Husband With Benefits
Chapter 392: Silence

Chapter 392: Silence

Lucien massaged his tired eyes, easing into his chair with a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had identified the issue before it could spiral out of control. As he gazed at the meticulously revised proposal, a deep sigh escaped him. The magnitude of recalculations he had undertaken was truly staggering.

As he closed his eyes, the ringing of his phone broke the silence. He wanted to ignore it but couldn’t. With a sigh, he checked the number and answered the call,"Lucien Frost."

"Mr Frost. The cake and champagne you’d ordered for tonight are ready. Where would you like them delivered?"

"Cancel the order." Lucien answered coldly.

The person on the other end paused before carefully reminding the man," Sir, the order is prepaid and non-refundable...It’s a beautiful arrangement, and we wouldn’t want it to go to waste..."

Lucien, unfazed, responded tersely, "Dispose of it. It’s of no use now."

The person hesitated, perhaps surprised by Lucien’s abrupt decision. "But sir, it’s a specially crafted—"

"I don’t care. Cancel the delivery, and if it’s already prepared, discard it. The person it was meant for is not coming anymore. Its of no use to me. Now, I have more pressing matters to attend to," Lucien interrupted, the impatience in his voice evident. Without waiting for further arguments, he decisively disconnected the call. Lucien leaned back in his chair, and almost hurled the phone in his hand across the room.

However, he calmed himself at the last moment and inhaled slowly. As if on automation, his thumb slid to the notification centre of his phone and he read the message there with a sigh before ignoring the message. The chat now had more than a hundred unread messages and he had no intention on reading them or replying to any of them.

Despite this, he couldn’t ignore the final message that he’d read. She’d messaged him that she would be reaching here at eleven p.m. He looked at the time and realized that there was less than an hour... Snapping his laptop shut, he stood up and grabbed his jacket. He needed to go to the airport.

***

Evangeline stood still as she watched people passing by and the worry in her stomach seemed to intensify. She’d been having a sense of foreboding before even coming here and now, standing in this place alone, she was even more worried. She’d refused to allow any guards to come with her and insisted that she would be fine with Lucien since he would definitely come to get her.

But she’d been here for thirty minutes and he’d not come. She looked down at her phone and the unread message where she’d told him of her arrival and resisted the urge to call him. He’d been behaving oddly these last days. Was he so busy that he hadn’t even been able to reach to all the messages that she’d sent over the week? Or was he ignoring her?

She knew if she called, he would definitely answer. But she was scared that if he did and she heard him coldly say that ’he would get back to her later’ one more time, then she would definitely go crazy and say something stup*d! Because his ’later’ seemed to coming never.

Maybe she should book a hotel room now instead of waiting for him to come and take her home. Just as she was about to pick her phone, she saw Lucien come racing in, looking around the airport worriedly. Every complaint that she had with him disappeared as she looked at his tired and concerned face, the way he was looking around for her.

Catching her bag, she quickly raised her hand so that he would see her and raced towards him. Happy, she failed to notice his feet falter and stop when he saw her coming his way. Lucien had almost stepped back when the unaware Evana threw her arms around him and hugged him," Lucifer! I almost gave up and thought you wouldn’t come."

Lucien closed his eyes and briefly patted Evana’s back before taking her bag that she’d left at the side," You must be tired after the long flight. Let’s go."

Without waiting for a reply, Lucien stepped back, waiting for Evana to walk.

Evangeline paused and shot Lucien a look of confusion as she said slowly," Lucifer. Its okay if you are busy. You don’t have to come. I’d have managed on my own."

Instead of answering her, Lucien simply nodded tersely," Let’s go now."

As they drove through the topic, Evana could not help but send wary glances towards Lucien. He seemed like a different person. Cold and unapproachable. It was like she was seeing him for the first time. As she sat in the oppressive silence, she could not help but wonder what the reason for this change could be.

Pulling at the non-existent loose thread on her dress, Evana looked away and remained silent, not knowing what to say. She’d imagined so many things she would say to him when she met him eventually but now, she was unable to say a word.

Eventuallt, the car came to a halt and Evana almost jumped out of it, wanting to escape. However, in the next moment, she stopped as she looked up at the tall, well- lit building. He’d brought her to a hotel. The last time, she had stayed with him but this time, he brought her here.

She wanted to ask him, but he’d already walked inside and was talking at the reception. Soon, he returned," Your room is ready. Come on, I’ll show you."

In a daze, Evana walked behind Lucien, confusion and sadness etched across her face. Lucien, on the other hand, seemed to be unaware of her feelings as he stared at the elevator’s doors.

As the elevator came to a stop and Lucien mechanically showed her around, Evana had to force herself not to cry. And yet, Lucien would not even look at her, but simple spoke," I have to get back to the office now. I’ll see you later. Goodnight."

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