Husband With Benefits
Chapter 323: A Friend

Chapter 323: A Friend

Nora stared at Isabella who stared back at Nora. The two girls were engaged in a staring contest, which neither was willing to lose out on. With each passing second the intensity of the contest increased. Nora broke the silence, her voice laced with sly curiosity. "Alright, Bella baby. Truth time. What’s the secret you’re hiding?"

"I haven’t lost yet, sweetheart. I am going to be the one who wins today. Not even the strongest gust of wind can make me blink."

Nora scoffed at that," You’ll blink first. Mark my words. And then I will know why you are hiding here with me."

"There is no way you can make me talk, darling." Isabella smiled, even as her eyes threatened to water. She could not blink today or everything would be blown. Nora was already suspicious.

Nora narrowed her eyes. Something was definitely underfoot. Demetri had become even more miserly with his words. Ian and Seb were always asking for a visit and pretending to beg for food. As if those two really liked to eat the food she made. They had professional chefs at home and Ian was better than any acclaimed chef. And now, when she asked Isabella out to take shopping and rant to her, the girl actually refused to go out and insisted that she come to her house.

Nora wondered if she’d landed in some kind of parallel universe where the characters in her life had not turned completely opposite but only deviated a little from their original personality.

She felt her eyelids begin to strain to close but she reminded herself that she could not do it. Nope. She had no hope of making Ian or Seb talk. Questioning Demetri would mean him working to make her forget the question. So she was left with only one soft target. Isabella Ruffalo...

Just as her eyes twitched, ready to blink, Isabella’s phone started to ring, startling them both into blinking at the same time.

They pointed at each other before saying in tandem," You lost."

"No, you lost!"

Like the best friends they were, the two of them also rolled their eyes at each other before laughing and calling a time out. As Isabella looked down at her phone, she grimaced. She would have declined this call and turned off her cell phone of she was not in need of an urgent distraction to keep Nora off her tail.

With a sour face, she showed Nora the called Id and answered the call. A grouchy male voice echoed through the speakers, making her wince," Where are you?"

"Home."

"Where were you last weekend?"

"I told you that I was going to see Nora. I returned just last weekend."

"You were with Nora during the day. Where were you at night? Haven’t I warned you that you have to change your ways? You’re not allowed to go w*oring again!"

As if a lightbulb had been turned on, Isabella’s expression lightened and she quickly answered, while turning away from Nora," Hey! I did not go w*oring! I was with Nora until night and then she went with her husband! If I was still in my wh*ring days, I’d have spent the night with them in a threesome. But did I? No. I was a good girl and went to sleep with Ian Frost only. One man only!"

The silence on the other end was resounding while behind her Nora almost dropped the glass in her hand and sat down. Well, this was news. However, before she could say more, the man on the phone started to yell," You slept with whom?"

"There wasn’t much sleeping involved actually." Isabella added hopefully.

The other end seemed to have been at a loss for wards as he bellowed," Isabella! How dare you. Wait till I..."

His voice was cut off as Isabella disconnected the call and paused. Well, the man never had good timing all his life. But today it couldn’t be said to be bad. After all, even though the basta*d made her blink and almost lose the match, he’d provided her with an idea for a perfect distraction.

As she turned back, Nora stood staring at her with an eyebrow raised and arms crossed in front of her. Picking up a piece of delicate-looking mini quiche from the tray and waved it teasingly in front of Nora. "Well, darling, it seems our staring contest just took an unexpected turn." Quickly she popped the appetizer into her mouth to keep herself from talking.

As expected, Nora thought that this was her secret and quickly caught on, "You sly fox. You slept with Ian? I thought you had the hots for Erasmi."

"I have the hots for all Frosties."

Nora picked up on a quiche herself and sent another measuring look at Isabella," Bella baby. I know all of them are hot. But you cannot convince me that you want to sleep with them all. So, Erasmi to Ian?"

Isabella grimaced. Well, she could be truthful about that at least. "Gosh, Eramsi was hot and the chemistry between us was explosive. But..."

"But?"

"Dam* it! Getting close to him is like cheating on you!"

"Cheating on me?" Nora asked perplexed.

"Look, I cannot tell the difference between your Demetri and Erasmi so it was almost like... you know flirting with Demetri. And that is just... eww! So I turned off the hots."

"You can do that? Turn off the hots?" Nora asked curiously. She’d definitely never be able to turn that off for Demetri...

Isabella looked at her friends’ face and wagged her finger at her," I know what you are thinking Nora baby! And that is just disgusting! Of course you can turn off the hots for someone who is good looking. But not for your life partner! So, don’t try to make me jealous with that face."

Nora grinned at Isabella, not denying the truthful accusation and instead asked," So, how is one of the most experienced Frostie in bed?"

Isabella froze... Uh oh. She had not expected that question. What was she supposed to do now?

"I’m not kissing and telling! I’m a lady. And you are a married woman. How can you ask about someone else’s se* life?"

Nora narrowed her eyes at Isabella again and looked at her blushing face before letting the matter drop. Something was definitely up. And she was going to find it. If Isabella wasn’t going to talk, Ian would need to be tortured...um questioned.

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