Husband With Benefits
Chapter 511: Stop

Chapter 511: Stop

"Dam* it Demon! Stop the car!" Seb roared even as Demetri was already racing through the heavy traffic.

Casting a worrried glance at Seb, he tried to reason urgently, "Seb..."

Without giving him a chance to say more, Seb had already jumped out of the car and jogged towards the driver’s side.

Knowing they did not have much time to waste, Demon jumped out and raced towards the passenger seat. He’d barely closed the door, when he was pushed back against the seat as Seb raced through the crowded streets.

Demtri wanted to warn Seb to be careful, even as they almost crashed into a vehicle when the veered urgently but kept quiet.. Even though he knew his brother was an expert in racing, at this moment, his thoughts were totally occupied by Olivia. It was a dangerous combination. Grabbing the phone which was showing Olivia’s direction on the man, Demetri could not help but frown. She was going too fast. Which was unlike her. Especially when she was pregnant...

"Seb. Are you sure that is Olivia?" he asked, even as his brother sharply navigated a turn, almost propelling him into the window.

Seb’s hands tightened on the car’s wheel as he cast a sharp glance at Demon," What do you mean?"

"She’d moving too fast! Olivia would not take such a risk during her pregnancy."

Seb’s jaw clenched and he gave a sharp nod," Yes. She wouldn’t... unless... someone was chasing her and she was trying to get away."

Demetri however, was not too sure. He didn’t know why but his gut told him that they were on the wrong track. "Seb..."

Just then he noticed something and spoke urgently," She’s stopped. We’re not far from her." Seb glanced at the screen and nodded before turning back his eyes to the road.

That is when Lucien called. Demetri quickly answered the call and Lucy’s voice echoed in the car," She went to Emma’s house. I don’t know how or when Emma got into the car. There were too many blind spots. But I do know that Olivia almost had an accident when she was on her way to drop Emma."

Seb inhaled sharply at that and was about to curse when Lucien continued," She was okay. From what I can make out, she dropped Emma at her house and then went inside. And she came out a little while later, and raced out of there. But there is something wrong with that camera angle. Olivia looks as if she is running away.."

"She’ll be fine as long as she is away from Emery! Just keep digging through the other matter, Lucy."

They rounded the other turn as quickly as that and that is where Seb noticed his car. The front had been totaled, crashed into the side of the highway. Two police cars stood to the side, blocking it’s escape. With his heart in his throat, Seb braked hard and raced towards his car. This sight was his nightmare incarnate.

He pushed past the officers who tried to stop him as he called out in a panicked voice that the person in the car was his wife.

Every second felt like an eternity as he raced towards the vehicle, his footsteps echoing in the hollow chamber of his dread.

His pulse thundered in his ears as he reached the driver’s side, his hands trembling as he grasped the door handle. But as he leaned in, ready to pull Olivia to safety, a cold realization washed over him like a tidal wave.

It wasn’t her.

His mind reeled in disbelief as he stared at the figure slumped over the wheel, clad in Olivia’s clothes. It was not Olivia.

They’d been lead on a wild goose chase. Where was Olivia then. Feeling remarkably foolish, he turned around to march out and question the officers, when Demetri called out," Seb! Lucy’s found something. Get in."

It took him a moment to realize that Demetri had already guessed that the person inside was not Olivia but someone else.

This time, he did not rush to get into the the driver’s side but slumped over in the passenger side, despair washing over him. Had he already lost his Olivia?

As they started to drive off, Demetri told him," A few minutes after your car raced out from Emma’s driveway, an ambulance arrived. Three nurses went in and carried someone out on a stretcher. Lucy is tracing them ambulance through the cameras and Ian has already started along on that route. We’ll get there soon. Its in the opposite direction."

"Emma planned to send you after the car so as to make you miss out on this. Calm down Seb. You need to be thinking clearly at this time. Nothing will happen to Olivia or the children. Nothing. Just try and think of some place where they might have try to take Olivia."

Seb’s mind raced, desperately trying to piece together the puzzle of Olivia’s whereabouts when all he could feel was panic and fear.

Then, amidst the chaos of his thoughts, a realization struck him like a lightning bolt. His brow furrowed in deep concentration as he pieced together the fragmented threads of their investigation in the past.

Seb’s gaze hardened with determination as he ordered Demon, " Demon, don’t chase the ambulance. She is not there. Change direction. Now."

"You know something?" Demon asked sharply.

"Yes! I think they are sending us on another chase. I... I remember the first time I met Emery, I’d told them a short story in the seminar... about lookig for something right under their nose... Demetri, take the shortest route towards Emma’s house."

He then quickly dialed Lucien and ordered," Lucy, continue to keep an eye on Emma’s house. Let me know if someone comes there or around the house again."

"But, Seb... didn’t they take Lucy in the ambu..."

"No! I am very sure that the ambulance is a ruse too! I’m very sure, Olivia is in the house... at least for now...

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