Husband With Benefits
Chapter 345: Missing

Chapter 345: Missing

"Gabe’s gone missing," Lucien declared with a weighty tone as he entered the conference room, the atmosphere instantly shifting to one of concern as his brothers turned their attention to him. Ian’s furrowed brow reflected his worry as he inquired, "What do you mean missing? I was with him just the day before yesterday."

"But nobody’s seen him since then, Ian. I’ve meticulously scoured his usual haunts and explored other places where he might have ventured in search of Arabelle. He’s simply vanished," Lucien elaborated, a subtle undercurrent of worry coloring his voice.

Ian exchanged a knowing glance with the others, their shared concern palpable in the air. He cautiously suggested, "Perhaps he stumbled upon a clue regarding Arabelle?"

A heavy sigh escaped Demon, and he pressed further, "You know something, Ian?"

"Elena Winthrop made contact. Gabe seemed a bit distracted that day."

"This is not good, Demon. Gabe is not in a state to handle Elena’s and Arabelle’s games," Seb replied slowly, the gravity of the situation sinking in.

"And we can’t afford to stretch our security team any thinner. It’s already an uphill challenge. What does she want? Her only enmity with us was because of Arabelle? And she has Arabelle now. So what are the Winthrops’ upto? Have you tried tracing his whereabouts from his phone, Lucy?"

"Yes, and it’s no use. His phone is at his house. Wherever he went, he deliberately left behind all electronics. I’ve also meticulously reviewed the surveillance footage. He purposely avoided them and even disabled a few key cameras so that we wouldn’t know his whereabouts."

Ian’s grew even more worried as he heard this. By disabling the cameras, he’d made sure to let them know that he was going underground deliberately. The question was why. What was it that the woman had proposed?

Finally Demon spoke," I think its not enmity with us but something else."

As the others looked at him with worry, Demetri explained," Elena has been thrown out of the Winthrop family. All these years, Arabelle was the only was she’d been able to stick to them and suppress them. However, with Arabelle gone, instead of supporting Elena, Winthrop threw her out and moved in his mistress.

"And news has it that mistress might be pregnant with the man’s baby. So...."

"So, she somehow found Arabelle and wants to get a hold back with the Winthrop’s?" Seb asked incredulously. This was sounding more like a television drama.

"You think she would just be happy getting her position back? She’s no weakling And if Winthrop had an affair, there is no way she wouldn’t know. This means she had back up plan in place to throw him once she was done. However he moved first and now she intends to punish him."

"But where does that bring Gabe into the equation?" Seb asked with confusion.

’Not Gabe. But his position as a director here."

"She wants to use Frost Industries?" Seb asked incredulously.

"Seems like it." Demetri said thoughtfully, his eyes seemingly looking into the future. "It appears so. Gabe’s position as a director makes him a valuable asset for her plan. If she can gain control or influence within our company, it becomes a strategic move in her game against Winthrop."

***

"Madam, the Frosts have discovered that Gabe Frost is missing."

Elena smiled at the news and shook her head. It was a good thing she’d expected them to find him and made her own preparations. Everything was going according to her plan. A few more months and she will have succeeded in her plan. And the Frosts wouldn’t know what hit them.

All these years, she’d had only one desire. To ruin the Frosts. She’d loved that man all her life and he’d rejected her for another woman and had a happy family with Demetri, Erasmi and Seb. And then to add salt over her wounds even his younger brother had rejected a marriage with her leaving her to marry that disgusting man where she had suffered for all this while.

Hadn’t she been willing to forgive and forget everything with Uncle Elijah? The only thing she’d asked in return was to give Demetri to her Arabelle. But that too had never happened. Like her, her daughter had been handed a consolation prize. Atleast in Arabelle’s case, the consolation prize called Gabe Frost would be of some use. And now, Elijah Frost was dead. So who would save the Frosts now?

Her parents had been the ones who had supported Uncle Elijah in the foundation of Frost Industries. And he’d repaid them with hurting their family repeatedly. Uncle Elijah. It was now time for his family to repay the debt they owed her.

She sat back in her luxurious chair, a triumphant gleam in her eyes as she contemplated the next steps of her carefully crafted plan. She spoke to her loyal assistant, "Ensure that our insider at Frost Industries keeps feeding us information. We need to stay one step ahead of the Frosts at all times. And keep an eye on Gabe. He should not do something unexpected."

As her assistant left to execute the orders, Elena reminisced about the moments that had fueled her hatred. Poor Gabe Frost. He thought that she intended to use him to punish her ex husband. He’d even agreed to be a willing tool to help punish the man.

What will happen when he realizes that the Winthrops’ were never her target but it was him and the Frosts. A few more months and Arabelle would give birth to a frost heir. That was all she needed. Once she had the Frost blood, she would let go of Arabelle and Gabe.. They’d be able to stay together and rest in peace...

With a sinister smile, she picked up her phone and counted down the days to the great Frost wedding... Demetri and Nora Frost. Lets see if you have the wedding celebration first or a funeral in the next few months.

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