Husband With Benefits

Gabe stared at her, his expression unreadable. In that moment, she knew that he wouldn’t agree to her request if she didn’t come clean and tell him everything. And she was proven right when he warned," If you need my help, Autumn, you have to tell me everything." Autumn nodded and bit her lip, still unsure where to begin. Should she reveal every dark detail or hide the unnecessary details? Before she could decide either way, she saw someone walk into the cafe and felt a chill down her spine as the man’s gaze connected to hers, the moment he entered. As if he knew that she would be sitting in exactly this place.

Extending her hand, she caught Gabe’s, curling his fingers around the ring that was still sitting in his palm," her voice barely above a whisper, she agreed hurriedly "Alright. But... can we at least pretend for now? Just until I’m ready to tell you everything?"

It didn’t take a rocket science degree to know that she had just spotted someone whom she wanted to hids from. Cautiously he gave her a nod and slowly wrapped his fingers around her hand, gently trying to reassure her as she stared at someone behind him.

As expected, a slightly nasally voice reached his ears, before the man himself came to stand next to where he was sitting. "Autumn, my dear, what a pleasant surprise to find you here!"

Gabe watched as the man spoke with an air of false kindness. And it was false, he could feel the ’fake’ coming from a mile away. The man ignored his presence, his small eyes fixed on Autumn. The man reminded him of a rat. The way those things stared at their prey...

"Mr Savoy. I assure you it is not a pleasant surprise. In fact it is not pleasant anything. Not seeing you ever would be pleasant."

Gabe stared at Autumn in susprise. This was unexpected. She was trembling. He could feel her nails digging into his palm but she was answering the man... with gutso. And she called the man Mr Savoy? So this was her step father? Or someone related to the family?

The man on the other hand, continued to pretend that she had never said anything, and continued," Tell me, my dear, have you been well? I heard about the... incident at the registrar’s office. Dreadful business, truly. Did Pierce and Biance humiliate you? You can tell me. You may not think of me like that, but you will always be my daughter..."