Husband With Benefits
Chapter 648: Partners In Crime

Chapter 648: Partners In Crime

"Gabe?" Autumn’s voice trembled as she looked at the tense faces of Ian and Demon. The silence that followed was deafening, each second stretching her anxiety to its limits.

"Please, tell me!" Her desperation was palpable, her eyes pleading for any kind of reassurance.

Finally, Ian broke the silence, his voice carrying a note of sympathy. "How are you holding up, Autumn?"

"I’m doing as well as I can be, Ian," she replied, trying to steady her voice. "But please, just tell me—how is Gabe?"

Ian’s face darkened with concern. "There’s swelling on his brain. During transport, there was a minor accident that caused the swelling to increase. He’s currently in the Critical Intensive Care Unit. We won’t have a clearer picture of his condition for at least the next twenty-four hours."

Autumn felt as if her world was crumbling. Her knees felt weak, and she gripped the edge of a nearby chair, trying to hold herself upright. "What do you mean we won’t know anything? He has to be fine. He can’t be anything else..."

Demon placed a comforting hand on her shoulder and gently guided her towards a chair. "I know it’s hard, Autumn. We’re all hoping for the best. For now, we need to sit tight and wait for him to wake up."

"But—" Autumn’s voice faltered as she struggled to grasp the situation. "What exactly happened? I thought he was rescued. How could there be an accident?"

Ian and Demon exchanged a somber glance before Ian responded, his tone weary. "It’s just details, Autumn. The main thing is that Gabe is with us, and we’re all holding onto hope that he’ll pull through.

Autumn nodded mechanically, her concern for Gabe overwhelming her. She sank into the chair, her head falling back as she tried to process the grim news. Her focus remained solely on Gabe, so absorbed that she didn’t even notice Lucien, Erasmi, and Seb were missing from the waiting room. Something that would have been impossible if everything had been well.

Meanwhile, Nora approached Demetri with a worried expression, gently taking his hand. "Is there any update?" she asked.

Demetri shook his head and even though he seemed calm, his hand clutched onto Nora’s as if it were a lifeline as he spoke mechanically," Seb and Erasmi have gone to look for him... but that man had not yet contacted again. Lucien is missing."

"And do we know if Lucy was discovered or not?"

Demetri shook his head," They moved him to the ambulance and left from there without suspicion. After that, we can’t be sure... The people who were following them, lost them half way through the chase."

Nora gave his hand a light squeeze," He’ll be fine."

***

Lucien had no idea what was going on. Who was this woman who wanted to live happily ever after with Humphrey? And what did that have to do with killing Gregory and kidnapping Gabe?

And why had Humphrey silenced the woman abruptly. He could hear the sound of their breathing but the two people were as quiet as a mouse. And he didn’t understand this.

Meanwhile, he knew he needed to find an opportunity to stop these people from going whereever they were going.

Finally, the woman spoke again," Where are we going? Don’t you think you should contact the Frost brothers and ask them for an update? We can’t take Gabe all the way there. I don’t even understand why you were so intent on saving him. It was just a stroke of luck that we noticed Gregory. If, you’d gone in after Gregory when he tampered with the car, instead of chasing after Gabe to save him, Gregory would already have been dead."

Finally, Humphry sighed," We don’t need Gregory to be dead, okay? We need to bring him to justice. I told them to kill him only to pacify you. I know those people won’t do it. Once, that is done, I will hand myself to the police and receive my just punishment for kidnapping."

"No! You can’t do that! What will I do then?" The woman started to cry in a shrill voice, making Lucy want to wince at the sound. " I am a fool! That is what I am! Falling for fake promises everytime! First it was Gregory. That man promised to look after my daughters, if I helped him get his daughters! And then, it turned out that he was nothign but a monster in disguise. And then you came into my life when you wanted to investigate me. You’ve become my pillar of strength! I cannot let you leave me!"

"I am not leaving you! I won’t be punished too heavily because I did harm Gabe. In fact I even saved him! At most they can blame me for kidnapping or detaining. Once I explain it he jury, they will definitely give me a lighter sentence.."

The woman seemed to have become unreasonable, though. She shook her head and suddenly grabbed a syringe from the side of the ambulance! With a quick move, she placed the needled nn Gabe’s (Lucien here but they don’t know it yet) throat and threatened," Tell them Humphrey! Tell them to disregard everything and kill him! You don’t know him! He will come back if he is left alive! Just ask them that they should make sure he should suffer."

Humphrey’s eyes widened in shock as the woman brandished the syringe, her hands trembling with a mix of fear and anger. "No! Don’t!" he shouted, his voice urgent.

"Please, put the syringe down," Humphrey pleaded. "We don’t need to escalate this. We’re supposed to be working together to get justice, not making things worse. You are not a cold blooded murderer!"

"You don’t understand! I’ve been betrayed by everyone I trusted. First my husband then Gregory, then you, who I thought would be different. I can’t lose you, Humphrey. You’re all I have left!"

"I know you’re scared, but this isn’t the answer. If you do this, it won’t just be Gabe who suffers; it will be you, too. You’ll be making things much worse for yourself."

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