Husband With Benefits
Chapter 638: Accident

Chapter 638: Accident

The Frost brothers stood around the wreckage of Gabe’s car, their expressions a mix of concern and anger. It was the early hours of the morning, and they had finally received information about Gabe’s car. As they raced to get here, however, the scene they met with was not one that made them calm down.

Gabe’s car was totaled. The front end was smashed in, the hood crumpled like a piece of paper, and the windshield shattered into countless pieces. The driver’s side door was nearly ripped off, and the airbags had deployed, now deflated and stained with blood. Broken glass and twisted metal littered the ground, painting a horrific picture.

Lucien’s eyes scanned the twisted metal. "How could this have happened?" he muttered, kicking a piece of debris away from the car. "Gabe’s always so careful."

Meanwhile, Seb was already kneeling beside the car, examining the brake lines and steering column with a growing sense of dread. "It’s not just an accident," he said grimly. "Someone tampered with the car. The brake lines are cut, and the steering’s been messed with. Whoever did it, knew that Gabe would take this road. It was why is had been blocked once he entered. Ian, do you know where they took Gabe to and how he is doing?"

Ian shot a worried look to the brothers and muttered, "Things are worse than we have imagined. The police doesn’t know where Gabe is."

The caused curses to explode as they questioned Ian, what he meant by it. Ian sighed and with another worried glance at the ruined car, spoke up," According to the police, the accident happened late afternoon yesterday. However, this road was closed off to the public around that time as well. Apparently, someone had complained of seeing some wild animals to they were going to investigate. They discovered the car only an hour ago... And it was empty."

The brothers exchanged anxious glances, the unspoken fear that Gabe might not have survived hanging heavily in the air. Each of them felt a cold knot of dread in their stomachs, but none dared to voice their darkest thoughts as they thought of what to do next.

It was Lucien who finally spoke up," There is a possibility that Gabe was unconscious. So he could not have walked out of here. Or he would have asked for help. Maybe someone found him and took him to the hospital."

"We need to find him. If someone took him, then he’s still alive. We have to believe that." Seb spoke with determination in his voice. They were not willing to lose their brother...

"Lucy, search the hospitals and clinice nearby and Seb, you can check to look for any CCTV footage. You know it doesn’t matter if it’s the public footage or from some private sources. We have to trace his steps somehow." Demetri ordered before turning to Ian, " You check in with the girls and update them. I’ll go and see Elena."

As Seb and Lucien hurried off to their respective tasks, Demetri and Ian stayed behind, the tension between them palpable.

"You think this is still Elena’s work?" Ian asked softly, doubt in his voice.

"I don’t know. She is smart enough to know that if Gabe left her place and got into a car crash, we would come after her without barrier. She has enough sense to not do something like this. But... it happened there... whether she has knowledge of it or not. So, I need to go and see her..."

Ian nodded before casting a troubled glance at the car," There’s something else. The police found a diary on the car’s floor.. It belongs to Arabelle. They’ve taken it into evidence for now..."

"You think we should confront Elena?" Ian asked worriedly, not wanting to tip the scale and let her know if her plan had been successful or not.

"That is the only lead we have for now, Ian. Even if it’s Savoy, he is linked to Elena for now..."

"Then, don’t go there alone. There is nothing to say if that woman has lost her mind. She’s already messed with Gabe, there is nothing to say that she won’t try to do something to you."

"Eras is going to be reaching there. He left last night after finding out Gabe is missing. I’ll ask him to see me there, directly. You inform the girls and keep up with the police."

Ian sighed and nodded to Demetri, casting one last glance at the car that had been alright until yesterday. There was one thing he did not understand though. Why did Gabe ditch security? Especially at a time like this, when Gabe knew that Elena was also on the move and that Savoy was underground... And why did Gabe not make the emergency call to them?

According to the police, Gabe had probably discovered that the brakes had been tampered with and had tried to do some damage control. All their cars were equipped with emergency call features so all Gabe had to do was order the car to make a call.. Or the accident should have activated it. So, whoever had tampered with the car had also probably messed with those things as well.

But, Gabe had stayed at Elena’s house for only a few minutes. So, that person needed to have had full knowledge of the car and an expertise to do these things so quickly. Which meant they were prepared and lying in wait...

Just then, a police officer approached him, a serious expression on his face and started to talk in hushed tones.

As he heard the officer talk, Ian knew at least one of his questions had been answered and his expression shifting from confusion to ruthless.

He nodded several times, asked a few brief questions before finally turning back towards his car as he thanked the officer, "Alright, thank you, officer. I’ll need to go handle this. Keep me updated on anything else you find."

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