Husband With Benefits
Chapter 475: Naive Fool

Chapter 475: Naive Fool

Gently, Seb hugged her. They’d lost so much time because of their misunderstandings. But in this moment, he realized that he’d been at fault too. He’d been older than her. It was his responsibility to assure her in their relationship.

Rubbing his hands over her back, he sighed," We were both foolish, Olivia. If I’d been more attentive to your needs this would not have happened."

Olivia gave a wry shake of her head," Don’t try to share the blame here. I doubt you could have done anything about it when I was not even aware of what I was feeling. Viv was really sly... She’s been so careful with everything."

Seb wanted to say more. But at the moment, he needed more information on what Olivia knew of Viv. He realized, once again, that he had grossly underestimated the woman.

"Why did you not come to me when you discovered the truth, Olivia?"

Olivia paused. He really was going to make her lay open all her flaws. "Because I discovered it too late. After I reached home, Viv convinced me that I should leave for the Barista training immediately and not give you a chance to humiliate me or mock me for foolishly being in love with you. And I did as she told me. But that wasn’t enough for Viv. Each day, she would tell me how you were unaffected by my disappearance. How you couldn’t even be bothered to look for me. It was like adding fuel to the fire. I burnt with anger. At that time... I didn’t know what she’d told you."

"When you came to me and questioned me directly, I was angry and said all those things to hurt you. I wanted my revenge." Olivia paused bitterly. She’d gotten her revenge alright... But it had been a punishment...

She’d been forced to accept his anger and hatred. She had to accept that while he had never cheated on her, it had been her who had ultimately pushed him into the arms of the other women.

She felt her back start to ache physically, and shook her head when he immediately and wordlessly guided her to their bedroom, laying her down on the bed. "We’ll talk about it later, Olivia. Rest up. I’ll go and..."

As she watched him hurry to leave, she knew she had to finish telling him everything... "I did come to you, Seb."

She watched him stiffen and turn back, stare at her from the door. "What do you mean, Olivia?"

"I think Grandfather realized something was wrong. Apparently, you’d been moping and creating havoc in the office. At first he thought that you were angry over my being away and missing me. So he let you be. But then you started appearing with all those women on your arm in the media so he was concerned and started investigating. And then, he came to you."

A fond smile covered her face as she thought back to the thunderous face of that old man. For the first time, she’d felt the wrath of that old man. Truth be told, she’d almost wondered if he was going to use capital punishment on her.

She watched Seb’s expression carefully, and continued," He made me talk. About everything that had happened and who had conspired to do what...I came back Seb, to meet you, apologize to you. I was prepared to get on my knees and beg if I had to. The six months we’d been apart, had been agonizing. But when I got there...You were with another woman. In your car...."

Seb closed his eyes as he thought back to that time and shook his head at their cursed fate. Six months... She’d returned after six months.. Of course he remembered that night. Not the woman. But that night. He’d been desperate to forget her. And that night had been the first of many... Different women, different places, until he forgot that there’d been a time when he’d made love and not just fu*ked. They’d really been starcrossed.

Olivia gave a pained smile. That scene was etched into her memory. She’d been nauseous and sick for days after that, unable to close her eyes. Even when she’d believed that he’d cheated and made another girl pregnant, there had been a seed of hope in her that she was wrong. But that night made her realize that she’d lost him completely.

"I almost strangled Viv after that the next time she came to me. She didn’t know that I’d been told everything. That she’d tried to seduce you and how you’d thrown her out, even when you’d been drunk. If only I’d known that Viv was so obsessed with you, I would have distanced myself from her."

"She was not obsessed with me." Seb spoke suddenly, breaking through Olivia’s thoughts.

Olivia was puzzled at that," Yes, she was. She did everything in her power to break us apart. She then sent me away. Later, she tried to make me keep hating you by showing pictures of you with other women. Then she tried to seduce you herself. And when that did not work, she lied to me again. She was obsessed with you Seb. And she wouldn’t have stopped pursuing you if not for grandfather intervening. She was as good as Arabelle was for Demetri! Totally Delulu!"

But Seb shook his head and stared at her intently. She really did think that Viv did everything she did because of her obsession with him.

"Olivia! Vivienne was not obsessed with me! She was way too interested in someone but that someone was not me!"

"Then who was it?" Olivia asked in confusion.

Had she missed something more due to her foolishness?

Seb took a deep breath and finally burst out, "Vivienne’s obsession wasn’t with me, it was with you, Olivia. She manipulated situations, created misunderstandings, and drove a wedge between us because she couldn’t bear the thought of you being happy with anyone else."

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