CHAPTER 57.
Gasps escaped my lips as I froze, unable to speak. For a moment, I wanted to say something, but my lips felt sealed, and I could only scoff slightly, still trying to process what I had just heard. It had truly caught me off guard.
Charlotte kept her gaze fixed on me as I struggled to form coherent words, and it was clear she recognized my stunned reaction.
She smiled and rose from the couch. "Look, Taylor, I didn't mean it the way you're thinking, but you know Will and I - this arrangement works for us. I need to protect my marriage," she said.
A wave of guilt washed over me as I heard her stance of trying to safeguard her marriage. But her approach was misguided - what had happened between Will and me was merely a moment of weakness on his part, and nothing more. Yet, we l
