The sulking in his self-pity went on for yet another week.
Colby refused to go to work, refused to answer calls from anyone who tried to call him, he refused to speak to anyone about anything in his life, not even Kent.
When he finally put down the alcohol and pulled himself out of bed that morning and into the shower he immediately felt the anger starting to build from the pit of his stomach up into his chest.
He was angry with the situation, he was angry with himself, he was angry with Scarlett his secretary.. or ex-secretary after the day was over.
He wanted his wife back, even though he had yet to speak with Rebecca after the huge fight now two weeks ago.
Walking into Lopez Enterprises that morning everyone could tell he was in a bad mood, he was rarely ever like this, he was usually polite and at the very least acknowledged everyone he passed with a nod but today was different.
"Scarlett," he said looking at the brunette secretary that sat behind the desk outside his office "My office. Now," he said coldly and she stood up and quickly followed him
As he turned the lights on in his office he saw the picture of Rebecca and CJ sitting in a frame on his desk and it only made him angrier.
"I'm surprised you're wanting to be so open about this now.. with you wanting to keep it a secret for this long and then Rebecca finds out and now you're all in the open with what's going on between us" Scarlett stated with a shake of her head and Colby spun around quickly to be face to face with her
"Nothing is going on with us!" He yelled now "There never was anything going on with us!"
"Colby.." Scarlett started but he held his hand up to silence her
"You ruined my marriage, you had my Wife leave me, you had her take my son with her, I haven't seen my son in two weeks! Do you realize that? I have NEVER been away from him for this long since the day he was born!"
"Isn't that your fault? You're the one that could have fought to see him" Scarlett shrugged
"You are the one who should have kept your mouth shut as you promised me you would!"
"You are the one who had sex with me!" Scarlett argued as she took a step towards him and he backed away from her in the same second
"You blackmailed me!" Colby yelled "You blackmailed my wife! You were the only one in the entire company that knew Rebecca's mental health was struggling.. you are the only one that knew what she tried to do that night.. you are the only one that knows she is going to therapy every week to try and help herself!" He yelled "I almost lost my wife that night and all you could think about was how you would be able to hold that over our heads.. because you know if it ever got out to the public that she was struggling that people would look at us differently.. the investors would look at us differently, she's a Co-CEO of this company, she cannot be weak in their eyes and you were the only one with any information to prove that she was even the slightest bit fragile" he shook his head and took a deep breath as he tried to calm himself "So you decided the best thing for you to do in this situation where I was already blaming myself and broken inside from what I had just witnessed was to take advantage of the situation.. it was to tell me that people would find out eventually no matter how hard I tried to keep it under wraps but you could make sure it would never get out on one condition.. and you knew I was willing to do anything in my power to protect my wife from the humiliation and the ridicule she would have gotten.."
"That whole speech doesn't change the fact that you and I still had sex.. multiple times in this very office"
"You're right" Colby nodded "It doesn't change that fact and I know I'm going to have a long road ahead of me. I know I'm going to have a hard battle to fight to be able to get my wife back and to get her to trust me again but what I'm not about to do is give up.. what I'm not about to do is have some gold-digging, a manipulative, and disgusting woman come between me and my family.. especially when the only thing I was trying to do is protect the woman I love from getting hurt in the long run"
"So where does that leave us?" Scarlett questioned as she walked towards him, placing a hand on his chest and he pushed her hand away quickly
"Don't you get it? Do I have to spell it out for you? There was no us. There is never going to be an us. You have twenty minutes to get your stuff together and get out of this building before I call the cops"
"You're going to regret this ya know" Scarlett nodded "you are going to regret this big time once I get done with you" she scoffed
"Bring it on" he nodded "because there is nothing worse you can say to me that I haven't said to myself since the very first time we were together" he stated 'There is nothing worse that you can do to me that I'm not currently going through.. you want my company? Do you want my house? Do you want my money? Take all of it, I don't give a fuck.. I'll go live in a box by the side of the road if that means I get my wife back... you can take my whole life as long as you leave the two people I love most in this world alone"
"You are so done" Scarlett shook her head "Enjoy the last few moments you've got on top of the world because it's about to come crashing down hard"
