Husband With Benefits-Chapter 597: Glances

Gabe glanced at Autumn with a puzzled frown before turning his eyes back onto the road. She seemed to be troubled, her gaze distant and posture tensed. He’d tried asking her but received a non answer.

At first, he could not help but wonder if this was because of what had happened between them. Was she uncomfortable now that she’d had time to accept that he was not gay. Did she see him as a threat. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

He knew that she’d definitely tried to talk to someone from the Frosty girls. So, she must have been bothered. And then Seb had probably teased her... he’d already received the information from him. But even Seb had mentioned that she’d not sounded worried about it.. Embarrassed yes... but not scared.

So, what happened between her speaking to Seb and him about the happy news and then this morning. She’d even tried to get out of going with him while just early this morning, before coming home, she’d seemed eager to see everyone in the family. This tension emanating from her worried him.

He wanted to push her to tell him everything. However, a single glance in the rearview mirror told him that he needed to be quiet for now. If they were going to have an argument, then the little girl should not be listening to it.

"Keep your eyes on the road instead of the backseat," Autumn snapped making him glance at her with narrowed eyes. What was this poisionous tone for?

Sigh!At this rate the drive back to the city was going to be really long...

Arabelle seemed to have noticed her older sister’s tone too and she asked happily,"Mister Gabriel, did you leave your toys everywhere? Is that why Auti is angry at you?"

Gabriel smiled at that and rolled his eyes," Miss Arabelle, I most certainly did not. I have no idea why your sister is angry at me. Can you help me ask her?"

"Of course." Arabelle replied before turning back to the doll she was playing with.

When she was quiet for a while, Gabe rolled his eyes and spoke," I thought you were going to plead with yuor sister for me. Why are you not saying anything, Miss Arabelle?"

"I’m waiting for her to cool down. She seems really angry at the moment. I can see that even from the back."

As the two laughed in tandem, Autumn closed her eyes against the sound and tried to ignore them. She really needed to get her head together.

She knew why Gregory Savoy had mentioned that detail to her. What it was he was implying. But the truth of the matter was that she was in a dilemma. She remembered Nora and Evana’s expressions when Arabelle had been introduced. She’d not connected the dots then.

Even Gabe himself had tried to warn her about this. But she’d cut him off, claiming that she would be able to handle things. How foolish could she have been. Why did he not tell her earlier? He mentioned his wife, yes. But why not tell her that the woman he loved shared the same name with her little sister?

Another thing that bothered her was her own reaction to that picture of Gabe that Gregory had left on her table. Gabe had indeed looked like a ghost.

Like a fool, she had researched about her own husband when Gregory had left. Though most of the information about him was protected when searched by name, she had used his picture to find him... And found a lot of pictures from random admirers...

Gabe Frost was nothing like he was now. The man was known to be a pary animal, having his finger on the nerve of every ongoing thing in the celebrity world. And then, she’d seen the discussions that people had been having when news of his engagement had broken out. There were many who had come onto say that his wife to be was not a good woman bu the’d been blinded by his love for her.

Lost in her thoughts and confusion, Autumn failed to realize that the car had come to a stop. Arabelle called out her name and so did Gabriel but when her eyes remained close, they looked at each other and shrugged.

Finally, Gabe jumped down from the car and helped Arabelle get off, before sending her into the little supermarket. And then he went around to the passenger side and opened the door.

He stood there for a moment, watching her, noticing how deep in thought she seemed.

Gently, he shook her shoulder, his touch light yet firm enough to rouse her from her thoughts. Startled she looked at him with those wide eyes of hers and tried to sit up quickly but was immediately restrained by her seatbelt, causing her to jerk back against the seat.

As her head banged agaisnt the seat, she winced and Gabe gently rubbed the back of her head, chuckling," Whoa, easy there." He then leaned over her, into the car, and she widened her eyes further.

Her breath caught in her throat as she felt the warmth of his body so close to hers again. She could smell the faint scent of his cologne, mixed with the fresh air that drifted in from the open car door and she was reminded of the time when she had buried her face in the crook of his neck... This scent was almost imprinted into her memory...

And no matter how foolish she felt, an inner voice inside her snidely pointed out that she would never have been able to get close to this man if it had not been for his wife’s death...

She did not like this thought. Or the anger she felt as she thought of all those girls on the internet oohing and aahing over him... and those who claimed to have slept with him. As he unbuckled her seatbelt deftly and started to move out of the car, she finally accepted a truth about herself... She was the jealous type. The possessive type... when it came to Gabe Frost. She was envious of every woman who’d been with him in the past and any woman who would be with him in the future.

She, Autumn Frost, wanted her husband Gabe Frost all to herself...