Husband With Benefits
Chapter 328: What Happened To You?

Chapter 328: What Happened To You?

Evangeline paused her movie as she turned to look at Lucien when she heard the door to the house open. She needed to complain to him! She’d come here all the from Estania for him and instead she was left stuck in his home while he was busy somewhere else.

She knew of course, she could visit with Nora and even explore the place, but she wanted to spend her time with him. Before she could complain however, a look at his face had her mouth falling open.

Quickly, she stood up and raced to him, "What happened to you? Were you involved in a bar fight?"

Lucien gave her a half grin which soon turned into a wince as she touched the bruises on his face. As she looked at him in sympathy, Lucien groaned," This is nothing. You should see Seb."

"You fought like this with your brother?" Evana asked incredulously.

"Hmm."

Evana watched as he unbuttoned that staid shirt of his and quickly tried to think well," Why did you hit Seb so bad? And why did he hit you?"

"Hey? Who said I hit Seb? He’ll make my life a living hell if I try to hit him." Lucien groaned as he threw the shirt into the hamper before walking into the kitchen.

"But you said... you fought with your brother...", Evana asked in confusion.

"Yes! Not with Seb. He and I fought together with Gabe."

As he took out the first aid box, Evana took it from his hand and picked up the medicine and Q-tip to apply to him.

"But why were you fighting amongst yourselves? Does it have something to do with the division of your grandfather’s assets?"

Lucien winced and looked at Evana in confusion," Huh? No it has nothing to do with money. Its..."

As Lucien tailored off, he paused. Demetri had specifically asked them to keep these things from Nora but maybe they would be of help.

With a burst of inspiration, he questioned Evana," Babe? Your shadow guards are still around?"

As Evana nodded, Lucien quickly asked her to spend as much time with Nora as possible. This way, Nora would have another layer of protection.

***

A frail girl sat huddled by the window, a haunting sadness in her eyes. The room was shrouded in the darkness, the only source of dim light in the room coming from the cloudy sky outside. The soft patter of the rain was the only sound that echoed in the room. Arabelle gently traced the patterns that the rain made on the window glass and smiled absently.

Just then the door to the room opened and a woman entered and called out," Miss Arabelle. I brought your favorite spaghetti."

She approached Arabelle cautiously, the creaking floorboards beneath her barely audible over the rain. "Miss," she said softly, her voice a gentle murmur amidst the rhythmic drumming of raindrops.

Arabelle’s gaze, however, remained fixated on the outside world, oblivious to the woman’s presence. Slowly, she placed the steaming plate on the side and carefully touched the girl’s shoulder, in an effort to connect," Miss. Please, you need to eat." she spoke pleadingly.

However, she received no response, as if she was talking to a wall. "You can’t keep doing this to yourself. Didn’t you tell your mother to bring you from there? To take you away from that man?"

This time, Arabelle jerked," His name is Gabe."

"Who cares what his name is! He is the one who held you there and kept you imprisoned. You should forget about him now that you are away from him!"

As the woman spoke with frustration, Arabelle closed her eyes and covered her ears, refusing to listen. Her short hair which was only now regrowing after her surgery stood on end as she pulled at them to block out the woman’s irritating voice.

However, the woman continued to talk and continued," Don’t worry. He will never come back to you. We will keep you safe from the horrible man."

In an instant, the woman let out a scream of pain and horror as she found the plate of hot spaghetti on her foot while Arabelle screamed, " His name is Gabe Frost! He is Gabe. The only one who has always loved me! And taken care of me! I want to go back to him! You are the one who has kept me imprisoned! All of you! Why did I call that woman? If I had not called her, then my Gabe would still be with me!"

The caretaker had already run out of the room, scared by Arabelle and in pan due to her burning injury while Arabelle continued to scream inside.

Soon, a team of doctors and nurses rushed in and quickly worked in tandem to calm her down and control her temper and she was put to sleep as she continued to murmur Gabe’s name.

***

Two hours later

A woman gently opened the door and peered inside. All traces of the assault from earlier had been erased from the room, leaving it spotless.

Arabelle opened her eyes slowly at the sound of the noise and smiled slowly," Hello there Mrs Grady. How are you?"

The lady smiled and hobbled inside," Very will, Miss Arabelle. Here, I brought a plate of spaghetti for you."

Arabelle smiled and took the plate, bringing it close to her nose," Ahh! This is so good. Its such a great feeling to be back home. Thanks Mrs G."

"You’re welcome, miss. Call me if you need anything."

"Of course. Thanks Mrs G. What happened to your foot? Why are you limping?"

A fearful look passed over the woman as she quickly answered, "It is nothing miss. Just an accident."

"Take care Mrs G."

As the lady closed the door behind her, Arabelle closed her eyes and savored the spaghetti. If only she could have a glass of wine with that. It would be perfect.

With a pout, she picked up her phone and stared at the camera in it. Sigh! Why was her hair growing out so slowly! She needed to get away from here as soon as possible. She had so many things to do...

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