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"He didn’t know about everything" I bit my lip as I stared at her

"What do you mean?" She blinked rapidly

"I mean, I never spoke to hihteen I was hoping he would contact hed "So I just did what I had to do"

"Oh ’s hand flew to her mouth "But you told me you told hi to do with you because you lied"

"I’" I stared at the wall to avoid seeing the shock in her eyes "I never told hiured if he had loved edand selfish and immature, and I made a rash decision"

"Oh, Katie Does he know?"

"How could I tell hi?" I shook rabbed my hands and squeezed "Don’t beat yourself up We all make mistakes"

"Yeah" I gave her a s into what he was doing Reading every article I could find about hi his business stuff, and I even called his office a few times to hear his voice"

"Wow"

"I know, I know It was crazy At one point, I alhed "But I think it was just wishful thinking I started following a journalist who had written a lot of pieces on hi I knew his photo from the paper, and when I saw hi was bug-eyed now

"Yeah, Matt"

"I knew you didn’t like hi exclaimed

"What?"

"He just never really looked like your type I , and you guys never really seeet this So I becaet more infor looked atevery minute of this scandalous conversation

"Matt"--I paused dra screas? Are you telling me that Matt, your boyfriend, works for Brandon, your ex?"

"Yup" I nodded "Crazy, right?"

"What the fuck?" Meg shook her head "So was Matt working for Brandon when you met him or more recently?"

"No idea" I bit my lower lip "That’s what I want to knoell"

"This is crazy You played so?"

"Yeah," I sighed "It’s so confusing"

"This is like a frigging lass of wine Want one?"

"Yeah, go on" I sat back in the couch and waited for Meg to colass and sat back down "Okay, okay, so let ht You tried to find Brandon ‘cause you still ht to one of his offices or so" I rolled ood idea to "

"So you buet insider inforot a job at a co so that you could pretend to be worried when he was back in your life, but really you were excited You hooked up with hi that meant that he wanted you back, but instead he treated you like shit again and you found out he had a fiancée and a son Then you slept with hiain And now you want to leave the job and forget any of this ever happened"

"I guess that’s why you’re the lawyer" I gave her a half ser employed as a lawyer" She made a face "But this is one hell of a story"

"I know I feel like a bit of a psycho," I"I can’t believe I’ve wasted so ree that he’s an asshole, but I think he deserves to know the truth," Meg said softly, and I looked up into her earnest eyes with a frown "I know it’s hard, Katie And you probably try not to think about it, but I think you need to tell him what happened Maybe that’s part of the reason why you can’t move on"

"It hurts too et what I’d done

"But at least you know" Meg leaned over and rubbed uess I just never want to see hihed "You love hiree It’s ti on his fiancée He’s not a nice guy Yeah, he has a son and seems to love hi with you? He’s an ego whatever wo He doesn’t see all of this?"

"I just don’t get it I know I lied e dated I know I hurt hihed "I don’t knohy he is still trying to hurt me"

"Maybe you need to have an honest conversation with hi and ask hiuy A nice guy"

"I kinda met someone" I made a face "Well, we kissed"

"What? Youlooked at me, clearly hurt

"Just recently And I’ Lucky’s He kinda gave me a kiss and hinted that he’d like to do hed and then sighed "I just can’t think of anyone else that way though"

"Katie, you need to stop letting this guy ruin all your potential relationships He is not worth it" Meg shook her head "Have a final conversation with hiht" I sipped on ht Let me see if it’s him"

"If it’s him, tell h, okay" I laughed, jurabbed my phone "Okay, here are his texts First one ‘Hey Katie, I hope you’re enjoying your night in If you want co to text you right now"

"Read the rest"

"Okay, nu you’re going to regret right now’"