Chapter 144. I Love You Pookie

2024

Amelia’s POV

“It’s a long story,”I started as I sat on my mum’s bed,”but basically,we reconnected at work,and things were complicated at first,well,really complicated,but it was never inappropriate,not really,and yes,I know that’s what everyone always says,but it’s true.He was separated from Phoebe for a long time,and it wasn’t what the media made it look like,we tried to keep things professional,and it didn’t work,and then everything happened all at once,and I almost lost him,and…”

“I suspected that the mystery woman in that article might be you,”she called out from her closet.”I told our neighbor Ellen that it would be comical if the mystery woman happened to be someone I knew and well,damn.”

I stopped.”Wait,what?”

“Keep going,”she said,reappearing in front of me fully dressed now,hair up,earrings in,looking like she’d casually stepped out of a catalog.”I’m listening.”

And so I did.I told her about Adrian.About Evie.About Phoe