Husband With Benefits
Chapter 210: Bad Mood

Chapter 210: Bad Mood

Nora woke up with a cloud of irritation hanging over her head, as she banged the doors of the wardrobe. If someone could read auras, they would only be able to see her surrounded by blackness. The disconcerting images still flashed vividly in her mind—the mysterious man, the way he seemed to loom over her as he possessively whispered words of possession in her ears.

Dam* it! She was sick and tired of the dreams and the way they made her feel. Pulling out a random dress, she walked out and dressed haphazardly. Today, she needed to throw a tantrum so that she would be able to go out and explore the city. But even as she thought of escaping repeatedly, she felt a blank. Because she had no idea where she would go.

She had some money since she was generously given an allowance to run her ’household’ every month. But what she needed to do to navigate in the normal world were her memories. As she stood in front of the mirror and hesitated, a voice echoed in her mind, "You can do it, kitten."

She stilled. The gardener! The voice that had been torturing her dreams was too much like the gardener who had come yesterday.

That realization made her frown. No. She was pretty sure that she had never me met that person in the past. Maybe it was because he was the last person she had met before she fell asleep so she was confusing his voice with the one in her dreams...

Since she had no idea what she would do once she was out in the city, she decided that she would work on solving this mystery for now and the immediate problem of the octopus-like Calendar man.

Luckily for her, the solution to both her problems was one person at this moment. The gardener. According to Dora, she had to go to the Queen’s gardens and there find the path that led to the trellis and the maze.

As she walked into the gardens, she looked around in amazement at the beautiful lush green bushes and the colourful flowers. Following Dora’s instructions, Nora navigated the twisting paths and realized that while everything was beautiful, it also seemed to have some sort of a calming effect.

However, that effect was soon broken by something or rather someone, whom she spotted in the distance. Somehow, she knew that the person she had been looking for was this one. She stopped a little distance away, captivated by the scene.

He was engrossed in his work, the rhythmic sound of digging filling the air. The sunlight played on his shirtless back, revealing a physique that held an unexpected allure. She stood rooted to the ground as she watched his muscles move rhythmically. The play of muscles beneath his skin, the sheen of sweat glistening in the sunlight—she couldn’t help but marvel at the unexpected beauty of the scene.

Her eyes traced the perfect back. Even marred with two rather ugly scars, it was perfection incarnate. In fact those seemed to add to the beauty of him. She felt the need to trace the scars, wondering what it was that had caused them.

It was only as she almost lifted her hand to do what her mind wanted her to that her senses returned! Gosh! What was wrong with her? She’d almost gone forward and molested a strange man! A man she had not even seen the face of!

Shaking her head at her own foolishness, she told herself that the man was probably ugly from the front so she should not worry. As her thoughts got the better of her, she snorted, alerting the man to her presence.

His head whipped around and as their eyes met, Nora’s breath caught in her throat. The shock on her face deepened as she gazed at him, captivated by the intensity in his eyes. he seemed to have known where to find her as their eyes met the moment he turned. Unable to look away, she stared into his eyes, while the world seemed to fade away.

Eleanora felt a strange pull, as if some unspoken understanding passed between them. She couldn’t shake the feeling that she knew this man deeply. Even as her mind struggled to cope with this, she felt the world spin around her, slowly turning black.

Before she could fall to the ground, a pair of strong arms caught her, quickly picking her up. Slowly, Demetri gathered her in his arms and carefully laid her down on a bench under the shade, wiping the sweat off her face.

Shaking his head, he dipped the napkin in a bucket of water and gently wiped her face as he murmured," You sure know how to dent a man’s ego, kitten. The first time we met, you argued with me and then fainted. And today, you’ve fainted again. If I didn’t know better, I would think that something was wrong with me. You haven’t been sleeping well again, have you? Don’t worry, I’m here now for you."

Slowly, Nora stirred, her consciousness returning. As she opened her eyes, she was met with the man’s dark gaze fixed on her. She blinked in confusion at the man before she felt the embarrassment colour her face! Thank God, she hadn’t had a nosebleed due to the man’s beauty! At least she could blame the fainting spell on the summer heat.

The man stepped back as he looked at her curiously," Princess? Are you alright?"

Eleanora sat up slowly and nodded her head. She was alright other than the embarrassment...

"Do you need something?"

Eleanora stared into the man’s deep eyes and blurted out," Yes. I need you."

The man raised an eyebrow at that and her she flushed and tried to explain herself," I don’t mean I need you. That came out wrong. I mean I need to talk to you. I came here for you. That sounds wrong too. I meant..."

The man laughed at her confusion and Eleanora almost forgot what she wanted to say... again.

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