Husband With Benefits
Chapter 223: All Because Of You

Chapter 223: All Because Of You

Eleanora harrumphed as she walked down the path, not even daring to look up for fear that she would see the wretched man somewhere. Gaia the gardener had become the bane of her existence. In her waking moments, she would always end up being around Gaia and then embarrassing herself and now in her sleep moments, she would always end up being in embarrassing moments with him! And those were getting worst.

At least in her past dreams and nightmares, the man’s face had been blurry. But now, it was always Gaia. She’d been tempted to refuse her uncle when he asked her to come here but then she would not have had a reasonable explanation.

With a frown, she kicked a pebble in her path and frowned. Hopefully, she will escape meeting him right now. She’d sent Dora here in advance to keep the man away from the Labyrinth.

Just as she was about to feel happy and smug, she saw the man in front of her squatting among the bushes, tending to some flowers. Dam* it! Why was he here? Where was Dora? Her sister had failed her.

As her face took on a sullen expression, she failed to see the small pots blocking her way and stumbled. Her arms flailed as she tried to maintain her balance only to fall face-first into a hard chest.

With his arm around her waist, Demetri had already picked her up and brought her out over the row of pots, carefully placing her on her feet.

Eleanora blinked at the sensation coursing through her while her hands clung to his shoulders. Slowly, as the shock subsided, she felt her cheeks heat up and a dismayed expression covered her face.

Quickly, she tried to push him away but forgot that he’d just saved her and almost fell backwards in her haste to get away from him.

Once again, he helped her stabilize herself, raised an eyebrow at her and commented," It seems you are not happy to see me, Princess."

Eleanora frowned and tried to give a nonchalant response but failed miserably as she burst out," Why are you always around?"

Demetri raised an eyebrow at that. What was with the mood? "Excuse me? Did you say something to me Princess?"

Eleanora looked at the man who was looking at her as if she was the one who was being foolish and wondered if she should simply shake her and walk away. But her mouth opened before her brain could order it to calm down and she spoke," Yes. I am talking to you! Why are you here?"

"Uh. This is my place of work..." Demetri spoke with bemusement.

"I am not talking about that! I mean why are you always running into me!"

"Again, you were the one who ran into me... or rather over me, just now."

Eleanora stomped her foot. He was being deliberately obtuse! She could see from his smug face.

"You don’t understand! You need to stay away from me, or things are going to get worse!"

Demetri was totally confused and felt foolishly asking," What is going to get worst?"

"You making love to me!"

As she shouted out the words, Demetri wondered if he was having a daydream. What was the girl even talking about?

"Excuse me?"

Eleanora looked at his expression and realized what it was she had blurted out. Turning crimson, she quickly turned back," I... I need to go."

Before she could run away from him, Demetri quickly caught her by the waist, lifting her by the air," Not so easily, kitten. First, you need to explain what you meant."

"What I meant! Mr. Gaia! You are a married man. How dare you hold me like this!"

Demetri slowly let her down and raised his hands in surrender but not before warning," Do not even think of running away without an explanation."

Eleanora, who had planned to do exactly that, froze in place before looking away. Pointing a finger at his chest as if she trying to poke a hole in him," See. This is what I am talking about! You talk to me as if we are more than an employer- employee! As if we are more than mere acquaintances! And then you have the audacity to invade my dreams also!"

"What do I do in your dreams?"

"You do something that you shouldn’t!"

Demetri looked at her blushing face and it did not take a genius to know the reason for her fluster.

"So, I make love to you in your dreams?"

Eleanora widened her eyes as she looked at the man! How had he guessed? What had she done?

"How? What? What are you talking about? You are totally wrong!"

"I think I am right in my guess. So, Princess Eleanora is angry at me because I have invaded her dreams and she does not like it? What if I try to not make love to you in your dreams? Though I cannot really control your subconscious mind..."

Eleanora blinked up at the man, trying to understand what he was saying.

"Are you a mind reader?" she questioned in confusion. How was he able to read what was going on in her head so easily. It felt as if she had a comic bubble erupting over her head and he was able to read everything.

Demetri smiled and tapped her nose," I am a man of many facets. But I assure you I am not a mind reader... Though..."

Casually, the man traced his fingers over her neck, bringing it to her chest, where her heart was beating rapidly, threatening to jump out. Slowly, he tapped once with his finger and said," I do know many secrets..."

With that, the gardener winked at her and walked away, leaving her stumped.

Just as Eleanora was about to be outraged at his actions, her hand went to the place where he had tapped. He knew her secret. He knew that she had a tattoo there. How else would he have... How was that possible? She needed to find out...

But before she could go further, her path was blocked by someone...

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