Husband With Benefits
Chapter 299: A Question

Chapter 299: A Question

Outside, in the foyer, Ian stared at Lucien who was jittery and asked directly," You love Evangeline Sterling?"

Lucien looked surprised at the direct question but nodded without hesitation.

Ian accepted the affirmation with a nod of his own and stated," You know that she is going to be tied here, so you might have to move here. There is also the fact that you might have to turn a silent supporter of her political career. I’ve seen the care she holds for Estania. You might have to compete with an entire country for her time. Have you considered all that?"

Lucien sighed," Yes. I know that well enough. And believe it or not, I actually like her ambition and her care for Estania. I’ve already discussed this with Demetri. I’m going to work on setting up an office here for Frost Industries and shift here permanently."

"That is good. And have you discussed these plans with Evangeline herself?"

"Not yet. I’m not too sure where she stands with regard to her feelings. I know she likes me, but does she see me as a life partner yet or I’m just some kind of a thrill from her otherwise too-organized life, I don’t know."

"And now, you don’t have much time to find since..."

"Since I don’t know when I can return. Don’t worry, I am going to talk with her before leaving."

"Good. Communicate well with her. Let her know your intentions and give her time to think. Also, there is one other thing that she needs to know..."

"What?"

"Tell her that you once liked Nora. Before you came to know that she is Demon’s."

Lucien frowned. "Why? Its not like there was anything between us. And not like I was holding a torch for her, it was a passing crush... I’ve had crushes previously."

"None of those crushes that you had previously are still in your life. Also, Nora and Evangeline are sisters. Its better that Evangeline know about this from you, instead of finding out unintentionally and misunderstanding. Tell her as is."

Lucien frowned," What if she misunderstands?"

"Then you explain it to her Lucy so that she doesn’t misunderstand. But if she finds out from elsewhere first, you’ll already have lost a lot of ground. Get it?"

"I guess you are right. I’ll tell Evangeline about my liking Nora in the past." Lucien nodded with a smile.

***

Evangeline trudged back towards her house with a heavy heart. The revelation about Lucien’s past crush on Nora caught her off guard. She couldn’t shake off the feeling of disappointment and confusion. What was this? Lucien liked Nora?

As she walked, she kicked a rock and cursed," It was right when they said that it was not good to eavesdrop. You never heard anything good. Instead of hiding and waiting for the brothers to finish their conversation, she should have made some noise and interrupted them instead of hiding.

Now that she thought about it, however, it made sense. Out of all the brothers, why did he come out to seduce her? Shouldn’t Ian or Seb, both known as man who*es have been the better choice? It had been Lucien because he had been the most worried for Nora.

As she turned the corner, she could not help but think about other things that she’d not paid attention to in the past. Someone had remarked at the ball yesterday that she and Nora looked like real sisters, could it be that Lucien took her as a substitute to Nora?

Only one person could answer that... Did she want to talk to Lucien about this. Would she trust his answer if she did confront him? She needed to trust him though, didn’t she? The last time she had refused to give him a chance to explain. This time, she would not repeat her mistake. She just hoped that whatever he told her did not end up breaking her heart.

After all, she had not heard the entire conversation. Maybe they were talking about liking Nora as a sister-in-law and she was overthinking things. She’d seen Nora and Lucien interacting and they were like friends. Even Lucien did not seem to have any undercurrents about Nora, she would have sensed those.

As her thoughts cleared, she made up her mind to confront Lucien about this matter and ask him why he did not come clean. Unexpectedly, before she could turn back to ask him. she almost walked into a wall. She was stopped suddenly by the said wall jumping out of the way with a curse.

Evangeline looked up and thought to apologize, "Demon. I’m sorry. I did not see you there."

Demetri looked intently at the crying girl in front of him and simply passed her a tissue, without uttering a word. She looked at the tissue and then at Demetri’s face and blurted out," Did you know that Lucien likes Nora?"

Demetri raised his eyebrows at her sudden blurting of the fact while Evangeline was scandalized with herself. Why would she say something damaging like this to Demetri? What if she ended up creating trouble for Demetri and Nora? Or Demetri and Lucien.

Slapping a hand over her mouth, she stared at him wide eyes and said in a muffled voice, " I said nothing. You’re just hearing things. Just forget it. It’s the season for everyone to go crazy. Must be something in the air. Bye..."

However, he simply stared at her and crossed his arms letting her know that she wasn’t going anywhere until he had a full confession.

"I..."

"Is that why you are crying?"

Evangeline hesitated. Should she confide in Demetri? She’d already made a mess of things, maybe Demetri could help her resolve this. Taking a deep breath, she confessed the ugly truth," I overheard Lucien and Ian talking. Ian said that Lucien should tell me the truth. So that if I discovered it unprepared, then there might be trouble..."

"But you discovered it in a wrong way despite this." Demetri completed the sentence for her.

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