Husband With Benefits
Chapter 685: Follow

Chapter 685: Follow

"Psst... how did you know she would leave the house before the Demon— I mean, before you woke up?" Nora whispered, her eyes following Ava as she slipped quietly out the door while they sat in the car as if on a stake out.

Erasmi sighed, rolling his eyes as if the answer was obvious. "Because Ava is the least confrontational person you’ll ever meet. She’d rather stick her head in the sand or run away than get into an argument with someone."

Nora giggled at that, her amusement clear. "I think that’s exactly why she needs a knight in shining armor like you. So, what do you think she’s going to do?"

Erasmi’s expression tightened with concern. "Honestly, I’m hoping she’ll go and confront Hannah or at least get some clarity. But knowing Ava, she might just find a quiet corner somewhere and overthink everything. She has that habit too," he added, the worry evident in his voice. He then noticed Nora’s eyes fixed on him, her gaze full of mischief.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Erasmi asked when he noticed Nora staring at him.

"Other than my husband’s reflection? No," Nora quipped, a playful grin spreading across her lips. "But I’m just wondering... for a man who claims he married his wife solely to give his son a proper family, you sure do know an awful lot about her."

Erasmi frowned slightly, feeling awkward at the line of questioning. "I... I mean, it’s just common sense, really. Anyone would pick up on these things after living together. And I do say that she is also my good friend. In fact, the only friend I do have..."

"Oh, so you’re saying you don’t pay special attention to her?"

"Of course not," Erasmi quickly replied, perhaps a bit too defensively a she heard his tone and cleared his throat. "I just— I mean, she’s the mother of my son, so naturally, I notice things."

Nora leaned in, narrowing her eyes, "Mhm. And that’s all it is? Just fatherly observation?"

"Exactly," Erasmi nodded, though the conviction in his voice wavered slightly.

"Whatever you say, Erasmi. But don’t think I didn’t catch that little worried look in your eyes when you talked about her. Seems like someone might be a little more invested than he’s letting on. Or even realising.. Erasmi Frost.. I didn’t expect you to be the slowest of the bunch... "

Erasmi scowled then and then widened his eyes, shushing Nora," Look, she’s hiding there.But why is she hiding?"

Nora looked at Ava in the dark, as much as she could and grinned," It seems your non-confrontational wife is ready to catch you red handed. She’s hiding here in waiting for you to go and meet Hannah... I bet you were not counting on this..."

"What do we do now?"

"Well, now we play a game of chase with Ava. Though you still have a chance to come clean..." Erasmi shook his head then and sent Nora a look... which had her narrowing her eyes in warning.

"Erasmi Frost. This is going to cost you..."

"Okay okay!Y You can collect the debt later."

With a harrumph, Nora made the call to Demon whose role should have ended here... But would not extend to going to Hannah so that Ava could follow them.

As expected, the moment, Demetri stepped out of the house and started to stroll out, Ava started to trail him at a distance...

Erasmi and Nora, parked a few houses down the street, watched the whole scene unfold like a spy thriller. "She’s really going for it," Erasmi murmured in awe. He had not expected that. He’d been aiming for her to confront Hannah and catching them red handed in the argument. But this...

"Your wife has more guts than you give her credit for. But this is getting good—looks like she’s trying to be a detective now."

Before Erasmi could agree or disagree, Nora hit him on the arm repeatedly in excitement," Come on. We need to follow them! Don’t just sit here like a lump!"

Quickly, she jumped out of the car and Erasmi rubbed his arm as he stepped out, wondering how things had spiraled out of control. This almost felt as if they were cast in some bad detective movie where one person followed the other and then another person followed the second.

As they approached Hannah’s house, Erasmi felt his stomach knot up. He exchanged a worried glance with Nora who also looked worried. This had never been part of the plan when they’d sent Hannah the message about him wanting to apologize and meet up. Something was definitely going to go wrong.

Just then, Hannah came racing out of the door and after a moment’s hesitation, threw herself at Demetri which caused Nora to murmur," I’m going to cut off her arms..."

"Come on, Ava! Show that woman who the boss is." Nora cheered as she watched Ava stiffen at the scene. Well, if she could not break bones, she would be happy to watch Ava breaking them.

But against their expectations, Ava did not storm inside to confront Hannah. Instead, they watched in stunned silence as Ava’s shoulders slumped, and she took a step back from the house.

"No, no, no," Nora muttered, watching as Ava hesitated for a moment, then turned and began to walk away, her steps heavy with defeat. She could see Ava’s heartbreak even from this distance, and it made her blood boil.

"Do something!" Nora hissed, smacking Erasmi on the arm, harder this time. "She thinks you’re cheating on her, and she’s walking away! Do you really want her to believe that?"

Erasmi winced, rubbing his arm, but the panic in Nora’s voice snapped him out of his daze. He knew she was right—he couldn’t let Ava walk away like this believing the worst.

Without another thought, he raced after Ava, ready to defend himself and explain everything even if he had to beg her to listen.

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