Husband With Benefits
Chapter 349: Need To Talk

Chapter 349: Need To Talk

"We need to talk." Ian said, only to have the door closed in his face when the other person said," Hey! We are not in a relationship. Don’t you scare me with that line." and slammed the door in his face, leaving him blinking.

Before he could wonder if this was going to be a new and rather peculiar trend of having the door slammed in his face. It was the second time in a week. The door was opened again as he was thinking things and Nora grinned as she stepped aside," Come on in. I was just teasing you."

Ian chuckled," And here I was practicing my ’serious talk’ face."

As Ian entered, she asked seriously, "So, any news about our missing Frostie Angel?"

Ian grimaced at the nickname as well at the thought of Gabe who’d gone missing, before shaking his head," Nah! We can only keep an eye out for now."

Nora frowned with worry about Gabe, but refrained from saying anything more. They were all worried as it is. As she led him to the sitting area, she shifted the topic," Whats up? You wanted to talk?"

"Yes! You and I will talk after. First I need to talk to your husband."

That said, Ian turned to Demetri who’d just come out of the room and had already turned to go back inside on spotting Ian, "Hey! Demon Frost! Don’t run away. You are avoiding me. Shame on you."

Demetri turned around at that accusation and was about to retort when suddenly Nora raised her hand and shouted, "Wait! Stop!"

Ian and Demetri both turned in confusion to Nora who was quickly powering on a machine. Seeing her actions, Demetri grimaced and shook his head while Ian was only confused, "What are you doing?"

"You guys are going to argue, right?" Nora questioned. Instead of being worried about their arguing, she seemed to be anticipating it.

Demetri sighed and went to sit on the couch with a shake of his head while Ian was even more confused. He looked from her eager face to Demetri’s resigned one. He was definitely missing something and he had no idea.

Helping him out of the confusion, Demetri sighed," Just tell me, Ian. She is actually preparing popcorn so that she can enjoy the show."

"Hey! Don’t say it as if it’s a bad thing! A girl has to grab her entertainment when she can get it."

Demon rolled his eyes and nodded," Of course. Glad I can be of use to keep you entertained."

Ian looked between the two and then the machine which was already making some popping noises and shrugged. They were weird but yeah, he got that. "I’ll take some of that popcorn first. I don’t do free entertainment."

Nora pouted and agreed while Ian simply got back to the topic with Demetri," I messaged you that I was coming to see you and you actually left early!"

"I came early to spend some quality time with my wife."

"Ha! Convenient excuse. You see that, Nora? He is using you now to escape things."

Passing a bowl of popcorn to Ian, Nora co-operated with Ian and sent Demetri puppy dog eyes, full of accusation, as she said," You did that? You came home early to avoid Ian? And here I was thinking," We could be slow dancing... we could be romancing the night away." ¹It was all a lie? You don’t love me enough?"

"Yes! Demetri! How could you break Nora’s heart by doing that? You could have met with me and then come home. Then ’You would be slow dancing’ with Nora" Ian said in the same tune that Nora had said before sending a wink her way.

Demetri grimaced and shook his head at their antics," There is nothing to talk, Ian. I am not giving you Nina. No matter what you say. I am swamped with work and Nina is indispensable."

Nora stuffed some popcorn into her mouth and asked," Why do you need a new assistant? What happened to yours?"

Ian sent a glance at Demon before explaining," Miss North has been compromised. She’s presently working as a double agent for Elena Winthrop."

"Ahh! And you guys want to use her to pass on wrong information to Elena?" Nora nodded in understanding.

"You got it. But I do need an assistant meanwhile, someone I can trust. And if I give this responsibility to someone else within the company, then there will be talk and Miss North will know that she has been compromised. And finding someone from outside, is a whole new set of worms. I need your help Demon! Come on!"

"You can have my help. But not my assistant." Demon said with finality.

"See that Nora. your husband is fighting me for another woman!" Ian pointed it out to Nora who was busy with her popcorn as she stared at the two.

Finally, after finishing her popcorn, Nora chimed in," Well if he is fighting for you over another woman then Nina is not a bad choice. I like her."

"Ha! How can you do that! Nina is in your team now, isn’t she Nora? She is spying on Demon for you. See that Demetri? Your wife doesn’t trust you. She’s having your secretary spy on you."

Demetri chuckled while Nora simply shook her head at Ian pitifully," Divide and rule policy does not work on us Ian."

Ian narrowed his eyes and said, " I need a capable assistant, Demetri! Someone I can trust."

"Not Nina. Choose someone else.’ Demetri answered firmly.

"Are you sure you can make someone else work for me?" Ian asked.

Demetri narrowed his eyes, realizing that Ian already had someone else in mind and he’d somehow walked into the man’s trap.

Nora, watching from the perfect spot, also understood this and almost cheered for Ian! He’d actually out witted her husband. And now she needed to know who this new coveted assistant for which Ian was actually dared to play such a trick...

"Fine. You don’t want to give me Nina then I want Isabella Ruffalo."

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