Husband With Benefits-Chapter 833: Break up

"I need to go. We should forget everything that happened between us. Needless to say, it was a big mistake."

*utter silence following this announcement*

"What? You better be kidding!" Cai exclaimed, his voice tinged with disbelief as he recovered his voice a few heartstopping seconds later. Just a few moments later, he then noticed Lily falling back in laughter, unable to contain herself.

"You should have seen your face!" she teased, her eyes sparkling with mischief.

"Because it wasn’t funny! I was genuinely scared that you were going to slip into some state of denial or something! I was even wondering if I could turn back time and avoid telling you anything at all or if I needed to catch a plane and get there on the next flight," Cai shot back, frustration creeping into his tone, even as he felt relief at her laughter. She was just kidding, he reminded himself, tempted to pat himself to calm his heart.

Lily laughed harder, shaking her head in amusement. "Okay, okay! I’m sorry! It’s just that I’ve rarely seen such an intense expression on your face regarding anything other than work. You had the same look you get when you’re buried under all those patient reports!"

Lily laughed and shook her head," Okay okay! I am sorry! Its just I’ve rarely seen such an intense expression on your face regarding anything other than work. You had the same look you have when you are studying all those patient reports."

Cai rolled his eyes, a hint of a smile breaking through his irritation. "Of course. Because those reports are a matter of life and death, Lily. And so is this."

Her laughter faded, and she straightened up, taken aback by his serious tone. Sometimes, he said the most amazing things, completely shocking her with his insights. The gravity in his voice reminded her that beneath his playful demeanor lay a man who cared deeply about the people around him. She could see it in his eyes—an earnestness that made her heart flutter, even amidst the lighthearted banter that they always shared.

Before she could say anything more, he spoke up," Promise me, Lily. That you won’t go back to denial and ignoring me. If everything gets too much to bear, just come to me, okay?"

For a fleeting moment, Lily realized that she’d probably genuinely hurt him with the way she had let him go last time. That was... unexpected.

"I won’t be foolish, Cai. We are in a relationship that is important to both of us, so I am not going to give it up, easily."

Cai smiled then, reassured as he returned to the original topic- ranting about the rumors spreading about him on social media.

"I swear, with the man-whore they are making me out to be, they might even claim that I went away to hide my pregnancy or something."

Lily giggled at this, and Cai couldn’t help but smile at her reaction, the warmth in his chest returning at the sound. It had been the right decision to make to tell her everything.

"Seriously, though! One minute, I’m just a doctor trying to do my job, and the next, I’m the subject of every gossip blog in the city! They’ve got me linked to every single woman I’ve ever spoken to," he lamented, shaking his head in disbelief. "It’s like they think I’m some kind of playboy just because I’m single. I mean, come on! It’s not like I’m out there flaunting it. I’m just... living my life!"

Lily leaned back, her amusement turning to curiosity. "Oh please, you are hardly ’some’ doctor. In case you’ve forgotten, you are also part of the richest family in the world, you are the youngest neurosurgeon with a list of achievements under your belt. And you are charming and flirtatious as hell! Of course they think you are a play boy! Added to that, you cannot deny the claim, because you are...well experienced!"

Cai’s expression changed at her words and he leaned closer to the screen," Hmm. I don’t think I’m quite experienced. I mean, if you think it is my experience that brings you to all those highs, then that’s just my desire for you baby."

Lily rubbed her thighs together as she felt his voice hit all the right spots. See. Even thousands and thousands of metres away, he could get that reaction from her by a mere inflection of his voice! He had no right to complain about people thinking of him as a playboy when he was all sex on a stick!

She thanked the fates that he was not right here or he might have wanted to do things to her... and shook his head," Okay, come on. You said so yourself that some of these women mentioned, you’ve already had a relationship with. So, they’ve just added a bit of the seasoning to it."

"I don’t have a problem with the seasoning babe. It is the ultimate lies.. I have never had a relationship with a single person related to my profession. Not even as a one-night stand."

"Oh, come on! Don’t tell me you’ve never had a ’woman’ moment in the hospital! You know, the kind where you have to flirt just to make your day a little less mundane?"

Cai rolled his eyes, leaning back in his chair. "Flirt? I barely have time to breathe, let alone flirt! My life is filled with charts, deadlines, and making sure people don’t die on my watch. Not exactly the ideal setting for romantic encounters. As for lust! I am too much of a control freak."

She knew that firsthand. Caius had such control of his desires that even she’d thought that he was not interested in her until he’d shown her differently.

"It will pass soon, won’t it?"

Cai sighed," I doubt it. Like I said this is most probably a smear campaign. Which means they are going to move to the next target. Which is most probably you. Once they find out about your existance, no matter if you are buried in the snow, those vultures will come for you. It is why I warned you. Just move into the main house. At least that way, you will be protected on all sides and not vulnerable. I’ve already asked Dora to arrange the security for the mansion."

"I don’t need to move..."

"Move in for me, okay? To put my mind at ease."