Husband With Benefits-Chapter 536: Anger

Autumn straightened and stared at the officer who advanced on her, his gun still pointed at her. He stopped to see the man on the floor, groaning and smirked," Do you know that this man can press charges against you? What were you thinking, Autumn? Hitting someone?"

Hearing the words, Gabe stiffened. What in the world? He was about to move when Autumn answered the officer in an incredulous tone," He is lying on the floor in my house. He tried to kill me and you think he has the right to press charges? Do you not understand what self defence is?"

The officer instead ridiculed," Self defence? You seem fine to me? But this gentleman looks anything but.. Also, it is your word against his. Who do you think the judge will believe? Did you bring him into your house to seduce him and blackmail him? And when he refused to pay you, you hit him and called the police?"

Gabe was done with. Before the officer could spout anymore nonsense, he spoke up,"Enough!" His voice rang out in the small room, cutting through the tension like a knife. The officer’s smirk faltered, taken aback by Gabe’s sudden appearance as he whirled around to see the man appear out of nowhere.

The other, younger officer who had been standing still until now, also shook up at the man’s appearance and raised his gun to him. But Gabe was unbothered as he advanced on the first officer," Your assumptions are not only unfounded but deeply offensive. Autumn is a victim here, and your blatant disregard for her safety is appalling."

"Who are you?"

"I am the witness here. And Autumn is not the one who hit this man. I did."

"Then I will have to arrest you." The officer started but did not advance towards him while Gabe laughed," Really! Is the man on the floor a police officer or something? Look officer, I don’t know what the procedure is. But considering the fact that this is Autumn’s home, and she is the one who made the complaint, you should be arresting the guy on the floor, reading him his rights etc and asking Autumn to co operate with your investigation."

There was a silence that followed Gabe’s announcement while the two stood still. Finally, the younger one seemed to come to his senses and moved to make the arrest. The older officer, however, only stared at Gabe and asked softly, "Who are you? You are not from here."

Gabe smiled," I have recently moved to B-town."

"And why are you here in her house?"

"Becuase I spotted the burglar from outside. And followed her to apprehend the burglar." Gabe answered calmly, still not liking this officer.

The officer seemed to have finally realized that it would not be easy to intimidate Gabe so he nodded," Alright, let’s get this sorted out. You’ll need to come with us for questioning." Saying so, the older man pulled out the handcuffs strapped to his waist and walked forward, his intentions clear.

"I will be following you, officer. Rest assured. But if you think that you can put me in cuffs, then you can think again. I am well aware of my Civil rights. So, before you try to put those on me.. I’d like to know the reason."

That gave him a pause as he stared at the man. Until he finally nodded and then turned to Autumn," You! You come with me."

"No." Gabe spoke again, sharply this time.

"Are you interfering with police work?"

"No.I am not. I am only saying that ’the victim’," Gabe stressed on the word and continued," Needs medical attention first! She is bleeding and has bruises on her neck.. which need to be taken care of by a medical professional. The medics are already on the way and once they have documented her injuries, she will come to the station to file an official complaint."

The officers, unable to do anything, left with the burglar while Gabe stared at the girl. What kind of hatred did she earn? and why?

Autumn? Would you like to call someone for help? Or support?"

Autumn nodded and looked for her cell phone. "I’ll call my fiance. I... thank you for everything just now."

Gabe nodded. Not saying anymore. Relieved that at least the girl was not alone in all this. He’d been envisioning things like her being an outcast or something.

What Gabe did not know was that his guess was indeed close to the truth. As the nurse documented her injuries, he felt even more angered. That fiance of hers was not answering his phone! What kind of a man did not answer his fiance’s call in the middle of the night?

Tired of her seeing her desperate attempts, Gabe finally sighed," Autumn, lets go. I have to go to the polics station as it is. I’ll take you."

"But that would be too bothersome. I’m dropping Pierce a message and I’m sure he’ll come as soon as he sees it..."

"Then you be with him when he comes. Until then...I’ll be with you in the police station..."

Autumn opened her mouth to refuse but then thought the better of it. Maybe it would be safer to have Gabriel Frost with him. Even if he was some distant cousin to the Frosts, they would definitely help him if he was in trouble, right? And he seemed to know his right too.

After the series of many events that had happened in this short time, Autumn realized that she trusted Gabriel Frost to a certain extent. Maybe it was his se*ual orientation or something else, but she was grateful for his support.

As they started to walk towards the police station, Gabe couldn’t shake off the nagging feeling of uncertainty. Silently, he mulled over his decision to involve himself in Autumn’s predicament, wondering if he had overstepped his bounds and why he was so concerned about a girl he had met less than a few days.