Little Liar

At the cabin, Olivia worries about her impending meeting with the Reznikovs, while Malachi is consumed with panic about Olivia abandoning him. She finds him standing next to the bed, muttering to himself. She tries to get him to sleep, knowing that insomnia affects his mental health. However, Malachi stays awake. 

Later, he shows Olivia his pet spider and asks her to name it. Olivia chooses “Cordelia.” When Malachi places Cordelia on Olivia’s hand, she tries to hide her distaste for the creature: She hates spiders, while Malachi loves them. However, Olivia has to learn to tolerate Cordelia since she will be sharing a house with the spider.

Olivia is at work when she gets a text from Molly saying that Malachi is standing across from their house. She texts him to ask why but gets no response, indicating that he is angry with her. Olivia has no idea what could have upset him, as they had a peaceful morning together. 

Later, Malachi comes into her office. He presses Olivia’s letter opener to her throat, nicking her. He pushes her onto her desk and cuts through her sleeves with the letter opener, trapping her. To Olivia’s shock, Malachi has rough anal sex with her. He places a ruler in Olivia’s mouth to keep her from screaming. Malachi tells Olivia that he is punishing her for keeping Mason’s death a secret from him. Olivia is in pain but also aroused.

Abigail walks into the office and sees what is happening. She tells Malachi to leave, saying that she urgently needs to talk to her best friend. When Malachi continues to have sex with Olivia, Abigail throws things at him to make him stop. However, Malachi only stops when Olivia asks him to leave.

After Malachi’s exit, Abigail asks Olivia about his behavior. Olivia tells Abigail that Malachi is upset because she didn’t tell him about Mason’s death—she and Jamieson thought that he was too fragile to deal with the terrible news.

The next day, Olivia, her parents, Molly, and Abigail wait for the Reznikovs at the office. When Molly announces that she met Malachi, Jennifer seems unhappy. Olivia knows that her parents and Abigail dislike her relationship with Malachi. Molly is the only one who senses Olivia’s happiness. 

The Reznikovs—Xander; his brother, Adryx; and their parents, Igor and Angelina—walk in, accompanied by Sebastien Prince, whom Igor calls his nephew. Sebastien will be the contact between the Vizes and Reznikovs from now on. Sebastien breaks the tension by cracking irreverent jokes. 

As Igor and Jamieson talk, Olivia notices that Xander looks nervous. He and Adryx keep looking at Abigail. Igor wants Olivia to sign the marriage contract. Jamieson asks Igor to release Olivia from the agreement, but Igor says it is impossible. 

The meeting takes a turn for the worse, with Xander threatening to take away Olivia forcibly. Jennifer asks Jamieson to back down since the agreement cannot be broken. The Reznikovs leave, though Xander later surprises Olivia in her office. He taunts her for having sex with her brother and calls her sexist slurs. Then, Abigail walks in. She seems angry at Xander for being so close to Olivia and leaves. Xander goes after her. (Though the text does not specify this, it is hinted that Abigail is in a relationship with the Reznikov brothers.)

Later, Olivia leaves the office. She thinks that it is time to tell Malachi about Xander’s threats. She also wants to discuss matters with Jamieson and sends him a text that she’s coming over to talk. Just then, someone grabs her hair and covers her mouth, pulling her into a black car.

After Preston brought up his friends in speech therapy, Malachi did a Google search for Mason and found out about his death. Angry that Olivia kept the information from him, he turned on her. However, he also knows that such rough sex acts also turn Olivia on. 

He now sets out candles and plays music so that they can have their date night at home. He also decides to show her a video clip from the time he kidnapped her as the masked stranger. When he was surveilling Olivia, he installed cameras along the routes she frequented, and they were never uninstalled. Now, as he looks for the file on the computer, he sees Olivia being kidnapped on the feed from the camera outside her office. 

Malachi follows the tracker he put on Olivia’s phone to a woodland, where a dark car is parked. He puts on his gas mask and uses his screwdriver to stab the driver, killing him. He pulls a sobbing Olivia out of the car and hugs her. She worries that the discovery of the dead man will put Malachi in prison, but Malachi has a plan. He stuffs the man’s body in the trunk of his car and takes his phone, wallet, and keys. He and Olivia drive to Vize manor.

At Vize manor, Malachi asks Jamieson for a private word. Jamieson asks Jennifer to leave him alone with Malachi and Olivia. Malachi explains the situation to Jamieson and tells him that he needs his help disposing of the body. Jamieson agrees, and the three of them go to Malachi’s cabin. They dig a hole in the backyard to bury the body. After they’ve buried the man, Malachi signs to Jamieson that he is sorry for what he did to him in the past. Jamieson accepts the apology but tells Malachi that this needs to be his last murder.

Meanwhile, the dead man’s phone receives a text from an unsaved number. Malachai reads the message, which says that Igor Reznikov will pay the man $5,000 for delivering Olivia to him. Malachi calls the unknown number, and Jennifer answers.

They realize that Jennifer hired the man to take Olivia to Igor. Having already accepted millions of dollars from Igor in exchange, Jennifer could not let the deal fall through. Olivia is numb with betrayal. Jamieson goes home to confront Jennifer, determined to break things off with her. 

After Jamieson leaves, Malachi bathes Olivia, soothing her. He confesses his undying love with words and sign language. They have sex, though Olivia asks him to stop calling her his sister. Malachi maintains that he thinks of Olivia as both his sister and girlfriend. He swears that he will protect her from the Reznikovs. Later, Jamieson returns, with Molly in tow.