Husband With Benefits-Chapter 534: Intruder

Autumn walked out of the resort slowly. Even if the man wa sending her home, atleast he was paying. Maybe grabbing a night of rest would help turn around her rotten luck and everything would start changing for the better.

Her sister was sleeping over at the neighbour’s house. Maybe she could go fetch her. They’d wake up together in the morning and she’d even be able to make something delicious and heallthy for her in the morning instead of feeding her those sugary cereal because she was so tired.

After her interaction with Gabriel Frost today she didn’t think that she had a chance anytime soon of getting any sort of better work. Should she start looking for work elsewhere? But she doubted that she’d get such good pay. There was also the matter of all those rumors..

Nah! It would be better to endure Gabriel’s dictatorial ways than leave this job. With her head lowered, she kicked a pebble lying on the street and kicked it, watching in satisfaction as it landed farther away on the sidewalk.

"Are you imagining that is my head?" a voice sounded from behind.

She jumped in fright and whipped around to see Gabriel Frost walking towards her. "What.. what are you doing here?"

"I thought I’d walk you home." Gabe answered as he shrugged. "Make sure you reached safely."

"There is no need for that. I can go home alone. You don’t have to walk with me," Autumn squeaked and watched as his lips kicked up in a smirk. This time, he was definitely laughing at her. She was sure. It was there on his face. He looked beautiful when he smiled...was the weird thought that came to her head when she saw him.

The man seemed to be aware of the effect he had on women and she watched as he shrgged those broad shoulders again... There should be a law against shoulders like that...

"I knew you would say that, Miss Autumn. Which is why I didn’t ask you. And I will not insist that I must walk with you. But if I let you go alone and something were to happen, I wound not be able to sleep peacefully. So, for the sake of my own sweet sleep, I planned to follow you home, see that you’ve walked in safely and then return. But I don’t want to scare you that you are being stalked so I decided to make my presence known."

Autumn stared at the man suspiciously. Was he really so easy going and responsible or was this some kind of an act? She couldn’t be sure. And she did not have the energy to find out. But she made a mental note to be wary of this man in the futre. Her instincts warned her that he was lethal.

She started to walk slowly again but then felt odd. Was he staring at her from behind? Was he...

She hesitated for a moment, feeling conflicted. She’d never had anyone walk her home. Not even Pierce. B town was mostly a safe place, unless you counted the monsters at home... so no one felt the need. But somehow, as she felt him walk behind her, she felt her senses heighten. It made her feel proected.... There had never been any danger, she was sure of it but this was a warm feeling.

Suddenly she stopped in her tracks and turned around. Despite her better judgement, she looked at him and said," Since you insist on seeing me home, just walk beside me. Having you behind me feels wrong..."

Gabriel smiled and was beside her in two large strides," As you say Miss Autumn."

She sighed," You can call me Autumn. Miss Autumn makes me feel as if I’m in school."

"Okay, Autumn. And you can call me Gabe."

Autumn nodded and continued to walk slowly, when she heard him say," Say it."

"Huh?" She looked at him in confusion. Woah! This man was also handsome from this angle...

"I said, say my name." Gabriel ordered her.

She frowned," What kind of a request is this?"

"Well, you haven’t taken my name even once. Not Mr Frost, not Mr Gabriel.. nothing. Unless we count you calling me ’jerk’. And that is not my name. So Autumn, what are you going to call me?" Gabe asked. However, even as he said this, he did not understand his own motives behind it. Why should it bother him if she did not call him by his name?

Autumn wanted to shake her head. What a kid! Was he pouting because she didn’t call him by his name? It wasn’t a big deal. But as she opened her mouth, she suddenly felt that it was too intimate... however, he was still looking at her challengingly and there was no way she would back down.

"Gabe." she spoke his name hurriedly and quickly turned to walk away hurriedly while Gabe kept up with her easily.

Thankfully, she reached quickly and stopped. Pointing to the small dark house behind her, she said," This is it. Thank you. I’ll go inside now and you can go back..."

Gabe nodded, " Goodbye, then Autumn. I’ll see you tomorrow."

As Autumn turned to walk away, Gabe looked at the dark house and suddenly frowned. Quickly, he grabbed her wrist and asked urgently," Autumn. Do you live alone?"

Autumn frowned but something in his tone made her wary. And she nodded. She didn’t need to tell him about her sister... "Why?"

"Lets move away from here. Call 911. There is an intruder in yuor house."

Autumn felt her heart drop in her stomach. An intruder? How could he say that? How did he know? She tried to look at her house carefully but could not find anything amiss. Silently, he pointed to the upper floor and that was when she saw a shadow moving there...

Someone was up there! In her mother’s room. Uncaring of the consequences, she raced towards her house, intending to catch this person.