Chapter 168: The Misunderstanding
The glint of amusement disappeared from Erasmi’s face as he heard the voice and he straightened. As he was about to paste on a cordial smile and greet Nora, however, he was rooted to the spot by her vision. This... How was that possible? He needed to talk to Demetri about this...
Assuming that the man was caught red-handed and was hence tongue-tied, Isabella scoffed and spoke, "Nora, sweetie, see what your husband is up to? Here you are being all loyal to him and he is flirting incessantly! Even knowing I am your friend; he did not stop his shamelessness!"
Getting over his shock at seeing Nora, Erasmi realized what he was being accused of and quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Miss Isabella, you’re mistaken. I wasn’t flirting with you. That was your husband’s brother."
Isa’s eyebrows shot up in disbelief. She glanced at Demetri, then at the phone in her hand that was still recording and shook her head in disbelief. "Your twin? Seriously, Demetri? What kind of fools do you think we are? I only came onto you to make you uncomfortable and tease you to exact my revenge on Nora! But you actually started flirting with me! And that too so shamelessly! And now you have the audacity to say that your twin was flirting with me? Where did this brother of yours appear from?"
Erasmi shook his head as Isabella almost shoved the phone at his nose and stepped back. He was very sure that the girl would have whacked him on the face with that phone if Nora had not started laughing at that moment and Isabelle had not turned to see her friend worriedly.
"Oh sweetheart. You must be so hurt to have seen this. I am so sorry. If I had known that this man was such a flirt, I never would have thought of this prank..."
Nora shook her head and glanced at the gob-smacked man, shaking her head. She couldn’t blame Isabella for this. It was difficult even for her to tell the difference. The last time she had seen him was when he had kidnapped her. And then he had been in the hospital while Demetri had unceremoniously carted her off to this country.
She too would have thought that he was Demetri if Erasmi had not messaged her in advance, inviting her to share a meal with him so that he could officially introduce himself. Despite knowing that Demetri was not here, her heart had fluttered for a moment when she had seen Erasmi and thought it was Demetri.
Seeing that her silence was agitating Isabella even more, Nora finally sighed and spoke," Bella! It is you who got pranked. He is right. My husband’s brother was flirting with you just now."
Of course, Isabelle did not understand what was going on and her scowl deepened as she looked at Nora worriedly," Sweetheart, don’t fool yourself for such a man."