Husband With Benefits
Chapter 75: Not the Stalker

Chapter 75: Not the Stalker

Nora pointed a shaky finger at Lucien as she tried to make sense of everything around her. She looked at Demetri and then spoke," He is stalking me."

Lucien drew in a sharp breath as he finally realized why she had been wary of him and tried to explain quickly. But before he could, Demetri raised a hand to stop him. Frowning, Lucien wanted to speak but was stopped by Gabe who whispered to him to have patience.

"Lucy, her fear is real." Gabe muttered while he whispered back," I know that. But she is mistaken."

"And we know that. Let Demon handle this for now."

Lucien nodded slowly and decided to wait for Demon to resolve this.

Demetri watched her closely, concern etched across his face. "Nora, kitten, I need you to tell me why you think Lucien is your stalker. We need to understand this."

Nora glanced at Lucien, who stood across from her, his expression a mixture of confusion and concern. She took a deep breath and began to explain, her voice trembling. "I’d been feeling like someone’s been following me for weeks. It’s this constant, eerie sensation of being watched. There were also notes..."

In a broken voice, Nora explained how she would receive random notes with encouraging words written on it. Until finally things started escalating and she decided to go to the police. But that was dismissed as a prank.

"Why did you not tell me this earlier?"

"You were away for work. And then the things with mother happened and I thought..." Nora hesitated at this. Demetri knowing everything about her mother was different but there were strangers in this room...

"So after your mother’s incident, the notes had stopped?" Demetri confirmed slowly.

Nora nodded her head and continued," Yes and then we went on our honeymoon, and I did not want to think of all the bad things...And when we returned you came here..."

Even though it had only been a couple of days since they had returned, as Nora described everything, he could see the agony she had been in. "And then... I ran into Lucien last evening... outside the police station."

Lucien shifted uncomfortably on his feet, his gaze dropping to the floor. Well, he’d definitely lied about last night when he’d come for the meeting...

Nora continued, her voice shaking with anxiety. "After he dropped me near the community, I received messages from my stalker. It mentioned the place where he dropped me off... It was terrifying. And then just now, I was calling you while running away from them. They tried to kidnap me, but I escaped and tried to call you. But you did not answer so I kept running to here. Then... I received a call from and I didn’t check... I thought it was you and told him I was her. It was him and he said he would come to get me..."

As Nora tapered off, Demetri continued," And then Lucien appeared?"

Nora nodded her head but that slight movement caused her to let out a moan and shiver. Demetri immediately cradled her head against his chest and spoke reassuringly," Nora, Lucien is not your stalker."

"But..."

"You trust me, kitten? Have I ever done anything that might make you doubt me?"

Nora shook her head slowly, saying nothing.

"Would you have believed it was Lucien if not for yesterday’s instance?"

Nora thought about it carefully before shaking her head," I thought he was a nice person until yesterday..."

"He is a nice person. Nora, this is my youngest brother Lucien."

Lucien nodded and interjected guiltily," Nora, I did not mean to make you uncomfortable. I’m sorry for that. Also, everything else is a coincidence. I work here... "

Nora nodded weakly as she stared back at Demetri and then giggled," You call him Lucy?"

The atmosphere lightened considerably at her giggle and the other brothers snickered as Lucien turned a bit red.

Demetri smiled at this and shook his head, "These goons do that. Nora, these are my brothers, Ian, Sebestian and Gabriel. This is Nora, my wife."

Nora smiled at everyone a bit hesitantly. Her day had started out horribly but it seemed it was going to end with meeting his family.

She blinked at the others and as Ian would ha exome forward, she gave a big yawn. Embarrassed over her sheer lack of manners, Nora covered her face as she apologised but Ian simply laughed as he stated," We have a cute sister in law now. That is enough. No need to stand on ceremony, Nora. We have all the time in the world to get to know each other."

Nora nodded heavily, instantly feeling warmed by their welcome. Even though many thoughts warred in her head , she could not help but close her eyes as she snuggled against the warmth of her husband and fell asleep, exhausted.

Finally as they noticed that she was comfortable, all the brothers exchanged a glance,deciding to silently confer in the room next door.

A little while later, as Demetri walked into the room, it was Lucien who spoke up," Demon, you... she’s too young for you. She just broke up with her boyfriend and is vulnerable."

Immediately Gabe and Seb exchanged glances. Did Lucien have a death wish? Hadn’t he seen how protective of the girl Demetri was. Yes she was too young but that was news to them and not to Demon.

Demetri stared at his youngest brother consideringly causing him to almost shuffle. But Lucien refrained from flinching under his brother’s probing gaze and tried to hold his stance, barely.

Demetri nodded in acknowledgement before stating," She was with me before she broke up with that boy. Do you think he could have compared to me?"

As Demetri made that astoundingly narcissist statement, the other only had one expression on their face "o"

Their brother really was a Demon in every way. He was actually a third party in a relationship and was showing that off? Demon had no moral compass whatsoever.

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