Husband With Benefits
Chapter 508: Lost

Chapter 508: Lost

Olivia pulled the car to a gentle stop outside Emma’s quaint house, exhaling ain relief as she eased her grip on the steering wheel. Thankfully, this woman will get off here. Once she is gone, Olivia planned to drive down the road and take some deep breaths to calm her nerves. Even though the distance to this house had not been much, she had dared not take a risk, lest Emma try to get her attention again. Thankfully, Seb had always insisted on making her drive back when they went racing. She shuddered to think what it would have been like if she had been a regular driver.

The thought of her husband and the memory brought a smile to her face. There were so many things that she had forgotten. No... not forgotten but kept them locked away to protect herself. And now, they would come back to her at odd times.

"Would you like to come in for a quick refreshment?" Emma asked, her tone warm and inviting, breaking Olivia’s reverie.

Olivia hesitated, her mind racing with excuses to decline.Emma seemed to sense the excuses and insisted, " Come on, Olivia. Please come in, if only for a moment. I know I’ve made you worried with my hasty actions. GIve yourself some time to calm down.

Emma’s insistence chipped away at her resolve, and she found herself reluctantly agreeing. " Just for a moment, then. Thank you."

She followed Emma into the house, however as she stepped inside, she felt a curious feeling of unease. There was something off about the place, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. She looked aroudn carefully, but everything looked fine at first glance. The furniture was prettily arranged, decor was homely and beautiful. It looked like a good place. She suppressed a shiver as she felt it again. There really was something odd about this home! She had to get out of here at the soonest. She didn’t know why she felt the urgency she did but...

She was about to call out Emma, when her phone rang. Seeing Seb’s name flashing on the screen gave her a bit of control, making her realize that there was no need for panic. Hurriedly, she swiped and answered the phone," Seb. How was yout lunch date?"

She frowned when she heard the static at the other end and moved a bit towards the door. Maybe there was a problem with the network here and that was why she kept feeling odd.

Just then Emma returned with a glass of water and extended it to her," Here."

She tried to shake off the sense of foreboding that crept up her spine, focusing instead on Emma, complimenting her," "You have a lovely home," though her words felt hollow in the oppressive atmosphere.

Emma smiled, her eyes twinkling with something that Olivia couldn’t quite decipher. "Thank you, dear. It’s not much, but it’s home,"

Taking a sip, she forced herself to smile and look around, now wanting to get in any kind of small talk. She shouldn’t have come inisde. Finally, as she tried to gaze outside, she realized what was odd about the place. All the windows in the house were covered by really dark curtains.

Before she could ask Emma the reason for this, she felt a headache coming on and frowned. She shook her head, but things started to look disbalanced and she heard Emma’s voice coming to her from a distance away.

"Is everything alright, dear? You seem... distracted," she remarked, her gaze piercing.

Olivia shook her head, attempting to dispel the dizziness and slight wringing in her ears, that threatened to overwhelm her. "I’m fine, just a bit tired," she lied, her hands trembling ever so slightly. She needed to get out of here. Something told her that she couldn’t get sick here.

Emma’s brow furrowed and she stepped closer to Olivia," Are you sure, you’re okay? You look on the edge. Why don’t you take a seat for a minute."

Even as she said this, Emma gently pushed Olivia onto the couch, helping her sit. Rubbing her back carefully, she spoke to Olivia," Don’t worry. You’ll be fine. Take deep breaths."

Olivia felt herself calm down and focused on breathing. Maybe she was having a panic attack or something.

A little while later, Olivia quickly walked out of Emma’s house and fumbled with her keys, her heart pounding in her chest as she reached for the car door. Without a second glance back at the house, she jumped into the driver’s seat and slammed the door shut.

With trembling hands, she inserted the key into the ignition, and drove off.

***

Seb looked down at his phone and then sighed. She was probably still driving. Quickly, he typed up a message for her to call him once she reached home and got back to work.

Getting the information from the clinic in Estania had been a pain. He’d really tried to not use their ’connections’ but those people had been quite adamant. And he would have admired their ethics at any other time, but now now when everything was such a mess.

And so now, he’d handed over the task of finding the truth to Evangeline and could only twiddle his thumbs as he waited for the results. He knew of course that Emma could have simply modelled for the clinic and Dora had been mistaken... but somehow his instinct told him, that he was right this time.

Emma had been the only one attacked but no one knew why she drove off the road in the first place. The man Vivienne had hired had mentioned that she’d been the one to swerve first. If their suspicions were true, then Emma had been the one to send the threat notes, then staged an accident for herself. Post that, she’d been probably shocked by Vivienne and thus tried to attack Vivienne, to distract them from her case. And then, she must be the one who bribed the saleswoman for the oils. In each of the case she made sure that she was the victim or intended victim as well, thus driving away suspicion from herself.

He should at least warn Olivia for the time being until everything was confirmed. Just then, he saw Evana calling him.

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