More than friends

Chapter 6

BRIE

I stopped as I went around the corner and leaned on the wall.

My heart was racing.

I leaned against the wall for support and closed my eyes.

I didn't know whether I was freaking out more about seeing Kade for the first or what came through on my phone.

Kade looked good, and I couldn't control how I felt. It was like we were never apart. He looked hot as hell, but when the message came through, I felt my heart wrench more like it was trodden on by something big.

The message I received wasn't exactly a message; it was a notification from Facebook from one of Hugh's friends.

Since my split with Hugh, I have kept a low profile while he has lived it up with his new woman.

I haven't been on Facebook or even looked at what he is doing, as I knew it would hurt to relieve what I already knew. Most of our friends were his friends, but I only had one, Alex.

Alex became my friend after an altercation with a work friend, and she came to my rescue. She was a bartender at the bar I would go to, and when the work friend thought I stole his idea, he threatened me, which led to Alex stepping in. She threw the guy out and sat with me till closing, and we have been inseparable ever since.

The notification I received was something that someone tagged me in, and it was very clear they wanted me to see what Hugh was up to.

I didn't think Hugh would stoop so low, but this was beyond that.

I was tagged in a picture of him and his friends, and they were in the house.

The picture said a thousand words with him and his new piece on what would be my bed, making out and his friends posing around them doing a selfie shot.

I wouldn't have cared, but it was new, even after two weeks.

I hated him and wanted him to drop off the face of the earth, but what hurt most was what he was doing; It was in the bed we shared.

If I looked at the photo better, I knew some of my stuff would be on display, and it wouldn't take too many people to figure out what was happening.

I opened my eyes as I took a deep breath in and out.

I looked around the corner and knew I only had to go another two blocks until I got to my dad's office.

I needed time to process, even though I was going there to tell him what had happened. So it wouldn't be easy for me to get out of talking about Hugh.

I knew I had to pull up my big girl pants and get it over with.

The sooner I get this over with, the better I will be.

I walked around the corner and walked toward where my father's office was.

I kept my thoughts together. I knew I had to, which would be harder than dealing with Mum when I had to tell her what was happening.

I still couldn't wrap my head around that she had never told me about the rehearsal dinner when she saw me this morning.

Clearly, I wasn't invited.

After a few minutes, I stood outside the office building and took a few deep breaths before I walked in. I headed through the lobby and spotted Clive, my father's assistant, and a close friend.

Clive has been a good friend of my father's since they were in high school and worked for him when my father opened up his business.

Clive was doing something on the computer, but he looked up and grinned when I approached. "Brie Collins," he said, "As I live and breathe. How are you doing, kiddo?"