Husband With Benefits
Chapter 336: Arabelle’s Game

Chapter 336: Arabelle’s Game

In the dimly lit room, a girl sat cross-legged on her bed, the soft glow of her phone casting a subtle blue hue across her excited face. The thrill of impeding victory rushed through her as the sound of tires screeching echoed through the speakers, before a loud crash could be heard from them. Her face contorted into an expression of frustration at the crash and failure to accomplish the task and she flung her phone across the room in a fit of anger, causing the phone to shatter into pieces.

Unconcerned by the destruction she had just caused, Arabelle reached for another phone from the bedside, determined to resume her gaming experience. She powered it on, swiftly downloading the game once more. Laying back down, she resumed her virtual race, her fingers moving with agility over the screen, navigating virtual cars through the intense competition.

Just as she started to win again, a message popped onto her screen, disrupting her game and almost causing her to crash again. The words flashed before her eyes, "Looking for you, Arrie." A chill ran down her spine as the realization hit her – her phone had been hacked. The excitement of the game quickly morphed into a sense of unease, and her eyes narrowed as she scanned the room, half-expecting someone to materialize from the shadows.

The nickname caused her to narrow her eyes in hatred as she stared at the message again, her mood ruined! Angrily, she tossed the compromised phone aside, causing it to crash against the wall once more. The display flickered and went dark, adding another victim to her fit of frustration.

She reached for yet another phone, undeterred by the chaos she had created, and began the process of downloading the game once again. She was bored and needed something to do. And she liked gaming best.

Once again, she focused on gaming but this time, she was a bot shaken. The previous message seemed to be echoing in her head as a voice spoke her name in a loving voice," Arrie..."

However, as the seconds ticked away, a new message materialized on the screen, its appearance abrupt and unwelcome. "Come back to me, Arrie. Why did you leave me?"

Arabelle’s eyes widened in disbelief, her heart pounding against the backdrop of the racing game’s soundtrack. Had he found her? Was it really Gabe who was asking her to come back to him. A kind of yearning unfurled within her as memories seemed to awash over her. Him calling out to her in the pool or when she’d gone for the brain tumor removal surgery, the way he’d held her hand, promising that he would be waiting for his Arrie when she returned.

As tears fell from her eyes, Arabelle threw this phone into the wall too and quickly slid under the blanket, covering her face as she hid under it. No. She could not go back to him or else, she would once again forget her love for Demetri. She needed to kill that Nora for standing in her way.

"Kill Gabe too.", a sinister voice echoed in her head. " He played you and used your trust against you. Kill him."

Yes. She would kill Gabe too, she decided. She would kill him and then the weakness in her which was always clambering to go to him and hug him would die as well. She would kill him and hug his corpse! As Arabelle lay shivering under the blanket, she thought of ways to kill him and resolutely pushed away the blanket and grabbed another phone.

***

Gabe looked at the blank screen and sighed. Just when he was able to locate her physical address, the signal was cut off both times. He looked at the time, wondering if she would come online a third time.

He felt the door behind him open and turned back to see Lucien coming in. Without a word, he turned his eyes back to the screen and sighed. "What are you doing?"

"Tracing Arabelle. She was addicted to racing games. I bugged a few popular ones hoping that she would come online. I think I found her just now but ...

Lucien looked at him sharply," But?"

"But her signal disappeared before I could track her physical location."

Lucien placed a hand on his shoulder as he sat next to him," You need help?"

"I know you’re an expert, Lucy. But I want to do this on my own."

"But if she knows now, will she come back on?"

Just then, Gabe’s laptop beeped, letting him know that someone had reappeared. Quickly, he turned back to the screen, bewildered by the username which appeared on the screen. It was a string of numbers that looked like a phone number...Hurriedly, he sent another message, this time only writing her name," Arrie...." and as his fingers flew over the keyboard, his laptop actively started to trace the physical address of the server’s location.

Unexpectedly, a reply to Gabe’s message appeared on the screen," Gabe? Is that you?"

Gabe and Lucien both leaned forward at the message. Gabe growled while Lucien swore as he tried to stop Gabe from replying.

Gabe sent him a warning glance," Arrie. Where are you? Come back to me."

Another message soon appeared on the screen," Gabe! I don’t know where I am. But save me from there people! They keep me locked up in this room all day. Come and take me away, Gabe please. I miss you. Take me with you Gabe."

Silence echoed in the room as Gabe stared at the screen while Lucien stared at Gabe. This was not good. He tried to shake Gabe but the man seemed to be frozen. Just then the signal seemed to finally have been reached and the coordinates of a place appeared on the screen.

Gabe stood up immediately and started to pack away his laptop, while Lucien tried to stop him," Gabe! This could be a trap. Take a moment and calm down. What are you going to do?"

But Gabe simply shrugged him off and walked out of the room without a backward glance.

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