Husband With Benefits
Chapter 262: Sulking

Chapter 262: Sulking

Nora could not stop laughing at what had transpired today as she related the events of the evening to Evangeline over the phone. While her new sister laughed with her, she noticed from the corner of her eye, a certain someone seemed to not be in a good mood. Quickly finishing the conversation, she stared as Demetri sat, glaring at his laptop.

Slowly, trying to not make a sound, she circled around to his back. Without warning, she lunged forward, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind while her legs went around his waist. Demetri, caught off guard, stiffened for a moment before relaxing at her touch.

Quickly, she placed a kiss on his cheek as she placed her chin on his shoulder," Why are you in such a foul mood? Did someone run away with your kitten?"

Demetri smiled and shook his head as he carried her towards the small dining room," My kitten is right here with me. Who would dare to take her away from me?"

Nora giggled and placed a kiss on his neck this time," Well, I meant the dog..."

"Demetri Junior and Kitten, both dogs now belong to Dora. Though I’m not too sure, I ’m happy about it..."

Nora giggled at that and patted his shoulder with her hand," Don’t worry. Dora has already promised me that she is going to rename the two... So, what has put you in a mood?"

"What mood?", Demetri feigned ignorance.

"Are you seriously going to try that with me, husband?" Nora asked him with irony in her voice.

"Are you interrogating me, Kitten?"

"Do I need to? I don’t have my handcuffs right now..." Nora answered with a grin.

"Are you giving me ideas, kitten?" Demetri questioned her as he shifted her and lowered her onto the couch before sitting down next to her and pulling her into his arms.

"And you are avoiding the topic. I know you now, Demetri Frost. There was a time when I couldn’t read this face of your but now you are an open book to me..."

"Really? And what am I thinking just now?" Demetri questioned her.

Nora stared at his impassive and slightly cold face and pouted," Well, the problem is that the book is written in multiple languages and I cannot read right now. But stop shifting the topic and get back..."

"You mean about handcuffs? I can order some..."

Narrowing her eyes, Nora leaned forward and bit his arm, making his groan," This kitten bites..."

Angry at his insistence to not share, Nora finally was angered and glared at him," Fine. If you don’t want to share, then I’ll leave you alone! You can stew until you become soup!"

As she would have angrily stomped away, Demetri quickly pulled backwards so that she fell into his lap. Still angry and in no mood for his coaxing, she tried to get away from him, only to be pulled in closer.

Just as she was preparing to kick his instep, he sighed into her ear, "I’m scared Nora..."

She stilled, her anger cooling as fast as it had risen. Demetri was... scared? The man who was invincible in the eyes of the world? To her, Demetri could conquer the world without breaking a sweat, if he wished. Why would he be scared?

Concerned, she leaned back into his embrace and looked up at his face, asking softly," Why?"

"Nora... we’ve had so little time together. And in that time, the number of times I’ve almost lost you... it makes me worry that my luck would run out someday and then I would lose you."

She looked into his eyes, seeing a depth of emotion she hadn’t fully grasped until now. His fear resonated within her. When she’d first started to get away from Lara, her only hope had been to live peacefully. And yet, she’d never really achieved that.

Sometimes, she felt as if she was a magnet for trouble. And inadvertently, she had ended up dragging Demetri into her orbit. However, once she’d had this man to lean on, no difficulty had seemed too difficult to surmount.

And yet, at times like these, she would realize that her husband was just as vulnerable as her. Demetri was a protector by nature. Whether it had been his family, his business or her, the man was used to guarding what he called his own against outsiders. And yet, with her, he was forced to watch from the sidelines.

"I know you did not want me to go there today."

Demetri stiffened at her words. Of course, he did not want her to go. If it were upto him, Alpin Junior would already be dead so that the entire ’claim to the throne’ drama could have ended.

"But everything turned out fine in the end today, did it not?.And isn’t there a saying that alls’ well that ends well?"

"The end is where we start from Nora..." Demetri murmured softly...

Nora looked up into his eyes and was startles by the depth of his emotions. Holding his face between her hands, she questioned him," What do you mean?"

"It means there are repercussions to everything. I hate letting you use yourself as bait. But every time, I am not left with an option...And so we have to fight new people and start all over again. I want you all to myself, Nora, safe and healthy."

"And we will be. See, I don’t think I’m going to have any more relatives crawling out of the woodwork. Once the problem here is settled, then we can leave here. We’ll go to a little village and I’ll open a bookshop there and you can be the gardener... that would be nice wouldn’t it?"

Demetri smiled and held her close to his heart. It didn’t matter where they went or what they did. What mattered to him was that his Nora stayed like this with him forever. Safe and smiling.

Demetri traced a gentle hand across Nora’s cheek, savoring the warmth of her touch. "A bookshop and a garden sound like a perfect dream," he whispered, his gaze locked onto hers. Leaning down slowly, he rubbed his lips against hers," I love you, Nora."

"And I love you." Nora answered, sealing the confession with a kiss...

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