steps when a voice called out," Kitten..."

Eleanor instinctively answered with a," Hmm?" before freezing in her place. A shiver raced down her spine as she spun around looking for the person behind the voice, her heart beating fast.

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