Husband With Benefits
Chapter 446: A Meeting

Chapter 446: A Meeting

Seb sat in his study as he waited for his laptop to power on. He’s set the ultimatum down in front of her yesterday and received his answer for now. It seemed she had decided to avoid him for the time being. He shrugged. She could do what she wanted until he made her come around. Divorce was not an option.

Finally, the sluggish laptop was powered on and his assistant’s face appeared on the screen," Mr Frost, there are no urgent matters for today, save one. Its Miss Emma. She is insisting I arrange a meeting with you."

Seb frowned. Who was this Miss Emma? The name seemed familiar, but he definitely did not know any such person...

The assistant, of course recognized the expression, and tentatively cleared his throat before explaining, "She’s the woman you were involved with before you married Miss Olivia. The one you asked to send a ’break-up’ gift to before I arranged for things at the civil affairs bureau."

Recognition dawned on Seb, followed swiftly by irritation. "Oh, her," he muttered, his frustration evident. He hadn’t even slept with her and she wanted more? "What does she want now?"

The assistant hesitated for a moment before responding, "She refused to accept the gift and instead demanded a meeting with you. Since you instructed us to give her whatever she wanted, I arranged the meeting."

Seb let out a resigned sigh, running a hand through his hair. " You do know that is not what I meant. Fine, set it up. Dinner, whatever she wants. I’ll deal with it."

"Yes, sir. Would you be able to make it today? For seven?"

"Fine. Arrange the pilot. I’ll be there."

Olivia hurried to her room with the words resonating in her head. Dam* it! It was always bad to eaves drop and today had proven that saying. She had not meant to eavesdrop. Simply wanting to reason with him. But then she’d heard his assistant talk about arranging a dinner meeting with his ex because Seb had instructed that she be given whatever she wanted.

Olivia sank onto the edge of the bed, her mind swirling with a tumult of emotions. Betrayal, hurt, and anger coiled tightly within her chest, threatening to suffocate her. Did he really care for this other woman? For the last three days she’d been enduring silent lunches and dinners, on his insistence that they have this farce of a marriage. And yet, here he was, ready to fly away at the crook of his mistress’ finger.

She stilled as she heard him knock on her door. Did he come here to tell her he was leaving? Would he now lie to her? Taking a deep breath, she cleared her throat and asked,"What is it?"

"I’m going out for dinner."

"Fine. Go! And don’t come back!" Olivia muttered.

Seb paused and looked at the door," What did you say?"

Olivia marched to her door, her anger boiling over as she flung it open. "I said, Go and don’t come back! Sebastian Frost, you are a pompous, arrogant, self-absorbed jerk! A colossal nincompoop with the emotional intelligence of a teaspoon! I don’t know how I never saw that in the past! But now I know, you are a class one jerk!"

Seb blinked and stood there, stunned into silence by Olivia’s outburst. He hadn’t expected her to react with such ferocity, and for a moment, he found himself at a loss for words. She’d been ignoring him so well that he had thought that she would be relieved to have him gone. And then she was trying to shut the door in his face...

Before Olivia could shut the door in his face, he found his voice. "What’s wrong with you?" he blurted out, his tone a mixture of confusion and disbelief.

Olivia frowned, her anger simmering just beneath the surface bursting to the fore. "What’s wrong with me?" she echoed incredulously. "You bring me to this isolated island, imprisoning me and wanting... no demanding a fresh start together, only to ignore my wishes for three days straight. And then, you have the audacity to go back and have dinner with your ex-girlfriend! What’s wrong with me? The question is what’s wrong with you?"

Seb’s shock quickly gave way to disbelief, and then, unexpectedly, laughter bubbled up from within him. He couldn’t help it as he realized that she was jealous. Suddenly, his heart that had been hurting for days, seemed to soften and he grinned.

"Olivia..."

"Just go, Seb! Just go. I don’t know what is wrong with you. You never used to be like this. I don’t want to even look at your face."

"Olivia, I..." Seb began, his voice faltering as he struggled to find the right words to soothe her...

"Olivia, there is nothing between Emma and me. Just know that. I just do not want any complications. As for my... damand... then I sincerely hope for a happy future with you, Olivia. I’ve always admired you and respected you. Even when you took the money from grandfather, I hated you but I understood your desire for a better life. But I don’t think I can be more understanding, Olivia. I need the reassurance that I am not going to lose my child. If that feels like an imprisionment, then we can return to the city tomorrow. Just remember the contract you signed Olivia. Don’t try to take my child from me. Or I don’t know what I might do."

As Olivia watched him walk away, she fell to the ground. She wanted to scream at him, even as the words he spoke pierced her heart. She wanted to ask him, what about her? Did he not care for her anymore? Was she only to be the mother of his child? Wasn’t it better to not have a future together than to have the bleak one that he had described. Olivia sat down and brought her knees to her chest, wondering what was the right course of action. Should she fight for a divorce or should she fight for what her heart suddenly seemed to crave? His love...

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