Once we they came over, she gripped my hand and led me towards the back of the building and away from the other people. When we were finally alone, her small hands grabbed me by the shoulders, forcing me to face her. I looked at her, really looked at her, for the first time in forever. She was glowing, and flawlessly beautiful without even a smidge of makeup on. She was too perfect to be my friend.
“Do not let that bitch think she gets the last say, go into Ryan’s office and show him who owns him, make him beg and plead and just when he’s ready to give up, take him by the balls and make him yours. Put Scarlett in her place, and show them all who’s boss.” Sadie spoke fiercely, with power, and understanding.
“You act like you’ve been through this before?” I questioned, not forgetting the speech that she just gave me. She snickered under her breath, “That’s because I have. Once upon a time I was in a similar situation and had I just taken things into my own hands I wouldn’t have had to deal with as much heartache as I did.” The far away look in her eyes told me she was reliving the past, and the mistakes she had made. It was then, as I looked at Sadie, that a question of my own formed in my mind. How had Scarlett determined the perfect time to show up at Ryan’s apartment? And how did she know that I would be there alone?
“I….” I shook my head, the answer finally coming to me. “What? What is it?” Sadie questioned as I took another step away from her and in the direction of the door. I knew what I needed to do now, yes, I was going to take Sadie’s advice and own my man. I was also going to reveal Caroline, the bitch of an Assistant he still has, for the cunt that she truly was.
“I know who told Scarlett that I was at the apartment alone.” Sadie smiled at me and maybe it was because she knew what I was about to do or maybe it was because she was proud of me. Who knows, but she didn’t try to stop me from leaving. I hustled out the front doors of the homeless shelter with an agenda. I was going to take back my man, but first I was going to inform Ryan about his scandalous Assistant.
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I slipped the Uber driver a twenty and opened the car door, escaping the confines of the tiny vehicle. I needed to make things right with Ryan and every second away from him was like a stab to the heart. It didn’t matter if you knew someone for a day, or an entire lifetime love was love, and the body and soul always knew what it needed.
I hurried through the lobby making my way to the elevators. I pressed a finger to the up key and sighed with relief as the doors opened almost immediately. A group of business men followed in behind me, and we made our way up to the tenth floor. Nervousness ticked away inside of me like a bomb counting down to an explosion. When the doors finally opened to the floor Ryan’s office was on, I inhaled a deep breath. I was going to do this, I was going to confront Caroline, and then tell Ryan exactly how I knew it was her and how I felt. I marched across the office sticking out like a sore thumb. I was dressed in blue jeans and t-shirt instead of my normal skirt and blouse. I looked out of place but I didn’t care, I was here for one reason and it wasn’t a fashion show.
My hand rested on the metal handle of the front glass door to the office and just as I pushed it open the sound of a voice I knew all too well met my ears.
“Hurry up Scarlett, Ryan will be back in here at any second and I’m already on the verge of being replaced by that bitch, Chloe.” Caroline’s voice was hushed and as I looked through the slit in the door. My eye’s found Caroline and Scarlett, who were leaning over Ryan’s desk scouring through his drawers. “Oh shut up Caroline. After what I said to Chloe I doubt she will be showing her face around here ever again.” The sound of Scarlett’s voice enraged me. I clenched my fists at my sides deciding then to make myself known. I refused to let this bitch say anything else about me without being able to stick up for myself.
With more force than needed I pushed through the glass door as if I was on a mission for revenge. Caroline’s eyes grew wide with fear as she took a step back away from the desk trying to distance herself from Scarlett. Scarlett’s eyes lifted from the drawer she was rifling through. “Well, well, look who decided to show up.” The sinister look in her eyes reminded me of all those evil, stuck up, bitches in high school that thought they were better than you. The Mean Girls they called them.