Day 104: Tales Of Waking Up In Familiar Beds And Life Changing Information

Day 104 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD

May 19, 2023

If you’re new here to 1 Lovelock Drive, welcome! Let me fill you in on what you’ve missed.

I’m Andie and my ex, Douglas, dumped me. This is my break-up, so to speak. Douglas is a power player in Melbourne, worth more than I could ever comprehend.
I have no idea why we broke up.
I work and live at 1 Lovelock Drive. There, my best friend James and I are building Highway, our unisex clothing line. Our two other best friends, GG and Sophia, are investors.
GG is dating Douglas’ brother. Awkward.
My friends have been acting strange since the breakup. Since things have changed, I’ve found papers in James’ briefcase outlining plans for an expensive office space for our business.

“You look better than the last time you stayed here,” Taylor noted.

I couldn’t contain my laughter. He made a good point. I wasn’t hungover, I wasn’t filled with embarrassment, and I wasn’t a hopeless mess.

After spending the night with Taylor, I was quite the opposite.

And before you get the wrong idea, no I didn’t spend the night with Taylor like that.

I mean, yes, I did spend the night at his penthouse, but as his friend. That was it. In a separate room to him.

I would never do the dirty behind GG’s back, even if she did seemingly deserve a friend treating her like rubbish. After everything Taylor told me, it wasn’t as if I had any genuine friends anymore.

“Well, it’s nice waking up somewhere and knowing how you ended up there. Thank you for last night, by the way.”

I saw my notebook and handbag still on the dining room table where I left them last night. Gathering them together, I knew it was time to leave.

“What time is GG getting here?”

Taylor looked at his watch. “I said to her one o’clock. But knowing her, she could come over at any stage.”

I opened the notebook and looked over everything Taylor had illegally told me about my business, the takeover, and the war ahead of me.

“I guess I have one question remaining from last night. Why?”

Taylor stepped towards me, seized the book from me and put it on the table. He took my hands and held them tight.

“It’s the right thing to do. Someone has to stop you from being an embarrassment. Someone has to stop treating you like a child who doesn’t know what they’re doing.”

And as the words left his lips, he pulled me in, holding my body against his warm, muscular frame.

“Thank you,” I whispered.

Driving away from South Yarra towards Camberwell, to Lovelock Drive, I still didn’t have my answer to my last question.

I didn’t have the heart to tell Taylor that wasn’t what I meant by ‘why’. I didn’t think to wonder why he was helping me.

I should have, because his kind, generous gesture would compromise him if anyone were to find out. His business. His girlfriend. Everything.

But what I was really wondering was why my friends were doing this to me. Why are they taking me out of my own business? I thought I shouldn’t wonder about this. A true businesswoman wouldn’t care about that. We were friends first though.

How could I not feel a sting?

I called Sophia. “Tomorrow, you and me. Lunch. Tell no one,” I said. I listened to the silence before hearing a loud sigh.

“Ok. You’ve got it.”

Day 104: Tales Of Waking Up In Familiar Beds And Life Changing Information

Day 104 Of How To Move On From A Man — 1LD

If you’re new here to 1 Lovelock Drive, welcome! Let me fill you in on what you’ve missed.

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