Husband With Benefits -
Chapter 455: A Dinner Date
Chapter 455: A Dinner Date
Olivia let out another muttered curse, her frustration evident as she aggressively stabbed at the chicken on her plate. Seb glanced at her, a smirk playing on his lips before erupting into laughter once more.
"I can’t believe you’re finding this funny! How could they do this to us? Next time they visit, I swear I’ll give them a piece of my mind!" Olivia accused Seb with a grimace.
Seb chuckled harder, shaking his head in disbelief. "Hey! I’m the one who should be fuming! Damn it, I should have seen this coming! I should have expected something outrageous from Nora! Heck! I had expected something like this! After what Nora pulled with Ian, I thought I was prepared for anything when they visited!. But somehow, I still fell for her tricks, hook, line, and sinker."
But Olivia was not amused. Instead she pointed her fork at Seb and scowled harder,"And you! How could you believe something so...so outrageous about me and then offer to do... that..." Olivia coloured as she spoke!
She had always believed herself to be a modern woman who could talk about things casually, without feeling the need to blush! But everytime she thought of the way Seb casually said that he liked her taste... it made her feel breathless!
"Hey! You can’t blame me for that. They kept talking about taking you to a toy store and then hormones, etc. How was I to know..."
Their eyes met for a moment as Seb paused before the two of them burst into laughter simultaneously until the lingering tension between them subsided.
Covering her face with her hand, she looked at Seb and sighed," I should have known they were upto no good! I can’t believe this is the same Nora who would come to my cafe to sit quietly and study... Demon has totally changed her!"
"Its not Demon! You and I both know he can never be so outrageous!"
Olivia chuckled and nodded," Yeah! Even he has a limited sense of humor. My gosh! I’m so glad that Antonio cheated on her. It was what balanced everything out, acting as a catalyst, giving her the final push to get out from under that horrible woman’s thumb. It would have been such a waste if she had been married to Antonio."
"Yeah! Someone’s foolishness was Demon’s gain."
"Its such a small world," Olivia sighed...." I never could have imagined that Demon would fall for someone like Nora.. I even encouraged Lucien to approach her when I realized that she’d caught his attention... Thankfully, I did not try to set them up or Demon might have killed me..."
Seb chuckled at that and shook his head," But its odd, isn’t it? Nora’s arrival brought partners for all of us. Whether it was Gabe taking action for Arabelle, Lucien falling for Evana, Ian going after Isabella or..." he stopped for a minute before continuing in a quieter voice," Or us getting married. All of us ended up together because of Nora and Demetri. None of this would have happened for them... its like a butterfly effect."
Olivia nodded with Seb’s description however, she could not help but ask him a question internally,would they never have come together again if not for Demetri and Nora? Would he have forever stayed away from her if she had not thrown herself at him at their wedding?
As the conversation subsided,a brief silence hung between them, laden with unspoken thoughts and unresolved tension. Seb cleared his throat awkwardly, reaching for the plates to break the silence," Uhh... I’ll clear this. Why don’t you go and take a rest?"
As Seb avoided looking at her, Olivia could not help but frown. She was supposed to go and rest? No! She needed to work on her mission to spend more time with him. It was barely eight o clock now and he wanted her to rest? She was pregnant. Not eighty.
"I don’t want to sleep yet. I think I’ll go and watch a movie... Do you want to join me."
Seb paused in the middle of clearing the table, and shook his head," I think I have some work to do since I came from office early. You go ahead..."
Feeling a bit deflated, Olivia nodded and went to watch the movie halfheartedly. She’d rather he would be with her so they would be able to talk naturally more often. If the best part in the stunt that Nora and Isabella had pulled had to be seen then it was that the awkward and surface- interaction that they’d been having had been broken. It was the first time in a long time that he had laughed with her in her presence.
She tried to not look at him as he moved around in the kitchen, but her eyes kept going back to him. This was another difference between him of now and him of the past. In the past, Seb would have been lost with kitched work. He used to hate clearing up and doing dishes with a passion... always looking for Lucien or Ian to make a bet and then do his chores.
As he turned back and looked at her suddenly, her eyes widened and she whipped her head around to look at the large television screen, pretending to be engrossed in choosing a movie. But inside, she longed for that connection they had once shared.
A few minutes later, she heard the sound of footsteps approaching, and she turned to see Seb walking closer, carrying an assortment of snacks and munchies on a tray. Her heart skipped a beat at the sight, warmth flooding her chest at the gesture.
Seb set the tray down on the coffee table in front of her, a faint smile playing on his lips. "I thought you might need some snacks for the movie later."
Olivia chuckled at the large tray and pointed to herself," Me?" At least his obsession with food was the same!
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