Husband With Benefits
Chapter 72: A Sense Of Foreboding

Chapter 72: A Sense Of Foreboding

"...and with the strategic acquisitions we’ve made in the past quarter," Mr. Reynolds spoke, "we are well-positioned to capture a larger market share in the coming months."

The meeting was focused on a critical agenda of discussing the reissue of Frost Industries’ IPO. A senior executive, Mr. Reynolds, had been in the midst of giving a detailed presentation. The room had been filled with charts, graphs, and financial projections, all meant to demonstrate the company’s growth potential.

However, despite this, Demetri found himself unable to concentrate. Even as everyone was engrossed in the meeting, Demetri could feel a sense of foreboding. Something felt profoundly wrong and not knowing what was making him uneasy.

Trusting his instincts, he abruptly halted the meeting and nodded at Assistant Ma to bring his phone. As he retrieved his phone, which had been set to silent mode, his heart sank as he noticed a flurry of missed calls from Nora. Worry set in and he immediately dialled her number. He needed to reach her and find out what had happened. They’d parted on bad terms and knowing her as he did, she would not call him under such circumstances if it wasn’t urgent.

But the phone rang endlessly, and Demetri’s frustration grew as it remained unanswered. He cursed under his breath, uncaring of those sitting around him, pretending to be deaf. It was then he noticed the notification, indicating he had a message.

"Demetri, someone is stalking me. I am outside Frost Industries headquarters. Please come..." Her broken voice seemed to pierce through him and the message had not even finished playing when Demetri was already out of the door, running towards the emergency staircase.

Every person present in the conference room had also heard the message and the panic in the woman’s voice and they naturally followed the CEO to help the woman in distress. By the time, everyone had gathered their senses, Demetri had already raced down the steps.

The chilling words, "someone is stalking me," sent shivers down his spine, fueling his urgency, Demetri dared not pause for a moment. It had already been a while since she had sent the message. What if something had already happened to her? He vividly remembered the bruises she’d had last time.

As he burst out of the stairwell onto the ground floor, his eyes scanned the bustling lobby of Frost Industries and he immediately noticed the abnormal atmosphere near the reception.

Panic had already begun to ripple through the room as many people continued to exchange worried glances. He heard his youngest brother’s voice, call out a name," Nora?"

And then, he saw her. Quickly he made his way to her, a sudden tightness in his chest at the sight of her.

Nora stood there, trembling and pale, looking almost bloodless. Her eyes, wide with fear, darted around the room until they met Demetri’s. He watched as relief washed over her features transforming her face from one of sheer terror to one of trust. She whispered something, but he knew not what.

With a determined stride, Demetri covered the distance between them in seconds. She took a few unsteady steps towards him before her legs gave way, and she began to crumple to the floor. He reached her just in time, and caught her in his arms, reassuring her that she was safe.

Her trembling hands clung to his shirt as if he were her lifeline even as she slid into unconsciousness. Without hesitation, Demetri lifted her into his arms, cradling her close to his chest. He could feel her ragged breaths against his neck as he carried her towards the elevators as he barked out orders to bring the doctor. As the doors to the elevators closed, the employees who had gathered there were beyond stunned.

The receptionist was already feeling faint as she realized that the girl, she had just snubbed was really someone important to the CEO... she was going to be dead soon... As her life flashed before her, people had already regained vigour as they started to gossip animatedly.

Ian, Gabe and Seb, who had also seen the last part of the dramatic scene, communicated silently before ordering the senior executives to take a break. The three then marched towards Lucien, who looked as pale as the little girl that they had just seen Demetri carry away and quickly dragged him to another elevator.

They needed details before they went up to support Demon.

In a small closet outside Demetri’s office, Gabe, Seb and Ian were all looking at Lucien impatiently, waiting for him to explain what had happened. While Ian had already mobilized their private investigators to investigate the matter of stalking, Gabe’s people were also checking the surveillance cameras around the premises. But they needed first-hand details.

Since, Lucien seemed to be still in shock, it was Seb who spoke up," Was that really our sister-in-law? She looked too young, didn’t she?"

"Hmm, she does look young. But she is also beautiful. No wonder Demon was hooked." Ian added his two cents.

Gabe said nothing but his sharp eyes continued to look at Lucien who had maintained his silence.

"You know her." It was a statement, not a question that Gabe made.

Lucien looked up at his brother with wide eyes and nodded. "She is the one I told you about."

Even though Lucien did not explain, it was not difficult for the other three to guess what he meant. Lucien had recently been mooning over a girl and even asked them on how he should ask her out since she was too young for him.

Ian cleared his throat as he asked," Are you sure, Lucien? She is the same girl?"

Lucien nodded slowly until finally, Gabe burst out," You said she was too young for you. You are the youngest among us, Lucien while Demetri is the oldest. How old is the girl?"

Dejected, he spoke," She is a freshman. So eighteen or nineteen years old..."

As the others heard this, they had only one expression on their faces," F*ck! Their brother had stolen from the cradle."

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