Husband With Benefits-Chapter 561: A Visit

"I have fulfilled the oath of brotherhood. You can’t blame me now."

Gabe read Ian’s warning message and frowned. What was this guy talking about now? What oath of brother... and his train of thought trailed off as he read the message Ian had sent before this one..."Hey, bro. Heads up, all the Frostie girls are on their way to your place to meet you and Autumn. Should be there in like 15 mins. Surprise!"

His eyes darted to the clock on the wall. "Fifteen minutes? You’ve got to be kidding me!" He swiped the phone screen furiously, typing a rapid response. "What the hell, Ian? Couldn’t you have told me sooner?" But even as he typed, he realized that the message had been sent ten minutes ago... And Ian had probably risked his neck to warn me... Idio*! Couldn’t he have taken this risk earlier?

"Useless! Absolutely useless! I’m going to kill him later."

The person they wanted to meet was not even home, so how was he supposed to warn them... As he glanced at the time, he could not help but groan. There was no time...He did not have anything to hide about Autumn but Arabelle...He grimaced as the sound of a blaring honk sounded outside the gate... They were here... Time to jump into the fray...

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Autumn and Arabelle returned from the supermarket holding hands. It was a necessity since Arabelle had the habit of running or rather hurtling forward without any care for danger. Meanwhile Autumn could only walk slowly with all the things in her hand. Arabelle had gotten into her head that since Gabe could cook and he was home today, he was supposed to slave away in the kitchen for her. And that man had been agreed to it with only a single puppy eyed look from her sister.

She shook her head. Gabe Frost was a softie on the inside. She could just imagine that if he ever adopted a dog, the animal would be living like a king with Gabe as a willing slave.

As they turned the corner, she felt Arabelle tug at her hand and looked down at her sister who was now oohing and aahing as if she had seen her favourite celebrity. As she followed her gaze, she frowned. A beautiful car stood right outside their gate. She didn’t know what car it was but what a beauty..."Wow."

The next minute, she was forced to turn her gaze from the car as four women stepped out of the car almost simultaneously. Each more beautiful than the other... Autumn and Arabelle looked at each other and then at the beauties... "Wow..."

But another minute later, she watched as her husband stepped out of the gate and the four women rushed to him, enveloping him in a group hug as they squealed and called his name... "Wow again."

As she watched, the group hug came to an end and Gabe hugged and kissed the cheek of each woman individually... what a ladies’ man. Who were these women? And why did she feel a sudden dislike for them?

While she was observing the entire scene, Arabelle had no qualms about rushing forward and demanding an introduction. As Arabelle rushed forward, and hugged Gabe possessively, she saw the girls step back and turn their head in unison towards her...

Feeling exposed, Autumn gave them all a smile and started to walk forward slwoly. Thankfully, the women did not keep staring at her but turned to talk to Arabelle who quickly warmed upto them.

Autumn’s mind raced as she approached the group, her smile firmly in place despite the flutter of anxiety in her chest. The four women were talking animatedly with Arabelle, their voices a harmonious blend of excitement and curiosity. Gabe noticed Autumn approaching and extricated himself from the cluster, moving towards her with an apologetic look on his face.

"I think I may have warned you about this. I’m sorry they just decided to surprise us..."

Autumn nodded. "Its okay. I believe you gave me a fair warning. So..."

Even though she pretended to be nonchalant, as she noticed the women’s gazes, she felt a bit apprehensive. Were they here to judge her? But then she squared her shoulders and put on her bravest face. So what if they wanted to judge her. They could.

She’d had others judge her. It made no difference. Gabe was a friend, sure. But his family had nothing to do with her in the long term. They knew the barebones that he had married her under not so normal circumstances so the fact that she was willing to host them should have been enough.

However, she was not prepared for the surprise that she received. Instead of judging her, they simply and quickly introduced themselves by their names and then hugged her just as warmly as they had just done Gabe, even kissing her on the cheek... and then went on to compliment her.

"You are so beautiful! You fit right in with us Frostie Girls." commented the one called Nora. She called her beautiful. When the girl was drop dead gorgeous and probably younger than her...

"Frostie girls?", she asked in confusion...

"Yeah! See, these are the Frostie brothers so we’ve decided to call ourselves Frostie Girls..."

"I suggested that we call ouraselves the Frostie Princesses but these two are not agreeing. What do you think, Autumn? Frostie girls or Frostie Princesses?", asked the one called Evana.

"I don’t know..."

"Think then and let us know! You are a Frostie too now."

"Stop that Evana. You’re just giving yourself more importance. Don’t listen to her, Autumn. She’s already a princess in real life and she wants to call us a princess too. Thanks but no thanks! Yuo’re not becoming a double princess." Isabella pointed out... ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

Autumn’s eves widened and even Arabelle who had only been listening in until now, wide eyed squeaked," A real princess?"

"Yes yes. This one here is Princess Evangeline Something Something... Just call her Evana though.. We don’t want her feeling extra important."

As everyone laughed at that, the group naturally moved in, making Autumn totally forget about any awkwardness or defensiveness...