Husband With Benefits

"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."

Olivia blinked at that. Was she hearing wrongly? What did he mean Viv was obsessed with her?

"You mean she hated me and wanted me to be unhappy?"

Seb sighed, running a hand over his face," No! She wanted you to not be happy with anyone else. She wanted to be the one to make you happy Olivia."

As Olivia heard the words, she wondered if something was really wrong. Even though she understood the words that Seb was uttering, she could not make a comprehned what he was trying to say.

Biting her lip, she spoke," Seb, she tried to seduce you because she believed herself to be in love with you..."

Seb walked back to Olivia, knelt on the floor and took her hands in his," She tried to sleep with me because she wanted to make sure we would never get together. She knew that the misunderstandings would clear someday so she needed to make sure there was at least some irreparable damage. You can overlook my past flings because you don’t know any of them. Viv would have been different though. And for one moment, if we thought that you would have overlooked that, even then she would have always been around to rub your face in it until you broke up with me. Viv was in love with you and wanted you to only be with her!"

A moment of silence passed before Olivia made a disgusted face," Eww... Seb! I didn’t think you had such twisted thoughts on Viv. That statement is wrong on so many levels..."

Seb chuckled at the look on her face and rolled his eyes before flicking her nose," What are you thinking? I don’t mean the physical ince*tous way. Just that you were her family and as far as she was concerned no one was good enough for you whether as a life partner or as a companion."

Olivia stared at Seb for a moment before slowly leaning back on the bed. She wanted to ask him how he knew whatever he knew, but she could feel a headache comig on. She was having an information overload. She shooed Seb away for the first time," Go go go. I need to think...I listen to the rest, later."

Had she been wrong all along? She knew Vivienne of course. The girl had been a mix of vulnarable and strong at the same time. She’d clung to her when their father had first brought her here and they’d become good friends. But... slowly she’d realized that Viv had no other friends. It was why she had encouraged her to go out and date some people so that her horizons would open up... And she’d said, "Why would I need someone else when I have you? You’ll always be with me, won’t you?"

Olivia shuddered once again. Suddenly, the words that had sounded so silly and loving to their sisterly bond now sounded scary.