"I really did think I was right, you know."
"Riza!" She ignored him and took the stairs two at a time. Nope. She wasn't going back to that. She wasn't going to be someone's mistress.
She thought they were done with all this shit. Riza thought they were okay. Hell, she and Roy just had a conversation ten minutes ago that they were okay now, that nothing would break them apart if they didn't want it to, but this was too much.
Oh god. She'd been fucking someone's husband.
It had been two months since Roy had started at work. Where was this two months ago? Why bother with her if they were married?!
She needed out, and she needed away from him. This was too much.
"Riza, wait!"
Roy calling out to her left a burning in her chest. She had to admit, she had fallen for him. It had been unwilling at first, but then the more time they'd spent together, and after all the little gestures he'd made when she least expected it, she'd opened herself up to it. She loved him, and then this happened.
Her life was one big joke to whoever was sitting up there.
Roy grabbed hold of her arm once she'd reached the landing, and Riza shrugged him off violently.
"Wait –"
"I need to go," she muttered, not meeting his eyes.
"She's not my wife," he stressed.
"What?" Riza's head jerked up to look at his.
"She's not. We were never married."
"How can I be sure you're not lying to me?" Riza rounded on him. He looked hurt. But Riza had to protect herself. They might not be married, but she was obviously important enough to him, or had been, for that Solaris woman to think they were married.
With that logic, how could she be sure?
"I'm not," he said firmly. "Believe me. I chased after you, didn't I?" She hesitated, and Roy jumped at his chance. "I thought you trusted me."
Riza's gaze hardened. "I did, but you've not had a great track record at building that though, have you? I thought this was it, and then something like this happens again with you."
"I didn't plan this," he snapped.
"No." Riza shook her head. She'd give him that. "No, you didn't, but you also didn't tell me."
"We're not married! I had nothing to tell!"
"That woman seems to think you were, so that tells me that you were both important enough to each other to be close to it. That's generally something you'd tell the woman you've been fucking."
Roy blanched at her blasé attitude. "It was so much more than that between us, and you know it." His voice was hoarse.
"I did know it. Now I'm not so sure." She turned on her heel and began to walk again.
"Riza, wait."
"You know what? I really did think I was right you know," she stated, disbelief colouring her tone.
"About what?" Roy asked as he frowned.
"About you, these past few weeks," she replied, taking a deep breath and willing the tears not to fall. "I thought you'd be good for me in the end, so I gave into it and stopped pushing you away. But this has turned into nothing but a fucking nightmare." She watched as his shoulders fell in defeat. "So, thank you for that," she snapped. "Goodbye, Roy."
There was no further protest as she left the building, jumping into her car and speeding off into the night.