Married to a Stranger

Disclaimer: I don't own any of them (except Steve, he's mine!)

Summary: See chapter 1

Home Sweet Home

"Wow, this is beautiful." Olivia said as she got out of the car and gazed at the house that she was going to be living in. It was bigger than anything she had seen. It seemed like a palace to a girl who had only lived in apartments her whole life.

"Welcome home sweetheart." Steve smiled, placing a hand on her back. He was going to take full advantage of the fact that he had to pretend he was married to Olivia. "Just wait until you see the inside." He whispered.

He led Olivia into the foyer of the house, "Now this is really amazing St… uh, I mean Mike." Olivia noted, utterly amazed. "You guys must have some budget up here in Hollowtin." She smiled.

On the first floor there was a foyer, a large, fully furnished living room with white leather couches and glass tables, a den with a tan leather sectional and big screen TV, and a huge kitchen complete with granite counters, and top of the line appliances.

"I'm gonna check out the upstairs." Olivia said as she made her way up the carpeted staircase in the foyer.

Once she got to the second floor, Olivia found a huge master bedroom, complete with a master bathroom and Jacuzzi, flat screen TV, a guest room with another flat screen and guest bath, and two smaller bedrooms.

Steve met Olivia in the master bedroom.

"So, who gets this one?" Olivia asked over her shoulder.

"What do you mean? We're supposed to be husband wife, aren't we?" Steve asked suggestively.

"I don't care what we're supposed to be pretending, Detective Cunnings. I am not sharing a bed with you." Olivia stated with a smirk.

"Okay than. You can have the master; I'll take the guest room." Steve said in mock disappointment as he left the room.

Olivia laughed slightly as she walked over to her window. Even the backyard was beautiful. It had a full deck, and an in ground pool surrounded by paving stones. There was a small pond and a waterfall, and in the pool was a Jacuzzi.

"Erika would love this." Olivia thought. "I wish that she and Elliot were here."

"You ready to make an appearance?" Steve called from the hall. "The neighbors are throwing us a welcome to the neighborhood barbeque."

"Yeah, just give me a minute to get changed." Olivia called back.

Once she had changed she met Steve downstairs in the foyer. She had decided to wear a flowy white skirt that went down to her knees, and a burgundy halter top. She finished the outfit with white strappy heeled sandals, and a white sun hat. Olivia thought that she looked ridiculous, but felt that it suited Donna Sutten, house wife extraordinaire quite well.

Steve was wearing a blue button down short sleeve shirt, and khaki shorts. Olivia thought that he looked quite yuppie in his outfit.

"You look great darling." Steve cooed. "Shall we?" He asked, holding the door open so that Olivia could make her way out. He again placed a hand on her back, and led her down the street. "Remember, we need to get as much information as possible from these guys." Steve reminded her just before they entered the white fence to join the party.

"Hello, you must be the Suttens." A perky looking blonde woman greeted as Olivia and Steve entered the yard. I'm Patty Noles, and that's my husband Fred over there by the barbeque." She smiled, indicating a good looking middle aged man standing over the burgers and hot dogs. "We're your new neighbors. Welcome to the neighborhood." She added.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Donna, and this is my husband Mike." Olivia replied, trying to match the woman's degree of perkiness. "Thank you for having this get together for us."

"It's my pleasure." Patty responded. "Why don't I steel you for a minute, and introduce you to the girls. She offered. "Mike, you can join the mean on the deck."

"Sounds great, thanks Patty." Steve answered, "I guess I'll see you later babe." He smiled before kissing Olivia on the cheek.

Olivia thought that he was getting a little too touchy, and made a note to talk to him about it when they got back to the house.

"Ladies, I would like you to meet our new neighbor, Donna Sutten. She and her husband, Mike, just moved in next door." Patty said, introducing Olivia to her friends.

She noticed that all the women were dress like her. They all looked like spoiled trophy wives.

"Hello." The women said almost in unison.

"This is Laura, her husband is Matthew; Stephanie is married to Luke, Karen is Martin's wife; and Lucille is married to Joseph." Patty said introducing Olivia to each of the women sitting in a circle. "Debbie and Justine are in the pool, their married to Joshua and Kenneth." The woman concluded.

"It's very nice to meet you all." Olivia smiled.

"Please Donna, sit down." Stephanie offered, motioning to an empty chair. "We're all just dying to get to know you." She smiled.

Olivia sat down and responded with, "Well, I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you as well."

"So, Donna, how long have you, and that attractive husband of yours, been married?" Karen asked.

Olivia was ready. She had studied her cover hard the night before; well, at least until Elliot had grown tired of all her reading. He began kissing her collar bone because he knew it drove her crazy. Sure enough, she dropped her file, like he knew she would, and gave into Elliot's seducing tactics. Olivia smiled at the memory. Making love to that man never got boring, even after four years of marriage.

"We've been married a little over a year." Olivia said, getting back to the task at hand.

"So, how'd you two meet?" Laura inquired.

"A friend of ours introduced us. It was love at first sight. Six months later her proposed." Olivia answered, acting like a giddy newly wed.

"How sweet!" Lucille cooed. "So, what does he do?"

"Oh, he's in real estate. I don't really know too much about it though. I hate it when he talks about work at home." Olivia said, trying to sound as spoiled as she could.

"Ah, you're going to fit in quite well around here." Patty smiled. "None of us let our husbands bring work home with them. That's why they love these gatherings. They can talk shop all they want."

"So, do you and Mike have any children?" Laura asked.

"No, not yet." Olivia said, trying to mask how much she already missed her own daughter. "But we're hoping to have some in the future." She added.

"Oh my!" Patty exclaimed suddenly. "Donna, you must think I'm terribly rude! I never offered you anything to drink! How about some wine?" She offered.

"Oh, it's alright, and I would love some wine." Olivia smiled. She was thankful for the alcohol; she knew that she was going to need it to get through this case.

"So, Donna, if you don't mind me asking, how is your sex life? I mean, is it fantastic, or could it use some pepping up?" Lucille whispered out of the blue.

Olivia almost choked on the wine she was drinking. She didn't know what to say. After some quick thinking she decided to see where this was going.

The other women around Olivia giggled at her reaction to the question. "Well…" Olivia began. "It's okay, I guess. I mean, Mike's great, but we've been together for almost two years, so I guess it's gotten a little… predictable." Olivia finally revealed.

The other women exchanged quick glances, but Olivia picked it up. "What was this all about?" She wondered.

Before she could find out, "Dinner's ready!" Came from across the yard.

"Well, let's eat, shall we." Patty offered. The women all got up and went to the table to eat, ending their very strange conversation.

TBC... Review please! There will be explinations in the upcoming chapter, I promise!