AT WHAT EXPENSE?

ELLIS had to take a deep breath after recounting that part of her conversation with Olivia to Astrid. Of course, she did not tell everything. Just the gist of it. But since she had to remember the conversation in order to recount it, it still affected her. 

"So, Olivia married Benjamin Thornley to take revenge? And now that she's one step closer into executing that revenge, she suddenly asked you for help?" Astrid asked, summarizing what Ellis had told him. 

He knew that it wasn't as simple as that. There were definitely a lot of other things involved. Like what exactly did the Thornleys did to Olivia's parents or how did that even come about. But really, what he was more worried about was Livi. 

The way Olivia treated him was probably her way to not get attached. Her being strict and controlling was most likely intentional. So, Livi would also not get attached to her.