Back again. These chapters are writing themselves at this point lol. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 7
It has been a few days since the Grey's summer party. I have been staying with Christian since I don't really want to go back to my apartment with the chance of Selena still being there. I texted her last night asking if we can meet for lunch to talk about everything that has occurred over the years. I want to know how she figured out about Christian and me, why she didn't say anything before, and why she basically used me after Christian left her. Her own affair is still a mystery to me, every time it was brought up she turned the tables back to Christian and myself. I don't understand why she won't talk about her own affair.
We are meeting at a little café around the corner from my apartment, I arrive 15 minutes early only to find Selena is already here. Please don't let this end in a blood bath. I think to myself as I walk into the café.
When she sees me walking up to her she doesn't even smile or greet me, she just sits there looking at the menu. "Hey Selena, how are you?" I ask trying to start the conversation off lightly knowing it will not end the same way.
"Can we not do this Annie? I don't really have the patients for small talk right now. You're lucky I even agreed to meet with you at all." Well I guess there goes my plan to start off light.
"Okay fine. I have a few questions and I want the answers to them."
"Not that I owe you any sort of explanation but fine, ask away" I don't understand why she is being so hostile. I would understand if she actually cared about Christian and then found out I was having an affair with him, but she didn't care about him. They were only married out of convenience. He wanted his trust fund and she wanted to live the "real housewives" lifestyle. Christian's words not mine.
"How did you find out about Christian and me?" This is the one thing that never made sense to me. How did she actually find out? We were always so careful to cover our tracks.
"I didn't truly find out until after he left me and I moved in with you. But, I could tell there was a difference in the way you looked at each other and acted around each other. I knew something was up. That is why I wanted to move in with you after we separated. I wanted to confirm my suspicions." She finally looks up from the menu and for the first time I wonder how I was ever friends with her. She is a deceitful person, truly a horrible friend. I mean I guess im not much better but she did everything out of spite, I just fell in love.
"How did you end up confirming your suspicions?"
"As soon as I moved in you started acting all mopey, you would walk around as if your dog just died. When I had to meet with Christian he was acting the same exact way. Nothing was really confirmed until I said something at the party. I was only acting on a hunch but seeing you two together I knew. So I confronted you about it." When she finishes speaking she lets out an evil laugh like her masterplan has been pulled off successfully. She really is horrible.
"Who are you sleeping with?" maybe now she will give me a straight answer but I really doubt it at this point. At least she gave me answers about the other questions I have.
Before she can answer the server comes over to the table to take our drink orders. I order water and Selena orders a vodka tonic. Jeez its barely noon.
After the server leaves she looks at me with a blank look on her face. "it's just someone we went to high school with. I don't think you know him."
"We went to high school with him? How long has this affair been going on?" I ask shocked that she has known this person for so long.
"umm…. Since before my wedding" What? She can't be serious, since before the wedding, that was 5 years ago! With this revelation I finally snap. "Are you fucking kidding me?" I yell gaining the attention of the other people in the café. "You are such a fucking hypocrite. You have been cheating throughout the entirety of your marriage but have the nerve to play victim when you find out your husband was also cheating on you. Why the hell did you even get married in the first place if you were cheating the whole time? You should have broken things off with Christian and been with whoever that other guy is. You really are a horrible person; I hope karma hits you with a vengeance." With that I grab my purse and walk out of the café without turning back. I am truly done with Selena.
I walk the few blocks to my apartment, I don't care if she is still staying there today was the last straw. Once I reach the door to my building I pull my phone out and call Christian. I open the door as I wait for him to answer, normally he answers almost right away but today it rings a few times before he picks up. "Ana, baby. I miss you" he tells me in his deep sexy voice.
"you just saw me a few hours ago" I reply
"I know, but I miss you already. I have spent too much time without you I want to be with you every second." Gag. He really is too much sometimes.
"you are so lame" I tell him while laughing.
"I can't help it baby. Anyway, to what do I owe the pleasure of you calling in the middle of the day?"
"I just had lunch with Selena." I respond quietly. He didn't want me sitting down with her, he told me to just move on. But, I needed the closure.
"You did what?" he yells into my ear.
I finally reach my apartment door, I open it and find that all of Selena's stuff is still littered around my living room. "Are you serious?" I exclaim out loud forgetting I am on the phone.
"Ana?" I ignore him, reeling from finding out that Selena is still living in my apartment.
"I cannot believe her. Why is she still staying here?"
"Ana? What happened"
"Selena is still living here, Why? She has been using me for months just trying to figure out if we were together. She knows now, she has no reason to be here."
"She was only living with you to try and catch us?' he asks
"That's what she told me. I have to go; I need to sort this shit out. I will see you later." Before he has the chance to answer I hang up. I am so mad that she is still here. She has no reason to be, she has her own money. She can go out and find her own place to stay.
I sit down on the couch trying to figure out how I should deal with this, I haven't been back here in a few days and chances are I will be staying with Christian more often than not. Why do I need my own place anyways? I want to be with Christian, he has already asked me to move in so why don't I? I do have valid reasons for holding back but I also have valid reasons for just taking the chance. Without giving it a second thought I get up and grab a suitcase from the closet in the hallway. Making my way into my room I begin to throw all the clothes I can into the case. When I finish with that I pull out my phone and message Selena
A: Your shit needs to be out by tomorrow. I don't care how you do it, just get it out.
Without waiting for a response I put my phone away and close my suitcase. Heading for the door I pull my phone out again and call Christian. He answers on the first ring this time
"Ana, are you okay?" he asks sounding concerned.
"Yes I am fine. But, I am done with this place. Does the offer still stand to move in?"