Olivia's pen was tapping irritatingly against her desk as she glanced at Edgar. Sarah- the new addition had arrived and she was spending far too much time in talking to Edgar for Olivia 's liking. She was everything Olivia wasn't. Blonde, confident, tall and beautiful. Olivia's eyes were drawn to him like a magnet and knew that Sarah had absolutely no reason to be cosying up to him for this long. She could see Edgar's face and could see he was smiling at Sarah. In a smile that was usually reserved for her.

She was startled out of her reverie by Fin putting his hand on top of hers. She looked at him wondering why, when he spoke. "You are tapping that pen mercilessly and the noise is driving me insane," Fin said with a smile.

"Sorry," Olivia said putting the pen on her desk. Fin wondered if he should mention anything about Edgar but decided that he didn't dare. Ten minutes later Sarah came out of the break room and sat down at her desk. She had a smug smile on her face because the blonde knew that every male was watching her as she sat down wearing the shortest skirt that she possibly could get away with without it becoming totally indecent.

Olivia looked down at her computer screen and saw that it was six minutes past five in the afternoon. She could legitimately go home without a problem. Normally she'd tell Edgar if she was leaving earlier than normal but she wasn't in the mood to be alone in a confined space with him. She told Fin she was leaving and he nodded in a way that showed more sympathy than she'd like. He knew what was bothering her but she trusted him enough to know he wouldn't say anything too embarrassing. Olivia left her office and hurried home to nurse a glass of wine and her wounded pride before Edgar turned up as he surely would soon.

An hour or so later Fin had finished his work for the day and went to speak to Edgar who was still in the break room. "I'm off," Fin said.

"Okay," Edgar said. He peered through the window of her office wondering where Olivia had got to. As if reading his mind Fin sighed and carried on speaking.

"She's not here," Fin said. "She went home a while ago."

"Why?" Edgar asked confused. She had never gone home without saying goodbye to him. Ever since their relationship had become more serious she had always given him a quick kiss if they happened to leave at a different time when he was at the preceint. While he was mulling this over Fin sighed.

"Look, Edgat if you can't figure out why she's upset you're more of an idiot than I thought," he said simply. He left quickly, not wanting to stay in the room with a Edgar for longer than necessary. Edgar watched the quickly emptying grid and felt a horrible sense of loss without Olivia there. He closed his eyes briefly wondering what was bothering Olivia. And then it hit him. But no. Olivia wasn't the type of woman to get jealous over something so innocent it hardly qualified as an event. He had to get home and talk to her.

Olivia had closed her eyes, curled up on the sofa with a glass of red wine as she waited for Edgar to come home. She knew it wouldn't be long because her absence would be noticed fairly quickly by him. She took satisfaction in the fact that she had the ability for Edgar to notice her, even if she felt she was losing him to the new girl at the preceint.

Quickly she heard the door unlocking and knew that he was home and she felt the usual butterflies in her stomach. She always did whenever he walked into a room, even after all this time.

"Hi," Edgar said quietly, kissing the top of her head before sitting next to her. Olivia didn't reply. She didn't have to. "You didn't say goodbye before you left."

"I know," Olivia said quietly. She didn't want to look at him because if she did, she felt like she'd drown in those eyes of his.

"Please will you tell me what's wrong," he said slowly and calmly, reaching out for her hand which she took gently.

"I'm worried," she said slowly. "I know its stupid and I know its illogical but I can't help it. It's partly my own insecurities, but I worry."

"Are you jealous of Sarah?" Edgar asked quietly, not sure if he should push her or not.

"That's partly it," she said being brutally honest. "But I'm worried because of other reasons too. I don't want to lose you. I just… I worry."

"You don't need to," Edgar said

"Okay," Olivia said, nodding quietly.

"I love you," he said making her look at him with a hand under her chin. "I love you so much that I'd hate you to think I'd do anything that would hurt you." She could see the sincerity in his eyes and knew he was telling the truth.

"I love you too," Olivia said quietly, before he leant in to kiss her. To show her just how much he couldn't live without her.

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