Husband With Benefits
Chapter 514: Fired

Chapter 514: Fired

Even as she lost hope, Olivia could not wrap her mind around the fact that Emma and Offficer Davis were in cahoots. How was this possible? She’d guessed from the lady’s attitude that she did not like Seb. But would she be so ruthless as to help Emma do something like this? Why?

Detective Davis seemed to understand her unasked question. She grinned and even as she continued to keep the gun pointed at her with one hand while the other caressed Emma’s head, she spoke," You thought you could outsmart us, didn’t you, Mrs. Frost? But you underestimated us. You see, Emma is not alone in her quest for revenge against Sebastian. I have a beef with him too."

Olivia’s heart pounded in her chest as she struggled to maintain her composure. She couldn’t afford to show weakness, not now. "Why?" she managed to choke out, her voice trembling with fear and anger. As long as she was alive, she had a chance to escape and her children a chance to escape. She would find a way. She was so close to the door as it is.

"Because Emma was my best friend. The girl I had always loved. I was the one who convinced her to go to that seminar you know. I watched her fall in love with Sebastian and offer her heart to him. I know she was in the wrong when Seb did not accept it. But did he have to be so cruel about it? I kept an eye on him after that. And I saw, how he was cold to every woman he dated. But you, you my friend are different."

"The two of us want Seb to suffer the same way he has made us suffer. And you, my dear, are the perfect leverage."

But even as these words sank into her heart with a chill, Emma’s voice echoed in the small room," This is going great. Even better than we imagined. He thought he could have it all, didn’t he, Olivia? A loving wife, a beautiful family, a baby on the way. But now, it’s all slipping through his fingers."

***

Seb jumped out of the car to race into the house but skidded to a stop as he noticed the police car sitting in the driveway. Demetri frowned when he noticed the car as well.

"Is the police investigating inside already?"

But Seb shook his head and gestured for Demetri to be quiet and pointed a bit further down the road.

As they slinked away, Demetri asked in a hushed tone," You think the detective is involved with this Emma woman?"

"I have my doubts. She’s sent police cruisers behind the car and the ambulance but no one here. She was not quite shocked when I revealed Emma’s picture in fact I thought she was concerned. Which was odd since she’d been hostile from the beginning. I asked Rosie to look into it before we left. But her presence here confirms it."

Demetri nodded," Call and ask him." He then pointed towards the open door," They’re pretty confident if they’ve left the front door open."

"Or its a trap for us to barge in..." Seb completed. " We need to get them out."

In silent understanding, Demetri moved slowly towards the house, intending to check for other doors or entry points while Seb called Rosie to order," Call Detective Davis. Tell her that we have suspicions that Emma is hiding Olivia inside her house and we are now going there to check. Give her an ETA of ten minutes."

"She is with Emma?" Rosie asked quietly.

"Yes. She’s already inside Emma’s house."

"Mrs Frost will be alright, Seb. Don’t worry. I’ll call her right away."

Seb disconnected the call and reminded himself that Olivia had to be fine. She would be fine. Repeating the words like a mantra, Seb called Demetri, who answered immediately," The windows are all barred so there is no way she can use those. I’m going to check the back door. I’ll let you know if there is any movement..."

Soon, he received a call from Demetri who spoke,"It’s unlocked. I’m staying near."

***

Meanwhile, Rachel had already received a call from Rosie. Olivia struggled to scream as Rachel answered the call but her mouth was covered by Emma who wouldn’t let her move.

Once the call was disconnected, Rachel spoke hurriedly," We need to make a move, Emma. It seems he has discovered our ruse faster than we expected. At least he doesn’t know about me. His assistant called me and told me that he will reach here in ten. We need to get out of here now."

"So, we just shoot her?" Emma asked with excitement in her voice." Olivia started to struggle in earnest as she heard this, tears streaming down her face. NO!!! She couldn’t let this happen. She was so close to escape! She needed to save her babies.

"No, Emma. We cannot shoot her." Rachel said finally.

"Why? Why can we not kill her. It will be just perfect. When he comes here, he will find her bleeding to death. It would be the perfect revenge. Are you feeling pity for her, Rachel?"

Rachel Davis shook her head and instead answered her," No, Emma, we planned to kill her and we will. But we’ll need a change of plan."

"Change of plan? What for? No no! Just let us kill her here and then we can sit in your car and run away."

Rachel, however, was already walking towards the door, looking outside. Since the door was directly opposite the front door, she had purposely kept it open, to be able to see anyone who entered. Thankfully, no one was here yet. They needed to make haste."

"Emma, we don’t have the time for this discussion. Our plane leaves in an hour. That means we need to keep her alive until then. If he finds her dead now, then we will have no one to protect us. We have to use her as our shield. Only then we can make a safe escape."

Before Emma could protest or even say anything, Olivia was roughly grabbed by Rachel and being dragged outside. Olivia tried to fight her. If they were going outside then chances were she could escape still. Once she was taken away... Soon, her hands were held behind her back and Rachel grinned," See, these are the pros of having a police car. Now, you can try and scream as much as you can. I’ll just tell everyone you are a criminal trying to escape. Here, let me put on the handcuffs. I hope you don’t want me to read you your rights? But for you, I’ll say this- you have to remain silent."

***

Sebastian immediately jumped as he watched Olivia being dragged out of the house, with a gun to her head. The sight of that weapon pointed at Olivia, made his blood boil. Thankfully, Demetri had also come around the house and was now close to them.

Even at this moment, he wanted to lunge at the two and grab Olivia from them. But with the gun pointed at her, he dare not take any risks. He had to wait until they were in the car and then...

***

Once the handcuffs were in place, Rachel was still determined. Fishing in the pocket of the backseat, she fished out a hobnle belt and tied Olivia’s legs securely," I have to make sure you don’t escape, don’t I? You really think you can escape us. I can see even now, you are looking for an escape route. You won’t get any Olivia. I’ll make sure."

Emma raced around to sit in the passenger seat while Rachel jumped into the driving seat. WIth a flick of her wrist, Rachel started the car, stepping foot on the accelerator pedal, only to be met with silence.

Rachel scowled and tried again, pumping the gas pedal in a futile attempt to coax the engine to life. But still, nothing. Panic began to rise in her chest as she tried repeatedly to start the car, each attempt met with the same result.

"Come on, Come on..", she kicked the car in frustration while Emma questioned in

"Why is the car not starting?" Emma asked in confusion.

Rachel swore and jumped out of the car, popping the hood in a single movement. And swore. The car had been tampered with. That meant...

Shutting the hood, she screamed," Emma, we need to go back inside! They are already here!"

There was no way they would be able to escape now in the car. They would have to use Olivia as a human shield and negotiate for a car.

As Emma heard the words, her entirety was focused on harming Olivia.

Quickly she grabbed the gun and turned towards the back, ready to fire. She just needed to kill Olivia and everything else would be worth it. If they lost at the last minute, after coming this far, losing would be such a waste...

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