Husband With Benefits
Chapter 227: Beware What You Ask For

Chapter 227: Beware What You Ask For

A week ago, she would have done anything to spend some more time with Gaia. He was great eye candy (totally drool-worthy), smart, knowledgeable about plants, and even comfortable to talk to or just be with. And now, a week later, she would do anything at all to get rid of the man! T

The reasons? Because he was a great eye candy, smart, knowledgeable about plants and comfortable to be with! And he was married! To someone else. She did not like this feeling of being a home wrecker one bit!

She stared at the silent man and sighed for the nth time.

Demetri looked up with a smirk," Are you aiming for a world record in sighing? Or preparing for some melodramatic play?"

"This is not funny! I just don’t find this acceptable. Why do I have to spend my days here, inside your home? You can come there and we can sit in different rooms. That way, we have proof of our affair without having to spend the day staring at each other!"

"There are too many eyes and ears in your home. If we were there, we would have to do more than just sit and stare at each other..." As he trailed off on the inneundo, Eleanora could only sigh once more.

Irritated, she looked around the small house once more and could only sigh. Where was this wife. At least he should have a picture of her.

"Are you really married?"

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"You do not have a wedding ring. And there is not a single thing in your home that would indicate that a woman lived here. Also, no pictures..."

"I never said my wife lived here. Me and my wife... we are separated for the time being.."

"Separated? As in you are going to get divorced?"

"No. Just that we have been forced to stay away from each other for a while due to special circumstances..."

"Special circumstances? Did she leave you because you flirt with other women?"

Demetri cast a glace at Nora over her snide voice and remark but said nothing. He could actually see that she was jealous that he had another woman and angry that she was lusting over someone else’s man. It was so cute. She was actually jealous of herself and intent on not acting on her attraction so that she would not wreck her own home.

"You are quite a hypocritical man!" She finally burst out.

Demetri looked at her and leaned back easily, "And how did you come by that conclusion?"

"Well, tell me, what would you do if your wife did those things that you’ve been doing with me."

"I’d like it very much. I’d quickly carry her to the bed," Demetri answered seriously.

Eleanora looked at him with irritation and clarified," With another man! If she flirted with another man, what would you do?"

"I’d go and hug that man..."

Eleanora opened her mouth and closed it, imagining things that she had no business imagining. "Uhhh.., excuse me? You would hug a man who would flirt with your wife?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"I need to know how wide a hole I need to dig in the garden to bury him of course.", he answered nonchalantly.

"You... you... you..." Eleanora had no idea what to tell this man! "Thats what I said! Hypocrite!"

"Well, I did not deny the accusation. I was simply curious about how you came about it..."

Eleanora looked at the man with exasperation as she sighed once again. What did she see in this man. Despite him being a big red flag, she was still feeling attracted to him! Did that not make her as much a hypocrite as him?

With a sigh, she resolutely turned away from him and would have marched upstairs when suddenly, he pulled her to him and pushed her onto the couch. Before she could scream, he whispered urgently," There is someone outside..."

Wide-eyed, she curled her fingers on the couch, trying to figure out what he had heard or seen to have come to that conclusion. Understanding her thoughts, he pointed to a mirror on the side. As she looked carefully, she noticed the slight movement of someone spying on them through the bushes...

"What do we do now? Should we go catch them now? Let’s do one thing, I’ll crawl out from under you and go..." She whispered urgently in his ear.

Demetri smiled and shook his head, whispering in her ear," No need. Those are just small fish. If we catch them, we’d simply be losing our bait."

"Then what do we do?" she asked urgently. " We can’t just keep lying down here, doing nothing..."

Demetri leaned back a bit and looked at her mischievously and suggestively," Well, we don’t need to do that... We can do something..."

Catching onto his meaning, Eleanora smacked his arm and glared," Be serious!"

From the corner of her eye, she noticed the man in the bushes hurrying away and poked his arm," Look, he is getting away! You need to do something! Move move move!"

Demetri caught her wrist in his hand, catching her before she continued to hit him and moved away slowly and reluctantly," Don’t worry. The small fish is now going to lead us to the bigger one. They’ve taken the bait that your uncle threw out the other day...to use you to get rid of the Royal House of Estania. Very soon, you will find someone approaching you with an offer to collaborate..."

"Are you sure?" Eleanora asked dubiously, as she sat up and straightened her clothes. Next time, she would wear some thicker clothes to prevent this man’s heat seeping into her. These clothes were too thin.

Unaware of her thoughts, Demetri nodded reassuringly," Yes. After all, alexander Sterling has already cast the net far and wide. He just needed the right bait to catch all the fish in one go and you happen to be that..."

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