Open To Love

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝙽𝚒𝚗𝚎

∴Zach∴

She wants to go to the courthouse and it's obviously for one reason and one reason only; she wants to file for a divorce.

And she wants me to be her chauffeur. Besides my failure and me chickening out of going to work for quite some time, this seems to be the only upside of my week. I know I sound like a fucking homewrecker, but I'm happy she's come to her senses to see how horrible Eric actually is.

I was glad when she felt comfortable enough to share her story with me. I was able to put myself in her shoes for once while she told me the events of her life.

A successful woman. That's who she was supposed to be. But it all got taken away the moment Eric proposed to her. I know about guys like him, I've met a ton of them. They manipulate their girlfriends into not achieving their dreams, making them believe that whatever they had planned for their life was pointless.

And before they realize that the guy was wrong, it'll be too late. The woman will be left with no money and nothing to her name. Time wasters. That's what I call them.

They always do this because of one of two reasons: envy of the woman or fear of the woman having a good life without them being the reason, sometimes it's even both.

At least Aria still has a lot of time ahead of her, it's not too late for her. I just want to help her in any way I can. I want to give her the whole universe because that's what she deserves. Such a precious being.

I think I l-

A message from my dad pops up on my screen, interrupting my thought process.

Why haven't you come to work Zach?

I should probably just block his number at this point. Why would I come to work just to watch him probably hand the company over to Patrick? Speaking of, who knows how the meeting went with him taking the lead. He probably fucked it up because nobody is updating me on whether mister Emerson chose us or not.

Whatever.

Right now my brain is just operating on autopilot. My main priority now is not the business, nor my father, it's Aria. That's it. She's all that matters right now.

The car door opens on the passenger side and Aria enters the car. "How did it go?"

"Well it turns out that filing for a divorce isn't as easy as the movies make them to be, I need a shit ton of documents that I don't have with me at the current moment."

She sighs and rests back against the car seat. Her eyes are closed and her breathing is slow and steady. "So what do you want to do?"

"That's what I'm thinking about right now. I don't think I have any choice except one."

I already have an inkling of what that choice may be.

"I think it's time I confront Eric. I should just tell him that our marriage is beyond redemption at this point." She sighs again.

"Do you think he'll agree?"

"Eric is a man full of surprises, there's no telling what he'll do."