Husband With Benefits
Chapter 701: A Second Date

Chapter 701: A Second Date

Dora woke up with a jolt, her heart racing as the persistent pounding on the door echoed through her room. She blinked rapidly, trying to clear the haze of sleep from her eyes. The clock on her nightstand showed it was only seven, and she groaned in frustration. Who could possibly be disturbing her at such an ungodly time?

Grabbing the pillow beside her, she covered her ears and tried to return to sleep. Whoever it was could go back and return later. They could knock until their knuckles bled and she was not leaving the bed. As expected, the pounding on the door finally stopped and she smiled. See. Let them think she’d gone out of the room while she slept peacefully. However, that feeling was short lived when her phone started to ring, the next minute.

She didn’t make a move to answer it as she frowned. How could her phone be ringing? She had a habit of turning it off when... She slapped a hand to her head. Dar*! She’d taken it off the airplane mode when she’d wanted to check his reply... a reply which had ever come...

As the phone’s ringing persisted, Dora sighed in resignation. She rolled over, trying to hide her face beneath the pillow. If she could just turn the phone off, maybe she could go back to sleep. But of course, the phone’s relentless ringing showed no signs of stopping. With a weary groan, Dora blindly slid her thumb over the screen, answering the call more out of obligation than willingness.

"Hello..." she mumbled into the phone, her voice thick from sleep.

The voice on the other end was smooth and warm, cutting through her grogginess. There was a faint sigh before the person spoke. "I knew it. You have a sexy voice when you wake up. So husky. Sigh. I wish I could hear it in my ear directly instead of through the phone."

Dora’s eyes shot open, her sleepiness momentarily forgotten. She pulled the phone away from her ear, squinting at the screen. Dam*! How could he flirt so early in the morning? Clearing her throat, she asked," Prince Kael. Why are you up and chirpy so early in the morning?"

"Is it early? The sun has been up for hours."

"I don’t care about the sun." Dora murmured, as she finally gave up on getting more sleep and lay in her bed, staring up at the ceiling."Why are you calling me?"

"For our second date." Kael answered and Dora sighed incredulously," You called me so early in the morning to ask me out on a second date?"

"Nope."

Isidora frowned and took the phone off her ear to stare at it in confusion for a few moments. "You are not asking me out for a second date?"

"I am calling to inform you that it is time for our second date. You told me that I could choose the time and place, didn’t you. So, open the door my fairy queen."

Dora’s mind raced as she processed the man’s words and realized that the pounding on the door had been him all along. She snapped upright in bed then, her eyes wide with panic. Without thinking, she abruptly disconnected the call and bolted out of her room to open the door, only to skitter to a halt when she caught sight of her reflection in the hallway mirror.

Her appearance was a disaster—her hair a tangled mess and were those drool marks on the corner of her lips? Hurriedly, she veered off course and dashed toward the bathroom brushing her teeth and combing her hair almost simultaneously. Finally, feeling a bit presentable, she walked to the door, cursing in her heart. If he didn’t like her bare no make up face, then it was his problem for not giving her the time to doll up.

As she opened the door, he stood there, dressed in a shirt and pants, holding two paper bags aloft, as he shot," Surprise."

But in the next minute, his eyes widened as he sent a look all over her and Dora felt her heart sink as she followed his gaze lingering over her. "Wow. Now I really do wish that you’d invited me over for a nightcap..."

Dora shifted uncomfortably, feeling her cheeks heat up. She gave a weak smile and pointed vaguely towards the pantry. "Um, you can just put those bags there," she said quickly, trying to avoid meeting his eyes directly. "I’ll, uh, go change and be right back."

Kael’s expression softened hiding the heat in his eyes as a playful grin tugged at his lips. "There’s no need to change on my account. I actually quite like your, uh, look. Trust me, this image of you will be living rent-free in my head forever."

As she hurried away, she heard Kael let out a wolf whistle and rolled her eyes. The man behaved less like a prince and more like a street thug.

After a few moments, as she walked out, she raised her brows at the table set up. He’d gone all out. He seemed to have sensed her expression as he looked up," What? I couldn’t let you feel shortchanged for a date, could I? And I didn’t know whether you prefer sweet or savoury breakfast so I got both and coffee."

"Well, that was smart of you. Though I don’t drink coffee."

He gave her a surprised expression then, as if asking, "who doesn’t drink coffee?"

She chuckled at his expression and rolled her eyes," Yes. I am the monster who doesn’t drink coffee. I’ll go get some hot chocolate for myself while you drink that horrible thing."

Kael shrugged and watched as she moved about the small pantry, enjoying the view. She looked so graceful, even when doing something so simple. As she joined him for breakfast, he kept an eye on her, making sure to note what it was that she liked and took a second serving of and what she didn’t like. As they ate their breakfast in relative peace, he finally asked her," So, what do second date privileges include? Kissing? Necking?"

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