Husband With Benefits
Chapter 64: Monday Glooms

Chapter 64: Monday Glooms

The tension in the air was palpable. On a gloomy Monday afternoon, Frost Industries’ office building stood in a state of quiet turmoil.

In the open-plan workspace, fingers tapped on keyboards with trepidation, and hushed conversations crackled like static. "Did you hear about the Demon?" whispered one employee to another, their eyes darting around as though the office held the secrets of the universe. "He’s been here since who knows when. No one knows why, but he’s not pleased about something."

Another employee, furtively sipping from a Styrofoam cup, ventured, "I heard he’s even moved up the deadline for the quarterly reports in all departments. And there have been surprise inspections. He’s expecting everything to be flawless, with no room for mistakes."

Yet another person chimed in, "I heard that the boss might be in a new relationship. Could he have had a falling out with the lady boss?" The rumor mill continued to churn as theories and speculations filled the air. Some said it was a personal issue, while others claimed it was a major deal hanging in the balance.

The tension in the office had reached a fever pitch, and every employee was on edge. Demetri had yet to emerge from his sanctum, where he had sequestered himself, but the atmosphere he had created had permeated every corner of the building.

As the clock finally struck lunchtime, employees began to see a glimmer of hope. A beautiful one at that. An elegant woman, dressed in a beautiful wrap-around dress, walked in, a lunch box in hand, "Excuse me," she said to the receptionist, "I’m here to see CEO Frost."

The receptionist, taken aback by the unexpected visitor, hesitated for a moment. Seeing this, the woman smiled and added," I am his lady. I came here to surprise him. He won’t be angry."

The receptionist nodded quickly before picking up the phone to inform Demetri’s assistant. With the rumors rampant that the CEO was in a bad mood, if she dared to stop the Lady Boss for too long, she might lose her job. She spoke softly into the receiver, her eyes occasionally flicking towards the beautiful but cold lady. She matched their CEO quite well.

Assistant Ma frowned when he heard what the receptionist had to say. For a moment, he was tempted to tell the woman to call security to throw her whoever the fake person was out of the lobby. After all, their boss was still single. However, he paused for a moment before doing that. Their boss had definitely been seeing someone recently. So maybe it was their future boss lady...

And if a fight with the future boss lady was the reason for what they were experiencing today, then he would risk his life to ask the boss. Sighing and saying a quick word of prayer, he knocked on the door. "CEO, your wife is here to see you."

The news of his wife’s arrival stirred a mix of emotions within him, though the predominant one was annoyance. He had not expected her to show up at the office, especially not today when he was already in a foul mood. He thought back to the sour note they had parted on and sighed.

He nodded begrudgingly and muttered, "Send her up." As he placed aside the files in his hand that he had been scrutinizing, Assistant Ma, quickly shut the door and relayed the CEO’s message before taking his place at his table. After all, he had not expected such a day to come.

As the doors to the elevator opened, Assistant Ma, Secretary Nina and another few junior assistants were all pretending to be engrossed in their work, while surreptitiously glancing in the direction of the elevators. They’d already received the news of the arrival of the Lady boss. And that is why when the beauty exited the elevators, all others were enamored while Assistant Ma and Nina had their hearts in their throats.

Ma and Nina exchanged a horrified glance, each trying to tell the other to think of a way to stop this from happening today of all days.

If there was one person that they knew their boss disdained, then it was this woman.

For the greater good of the people working in the office, Assistant Ma sacrificed himself and stepped into Miss Arabelle’s path. "Miss Arabelle, welcome. Please take a seat and I will inform the boss..."

Arabelle glared at Assistant Ma for stepping into her way while the juniors looked on in confusion about their senior’s sudden death wish.

Before Arabelle could say something, Demetri’s voice thundered, "Who allowed her in here? You people can’t even handle a simple task? Do you believe every lie that comes your way?"

The statement was followed by a silence so loud that time seemed to stand still. The receptionist, who had followed the woman into the office, was horrified by the turn of events and felt her life flash in front of her.

Arabelle felt her cheeks flushed with embarrassment and she stammered, "I-I’m here to see..." She wanted to say that she was here to see him. She had been confident that he would not humiliate her publicly but now, looking at his face, she suddenly felt scared for the first time in her life.

As her face would have crumpled from shame and the situation threatened to go out of control, the door of the emergency stairwell swung open and Gabriel walked in. He’d already had a rough idea of the situation when he heard the gossip and rushed up to do damage control! Dam* it!

Gabe stepped between his brother who looked ready to commit murder and Arabelle who stood there speechlessly. "There is a mistake, Demon! She is here to see me and not you. Arabelle and I had a lunch date."

Arabelle quickly nodded and her eyes widened with relief and gratitude. "Yes," she affirmed, her voice trembling slightly. "I’m here to see Gabe, not you. I’m so sorry for the confusion."

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