Husband With Benefits
Chapter 62: Unwanted

Chapter 62: Unwanted

"Are you not going to even look at me?" Demetri leaned forward and questioned with a coaxing smile. Sitting in the dimly lit room, this man was much different from the CEO Demon Frost. His brow furrowed at the silent treatment, and he shook his head as he complained," You. Are. A. Traitor. That is what you are."

His accusation was met with silence again and he once again leaned back in his chair," Ahh, silence is acceptance, eh? You finally accept that you have betrayed me?"

"Fine. Keep ignoring me. It’s not like I enjoy looking at you. I do have better views to see..."

As Demetri carried on a one-sided conversation with the person on the other side of the screen, the door to his study swung open, and in walked Nora as she spoke with relief, "Thank heavens, you are here. I’d gotten lost in this monstrous place..."

She trailed off when she noticed Demetri’s horrified expression and then the icy glare that he’d sent her way. "I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to..."

His jaw clenched and he hurriedly slammed the laptop shut, cutting off the video call abruptly.

Nora, taken aback by the sudden hostility in the room, stammered, "I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to intrude. I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere. I forgot the way to my room..."

Demetri’s voice was like a blade of ice as he replied, his anger simmering just beneath the surface. "You should have knocked. Or had you forgotten how to do that also?"

Nora’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and she struggled to find the right words," I...I heard your voice and was relieved..."

Demetri’s eyes bore into Nora, his impatience clear. "Just leave. I don’t have time for this. And next time, don’t wander off if you do not want to get lost!"

Nora felt a surge of anger at Demetri’s rudeness, but she managed to keep her voice steady as she retorted, "Fine, I’ll go. But you could have been a bit more civil about it."

Demetri’s jaw clenched even tighter, and he turned away from her, dismissing her with a curt wave of his hand. Nora stormed out of the room, the door closing behind her with a soft click. Even though he had not said much, Nora felt as if he had scolded her a thoudsand times.

As she walked away, her initial anger gave way to a sense of hurt and confusion. She’d only entered his room by mistake. Did he have to overreact so much?

Nora rubbed her arms to ward off the chill that she felt from the encounter and walked down the corridor, hoping to find her room. When she’d left the villa in the morning, she’d had no idea that she would get lost when she returned. They had been here for three days already of which she had spent two days in bed, ’recuperating’! Never in her life had she thought that she would get into a reading slump! She wanted to go out and explore this place not stare at the ceiling.

And finally, she had been able to go out, only to return to the villa from the entrance that was unknown to her. And that is how, she ended up getting lost! ’You should have explored this mausoleum first before going to explore the island’.

Finally, after walking down a few winding turns of the villa, she spied a partially ajar door. She’d found her room!

Going inside, she threw herself onto the bed and let out a sigh of frustration. This single encounter reminded her of her first meeting with Demetri. Over these past weeks, she had forgotten how intimidating she would find him. She’d forgotten that this man had asked her that she should address him as Demon. She couldn’t help but replay the scene of their encounter over and over again.

As she lay there, staring up at the ceiling, Nora’s anger slowly began to ebb away, replaced by a sense of unease. Demetri had been on a video call with someone, and he had looked genuinely horrified when she walked in. And he had been sweet talking to someone, she realized. His manner of speaking was what had attracted her attention in the first place when she had barged into his room.

Dam* it. The man must have been talking to his girlfriend and would naturally not have appreciated her barging in. She felt a moment of discomfort as she thought of this but then frowned. She’d agreed to this in the contract then why did she feel like this now? As if she had been betrayed?

The answer that she received from herself was not something that made her happy. When she’d agreed to allow physical intimacy with consent, she had already assumed that they would become lovers over time. And her fascination with his kisses had not helped this line of thought.

She did not delude herself into thinking that she was in love with Demetri Frost. But she was definitely in lust with the man and that was totally unexpected.

Nora sighed heavily, trying to clear her thoughts and focus on the situation at hand. She knew she had to be rational about this, even though her thoughts were running wild. Beginning of the relationship, she’d believed that the man only tolerated her out of kindness, but then she had started seeing him as her friend. Her only friend after Isabella. And today, he’d made her feel so unwanted...

Nora knew what she wanted to do. Demetri was an experienced man and their chemistry was off the charts. At least for her. If he was her first lover, then she would be able to feel all those things that the novels described. But he had made no move to deepen their physical intimacy. If Demetri did try to pursue something more than their present arrangement, she would have to make it clear that the clause they had agreed upon – the "right to have an affair but with discretion" would be invalid.

As Nora realized where her thoughts had wandered off to, she shook her head to clear it! She reminded herself that she was furious at him at this moment! He had no right to scold her specially when she was trying to explain herself and apologize. And she would not ’intrude’ his personal space, until he apologized!

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