Husband With Benefits-Chapter 588: A Shock

Autumn sighed as she finished another night of being on duty. If there was one thing she wanted to do, it was to have some nepotism. There should be some benefit of being the Resort head’s wife. If only she could change her timings and get a morning shift. But then she shook her head. That saying about humans being greedy was true. Just last month she’d been over the moon about having a secure job and now she already wanted more.

"Tsk tsk." She reprimanded herself as she walked out of the resort, excited at the next part of her day. It was time for her training with Gabe. Over the past few days, she’d become better at the training and started to enjoy it.

As she walked towards the house, however, she suddenly felt an itch at the back of her neck. Her eyes widened. Someone was following her. She could feel it. Carefully, she tried to look around, wondering if she’d be able to catch the person this time. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

She quickened her pace, a small plan already forming in her head. She was well aware of this path and ways to get away from here. It was what Gabe had told her. To always look around for places in case of an emergency.

Rounding a corner, she ducked behind a thick hedge, heart pounding in her chest. For a while, there was silence and she wondered if maybe she had been mistaken. But then she heard it, the faint sound of footsteps...

Holding her breath, she strained to listen, trying to pinpoint the direction the sound was coming from. And then, she finally saw the person, walking hurriedly, probably trying to trace her. After all, she’d changed her path too suddenly and this was not the way home.

She wondered if maybe she should not confront this person. Let them look for her. Even as she was contemplating this, the person stopped not far away and took out his phone, making a call," Sir, we’ve lost her. I think she knows I was following her. She changed the route and went in another direction than what you had given me. What should I do?"

Autumn stilled. So, someone knew the exact route she took and they had asked this person to look for her? And then, the man continued the conversation," But the trap was set there? You want me to chase her here and call my people over? That could cause some commotion..."

Autumn gulped. They were planning to trap her? There must be others waiting near the house then? What was she supposed to do now? She tried to think quickly. She would have to wait for this man to call his mates from whereever they were and then escape him before they could come over...Only then would she be able to reach home safely..

She waited for him to make the call and just as he finished the call, she steeled her nerves and stood up.

"Were you looking for me?"

"Who... who are you?" he stammered, clearly caught off guard by Autumn’s bold approach. But of course, she knew he’d recognised her.

"I asked you the question," Autumn spoke, stepping closer but keeping a safe distance. "Why were you following me?"

The man hesitated, clearly torn between his instructions to get to her and the unexpected confrontation without anyone backing him up.. "Look, lady, I don’t want any trouble. I was just doing what I was told. You can just come with me and we can do this the painless way."

"Who told you to follow me?"

He glanced over his shoulder, waiting for the backup to arrive any moment, and felt braver. " It doesn’t matter who told me. What matters is that you just saved me the time to look for you. So, you better come with me. Once my people are here, things won’t be so pretty."

"Oh, they’re not going to be pretty now."

With a quick move, Autumn slipped a knife from her back pocket and slashed it at the person, even before he could realize what was happening. And then, as he clutched his bleeding wrist, screaming in pain, she grabbed his cell phone from the ground and made a run for it. Enough time had passed for those people to have left for here. She would now go around the house...

Autumn’s heart raced as she sprinted away from the man she had just incapacitated. Time was short and she knew that he would soon come after her, viciously this time.

Behind her, Autumn heard shouts and the pounding of footsteps as the man’s accomplices probably reached him and were now prepping to follow her. She dared not to look back and turn around. Thankfully, she’d decided to take a longer turn instead of trying to hurry home when she realized that she was being followed. Or else, she would have fallen directly into their trap.

It was only when she reached the house, and saw Gabe standing there that she dared to slow down. He was waiting outside. Panting, she faintly called out his name and almsot fell when he turned to her quickly.

She saw his eyes widen in shock as he saw her, standing at the end of the lane, covered in blood, her breath ragged from the sprint. Without hesitation, he rushed to her and took her inside, slamming the door shut behind her.

She felt him tremble, or maybe it was her, as he asked urgently," What happened? Are you hurt? Why are you covered in blood?"

Autumn shook her head, trying to catch her breath. "I’m fine. It’s not my blood. It’s... it’s his." She managed to say between gasps, holding up the phone she had taken.

Gabe glanced at the phone briefly, then looked back at her with concern etched across his face. "Who’s phone is this? Did someone attack you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"They were waiting for me, Gabe." her voice trembled even as she tried to control herself. "Someone was following me from the resort. They knew my route. They were going to trap me..."