Husband With Benefits
Chapter 704: A Bet

Chapter 704: A Bet

"Looking forward to it, Dora. Have a safe trip, and don’t forget to think of me while you’re off doing whatever mysterious things you’re doing." Kael leaned back on the lounger, staring at the message he’d just received in response, and smiled with a sense of smug satisfaction.

It didn’t matter that she’d said she won’t think of him. Because the fact that she was still glued to her phone, answering him as soon as he messaged was proof that she would be thinking of him. The next date... he was definitely looking forward to it. A study date? He wondered what it was they would ’study’. He knew he wanted to study ’curves’ of course.

Ignoring the loud music playing around him, he placed the phone on his stomach and closed his eyes. But that moment of peace was disturbed when a young man suddenly appeared and sat beside him.

Kael opened his eyes slowly, his smile disappearing as if the presence of the other was an unwelcome intrusion. "Why is it you?"

The man shrugged and gestured around. "It’s a party. So of course, I can be here."

Kael glared at the boy and shook his head. "I thought you were being punished by your mom. Is this punishment? You were at the restaurant last night while I was waiting for my date, and now it’s afternoon, and you’re already at a drinking party. If one didn’t know better, they would think you were stalking me!" His tone carried a hint of condescension, as if the person;s life choices were disappointingly predictably boring.

The man rolled his eyes. "Kael, I am stalking you. And you know the reason I went there yesterday. You told me about your date. And then this morning as well. But instead of being with a date you’re all alone again. So, you know why I came here. Why don’t you stop beating around the bush and tell me!"

Kael stood up, grabbing a glass and leisurely pouring himself a drink while ignoring the man, who was staring anxiously at him. He didn’t feel like answering the question. First, he didn’t like being questioned. Secondly, what Dora had done yesterday had almost been like an insult... While he understood now that she was playing hard to get, walking out of the restaurant after being ghosted was not a fun experience. Specially with this man sitting there, almost gloatingly.

Finally, the man, unable to hold himself back any longer, the boy stood up and walked over to him. "Come on, K! Tell me!"

Kael raised an eyebrow with a faint sneer. "What do I need to tell you?"

The man almost stomped his foot in frustration and glared. "Did you sleep with her or not?"

Kael’s eyes turned cold as he glared at the him then, a chill creeping into his voice. "Who I sleep with or not is none of your business."

The man cowered, but not for long, as he immediately questioned, "But you promised me that you would help me take revenge on Dora. But first you said that she would come to your date. Then when I went there, she did not come. Last night you told me that she was playing games and you guys had a date elsewhere. Then you shared a picture of your breakfast with her. So you must have slept with her, right? Come on, just share the details with me!"

Kael placed the glass on the table with a snap. "Do I, Prince Kael Ignis, look like a gigolo to you? Should I sleep with her just because you want revenge?" His voice dripped with disdain, making it clear that he saw himself as above such petty things.

This time, the man almost shivered in fear at Kael’s cold tone, shaking his head as he tried to explain himself. "I... I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that you should..."

Kael walked forward and placed a hand on the boy’s shoulder, making the boy almost jump as he spoke calmly with a calculated gentleness. "Sleeping with me would be a reward, not a punishment, Kit. No. I am going to do something far better to avenge you. You are after all my favourite cousin..." His smile was predatory, promising a twisted satisfaction.

Kit perked up then, looking at his brother with renewed hope his admiration for Kael obvious, despite the darkness in Kael’s intentions.

"I won’t sleep with her." Kit gave him a look then, clenching his hands. What was the point of asking Kael for help if he wouldn’t sleep. But before Kit could say more, Kael continued," But I will seduce her. I will make her fall in love with me, want to sleep with me, and then I will discard her when she confesses. The same way she did to you. Public humiliation." Kael’s tone was casual, as if ruining someone’s life was just another measly thing while Kit shuffled uneasily as he stared at Kael.

He shook his head in denial. Dora was not someone easy to fool. It was why he’d specifically asked Kael, who was known as the woman charmer. "You will make her fall for you? It would be impossible, Kael. She’s known as the Ice Queen for a reason. She has never seen anyone for more than a single date."

Kael smiled a sharp, calculating smile. "And yet, I already have a third date planned with her. She might be ice, but I’m fire. She won’t escape me. Hmm... According to my calculations, I’ll have her confessing her love to me in a month. That’s when you have the annual university ball, isn’t it?" His voice carried the certainty of a man who always gets what he wants, no matter the cost.

Kit nodded, feeling excited at the prospect of what was to come. And as expected, Kael proposed," Then let’s make a bet. At the end of this month, she will come to the ball alone... thinking that she is supposed to be with me... and confess her love to me."

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