Tiara’s POV

They were some points in life when some things don’t come as a surprise anymore. I had anticipated it and I wasn’t surprised when I saw Tobi at the door. I had the feeling he had been pacing the room awaiting my return; it was what he did whenever he was nervous.

“What’s your relationship with that guy?” He pounced on me the moment he saw me. 

I sighed. Honestly, I was already exhausted from having that discussion with Daniel. I had left his presence in annoyance leaving him in that room, and now Tobi was trying to grind out information from me. 

I needed a drink. 

Tobi moved in front of me, “I’m asking you a question, babe.”

I know, but what was I supposed to say. I didn’t even know what I wanted. If I was being honest, proclaiming that whatever was between Daniel and I was a onetime thing was just me deceiving myself. I had always had this huge crush on Daniel from childhood and seeing that I still had that crush on him might mean something. 

It might be more than a crush. 

I moved away from him, “I need a drink.”

This time he didn’t block me. He stood there staring at me. Then when I was about to open the door, he asked, “Did you truly have something to do with him?”

Instead of replying or facing my challenges at once, I opened the door and left for the bar. I was getting more familiar with the bar now. I had ordered above my drinking habit intentionally. I wanted to pass out from being drunk whenever I returned to the room, maybe then all this would be a dream.

Maybe I didn’t really make the decision to give myself to Daniel and jeopardize my relationship with Tobi. 

“It must be hard, right?”

Tina swing in front of me, dropping her own bottle of drink in front of me. She looked a bit tipsy herself. 

Maybe it wasn’t just me having a difficult time with making up my mind. 

I frowned at her. “What are you doing here?”

She scoffed, “The last time I remembered, this is a free bar. As long as I pay for my drink, I’m free to come in.”

I took another full cup. I was getting drunk; I could feel it. I pointed at her in annoyance, “What are you doing in front of me.”

She lifted her bottle up, “Drinking… I guess.”

For a moment I was reminded of her and Fred, “Can you take your drink elsewhere? I can’t bear looking at you.”

Another scoff, “You don’t have the right to judge me now. You think no one knows what happened between you and Daniel. Everyone could guess, but no one is talking for some reason.”

That sobered me up again. 

Did people really found out about us?

I didn’t have any response for her. She chuckled before saying, “Well, not that you’re totally to be blame. I already have this feeling that Dan doesn’t want to get married to me. We’ve been together for a while now, and whenever I mentioned the topic marriage close to his ears. He always shun that out.”

She shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal to be sitting in front of the person her boyfriend might be cheating on. It made me squirm on the seat, and I took another doze of alcohol. Discussing with her while been sober seemed not to be an option. 

I didn’t know what to reply to that. 

She laughed. “I’ll be leaving here first thing tomorrow morning.”

I frowned. If she left, that means the truth about her and Fred relationship would never see daylight. Moreover, I was the only one aware of their relationship, and I don’t want anything to destroy my friend’s relationship. If she left, that means her relationship with and Fred would be over, right?

I still didn’t say anything. 

“I’m breaking up with Daniel, so I have no reason to stay here. I can tell that he doesn’t care for me as much as he does for you.”

I didn’t know how strong their relationship was, but I wouldn’t deceive myself by trying to convince her that he cares about her. I only felt like a tie breaker at that moment. The reason they decided to break up was because of me. 

“I’m sorry.”

She shrugged. “I did some shit too. We all make mistakes, but I hope you will make the right choice.”

I hardly know what my right choice was at that moment, yet I nodded as if I knew what I wanted. Meeting Daniel again caused chaos in my life and it got me rethinking of my relationship with Tobi