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?"