Husband With Benefits
Chapter 493: Houseguests (3)

Chapter 493: Houseguests (3)

Seb widened his eyes as he questioned Dora slowly," You mean you’ll be living here- as in, in this country, with Nora and Demon right?"

Dora quickly shook her head at that," Nah."

"Then you want to live with Lucy? He’s going to be your brother in law, right?"

"Nah! Lucien is great but no. I’m going to live with you and Olivia. You are going to have babies soon. I can stay here and help you out. Have you started with nursery preparations? What about clothing and toys? Since I cannot have a younger sibling, I am going to dote on your kids. You can adopt me directly if you want or name me their Godsister, I won’t mind. Also..."

Before either of them could respond, a low whine emanated from one of the dogs. Olivia’s heart sank as she noticed the poor animal curling up, clearly in distress. She hurried over to the dog, kneeling beside it to check for any obvious signs of illness or injury.

"Dora, sweetie, Kitten here seems unwell," Olivia said softly, her brow furrowed with worry. "Did you notice any symptoms before?"

Dora’s face fell as she rushed over to the dog, her concern mirroring Olivia’s. "No, I didn’t notice anything earlier. She seemed perfectly fine when we left the palace," she replied, her voice tinged with worry.

Just then, the little dog let out another distressed whine making Seb frown harder. Gently, he rubbed the dog’s belly. And then, as if in response to Gaia’s distress, the other dog, who had been lounging lazily until now, suddenly sprang to attention, emitting a series of sharp barks before sneezing loudly.

Seb’s brows furrowed, his senses on high alert as he scanned the room for any clues. Could something here have triggered some response in the dogs? It was then that his sharp eyes caught sight of something amiss—a small spill on the floor a bit further away, next to a gift box that was now soaked in something that looked like oil.

Realization dawned on him and as his gaze met Olivia’s, a silent communication passed between them. Olivia gently coaxed Dora away and as soon as the two were out of the room, Seb made a quick call.

"We have a situation here," Seb murmured into the phone, his voice steady yet urgent. "I need you to send a team to pick up everything that’s on the floor near the window in the living area. Handle it with extreme caution."

With that, Seb clicked his fingers,"Come on, Gaia, let’s go. Livia, call the vet. let them know we’re coming." And then, he carefully lifted up Kitten, moving towards the door.

As Seb marched out of the door, he could hear the faint sound of Dora crying and Olivia consoling the little girl. Worriedly, he placed the dog in the backseat, letting Gaia jump in next to the whining dog and drove away quickly.

***

Seb’s knuckles turned white as he thought of the poor dogs. Why would they suddenly get sick. Did it have something to do with the spill just now? Just what did Emma bring in that box that could have caused this?

Finally, the veterinarian emerged, her expression grave," Mr Frost, your dog-Kitten has ingested something called formaldehyde. It is actually commonly found in many household products, etc. But it is actually quite dangerous to animals and humans alike. Even its fumes are known to cause respiratory diseases. Your dog has consumed it in concentrated form which is even more dangerous. Luckily, you brought him here on time."

"As for Gaia, I think the dog just inhaled the fumes so he got sick. He should be fine soon. Kitten will have to stay here in the hospital as we’d like to observe her for a few days. Don’t worry. She is responding well to treatment. Its just a precaution."

As the doctor walked away, Seb relayed the good news to Dora and Olivia, assuring them both, that he would stay here with the dogs.

His mind, however was occupied with the gift that Emma had brought. Whatever it was, needed to be checked. And if he found out that the gift was sent to deliberately hurt Olivia... His eyes hardened. It seemed people tended to take him too lightly if they thought they could get away with hurting someone he cared for. It was time to use his network to look for answers.

***

"Miss, we have news."

The woman in the bedroom opened her eyes carefully with a smile," What happened that you are in such a panic? Also, did that box I prepared for Mrs Frost, reach her yet? I can’t wait to see the results. It is going to be slow but when the gift shows results, I will be so pleased."

As the woman spoke, the servant shuffled and cleared her throat," That is what I came to inform you about, Miss. There was a problem with the gift."

The woman’s eyes sharpened. Even though the servant could not see the woman who was hidden by the darkness, she felt the gaze as sharply as if a cold knife had been pressed to her throat," What do you mean there was a problem? I thought we’d convinced her to take the burners and candles... Did she find something else to gift them?"

"We did convince her ma’am. And she took it.. but now the gift box has been sent for laboratory check. It seemed a dog threw over the box and then licked the oils and fell sick..."

The woman clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white with rage. "Damn it!" she cursed, her voice dripping with venom. "How could this have happened? I had everything meticulously planned! Did that woman get the devil’s luck?"

"No. I will not let that happen. First, she was safely hidden by Seb and now she is saved by some dogs. This cannot continue! I will have to take care of this myself! All you of have proven yourselves to be useless! That is what you all are! And I have to suffer because of your incompetence!"

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