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I had no idea what I wanted to do anymore.
The last six weeks had changed everything. I’d never hated working here. I’d never hated my job. I’d just hated workingforTheo, but even that was different now.
I didn’t want to admit it out loud, but I was wondering if it was impossible to imagine not working with him.
I was so used to being with him every second of the day, and that was almost literal over the past two weeks. Ever since we’d returned to Buckley Heath from our flying visit home for Aunt Fizz’s party, we’d been practically inseparable.
His bedroom had become our room. The evenings that had once been spent quietly apart doing our own thing had become quality chill time together where he’d catch pixel fish and I’d pet pixel chickens.
Never had I ever imagined I’d have nightly cosy gaming sessions with Theo, but the whole evolution of our relationship had been strange to me, so it was just one of those things.
I’d also never imagined that I’d be figuring out what the fuck to do with my life at my age.
I’d always thought I’d have it planned out, but didn’t everyone? It wasn’t like I was about to have an identity crisis, but everything I’d been planning for the last God only knew how long was going up in smoke all because of my heart.
Because I didn’t know if I really wanted to leave Theo at all.
“Chloe. Chlooooeeeeee,” Harvey sang from somewhere remarkably close to me.
I raised my head up and saw his face mere inches from mine.
“Hi.” He grinned. “Are you taking a nap?”
“I’m having an existential crisis,” I replied.
“Sounds about right. Wanna have one over lunch instead?”
“Can’t. I’m the only one here.”
“The boss said to turn on the answering machine and go.” He cocked his thumb towards Theo’s office. “I told him I’d bring something back for him.”
I glanced at his office door. “Are you sure?”
“I’m not about to lie to you, am I? He’d cut off my head if I lied to you before, never mind now.”
That was true.
“You’re going to ask me a hundred questions, aren’t you?” I asked, sitting up straight.
“Don’t worry.” He reached over and patted my head. “I’ll be much nicer to you than I was to him.”
***
“So, you were together the whole time?” Harvey raised his eyebrows. “That’s surprisingly.”
“Not the whole time,” I replied. “Things sort of happened before I came back for Aunt Fizz’s party, but for the last two weeks… yeah, it’s a bit like that.”
He narrowed his eyes. “That means it only took three weeks for you to go from his number one hater to his lover. That’s a twist I didn’t expect.”
“Do you have to use the word ‘lover?’ It makes it sound like we’re doing something illicit.”
“Some people might think so.” He paused. “Did he tell you?”
“About his ex?” I nodded. “It’s one of the reasons we’re keeping it secret. Well, I’m keeping it a secret.”
“I don’t think me, Alastair, Charles, and Cassidy count.”
“They count. It all happened without my consent.” I sniffed, propping my chin up on my hand. “I knew it would happen, but still. It’s just all a bit of a mess right now.”
