Husband With Benefits-Chapter 533: Luck

Autumn opened her eyes to see a man’s face hovering over her and felt her body freeze from fear. Instincively wanting to fight, she screamed out loud even as she tried to move her limbs in order to fight the incoming threat... It took her a few moments to realise that no one was trying to restrain her...

Panting heavily, she lay there and stared up art Gabriel Frost who was now standing further away from her, with a pack of juice in his hand.. It was him... even as her brain felt the relief, she tried to calm herself down, repeating in her mind,"You are safe Autumn. This man is not a threat... He is gay..."

That helped calm her a bit and she was finally able to breath freely, the agonizing fear of finding him so close to her like that, subsiding. It was then that everything came back to her. She’d been standing in the meeting room, trying to listen to him so that she would not make a bad impression.. And then she’d felt everything black out...

Autumn closed her eyes and moaned. Why was everything going wrong these days. She wanted to make a good impression on this man and she kept getting things worst. Could she pretend to faint again? Maybe he would leave her and then she would be able to slink away from here and bury herself in some hole.

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As the girl closed her eyes, Gabe’s mouth kicked up in amusement. She was as transparent as an X-Ray, showing every thought on her face. While he did not like the fear that first appeared in her eyes and what that told about her past, he could see the exact moment that she came to the conclusion that he wasn’t a threat.

It was almsot like watching a drama to practice showing emotions. And when she closed her eyes in mortification and, she looked as cute as a mischievuous little kitten. It made him want to laugh. He watched as she tried to pretend being unconscious and sighed. Too cute.

"Miss Autumn. Please drink this." Walking close to her, he placed the pack of juice onto the coffee table before stepping back. He watched as she opened her eyes and glanced from him to the juice box.

"I...I’m so sorry."

"Sorry for fainting? I don’t think you could have done that on purpose or stopped it from happening. So what are you sorry for?"

Autumn’s head snapped up at that. The man was laughing at her. She was sure of it. But as she looked at his face, it seemed normal... "I meant for troubling you..."

"Its no trouble, Miss Autumn. But please do not faint on me.. I believe your blood sugar was low, hence this happened. Please finish the juice."

Autumn took the juice but looked at it doubtfully. It was opened. And that made her wary. She’d drummed into herself to not take anything that wasn’t sealed so...she couldn’t take it. But refusing it would insulting wouldn’t it. He was simply trying to help. In fact, she’d already taken a few sips but she couldn’t take it now...

Unexpectedly, before she could decide what to do, Gabriel Frost placed a sealed pack in front of her and picked up the open juice and drank from it directly... did he not care that he was using her straw? Seeing him drink so easily, she decided- maybe he didn’t care.

It was foolish of her but the thought of him drinking from her straw made her blush. Hurriedly, she grabbed her own juice and finished it.

"I.. Thank you for this. I’ll leave now! I must return to work! Mrs Murry wll be waiitng to handover the cleaning duties."

Quickly she scrambled to her feet, her cheeks burning with embarrassment as she hastily made her way towards the door. With each step, she could feel Gabriel’s eyes on her, and the desire to escape intensified. She needed to get out of here.

And jusr as she had reached the door, his voice sounded," Stop right there, Miss Autumn."

She froze, her hand hovering inches away from the door handle. Slowly, she turned around to face Gabriel, her heart pounding in her chest. Shi! She had almost escaped too! If only he’d been a few seconds later she would have pretended to not have heard him and run away...

Why did this man suddenly look so scary? "Miss Autumn. You are not returning to work tonight. You just fainted a few minutes ago!"

"But I need to work.. the cleaning..."

"Will be handled by Mrs Murry tonight. I’ll speak to her directly. But you, young lady are going home."

Autumn straightened. She did not like that tone. With furrowed brows, she tried to insist," No. I am perfectly fine now. Mrs Murry can go home! I have to work."

"Miss Autumn, I am giving you a paid leave for tonight. You fell sick, literally. I won’t dock your pay. So. Go. Home. Now."

Gabriel’s lips twitched as he watched her expression to his order. Miss Autumn was a rebel. He could see she wanted to snap back at him but was trying to curb it because he was her boss. He felt a sudden urge to see how far he could push her until she snapped at him... However, the next minute, he dropped the idea. Why was he being so juvenile?

Autumn shook her head stubbornly, her hands clenched into fists at her sides as she tried to stay calm. "I’ll be fine, really. I just need to finish my shift."

"Miss Autumn, you forget I am your boss. And I just ordered you to go home and return tomorrow. So, you have two choices, either you do as you are told or you go to work your shift now and leave with your termination letter in the morning."

Autumn frowned! Gabriel Frost really was a dictator. What a jerk!