Husband With Benefits
Chapter 497: Hello

Chapter 497: Hello

"What has you grinning like a cheshire cat? You look as if you’ve eaten about a hundred well fed mice." Ian commented as he munched on his sandwich, looking at Seb intently. Something was definitely up. First, Seb seemed to be glowing like a blushing bride. Then there was that smug grin on his face and thirdly, his eyes were sparkling! Actually sparkling! Never had he thought he would compare his brother’s eyes to something like that! And to add to his confusion, Seb had not tried to steal his sandwich even once!

Seb’s smile widened and his expression seemed to even turn ’smugger’¹ if that was possible...giving Ian the heebie jeebies. What was wrong with this guy? Was he high on something? Did Seb take Morphine by any chance?

Before Ian’s imagination could make Seb into a drug abuser, Seb abswered," Olivia loves me."

Ian paused. If anyone were to look at him, they would definitely laugh at his expression, with the sandwich raised up, his mouth open as he stared at Seb. Carefully, Ian placed down his sandwich and asked," This is news to you?"

As far as they were concerned, these two had always been in love with each other. They might as well have been wearing placards of each other’s names on their heads it was so clear!

And then something even more inexplicable happened that almost caused Ian to wonder if the world was going to collapse! The ever shameless, Sebastian Frost blushed! Literally turned red and said," I wasn’t sure. I’ve not been exactly upstanding recently, okay? But I overheard her tell that to the detective that I wasn’t over her and she wasn’t over me."

Ian almost shook his head. Again, what was new about that? He could have asked them and they’d have let him know that... This was such a golden opportunity. Covertly, he picked up his phone, turned on the camera and focused, before calling, "Seb, look here."

The man could only blink and Ian had already shared his red faced, grinning like a fool pic to their group, with the caption," Fool in love."

Sebastian almost growled as he checked his phone with Ian’s message. Standing up, he growled," Delete that picture now!"

Ian quickly locked his phone with a grin," Nope! Not happening!"

"Ian Frost! Delete it right away or I will..." Before Seb could complete his threat, a series of sounds emitted from their phones, signalling replies to the picture.

With a huff, Seb grabbed his phone and read through the messages while Ian peered over his shoulder, carefully hiding his phone.

"Dude!!! Seb, you’re glowing brighter than a neon sign!" Gabe sent the message with a face palm emoji

"Ian? DId you spike his drink with some love potion? Or are you using some filter on your phone? Why is Seb so red?" Erasmi asked. However, before Ian could answer, he answered his own question," Darn! They should have a special filter for photos- name it after Seb..."

"I never thought I’d get to see Seb blushing like a school boy! My purpose in life has been met! I have no regrets now..." replied Lucien

But it was Demetri’s message that made Ian almost double over with laughter while Seb glared at him. "Seb, are you moonlighting as a disney princess? Because that level of glow should be reserved for fairytales."

As Ian wheezed and even Seb couldn’t help but almost laugh at himself, he accused Ian," You just couldn’t resist, could you? Now I will have to live with this picture forever..."

"Of course I couldn’t resist, princess! This was priceless! Who told you to be like that?"

Seb rolled his eyes and stood up, grabbed Ian’s abandoned sandwich, and walked out of the door," Oh, I have plenty of your pictures so I don’t mind if you have one."

But as Seb walked out, Ian continued to grin, "I’ll have more, Sebby! This is just the beginning..."

***

Olivia was in shock. She knew that. But she was in shock at her own audacity. Had she really claimed no boasted that Seb had slept with too many women to forget her? What was wrong with her? Instead of being insanely jealous she’d jsut gone insane and actually preened about something like this.

She could only attribute this to pregnancy brain. She’d read somewhere that the pregnancy brain was a bit illogical. This had to be it. She was under the terrible influence of hormones. She had to be. What if someone had overheard her talking such nonsense. They would have laughed their a** off!

As she sat staring at the blank space on the wall, she failed to notice Seb’s arrival. Seb picked up his phone and checked the camera, making sure that he was not looking as red as he had been earlier. Thankfully, he looked normal.

Spying Olivia sitting there facing away from him, he could not help but feel himself flush again. Swearing inwardly, he rolled his eyes and tried to think of something that might distract him and not make him turn red.

Or, he could do something that would not make her notice his blush... Stealthily, he walked towards her, sliding beside her, in a jiffy. Before she could even realize or scream or get scared, Olivia had been lifted and settled onto his lap, his arms around her, resting on her stomach," Livi.."

Olivia relaxed herself as she realized that there was no threat and quickly leaned back. She wanted to talk to Seb. Before either of them could say anything however...Olivia gasped and Seb’s looked at his hand in amazement. They looked at each other and then down at her stomach covered by his hand...

Wide eyed, Seb asked her with a whisper," Did you feel that?"

Olivia nodded, her eyes shining with excitement. "Yeah, I did," she replied, her hand covering Seb’s as they both felt another tiny kick.

A smile spread across Seb’s face as he marveled at the sensation. "Our little ones are saying hello," he murmured, his voice filled with awe.

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