Husband With Benefits
Chapter 450: Mortgaged

Chapter 450: Mortgaged

"What is wrong with him?" Isabella asked curiously.

"You mean other than that he forced me to marry him?"

"Hey! I don’t consider that too wrong, you know. Especially since the two of you are just so in love..." Nora elbowed Isabella before she could say more as they looked at Olivia. She somehow looked stricken.

"Oli? What’s up? Are you feeling unwell?"

Olivia looked up at her two friends strangely before shaking her head," I finally know what is wrong. I... I told you that I wanted to go away for a while to think, right? But now I know why. I knew that Seb would insist on a marriage if he discovered the pregnancy! And I..."

Nora and Isabella waited, letting Olivia talk. " Oh God. I am so foolish. Seb married me but it is not him...It is not Seb I am married to."

"Huh?" Nora looked at Olivia in confusion over the statement and interrupted her slowly," Olivia, sweetheart, Seb does not have a twin. Whay are you talking about?"

Olivia grimaced," Seb is avoiding me, hiding himself away. When he married me he was angry about the past and the rest. But now, its as if there is never anything wrong. We have not argued once and that had never happened in the past. I.. I don’t know how to explain this! I am pretty sure I am making a mess of this." Olivia finished as she looked at Nora and Isabella’s confused expressions.

Nora nodded sympathetically and patted her hand," I think the baby has been draining yuor IQ."

Olivia giggled at that and shook her head," No. Okay let me try and give you an example. If everything was fine between me and Seb, we would be arguing over the most random of things. And there would be pranks. And he never would leave me alone. And now, though he is caring and attentive when around me, he is holding back."

"Before the baby was in danger, I was going to try and make Seb fall for me again. I... I never stopped loving him and because we were married I thought that I would have a chance to reignite the passion we had in the past. The hate he was carrying for me was once love. But now, the hate and the passion, everything is gone. Now, whenever he looks at me it is like he is checking to see if I am alright. Olivia doesn’t exist, only the pregnant mother of his child!"

Finally, Olivia understood. Before she had been hospitalized, she had intended to clarify things with Seb. And then, she would have used the passion betwern them to win back his love. But now, nothing had been resolved and everything had been swept under the rug. There was no passion and no way to win his love back.

Isabella stared curiously at Olivia, before carefully asking," Oli? Can I ask you something?"

Olivia looked at Isabella and nodded," Sure. What is it?"

Isabella frowned," Look, you can tell me to bu** out of your business if you don’t want to answer, okay?"

Olivia grimaced and nodded," You want to ask why I accepted Elijah Frost’s money in the first place to leave Seb when I loved him so much?"

Isabella breathed a sigh of relief at Olivia’s straightfowrward question and nodded,’ Yes. Duh.I mean, you are not a gold digger, I know that. So what were you thinking to sell off your love?"

Olivia closed her eyes and sighed," I never sold my love. The money I accepted was not to break off with Seb. I took it as a loan from Grandpa Frost."

As Olivia tapered off, trying to think of words, Isabella leaned forward and asked," So, it was a loan? You mortgaged your love and did not sell it?"

Olivia giggled at the description Isabella gave, and shook her head," Yeah. I probably mortgaged Seb. You know my mother was a servant for the Frosts."

Nora protested at this. "Hey! All the Frosties considered her family."

Olivia smiled," Yes. I know that. But she and I were not really part of the Frost family. My future included studying in a community college or going straight to work. I was never quite good at studies so it would have been bleak while Seb was already showing his prowess in public relations and marketing. I felt inferior to him."

"Before you say anything, I know I wasn’t inferior. Its more something like wanting to stand by his side proudly. But I did not know what to do with that. That was when Grandpa Frost came to me with the offer. He knew I was good at baking and offered me a chance to train under the best barista of the world at the time. His offer was like a God send. The chance I was looking for. I jumped at the chance while assuring him that I would pay him back every penny that he spent."

"Wait a minute! So that old coot, gave you money as a loan and then told Seb that you had accepted the bribe to leave him?" Nora asked horrified, thinking of the money that Elijah Frost had left for her to offer as bribes. What a sneak!

Olivia laughed and shook her head," No. It really was a loan. I was the one who asked him to keep that fact from Seb. And that is why he kept quiet. Elijah Frost never looked down on me for being poor. He simply wanted me to never feel unworthy of his grandson. He even warned me that he would have me sign a contract to return the money and I had to work hard."

"I felt like my dreams had come true. Anyway, I was so happy with the world... I raced to find Seb and share this happy news with him...but instead when I found him..."

As Nora and Isabelle heard the truth, they could only shake their heads...

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