Husband With Benefits
Chapter 261: Tricky Business

Chapter 261: Tricky Business

"Augustus, please stop this. Your being too edgy. Everything is going to be fine."

Augustus glared at his friend," You are foolish if you think this is going to be so easy. I’m telling you that man she has by her side is definitely her guard not some lover. He was the one responsible for how I ended up in the ditch. And If he catches a whiff of our plan, I’m scared that I might end up in a coffin this time..."

The young man laughed out loud at that and shook his head, " You are thinking too much. Your falling int the ditch was merely an accident. And even if he is her guard, it makes no difference to us, Augustus. He cannot possibly reach here in this private room."

Augustus shook his head and suddenly felt very scared. At this moment, he remembered his own late mother’s advise," Don’t trust him. If need be he will throw you to the wolves."

Augustus had always treated Alpin as a friend but tonight he had a feeling...

"Alpin... there has to be another way. I am not..."

"Stop being a chicken, Alpin. She’s here. And she is alone. You’re just nervous because you actually like her. Don’t worry. After tonight, she will belong to you one way or the other."

Augustus wanted to refute that but before he could, the door to the private room opened and a young woman walked in. He watched as she walked over to Alpin and whispered something in his ear that caused the man’s fact to tighten with anger.

"What is it Alpin? Is something the matter?"

"Nothing, Augustus. Just calm down. She is being guided here. I’ll be back in a moment. Here, have a drink to calm your nerves."

As Alpin handed Augustus the drink, Augustus failed to see the malice in his eyes. Taking the glass from him, he drank the liquid in one go as Alpin smiled," Thats better. Now go and sit on the couch and relax. We’ll succeed soon."

Rubbing a hand over his face, Augustus nodded and went to sit on the corner of the L-shaped couch in the room. Alpin nodded and excused himself," I’m going to go and welcome her now."

Augustus nodded and watched the man leave before spitting out the drink from his mouth into the small vase nearby. Gasping from holding his breath for long, Augustus’ eyes glittered murderously! Dam* it! The man had spiked his drink as well. His mother had been right. To get his own goal, Alpin had not hesitated to use him.

He should never have agreed to the charade that Alpin had proposed of being that girl’s fiancé. It was his own foolishness. Thankfully, his father had been careful and warned him that he would disown him if he involved himself with Nora and he’d decided to listen. He might not be the brightest bulb and he had his own faults but he knew how to protect himself.

Slowly, he clicked the emergency button on his phone to alert his security and made a beeline from the room. Let Alpin handle this on his own.

Nora hesitated as she stepped into the private room where she had been invited by the man. She did not have much hope of meeting the mastermind who has orchestrated everything almost causing her to lose Demetri. She expected the lackey who had come to her in the cafe to be here.

Unexpectedly, as she stepped into the room, she was welcomed by a younger man. He looked a few years older than her with a slightly chubby rounded face. His hair was slicked back, probably to make him look slimmer but it simply made him look smarmy.

Suddenly, she was overcome with the urge to touch that gelled-up hair and check if it was only gelled or glued together. Suppressing her giggle at the thought, she smiled slowly as she said," So, you are my cousin?"

Alpin Junior smiled and quickly came over to hug her. As the man came close, Nora stiffened and quickly stepped back before his arms could wrap around her. The man sent her an offended look," I’m just greeting you, cousin."

"I know. The truth is that I have a bad cold and I’m just worried that you might catch a cold too..." Before the man could comment about it, Nora coughed and sneezed a few times, once again happy that she was so good in acting!

She watched the man step back in disgust as she grabbed a tissue and blew her nose noisily into it. The man cast an awkward look at her before gesturing for her to sit. She sat gingerly, coughing a few more times before she looked around eagerly," Is no one else coming? I thought this was a family reunion of all the cousins..."

Alpin Junior looked at the disgusting woman. His father really wanted to use this girl to dethrone and get rid of the Sterling family. This girl was not even worthy of cleaning the floors of the Royal House of the Belkin family.

"Forgive me, cousin. I’ve had to trick you into coming here to help my good friend. Though I was looking forward to meet you, this time it is Augustus. He is my best friend you know. And he is totally madly in love with you. He’s been going crazy because you have been avoiding him."

"But I..."

"No buts, cousin. I promised him that I would let him talk to you. He is in the room down the hall and very worried. Even if you do not want to marry him, at least talk to him. It will break his heart but at least he will have heard it from you. Don’t ghost him. Please, cousin."

Nora raised an eyebrow at this. The man was really smart. They’d outfitted this entire room with cameras once the place had been decided and they knew he’d booked a private room. But she had not expected that he would instead use another room. This would get tricky...

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