Chapter 591: A Risk
As Autumn settled into the car, she leaned her head back against the seat and sighed, feeling the tears threaten to fall. Though she had no idea why she was feeling like crying. She’d already cried about the betrayal. Maybe because she just realized that Bianca had probably been the one who had helped Gregory Savoy fan those rumors about her.
She jerked when Gabe suddenly held her hand and she felt something cold on her skin. She opened her eyes to see Gabe applying burn medicine on the little red skin where the hot coffee had touched her. Unexpectedly, she giggled, making him look up at him.
When he looked at her questioningly, she pointed at the medication in his other hand and said," How do you always have medicine? Is this an old habit or something you started since meeting me? This was so Deja vu..."
Gabe chuckled, his eyes twinkling. "Actually," he said, nodding towards the pharmacy across the street, "I ran over there and got it when I saw Bianca spill the coffee on you and you jumped back. Thought you might need it."
Autumn grimaced at that. So he had seen it... And then she narrowed her eyes, cocked her head and questioned him," If you saw me getting hurt, shouldn’t you have ridden in like a knight in shining armor and rescued me? Or maybe a CEO who needs to save his lover..."
Uh oh! Autumn realized that she was not his lover. Why did she have to go ahead and speak too much? She felt him looking at her and cursed herself some more. Come on, Autumn. Think up! You have to do something... The tension was rising in the room. As she looked for a topic in her head, which felt empty at the moment, Gabe started the car and murmured with amusement," Why would I do something so useless, when you had everything under control? As you proved when I returned and saw you pulling off that tit-for-tat move. And from what I saw, Bianca is going to need more of that ointment."
Autumn felt a warmth spread through her chest at Gabe’s words. His confidence in her and the lack of judgment for her actions touched her in a way nothing could. Gabe Frost was too perfect a man. He was a hero without needing to prove it.
"Thank you, Gabe. For not judging me," she said softly.
Gabe glanced at her, his expression softening. "Why would I judge you? You did what you had to do. Bianca needed to be put in her place, and you did it. In fact, I am proud of you, Autumn Frost."