Husband With Benefits-Chapter 565: Hurting

"He called it light sretching?" Autumn cursed in her heart as she felt her legs almost ready to fall off her body. He’d mentioned beginning with stretching and then some running to ’loosen’ the muscles. All of which had been alright. But then, he’d started with teaching her how to kick...and then moved on to block each and every kick, much to her frustration until finally she was ready to give up and give in.

But did he let her go then? No. He wanted her to take a breath and relax her muscles some more. She’d begun the session with wanting to learn how to defend herself but it seemed she was going to end the session with wanting to kick that man.

She’d tried to move and strike out so many times. But all to hear him complain about how she was not in good physical shape.

"I’ll be adding some weiht training to your routine from the next session."

"I wish I could throw the weight at your head." she thought to herself.

But ourwardly only nodded tiredly. She was never coming into this torture chamber again.

"Did you say something?" Gabe asked her as he stared at her intently and she shook her head. "No. Nothing. I said that I will look forward to it. Thanks Gabe."

He paused and looked at her carefully. She was struggling to catch her breath and she seemed agreeable but her expression seemed sassy...

"Good. That is good. Then I’ll see you here tomorrow."

She nodded and raced out of the basement before he could say more. He shook his head. He’d scared the poor girl away. But that was good.

What she didn’t know was that she would have been a bit unsafe here if she’d stayed here with him. He sighed and picked up his water bottle, sipping from it carefully. He accepted the fact that he was attracted to the woman. He liked when she moved, even wanting to kick him. And the fact that he’d been battling with? About his guilt and confusion over her, he would handle them. He was not in a hurry to sleep with her. He would take his time and get her comfortable... They could be lovers before parting ways... if she agreed.

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"I need to know where he is. Only then can I seduce him."

Elena Winthrope looked at the woman in front of him and smiled. The girl looked exactly like her Arabelle. She did not have her grace and mannerisms but those could be thought. What a stroke of luck.

Elena smiled. When she’d been looking at Emma’s file while handling things with Sebastian, she had never thought that she would stumble onto this piece of trasure. A girl who looked so much like her Arabelle. Only a little tweaking here and there and Arabelle was right in the flesh.

"If you go in front of him now, he will recognise you and throw you out in a flash. No. You need to learn to be like her..."

"But how does it matter? I’m going to pretend to have no memories. So, if I seduce him..."

"Do you really think it is so easy to seduce Gabe. No. Not even with that face. So listent o me carefully, girl. You will stay here and learn Arabelle’s mannerisms. Only when you have her ways down to a pat will I place you in Gabe’s path. This time, I have to bring him down. I will not risk everything I have, only for you to ruin it. So, learn and become lile Arabelle. Alright?"

Elena rolled her eyes as she watched the woman slump and walked out of there. Heck, she was willing to put this girl in Gabe’s path right now. The problem was she did not know where Gabe was. The Frosts had become too tight lipped about it and they’d been sniffing closer onto her trail for a while now.

She would have to look for other ways to get information about the man.. Just as she was wondering what to do next, her man came inside," Mam... There is information about Gabriel Frost."

Elena perked up. It seemed the fates were finally on her side.

"What kind of information. Tell me quick. Have you been able to find him?"

The man shook his head, and she made a face. What was the point of any other information? She needed to know where Gabriel Frost was to carry on the next part of her plan. And if he was away from the other Frosts, like he was now, then that would be the cherry on the top.

"Ma’am. It is not information about him but if we can find this person then there is a chance we can find Gabe Frost too. My contacts in the police department told me that someone is looking for information about Gabriel Frost. They are actually looking for dirt."

"For dirt? Really? Tell me more," Elena asked with a smile. It seemed Gabe had another enemy.

"It is some dirty cop or someone within the force because they are being quite tight lipped about who is looking into him. But if we reach this person...And get him to collaborate with us..."

"Then the enemy of an enemy is a friend... Very good. Look deeper. Use the bait method. They want dirt on Gabe. Hint that you have it. State a price. And when they take the bait, lets see how they work with us."

Her man nodded and immediately left to make the arrangements while Elena smiled. Good. This was good. At least her people were good enough to get information. She knew this was her last chance. If she failed in ruining Gabe this time then it would be the end of her. And that reminded her.. She needed to practice shooting. After all, if she failed, her last option would be to kill him. Goodbye Gabriel Frost, soon it would be time for you to meet your creator...