Husband With Benefits
Chapter 730: Blind Date (4)

Chapter 730: Blind Date (4)

"You need to sleep with him."

Dora nearly choked as she heard Cai’s words, glaring at him through the screen. "What is wrong with you? How can you even say something like that?"

"Do you think I want to say something like this?" Cai shot back, his frustration clear. "But look at you, Dora! Look at how much you’ve changed in the past six months!"

"Oh really? And how exactly have I changed?"

"You’ve become angrier." He shook his head. "Last time, when that officer made a crude joke, you almost had him beheaded! In the past, you would’ve shrugged it off or made a sarcastic comment, but now—now you’re ready to bite everyone’s head off. And your lust for him is clouding your judgment. I mean, tonight you went on a blind date with him, and did you two talk? No! You didn’t even try to talk. And then you told me what happened, which is awful, by the way!" Cai groaned, rubbing his face. "You’re my aunt! I really don’t need to know those personal details, okay? Do you want me to be so traumatized that I can never have a normal relationship in the future?"

Dora narrowed her eyes at him. She might have overshared, but who else was she supposed to talk to? Cai was her closest friend. While a tiny pang of guilt pricked her, Cai continued, relentlessly, making her guilt disappear instantly.

"So, yeah, just sleep with him already. Get it out of the way. Maybe once the ’lust monster’ is satisfied, the two of you can finally have a real conversation and work out the issues in your relationship.."

"There is no relationship between us and there’s nothing to work out, Cai," Dora said through gritted teeth. "Talking won’t change what he tried to do."

"Yes, it will! You’re just being stubborn. You already know he was given false information by his trusted cousin. No one could’ve expected they’d be misled like that." Cai leaned closer to the camera, his voice softening. "So, can’t you give him a chance?"

"He didn’t ask for a chance," she snapped. "So why should I? And are you on his side or mine? Why are you defending him? Is it because he’s a guy?"

Cai raised both hands in surrender. "Whoa, whoa, calm down. No need to pull out the big guns, okay? I’m not taking sides. I just think if you really want to fix this, you need to sit down and talk things through. And if that means sleeping with each other first to clear your heads, then maybe that’s what you need to do."

He gave her a pointed look. "But you’ve got to deal with it, one way or another."

Dora stared at the screen, incredulous. "You can’t be serious. You really think sleeping with him will fix everything?"

Cai shrugged. "I’m not saying it’ll fix everything, but it might clear the air. Get rid of all that tension between you two. You’ve been dancing around each other every time you meet. Don’t you think it’s time you faced it head-on? You ran away last time and it took a toll on you."

Dora leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms. "This isn’t some romantic drama, Cai. Sleeping with him won’t make me forget what he’s done. How he broke my..." Dora paused. She was about to say heart but then changed her mind," my trust." She finished, giving Cai a look.

She knew since his plan had not succeeded and that his reasons for that plan might have been vaild from hos point of view. But that did not make accepting everything any easier. She’d been willing to forget everything to be with him. Ready to expose her most vulnerable side. But seeing him step back from that so easily, had shaken something inside her.

"I’m not asking you to forget, Dora. Just deal with it. Face your feelings. You’re angry, sure. But underneath all that, there’s something else. You wouldn’t be so upset if there weren’t."

"Simple," Cai said with a small smirk. "You tell him exactly what you told me. That you’re mad and you don’t trust him. And you go from there. Or, you know, jump his bones first and then talk."

"Cai!" Dora exclaimed, but this time there was a hint of laughter in her voice.

He grinned, leaning back in his chair, clearly pleased with himself. "I’m just saying. You’ll figure it out, Dora. Just don’t let your pride get in the way. You deserve to explore what your heart wants okay?"

Dora paused, her eyes softening as she thought about what Cai had said. As much as she wanted to deny it, there was truth in his words. She had been avoiding a real conversation with Kael, hiding behind her anger and hurt.

"Fine," she muttered. "But if this blows up in my face, you owe me an apology. A big one."

Cai chuckled. "Deal. But trust me, you’ll thank me later."

’Yeah. We’ll see about that... Now, can you help me?", Dora asked.

"Help you with what?", Cai asked suspiciously as he glared at Dora. She looked... not right.

"Well, you’ve shown me the way forward and I am thankful for that. The problem is how do I accomplish what I want..."

Cai’s eyes widened as he leaned closed to his camera his face on the screen large," Isidora Sterling, I am not telling you how to seduce a man! What do I look like to you?"

"Well you are a man so I thought you would know..." Cai frowned and muttered something foul under his breath before glaring," Now you notice I am a man when until now you were treatign me like a gal pal! Well, I am sorry. I only know how to seduce women. So, if you want information about that, I can help you otherwise sorry you are on you own..."

"Cai! Listen to me."

But of course, before Dora could say something, the man had disappeared from the screen, leaving her behind with the most difficult question she’d ever faced. How to seduce a man...

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