Husband With Benefits
Chapter 739: Jealous Much

Chapter 739: Jealous Much

"It’s all your fault!" Dora hissed at Cai as he helped her out of the car, her voice laced with frustration. Cai, unbothered, could only shake his head in exasperation.

"How is that my fault?" he asked, his tone dry. "You keep saying that, as if I’m the one who slept with him! I only suggested what I did for you guys to be able to have a talk. It is not my fault that you decided to do what you did in your hotel room. And then decided to sleep in. I tried warning you, didn’t I? It is totally your fault for sleeping the morning away!"

Dora scoffed then as he tried to pull the innocent look. She wasn’t having it. "Well, you could have done something to stop them from coming over."

Cai let out a small, sarcastic laugh. "Really? You really think I can stop the mighty Aunt Nora from going somewhere once she’s made up her mind? Me and which typhoon? Maybe I should have thrown myself down in front of her car and said the only way she could go was over my dead body? Then maybe, maybe she might have stopped?"

Dora shot him a glance, the image of Cai lying dramatically in the driveway flashed in her mind, and despite herself, she giggled. She shook her head with a smirk. "Nah. That would have only made her more curious."

Cai gave her a knowing look, his raised eyebrows saying, "Exactly," without a word needing to pass between them. Before they could continue their bickering, the head of the small orphanage stepped forward from the entrance and greeted them with a formal bow.

"Greetings, Your Highness. It is a great pleasure to have you here with us today."

Dora straightened, her earlier playful demeanor disappearing as she adopted a more formal stance. "It is my pleasure to be here, Mr Robbie."

The man blushed as he realized that the Princess knew his name and bowed once again," Thank you for the trouble. I never could have imagined that you would take so much trouble for the children here. I didn’t even know Mina had invited you here until your assistant called to arrange a time. I apologize on her behalf. The liitle girl, since she has discovered she had little time left, she has become...." He shook his head then," She is sleeping at the moment, so I request you to meet the other children until then, please. They are all very excited to meet you."

Dora smiled then and nodded," And I am excited to meet them. But first," She turned to Cai then, "This is Dr Caius Frost. He’s here to meet Mina. I apologize for not informing you in advance of his arrival but I wasn’t sure if he would be able to make it here in time. Please arrange her reports and let him go to meet..."

"Of course, Of course, your majesty. Please come this way, Dr Frost."

***

"And there she is, ladies and gentlemen," a reporter’s voice filled with excitement echoed over the news. "Princess Dora has just arrived at the local orphanage, accompanied by the renowned Dr. Caius Frost. As many of you know, Dr. Frost has been a leading figure in news these past few days for his biggest and most ambitious project in collaboration with Prince Rafael is set to take off. "

Kael, who had been sitting at his desk, focused on work looked up at the mention of the names, just in time to see Caius Frost helping her out of the car as they continued to talk and his eyes narrowed! "Why was this man always with her?", he seethed. The television which had been white noise until now, seemed to be the most interesting thing now as he stared fixedly at the television where the reporter continued

"As many of you know," the reporter continued, " This project could transform Petrovia’s medical landscape. And while the professional partnership between Cai and the royal family continues to grow, there has been increasing speculation about the close friendship between the Princess and Dr. Frost which excites the public. Such a bond could prove incredibly beneficial for Petrovia in the years to come."

Kael’s grip tightened on the pen in his hand. His jaw clenched as he stared at the screen, where Dora, all smiles and grace, was seen entering the orphanage beside Cai. The easy camaraderie between them sparked something dark and unsettling within him. She was his danm it! Just this morning, they would have been together again if not for Cai!

Enough was enough! There was no way he was going to let this continue. He would have to clear the air about their past and make sure that she understood that they were in an exclusive relationship! He slammed the pen on his desk before standing up forcefully. It was time to clear the air.

Decisively, he stood up and walked out of the office, startling his entire team of assistants and secretaries as they watched him leave as if going on a war.

***

As Cai and Dora waved goodbye to the children, having played with them for hours on end, they did not expect to come to the scene outside.

Cai grimaced as he felt the almost familiar death stare and turned to look at Kael who was standing there leaning against the car. With a resigned shake of his head, he turned to Dora who had just hugged the last of the children and said in a low voice," Aunt Nora is right, you know. You need to come clean! I can almost feel my life force declining everytime I come in front of Kael and his death stares."

Dora looked up in surprise at Cai’s out of the blue comment but before she could say anything, a shadow fell over her and she looked up to see Kael standing there, with a thin smile on his face. "You?"

"I came over for our date? You don’t remember?"

Before Dora could protest or claim that she really had no knowledge of this so called ’date’ Kael had already started to escort her towards his car...

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