Husband With Benefits-Chapter 585: A Discovery

"Well, well, what are you doing here?" Gabe looked up in surprise as the door to his office opened and Demon stood there, a playful grin on his face.

"What? Not happy to see your favorite brother?" Demetri teased, leaning casually against the doorframe as he looked around casually.

"Uh huh... You’re not my favourite. And, I don’t know if I should be happy or worried. After all you are The Demon. What if you’re here to drag me into hell?"

"Oh please? Hell is not the place for you. You’d bore the people there with your Mr Goody Two Shoes Attitude."

"Is that so? And I suppose they’d find your devil-may-care charm irresistible?"

"Naturally," Demetri replied with a smirk. "They practically roll out the red carpet every time I visit."

"Then why don’t you go there and enjoy the hospitality there? Why come here?"

"Someone’s being a little grumpy today," Demetri said, raising an eyebrow. "Didn’t get your morning coffee?"

Gabe thought back to the frustration he had been suffering from not getting something else and scowled," As if coffee could make me like this. So, I know for a fact that you are not here to check on the work here. You trust me too much. You are also not here for fishing about Autumn, since its already done by the girls. So its either something good or something really bad that brought you here. And, since you are trying to downplay it and wasting your words in trying to deflect it, it’s probably something bad..."

"Stop being smart and just play along, can’t you?" Demetri muttered in irritation as he stared at Gabe with a sigh.

"You’d be bored with that. So, what brings you here? Is it something related to Autumn? Your sources found something?" Gabe asked once again but did not receive an answer, only a smirk that had him frowning.

"You look better than before. Not like a hermit crab anymore."

Gabe stilled, feeling Demetri analysing him. It made him feel defensive. Demetri had a habit of doing that. Of looking at a person as if he could peep inside and see to the sould. In the past that never bothered him but today... it made him want to hide.

"What? Are you saying that Autumn is good for me?"

"I didn’t say anything. Those are your words."

"Demon Frost. I will..." Gabe tried to threaten Demon but was cut off before he could utter any.

"Keep the threats to yourself. They won’t work on me, Gabe. What I am saying is, that you look better. I don’t really care if it is because of Autumn or not. But, the fact that you are thinking of her instead of Arabelle all the time, tells me a lot. And that you’re doing so naturally, means she is on your mind a lot."

Gabe stilled. It was true. He’d been thinking of Autumn a lot. Even when he’d been talking that night, Autumn had been on his mind...Arabelle seemed like a distant nightmare, not some wound that was always painful and festering. And he’d been thinking of Autumn just now. What she was probably doing at the moment, if she was okay... He hadn’t noticed that Autumn was on his mind but Demon had already done that. Was this a good thing? Or Not?

Demetri stared at his brother carefully. He was right. Gabe really was letting Arabelle go and that was good. Especially after what Nora had told him, about Autumn probably falling for Gabe... It wouldn’t be good if his brother lost the love of a good woman just because he was blind and foolish. Good. Now that he had opened Gabe’s eyes, it was time to distract him from over analysing his feelings. That would be detrimental. A nudge was enough

"Are you still thinking about Autumn. Focus Gabe. You know I have some bad news.

That caught his attention. And Gabe stared t Demon. Demon sighed. "You’ve been looking at the case and investigating Savoy’s past."

"Yes. If he has tried to abuse Autumn, then he’s probably targeted other women with children too. I’m looking into his past relationships to see if there has been a pattern. But until now, there has been nothing...."

Demetri nodded," That is because you missed one aspect of the man. He preys on those who he believes are helpless. Autumn and her mother were both dependent on him. After all, he’d manipulated them into taking his name so both were probably vulnerable and he must have believed that he wouldn’t have to face any repercussions."

Gabe stilled, his mind working quickly. He had not expected backlash from Autumn probably because his other victims had been too helpless to expose him or too scared.

"What did you find?"

Without a word, Demetri opened his phone and placed it in front of Gabe. As Gabe glanced through the file, he felt his anger shooting through the roof, as he hissed,"That son of a bi*ch! I’ll kill him! That... no.. killing him would be too easy! Demetri, get those people... I need to dirty my hands a bit... but..."

"Calm down, Gabe."

Calm down? How can I stay calm after seeing this? I knew this guy was a monster. But this is worse than that. I know for a fact that you can’t be as calm as you’re looking. Aren’t you angry?"

"Of course, I am. Reading that thing made me sick. But there’s more in there, Gabe. Something much more worrisome. Look through the entire thing."

"I feel like throwing up. This makes me sick. Can’t we just bury him alive? Or burn him like Eras did that woman."

"We can. But not without tying the loose ends." Demetri answered quietly.

Gabe stilled, realizing what Demetri’s agreement meant. Things must be really bad for him to react like this when he had no connection to Autumn or her little sister. His face tightened as he scrolled through and his heart ached when he finally reached the end... Burying this man alive was not enough. No form of torture was enough.