Sitting In Traffic

Chapter 31- Don't lie

Riley was sitting in her condo, all packed and ready to go home. She signed the contract Lorenzo emailed her nearly an hour ago. It was official. She was stuck with Arthur until the end of May. Which was beyond exciting for Riley...not really. She was laying across her couch with the TV running, still nursing a wounded heart. But she was trying to get over it quickly. Riley didn't want to be crying over Arthur for long. She didn't miss him at this point.

It just hurt now. She was constantly comparing herself to Julia. Riley was just glad that she hadn't ran into Julia across the hall yet. Daniel and Riley had been talking about moving. Riley didn't want to see Julia, and Daniel didn't want to either. It was a fucked up situation for the both of them.

Daniel walked in the condo after going on a run, carrying in a bouquet of red roses. Riley sighed when she saw them, already knowing who they were from.

Arthur.

But she had to act like she was happy about it. That's all she had been doing. Daniel didn't know she had discussed anything PR related just as Lorenzo had requested. He saw the photo's of her and Arthur having lunch with Lorenzo and Charles just like everyone else did. When Daniel questioned her, she just brushed it off. She didn't know what to say to him. She wasn't allowed to tell him it was fake. The only people who were going to know was her family, and Max. Riley hadn't seen Max yet, they haven't talked at all. But when she got the chance, she was telling him immediately.

"Someone got you flowers" Daniel said, "They were sitting out front, I guess you hadn't heard them knock" He set the vase of roses down on the counter top. Daniel looked at the small note that came with them, looking at Riley with mere disgust across his face. "Roses for you and you only"

'Liar' Riley thought to herself as she got off of the couch and walked into the kitchen.

"Cute" Riley said dryly, "Did it come with a name?"

"No but I'm guessing it's from Arthur" Daniel said, "Do you want me to throw them away?"

"Maybe in a little bit" Riley said, taking her phone out to post them on her story. She hated this already. Acting like she was madly in love with someone who ruined her 2 days ago. She was just happy she got to leave Monaco in a few hours for Miami.

"Your forgiving him too quickly" Daniel sighed, walking out of the kitchen and into his room.

Riley sighed, because she wasn't forgiving Arthur. She didn't want to do this with him. She just had to. Riley took a picture of the flowers, and went to her instagram story, making the first post that would tell the public they were 'okay'.

Riley nearly vomited writing a small caption on the story. It killed her faking this, especially because Sloan watched her story's religiously. Riley felt like she was setting a bad example right now. But this was her life.

'My favorites' She cringed as she hit post, tagging Arthur in the photo.

"I'm going to fucking kill myself" She sighed, putting her phone down. Riley walked back into the living room, laying back down on the couch and resuming what she was watching.

Nearly an hour passed, and Daniel found himself back in the kitchen, eyeing the vase of roses like he was sick to his stomach. Riley just ignored it, she didn't want to have to give him an explanation, because she couldn't. Riley kept reminding herself she only had one month left, and then it was over.

They both heard a knock placed on the front door. Riley groaned, lifting her head up to look at Daniel.

"Can you get it?" She asked him, but he said no.