Husband With Benefits
Chapter 350: A New Assistant

Chapter 350: A New Assistant

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

Demetri raised his eyebrows while Nora almost choked on her popcorn. Before Demetri could say anything, Nora exclaimed," Isabella Ruffalo? My Isabella? Pixie eyes? Dimpled smile?"

Ian rolled his eyes at the apt description and nodded," Yes. Isabella Ruffalo? But I don’t think someone else agrees that she’s yours."

Nora and Ian both turned their heads in unison to see Demetri staring at Nora with narrowed eyes. Realizing the thin ice she was walking on with the jealous Demon, she quickly raised her hands and added," I meant, my girlfriend."

"She is your girlfriend? Then what about Demetri?" Ian asked casually, a sly grin playing on his lips, as he leaned back in his chair. And they said divide and rule was difficulty. Ha! He just needed the weak points.

Nora glared at Ian, her eyes promising revenge as she clarified," Demetri is my husband, while Isabella is my..."

She wanted to say ’girl’ friend again but changed her words at the last moment," She’s my second best friend."

Demetri nodded, extremely pleased to be proclaimed as his wife’s husband as well as best friend while Ian mouthed, "Nice save" to Nora who made a face at him in reply.

"So, can you arrange for Isabella to work in the Frost industries as my assistant?"

"But why do you want Isabella?" Nora asked seriously. As many thoughts entered her mind, Ian carefully told Nora that he’d heard Isabella mention looking for a job and since she was trustworthy and trained in business administration, she would be able to handle things while they took care of Miss North’s problem. And once everything was resolved, it would be upto her if she wanted to go or not.

As Demetri and Nora looked at each other in consideration, Ian thought back to the little tiff he’d had with Isabella before coming here.

"Ian. Can you please drop me off here?"

"Isabella?Can you at least talk to me? Who was that man? And why would you let him talk to you like that?"

"Its none of your business, Ian."

As he’d parked the car to the side, he’d been tempted to keep her locked in the car with him until she gave him a reasonable answer, but he knew his boundaries.

"Isabella? Can we not be considered friends? Nobody should have to hear things like that from anyone. Please, if you are in trouble..."

"What things like that, Ian? Do you not know that everything he said was the truth? Of course, I am more interested in looking for a boyfriend instead of looking for a job. And he was right it is because I don’t have to worry about anything, since I have my parents’ money to fall back on. And just so you know, we are not friends!"

He’d been about to snap back at her for even thinking like that about herself but the tears in her voice had made him keep his mouth shut, and he’d only been able to watch as she jumped out of the car,and walked down the pathway.

Nora’s voice brought him back to the present moment, as Nora surmised," So, what you are saying is, Demetri should offer a job to Isabella and..."

"And let her work for me. Officially she would be training with you. It will open Demetri and Isabella to all sorts of criticism about nepotism but no one would say anything to Demetri’s assistant or to him. Isabella is also trustworthy and qualified and looking for employment at the moment. So, its killing multiple targets with the same stone."

Nora was already nodding along with Ian’s thought process as she said," You could be right. Let me talk to Isabella about this. That way, she won’t feel burdened about getting a job. I’ll tell her that it would be help to us."

Ian smiled at his success without alerting Nora, while Demetri cocked his head at his brother, his eyes warning him to not push his luck any further.

Demetri nodded and the stood up, taking Nora by the hand as he said," Since you solved Ian’s problem, Ian is going to be making the supper for tonight. Come on. Ian, We’ll take the full course meal and don’t forget the fish."

Ian narrowed his eyes while Nora looked puzzled as she asked," Where are we going?"

"Slow dancing and romancing, of course."

***

Nora stepped out cautiously, looking around for any traces of Ian. Thankfully, the man had disappeared, or she would have to do the walk of shame in her own home. As she looked around, the whiff of delicious food tickled her nose and she quietly stepped outside. Her eyes widened at the display of food.

Ian really had prepared a full course meal. She picked up a tiny piece of the mushroom salad and popped it into her mouth. Amazing! This was Michelin star level good!

Excited about the food, she quickly lit up the candle and marveled at the arrangement. No wonder the hotels under the Frost group were known for their best service. The top man was the best. He’d even placed a bunch of flowers alongwith the best food.

Demetri walked out of the washroom with his wet hair and grinned at Nora’s surprised expression," You’re surprised."

"I know you said he cooked well, but this is..."

Shaking her head, Nora looked at Demetri and muttered," You Frosties are really homely. You nurture plants and flowers, Ian makes nurturing food... What are you doing in the business world?"

Demetri walked to Nora and quickly took her mouth in a kiss, slowly letting her and himself burn with desire before stepping back and whispering," It’s all in the eyes, kitten. Look at it another way, Ian likes to cut up the dead and I like to dig out the mud."

Nora rolled her eyes at that and shook her head," You cannot scare me with that, Demetri. I know you."

Demetri smiled at that as he picked up a piece of the asparagus and placed it on her lips," Of course you do, kitten."

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