Husband With Benefits
Chapter 478: Things...

Chapter 478: Things...

Eventually, Vivienne sighed again," Olivia, come back with me to country J..."

Olivia shook her head stubbornly to refuse," Vivienne..."

"No, Olly, you need to hear me out." Vivienne’s spoke in a voice that held a hint of desperation. "In the past, I understood why you wanted to stay here. Auntie was here, and you couldn’t bear to leave her. But now, it’s just us. You’ve sold your business, Auntie is gone, and even Seb Frost is moving on with his life. We’re all each other has left, Olly. The only blood family remaining, and we need to stick together."

"Family? Family does not stab you in the back and break up a relationship you cherish. Family doesn’t push you down when you are already drowning. I have no family left, Vivienne. Least of all you."

Vivienne’s eyes widened with hurt as she reached out, her hand trembling slightly when Olivia pulled away her hands instead of letting her hold them. "Olly, please, let me explain," she pleaded softly, her voice laced with desperation.

Her eyes glistened with unshed tears, her shoulders slumped as she continued," I know you’ve always believed that I betrayed you. But even after all this time, do you not see that everything I did, every decision I made, was out of love for you. I was protecting you, guiding you toward what’s best. Look back at the past and tell me that you are not better off!"

"Look at Seb? He is almost known as a man-who*e! If you’d remained with him, then would you have had this successful business? Would you have been independent? No! He would have married you, kept you at home raising children while he continued to sow his wild oats outside! Your life would have been ruined while his would have continued as it is now!"

"You didn’t know that! Are you some kind of a foreseer who can predict the future Vivienne? You’d made yourself clear that you did not approve of him. Wasn’t that enough? You had no right to ruin this for me. To take the decision out of my hands while doing something so despicable. You have no right to point fingers at him when the only person to blame in all this is you."

"Can you not let go of the past? Did you not hear what I said? He has already moved on! In fact, he’d moved on a long time ago but you insisted on believing that in the end he would come to you! But now he is even marrying someone else."

"I know about his marriage, Vivienne." Olivia spoke quietly. "And I’ve accepted it. But you need to accept that every action has a consequence. It doesn’t matter what the end result is. You broke what we had, and I have no intention of repairing it. So go back and don’t ever look for me again."

Vivienne shook her head,"I won’t give up on us, Olly! I will take you back! That Sebastian Frost...he is responsible for..."

"Seb is not responsible for anything!" Olivia snapped at Viv, finally.

Vivienne stared at her after the outburst carefully," You are still in touch with him? Was he the one who told you about his marriage? Did he want to hurt you with the news?"

Suddenly, Olivia felt the urge to laugh. Of course she was still in touch with him. And he had indeed been the one to tell her about his marriage. Even though she was the bride.

"Yes. Seb will always be dear to me, Viv. I grew up with him and his brothers. They are wonderful people who have always treated me like family. So, even though we might not be dating, we have kept in touch. And he was the one who told me about the marriage! And your interference in a certain someone’s accident!"

As Vivienne’s eyes shifted away guiltily, Olivia’s hands clenched. The biggest reason she had come here today was to indeed find out if Vivienne had been the one responsible for the accident. And it seemed she was definitely involved...

"It wasn’t me, Olly. I swear. Look, I... I did pay someone to run her off the road but that is it.I simply wanted to test if the rumors about him and that lady were true. Just to check if he would rush to her or not. But I didn’t know that his lover was that hurt and someone had crashed into her repeatedly. I only boasted in front of him in the hospital because I thought that was all that had happened!"

Olivia stared at Vivienne in horror and disbelief. She thought pushing someone off the road was alright? What was wrong with this girl! "Vivienne! Listen to me carefully. Stop going after Seb! If you ever want to have a normal relationship with me, hurting people around me will not make it happen!"

"Then is there a chance to make repairs? I’ll do anything you say, Olly. I just want my sister back. I miss you, Olly. Please..."

Olivia’s heart wavered. Yes, Vivienne had made many mistakes but she’d always he;d her welfare in her heart. In the past, she had been taken in because Vivienne had betrayed her. But if she forgave her, and slowly tested her out, maybe she would have a sister back. For now, she would have need to get some time until they had figured out everything.

"I’ll... I’ll think about it," Olivia finally conceded, her voice tinged with uncertainty. "But for now, I need some space. I need to figure things out on my own. So please go back..."

Vivienne’s shoulders slumped, her gaze downcast with a heavy weight of disappointment. "I understand," she murmured, her voice laced with resignation. "But please, know that I’ll do anything to make things right. Anything to earn back your trust. I’ll wait for you.."

Olivia stiffened at that. Why did that last sentence sound more like a threat? "Go back Vivienne."

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