Husband With Benefits
Chapter 70: Help Me, Please

Chapter 70: Help Me, Please

"I will not become a victim again. Never," Nora repeated the mantra in her head as she sprinted through the unfamiliar streets. Panic coursed through her veins, and her heart thundered in her chest.

With a surge of adrenaline, she fought back. Her elbows jabbed, and she fought wildly, using no strategy or specific movements.

Finally, she broke free from the stalker’s grip, her heart pounding, her lungs gasping for air as she tried to get a look at the hooded stalker. But the man’s face was still covered.

Without a second thought, Nora ran, blindly and swiftly. She had no sense of direction, but she didn’t care. She needed to escape, to put as much distance between herself and her assailant as possible. The world around her blurred into a dizzying frenzy of colors and shapes as she fought to put as much distance as possible between herself and the stalker.

Through alleys and across streets, she continued to run. As she looked back, she could see the man running behind her. Her body screamed with exertion, but she didn’t stop until she found herself in a bustling public square, surrounded by curious onlookers. Hoping to get lost in the hustle and bustle, she slowed down her steps, still on the lookout for anyone or anything coming too close to her.

She’d barely caught her breath when she noticed the car, the white van that she had almost been pushed into. Wide-eyed, she hid behind a pole and looked on as two men stepped out of the car...in police uniforms! Her blood ran cold.

How could this be? Was the man who had been stalking her a police officer? Any hope that she had of receiving help from passersby was extinguished. If it looked as if the police were chasing her, she would have no way of escaping.

As frantic thoughts raced through her mind, she looked around carefully, hoping to find a landmark that would tell her where she was. Her breath escaped raggedly as she peeked at the two men, looking around. She was in the opposite part of the town. The only way she could reach Grandpa William was if she hailed a cab.

Once again, she peeked around the pillar to get a sense of the stalker’s location and nearly jumped out of her skin when she found neither man around the van. Had they spread out to look for her?

As someone passed her by, she heard someone mention Frost Industries and looked up with renewed hope. Yes. This was downtown, and Demetri’s office was probably located in this locality. If she could reach him... hurriedly she searched the location on the map. Her breath released in a whoosh when she realized that she was barely a few meters away from the headquarters of Frost Group of Industries.

As a group of people passed her by, chatting animatedly, she tried her best to escape unseen by merging with them. Thankfully, she was able to turn the corner unseen. And right there was the one place she knew she would be safe. With urgent trembling fingers, she called Demetri while continuing to walk briskly towards the large skyscraper.

When her repeated calls went unanswered, Nora tried to drop a message. Even if the stalker was able to kidnap her at least someone would know she was in danger. Almost crying, she recorded a message," Demetri, someone is stalking me. I am outside Frost Industries headquarters. Please come..." Her voice broke down at the end as she finally sent the message.

Her destination was now close. Once again, she scanned her surroundings, in case she was being followed and quickly began to walk across the road. She’d barely reached the curb when her phone rang again. Feeling relief that Demetri had called her back, she quickly answered," I am right at the door of Frost Industries. Please come soon." Nora pleaded breathlessly, her voice quivering with fear.

But instead of her husband’s reassuring voice, an insidious whisper greeted her on the line. "Baby, I knew you were a good girl. Why did you have to run so much? I’m coming to you. Don’t worry."

Nora’s blood turned to ice, and her heart dropped like a lead weight. Oh Heavens! What had she done?

Panic surged through her veins as she glanced around, realizing that she had already disclosed her location to the person she was hiding from. Nora looked at the guards standing at the door and knew she would not be allowed inside. She just hoped that Demetri would check his phone soon or try some other way to enter the building.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Nora stammered into the phone as her eyes continued to scan all around.

A sinister chuckle echoed through the line. "You can call me whatever you want, baby. When we meet again, I’ll let you decide what you want to address me as."

As she reached the glass doors of the skyscraper, her way was blocked by a guard as expected. As he questioned her about the purpose of her visit, she heard someone calling her name from the inside, "Nora?"

Her fear turned to horror as her eyes met the man she had been suspicious of. Lucien was indeed her stalker. And he was inside the building. She needed to escape from here.

As she turned around to make another run, her eyes met that of the policeman across the street who was looking at her sinisterly. He turned his head and she followed his gaze to see a man closing in on her. His face was still covered but his eyes were blazing at her. She was trapped from all sides!

Nora’s breath quickened, and her heart raced as panic closed in. Desperation and fear fueled her determination as she looked for any possible escape route. And just then, the security guard stood between her and the man in the hooded jacket as he said," Miss, are you alright?"

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freewe(b)nov𝒆l