Husband With Benefits
Chapter 705: The Third Date

Chapter 705: The Third Date

Kael walked into the hostel and stopped in front of the closed door. His plan had worked perfectly. By not replying to her since the weekend, he had made sure she would be on edge, wondering if he was coming over or not. He knew his tactic had succeeded when he received a message from her this morning, asking if he was coming. Satisfaction curled within him—he had her right where he wanted, anxious and uncertain, just as he’d planned.

Quietly, he knocked on the door and waited for a response, curious to see how she would react when she saw him. He had already predicted two possible scenarios. One, she would show anger at him for not replying, which would require him to coax her back into a good mood. The second option was that she would jump into his arms, eager to use the opportunity he’d given her. A smirk tugged at his lips. While he would enjoy her throwing herself at him, he had a feeling she might go for the first option, which would make the game even more interesting.

Of course, he wanted to sleep with her. She was sexy and undeniably beautiful. But that would come later—something he hadn’t bothered to share with Kit. First, Dora needed to confess her love, and then he would humiliate her to satisfy Kit’s desire for revenge.

But once that was done, Kael had already decided he would reel her back in. Dora was different from other girls. She didn’t immediately fall at his feet, and that was a refreshing change. So, once the revenge was over, he might keep her around, maybe even try dating her for a while. After all, she intrigued him, and that was something he hadn’t felt in a long time.

A voice inside him called him a jerk for being so ruthless but he ignored that. After all, she was the one who had played with Kit’s emotions first by misleading him. And as for her ’hurt’,he;d just throw some money to soothe it. Wasn’t that the reason why she’d dated Kit in the first place? So that he would give her some luxury?

Kael frowned when no one immediately opened the door, the sense of satisfaction slipping slightly. He knocked again, this time with more insistence. Finally, the door creaked open, and he put on his most charming smile, expecting to see Dora’s face light up. But instead, he was greeted by another woman—one with thick glasses perched on her nose, glaring at him with clear irritation.

"Why are you knocking so much?" she hissed, her tone sharp and annoyed. "The door is open, so just come inside."

Kael’s smile faltered, caught off guard by the unexpected encounter. He quickly masked his surprise and checked to see the door number, expecting to have come to the wrong door. But the woman continued with narrowed eyes, "And what’s with the flowers? Didn’t you bring any books? Who brings flowers to a study group?"

Before Kael could form a response, Dora appeared behind the woman, her expression softening when she saw him. Her eyes flicked from his face to the flowers in his hand, and she smiled, stepping past her disgruntled friend.

"Someone who’s studying flowers will bring flowers," Dora replied smoothly, her tone light and playful as she addressed the other woman. "Come on in, Kael. But he is not studying flowers. He’s brought them to me because I asked. They are Gardenias and I love them but they are not easily available. Thanks for finding them and bringing them to me, Kael."

Kael narrowed his eyes as he stepped inside. Other than the bespectacled girl, there were two more people in the room, a boy with thick glasses like the girl’s and another girl who seemed to be hiding her face behind her hair. He handed the flowers to Dora, letting his fingers brush against hers as he did so, his gaze locking onto hers as if silently questioning her why there were other people on their date.

Dora took the flowers from him and smiled,"I asked you for confirmation and messaged you the time but you didn’t reply so I invited them over. I just cannot study alone. Thanks for coming. Don’t worry, they’ll be leaving soon. We are almost done studying. If you really want to study, I have some books there, you can check if there is naything pertaining to yuor studies. You’re studying Business and economics, right?"

As Keal followed Dora quietly, she made quick introductions and then the group continued to study, discussing all sorts of pros and cons of different policies and doing case studies.

Kael took a seat near the group and opened a random textbook from the pile Dora had pointed out, pretending to be engrossed in it while his mind raced. This wasn’t how he’d envisioned the evening. He was supposed to be alone with Dora, charming her and teasing her, but instead, he found himself surrounded by a group of ’nerds.’

As the others spoke, Kael’s eyes occasionally flickered over to Dora. He didn’t know why he’d made such a mistake. He should have expected that she would be studious. After all, she was a scholarship student, living in the hostel that had been donated by the Royal House of Estania.

Was this all part of her game? Was she trying to make him question himself, to throw him off balance? It was possible, but Kael couldn’t shake the feeling that Dora was not as simple as she seemed. She was, if possible, even more cunning than he’d guessed.

Meanwhile, against what he was assuming, Dora had not done this as part of some game. Even now, she continued to send glances his way as she sighed in disappointment at having been foolish to invite the others. But she’d been too nervous about his silence and too excited to meet him when he did come. So, she had decided to have someone act as buffer between them, to help curb her excitement. And yet, now that these people were here, all she wanted to do was get rid of them faster so that she could be with him.

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