Husband With Benefits-Chapter 595: A New Friend

"He is not gay."

The words resonated in her head as Autumn continued to do the design for the proposal in her office.. She shook her head and tried to focus on the task at hand. It was quiet tonight but that did not help her. She didn’t know why the fates were intent on taking her on an emotional roller coaster ride, giving her hope one minute and killing it on the other.

First, they’d been looking for the figurine, then the key and now that they’d finally found the key and the USB drive hidden inside, it was still disappointing. There was an error on the drive and Gabe had sent it to his brother to help retrieve anything on it. And instead of worrying about what might be found on it, since her mother had gone to such lengths to hide it from that man, she was worried about Gabe not being gay.

She knew she should feel cheated or maybe betrayed that he was not. That was the only thing that had made her feel safe. And now that she knew he was not gay and she was not scared, she was at a loss.

If only she could talk to someone. But she had no friends... As she sighed in disappointment, she suddenly remembered a conversation between Nora and Isabella and the others whent hey had visited. Nora had insisted that she be added to the ’Frosty Girls’ group chat, even if she was a ’Frosty’ in name only...

"We Frosty girls need to stick close and be best friends. Or these boys would roll all over us..." Nora had murmured to which Isabella had snorted," But we like our boys rolling over us... or us over them..."

"We like that for sure! But still, girls need girls. So, Autumn, anytime you feel the need to talk, just hop into the chat."

Autumn hesitated for a moment before pulling out her phone. The "Frosty Girls" group chat was something she hadn’t really engaged with, not even reading the chats, but tonight, she felt the need for talking.

She ignored the previous messages and started typing out," Anyone around for a chat?"

But then hesitated and quickly backspaced. Retyping," Hi everyone. This is Autumn..." But then she deleted those too. And quickly placed the phone aside. That was just wrong. How could she discuss her thoughts with a stranger. And those women were just that... strangers... even though they somehow did not feel like it... Also, it was the middle of the night so no one would be awake now...

Just then, her phone rang and she almost jumped out of her skin. Her eyes widened at the caller id. It was Olivia Frost. She had never met Olivia... the woman was pregnant from what the others said but they’d insisted that she save her number... She hesitated. Should she answer... Olivia was even more a stranger...

While she was hesitating, the call came to an end and she sighed in relief only to widen her eyes when a message came in," Stop staring at the phone and answer it. I saw you typing something on the group chat and not sending it..."

She flushed. Uh oh. She’d been caught. And needed to come clean. Maybe it was for the best. As the phone started to ring again, she decided to pick it up immediately... and answered hurriedly," Hi. This is Autumn. I’m sorry for not answering previously. I... Actually, I was jusrt confused and didn’t know who to talk to, so I thought of talking to someone here... GABE IS NOT GAY!"

She stopped breathlessly after almost screaming the last part and then realized that the other person was totally silent... had she shocked Olivia into silence? "Hello?" She asked into the phone uncertainly...only for a droll voice to answer her," And pray tell, how did you make that interesting discovery? Did you inspect the ’goods’ yourself?"

She froze, her mind racing to make sense of the situation. "Uh... who is this?" Autumn managed to stammer out, her cheeks flaming with embarrassment.

The voice on the other end chuckled softly. "Hey there, Autumn. This is Seb, Gabe’s brother. I can understand your disappointment over this fact. Don’t worry, you can tell me more about this. So, how did you discover this interesting fact?"

Autumn wanted to die... Or at least bury herself somewhere. How would she face any of the Frost brothers now...

Before she could think of something to get over the embarrassment, she heard someone in the background speak up,"Seb Frost! Do not try to tease Autumn! Give me the phone, right now!"

"I will not. With your grip, you might crush it." She then heard him sigh and speak into the phone," Sorry, little sis. Olivia is in labour now and she is being a bit scary at the moment. I don’t think she can talk right now."

"Oh.. That is good.. I mean all the best to her and you... I’ll tell Gabe...Bye..." She answered awkwardly, thankful that they had not continued the previous coversation...

But before she could end the call, she heard Seb speak into the phone," Autumn, now that you’ve discovered that he is not into men... what do you plan to do about it?"

"Plan to do?" Autumn croaked, unable to even comprehend...

"Hmm.. Now that you know your husband is a ’straight’ working model, shouldn’t you be getting some benefits?"

Autumn flushed at that and hurriedly ended the call, patting her cheeks to call down... Her mind was already coming up with ’benefits’ that Seb had mentioned... How audacious!!!

Meanwhile, the Frost Cousins group seemed to wake up from dead as Seb sent a message: I have two news: One- Autumn has just cleared a misunderstanding she had about Gabe...That he is not gay. My question is- how did she think @Gabe was gay... and how did she discover that he is not..."

The Second news is that you guys need to rush to the hospital if you want to see your Godchildren anytime soon."

As expected, the group exploded with messages from the others," Congratulations to Gabe on not being gay! And we are on the way to the hospital!!"