Husband With Benefits
Chapter 426: Indigestion

Chapter 426: Indigestion

Seb glared outside at the rain, feeling as though even nature had conspired to mirror his gloomy mood. With a heavy sigh, he scrolled through the messages on his phone, replying to the congratulatory ones with gratitude and brushing off the invitations to parties with the excuse that he was feeling under the weather. Well, it wasn’t entirely false—he was definitely under the weather, just not in the way everyone assumed.

With a sigh, he looked down at the untouched food on his plate and wondered for the nth time if his night time guest must have gone from the room or not. She’d been sleeping deeply when he’d left about two hours ago. Dam* it! He’d made it a point to never sleep with anyone after having se* with them! And yet, like a fool, he had carelessly broken that vow with the very woman who had been the catalyst for it in the first place.

Just then, a person plopped into the seat next to him and then another on the other side. He ignored their silence presence and continued to pretend they did not exist. But, of course, they were not happy with being ignored.

"You’ve been eyeing that mashed potato like it owes you money." Gabe murmured making Seb look up at him with a frown.

"Yeah. Why the long face?" Erasmi wondered easily as he placed his plate of food in front of him.

Seb frowned and pushed the food on his plate. WIth these two here, there was no way he was going to get off easily.. He needed to distract them," Just thinking of some things..We’re the only ones left with our broken hearts and fractured hopes, remember? The three of us. Demetri is settled. Ian is on the way and Lucien will find a way soon enough."

A moment of silence followed this as Gabe and Erasmi exchanged knowing glances at Seb’s remark, understanding the weight of his words all too well. Each of them had found their love and lost them forever.

Gabe sighed, his tone gentle but firm,"You’ve still got a chance, you know. The past..."

Erasmi shook his head at Gabe as Seb stiffened and said nothing.

Gabe, however, leaned forward," Seb, Olivia is barely a few floor away from here. All you have to do is..."

With a frown, Seb placed down his cutlery," I don’t want to talk about it. Me and Olivia have nothing to do with each other."

His heart called him a liar as it reminded him of how easily he’d fallen to his knees last nigt but his expression remained hard. It didn’t matter that his brothers could see through him easily, he wasn’t going to let anyone see the truth. Not even himself.

"Seb! Life is too small to hold onto the past. And the both of us know that things are not as bad as they seem... If you could talk to her..."

"Gabe! I don’t want to talk to her. Or about her. Any love we had is not there anymore. Now, I’d like to eat in peace. So please spare me the indigestion with talks about her. Olivia is..."

Just then, Erasmi kicked him under the table and he turned to look at him with a frown, only to see him directing his gaze behind him.

There stood Olivia, her expression unreadable as she heard the entire exchange.

Seb felt a rush of guilt flood through him, his heart pounding in his chest. The urge to apologize welled up inside him, but he couldn’t find the words to speak. Dam* it! She had to come here of all the places at this time? His gaze met hers, and for a moment, time seemed to stand still. He saw the hurt in her eyes, the pain he had caused reflected back at him.

Erasmi tried to smoot things over as he smiled and stood up, "Good morning, Olivia. How are you doing this morning?"

Finally, she turned away her gaze from him and looked at Erasmi," Apparently giving people indigestion. I’d come down to grab some breakfast, but I think I don’t like the atmosphere here anymore. I’ll have it in my room. Bye."

Without giving anyone else a chance to say anything more, she whirled and walked away, her back ramrod straight.

Seb pushed away his own untouched plate with a sigh and turned on his anger at Gabe who was now eating peacefully, as if totally unaware of what he had caused.

Feeling Seb stare, he raised his eyebrow and ate a bit of his egg," What? You’re looking at me as if that’s a bad thing. You and Oli have nothing between the two of you now so you shouldn’t be concerned about her feelings."

Seb clenched his teeth, resisting the urge to stab his brother with the butter knife in front of him. As if reading his thoughts, Gabe casually moved the cutlery away from him and continued," Of course you will need to apologize for being a jer* about the entire matter just now or you will be avoiding her at all family functions in the future. Oh... you alread do that for other reasons. So adding another reason would not be a problem..."

Erasmi glanced between Seb and Gabe, watching carefully, as Seb looked ready to blow up and finally intervened," Gabe. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?"

Gabe chuckled and shook his head," Of course I did. I like doing that. Fine fine. I’ll leave this scaredy cat alone for now. So, whern are you going back? I’d like to keep Caius with me for a few days. He’s got vacations going on, doesn’t he?"

"We’re going back tomorrow. And yes, I was about to ask you if Caius could stay with you for a few days..."

Gabe raised an eyebrow at that and asked carefully," Are you by any chance interested in the mother of your son? I noticed you giving her multiple looks yesterday at the wedding..."

Erasmi shook his head," Ava has been unwell for a while now. She’d having continuous coughing bouts and breathlessness. She needs to get herself tested thoroughly but getting that done in the small town or with Caius... the boy is too sensitive towards his mother so... if he stays with you, I can get things done..."

Gabe nodded his head. He’d noticed the lady’s pale face and almost frail figure yesterday. "I’ll take care of Caius. You do whatever is needed. And since you will be here, I’ll need you to look into another matter. I think Olivia has been having some problem at the cafe as well. And she’s been hiding it..."

Before Erasmi could ask more, Seb pushed back his chair and stood up, marching out of the breakfast room. Gabe smiled and winked at Erasmi," Now, I don’t need to worry about Oli’s problem..."

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