Husband With Benefits
Chapter 314: Emergency Meeting

Chapter 314: Emergency Meeting

Ian walked back into his office with a weary look. Why did grandfather have to leave such a responsibility to him. Dam* it! He’d believed himself to be the favored grandson but now it seemed that his grandfather seemed to consider him a pain in the b*tt.

With a curse, he punched the wheel as he muttered to himself," If I’d known you would do this to me, I would have never brought you those expensive teas, you old man!"

His thoughts turned to Isabella and he wondered if she could be the candidate for what he needed to do. She was attractively, hot, sassy, smart and experienced in sleeping around. Thus ticking all the boxes. Everything was perfect and maybe she could be...A sly smile played on his lips as he considered the benefits they could give each other.

No, he shook his head. If things went south with her, he did not need Nora coming at him with a pitchfork. The last things he needed to do was complicate these matters.

As he walked into the large office building, he looked around at the various female employees, going about. Should he ask someone from their employees? Nah. That would also mean trouble.

Before he could reach his office, he was intercepted by Seb, who stepped into his way," Emergency meeting. Top floor."

Ian frowned and looked at Seb," Emergency meeting? Why did I not know of this?"

"You would if you’d checked your phone," Seb answered as he followed Ian into the elevator.

Ian quickly fished out his phone and checked the message from Demetri with a grimace. The message had been sent almost two hours ago, when he’d been making breakfast for...

"Thanks for the update, Seb."

Seb nodded and glanced at Ian with narrowed eyes," So, where were you yesterday? You didn’t come to..."

Ian grimaced and looked at Seb," I was busy with Best man duties."

Seb chuckled and shook his head," Poor you. I’m going to be telling Demon to give me the Worst Man duties. So, no responsibility at all. By the way, we are five groomsmen. And Nora has only two bridesmaids at most. Isabella and Evana. What about the rest of us? Do we need to get out own dates?"

"What? Is the great Seb frost having difficulty scoring dates?"

"Ha! As if. But you know what happens if you ask a casual date to accompany you to a wedding. I’m not falling into that trap. I’ll just beg Nora to pair me with Isabella."

"Don’t even think it!" Ian snapped before realizing he’d probably just shot himself in the foot. If Seb senses something amiss, he would not let it go...

As expected, Seb quickly threw a mischievous glance at Ian and teased," Are you calling dibs on the Maid of Honour? Hmm? Do I smell a loooooovvve story in the making?"

Ian shot him a deadpan look," If you mess up things with Nora’s best friend, what do you think Demon will do with you? I’m saving you a trip from being thrown to the South Pole to study the topography there to establish a hotel."

Seb shuddered at the threat. He hated the cold! He most certainly would not want to traverse with penguins.

As they walked out of the elevator, Ian added," Also, Nora is going to ask two more girls to be a part of her bridesmaids."

"Really? Tell who? Are they some new friends?" Seb asked with interest.

This time he received a probing look from Ian who spoke calmly," Olivia and Dora."

Seb, who was about to say something about new girls to explore quickly shut up. "Why is she asking Olivia? She barely knows the girl. And Dora is too little. She should be the flower girl."

"Try telling that to Princess Isidora. She’s already sent a long video letting everyone know that she is suffering great injustice in not being allowed to help with the preparations when she is the one who played cupid and helped Demon and Nora meet again."

Seb shook his head and muttered something about choosing inappropriate people for bridesmaids’ duties.

But Ian was not one to let things be and said," Well, little Dora is definitely off limits but you can flirt with Olivia. After all..."

"Don’t go there, Ian." Seb said warningly before increasing his stride and walking faster towards the conference room, ready to distance himself from his brother.

Ian shook his head and with a sigh, looked at Seb who was still trying to run from the distant past. As if he ever could.

As he walked in, Ian looked at everyone seated there with a grimace. Why did Demon still have to wear that horrid expression? What kind of a situation was this? And where was Gabe? Shouldn’t he be appearing on the screen already?

"Whats up? Where’s Gabe? And Erasmi?"

Demetri sighed and rubbed his head," Erasmi has already left for his trip. He’ll get in touch to keep us in the loop. And Gabe...he’s out there looking for Arabelle."

"Arabelle is missing?" Ian asked in alarm while Seb cursed under his breath.

"When did this happen?"

"Its almost been a day. He reached there and she’d already been gone a few hours. They’ve already looked around. It seems her mother was able to find her and took her away."

"Dam* it! She’d always been a ticking bomb!" Seb groaned loudly while Ian asked with concern," How is Gabe holding up? How did they discover her?"

"He’s frantic. When he came here for Grandfather, he forgot to cover his tracks."

Lucien sighed," And this happens just when Arabelle was reacting well to treatment. Gabe was so hopeful."

Demetri nodded with a severe look while adding," There’s more. It seems that she was not just taken away but Mrs Winthrope has even threatened that because her daughter had been forced to live in darkness because of Nora, she was going to make Nora suffer for it."

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