Sway

Consultation

Charlotte's POV

The weekend had passed and I still couldn't believe what had happened on Friday at the game night. I couldn't believe that the fucking world was so small. That a secret I was trying extremely hard to contain, was slowly seeping free into the only good thing that I had at the moment.

The entire time, it was a challenge to not look at Riley. I could feel her intense lawyer eyes ogling me, deep in those hazel orbs were questions galore. All I wanted to do was enjoy Talia's company, she was so excited to see Evan with his Elmo. She had even resolved to drinking just water, and even though she didn't say it, I knew it was because of Evans presence. Obviously, she could've had some beer if she wanted to, but the fact that she cared enough sent me over the moon.

When she showed up, literally everything changed. Neither of us could solely concentrate on the games. I for one, really just wanted to wrap Evan up and leave, but of course he was held tightly in Talia's lap.

Riley knew more about my life than anyone else in the room, and I might not have been so worried if I hadn't noticed the way she was constantly looking at Talia. There was so much lust in her gaze that it absolutely scared me. I could practically feel it from the other end of the couch that the three of us were sharing. I got the sense that Phineous was also feeling the tension between the three of us. He kept giving Talia a weird look and then she'd slyly try to scoot away from Riley a little. Apparently she thought she was doing it under the radar, but if I had managed to notice it all, Riley undoubtedly did as well.

By the end of the game night, I was left wondering if Talia and Riley had ever slept together. After spending just a couple of hours in the same room with them, it certainly felt like they might have. It honestly hurt a little, and it made me have so many more questions. Like, if they had slept together, was it recent or in the past? Or, were they like, friends with benefits?

The only good thing about this whole thing was that, Talia was clearly unaware of the fact that Riley and I already knew each other.

As I sat in the driver seat of my Honda with a random person in the back seat, I couldn't stop thinking about what I should do about all of this. I had about half an hour remaining on this particular Uber trip, so it was the perfect time to brainstorm.

The first thing I needed to do was talk to Riley one-on-one. I had to know what she was thinking about all of this. Whether or not she had feelings for Talia. I guess it was a great thing that she and I had another meeting today. It would be my third one with her, she was the lawyer I had chosen to handle my divorce. The divorce that Eddie had no idea about... yet.

An inevitable breath of air flushed down my lungs, as I thought of all of the shit that my life was composed of. Chaos and hell, nothing but those two things. It hurt so much to think about hurting Talia again. I should've just told her I was married when I told her about Evan. She never would've accepted me, but at least she might've stayed in my life as a friend. Now I'd have to find a way to tell her about Eddie, and about being married to him. I'd have to tell her that I wasn't sexually confused after all, I was just stuck. Stuck in some shitty relationship that formed out of a simple one night stand. Now this was all just my life, chaos and hell.

I subconsciously slammed my palms against the steering wheel, which immediately triggered a reaction from my backseat passenger. Her eyes were wide and she had her phone grasped tightly in her hand. I just rolled my eyes and continued to drive her to some random location.

Honestly, what sucked the most was knowing how I truly felt about Talia. Even though she and I had many other important things to talk about, neither of us wanted to bring up the elephant in the room. She was scheduled to go back to Indiana in about a month, it was something I hated thinking about. I guess I shouldn't have been so shocked, everything that's shitty and cruel happens to me. I had managed to accept that, before she walked into my life a month ago. Now the only thing I found myself wanting to do is be around her, and make her happy.