Husband With Benefits
Chapter 473: The Truth(2)

Chapter 473: The Truth(2)

"Why did you leave me Olivia?"

Olivia’s heart skipped a beat at the unexpected question, her mind scrambling to catch up with the sudden shift in their cozy moment.

Blinking in surprise, she shifted slightly to look into his eyes, searching for any hint of what could have brought this on. It was a question she never thought he’d ask, one that had been buried beneath his stubbornness to leave the past undisturbed. She could tell him of course but she was curious

"Where did that come from?" she finally managed to whisper. Before he could answer her or question her again, her stomach growled loudly, breaking the cozy atmosphere even further.

Forgetting everything about his question, he quickly stood up and went to work," I’ll go and heat up the food for you..."

Olivia opened her mouth to speak, but he simply cut her off," Just don’t say anything now! At present the most important thing is feeding you." Olivia looked up at the way Seb was avoiding her gaze and sighed. Slowly, she slid off the couch, and grabbed his shirt. There was no way she was going to let him avoid this anymore.

As he moved around in the kitchen, she walked to him, gently sliding her arms around his waist as she placed her chin on his shoulder," Sebbi, are you worried about the answer?"

She felt him stiffen and knew she’d nailed the truth. He’d mustered the courage to ask but wasn’t sure of the answer. She couldn’t blame anyone for this but herself. After all, she’d been so foolish the last time he’d asked her that question...

"You said it was because you didn’t love me. That I’d projected and almost forced my feeling on you. You’d reciprocated because you..."

Olivia closed her eyes," Don’t repeat me foolish words, Seb. Just don’t. I cannot tell you, how much I have blamed myself and regretted my words to you. I’ll tell you..."

But Seb stopped her,"Eat first Olivia. The truh has already waited for a long while, we’ll keep it on hold for now. We need to celebrate your future venture." Slowly, he turned around in the circle of her arms and caressed her face. " Lets go and eat first. I can’t have the babies blaming their daddy for keeping them hungry."

Olivia nodded and moved away from him to sit at the table. Using the lighter on the side, she quickly lit the candles and started to move open the cold dishes that she’d set on the table while he brought the steaming pot of chicken curry to the table.

"Mrs Frost, I think you need to add this shirt to your wardrobe. It looks much better on you than it ever did on me."

Olivia looked down at the shirt and shook her head," Oh, I am going to seize it. It can act as a momento to our special night."

Even though they were successfully able to recapture the atmosphere, the air of tension lingered in the air, just under the surface.

Finally, Olivia sighed, and caught his hand, slipping onto his lap, as she stared into his eyes. Her hands gently cupped his cheek," Sebbi, you don’t know, how many times I have imagined this moment. When I would finally have the courage to reveal the truth to you. To let you know what a dum* little girl, I was."

Seb made a sound to protest her language, but she shushed him," Be quiet. I know what you are going to say but remember, I threw away the most important thing in my life because I was foolish."

"I’ll start at the beginning, alright? It was the time when you’d started working in the Frost Industries. I was preparing to go to the University. You were so smart, Seb. Well rounded in everything. But high school had been a nightmare for me. I studied so hard to keep up my grades and keep up with you so that I would be worthy of you... And you were always so proud of me. Slowly, my struggle with that started to affect me, making me fear that you would stop loving me because I was not as good as you. Not worthy of you."

"It was during those nights that I struggled with that and I would experiment with the coffee beans and my interest in being a barista started to develop. I thought if I could be successful as that, then maybe I would be able to stand by your side without making you feel ashamed. That is when Grandfather Elijah stepped in."

"He offered you money to leave me, didn’t he? Was he the one who also reaffirmed your fears?"

Olivia stiffened. "Did you really think that? Did you blame him for it?", she asked, horrified that he would have had a grudge against that man. She’d begged Uncle Elijah to tell Seb that she had been the one to approach him and ask him to give her money.

"No. He denied it but he refused to tell me anything else. I knew that old man well enough that if he really had offered you money, then he would have had announced it to me. He only said that you took the money and I should look for you for any other explanation. And Demon had been gaining his reputation at that time, torturing grandfather and the others so I came to you..."

"And I... Seb, Grandfather Frost indeed offered me money. He..He’d come to see my mother about something one night and instead before he could go to see her, he found me hunched over a bench crying. He was quite horrified that you’d probably broken my heart and offered to break your bones on my behalf."

Seb rolled his eyes at that. "Wow! Just goes to show whose side he was on! If I’d known that, I would have given him more trouble for making me go on all those blind dates..."

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