1 month later ....

I've been living with Hunter for the past month now, and I honestly can say it's been the best time.

We have fallen into a pretty good routine together, while I've been picking up more hours at the coffee shop still, Hunter has been doing less hours at the club.

The October weather outside is cold and rainy, I'm currently listening to the raindrops hitting the window, as I lay in Hunter's bed waiting for him to come home. It's always busy on a Saturday night, so I know he will be at the club until at least 1am.

I must have drifted off at some point as I feel Hunter wrap his arms around my body, waking me up.

"I'm here baby, go back to sleep." Hunter whispers in my ear.

"What time is it?" I mumble.

"2.30am, sorry I'm late getting home, it's been a crazy night." He explains.

"It's fine, your here now." I snuggle back into him, the warmth of his body comforting me.

"I love coming home to you Soph." He kisses my cheek before resting his head on the pillow.

I sneak out of bed around 7am the next morning, making my way to the living area to do my morning yoga flow. I make some coffee afterwards and sit at the breakfast bar.

I'm lost in thought when I hear my phone ping next to me.

"There's my girl." Hunter whispers in my ear, making me jump, his hands wrap around my waist.

"I was just letting you sleep a little." I tell him. I don't want him to feel like he has to wake up with me after not getting home until the early hours.

"I sleep better with you next to me." He kisses my cheek.

"I have some good news." I smile at him while he pours himself a coffee.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, Cassie is coming home for the weekend soon. I've missed her so much." I'm happy for my best friend, but I'm used to seeing her everyday when we lived together.

"That's nice, you'll have to make sure you get that weekend off so you can spend time with her." He tells me, sipping his coffee. I admire him from my seat, he's only wearing boxers, his muscular tattooed chest and arms on full display for me. My eyes staring at the detailed patterns, my favourite being the black rose he has over one shoulder.

"Your staring Soph." He chuckles.

"Sorry, but you will walk around with only underwear on so where am I supposed to look."

We laugh and chat for a while, before Hunter head's back to work for 5pm. He's only going to the bar tonight so he shouldn't be home too late, it doesn't need as much attention as the club he told me.

I'm sat flicking through the TV channels, laid on Hunter's sofa. I like this, being here with him. It feels like home. I've even cooked for us a couple of times. Hunter loves that he's been the first guy to do things like this with me. I definitely couldn't have seen myself living with a guy at the start of this year but it's funny how your life changes when you least expect it to.

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I'm looking forward to this week, I have a date night with Hunter tonight, after he had to cancel on Monday night at the last minute as something came up with the club. He told me we could do tonight, as Wednesday's aren't too busy for him. Also, Cassie is coming home this weekend which I'm so excited about.

My phone pings from in the bedroom, I grab it to see a new text.

Is he serious? I can't believe he is cancelling again. I haven't seen him properly all week, we shared a kiss in passing yesterday as I got home and he was just about to leave.

I don't know why all of a sudden he is taking on more work again, I thought we would be spending more time together now I live here with him, but it's the opposite. I pick up my phone and call Hunter, wanting to know what is going on.

"Hey Soph, what's up?"

"What's up? What is going on Hunter?"

"Nothing, look I'm just busy with work alright." He bluntly answers.

"I know, I get that, but I miss you and we haven't spent any time together all week-"

"I know, but I'll see you at home ok, I'm busy right now."

"I love y-"

"Love you." He interrupts and quickly ends the call.

I throw my phone on the bed and head out the room. It's a good job I wasn't dressed already, I'm so angry this situation. How am I just sat here waiting for him when he clearly can't be bothered to even speak to me for 30 seconds. I head into the kitchen and make myself some dinner, wanting to clear my mind of the awful gut feeling I have that something more is going on.

After the longest evening, I finally head to bed. I decide not to sleep in Hunter's bed and make myself comfy in the spare room. I don't feel like he even wants me here in his home anymore, so I definitely don't feel happy to sleep in his bed without him.

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"So hang on, he's alright with you living in his home, but doesn't wanna spend any time with you? Something must have happened?" Cassie asks me.

It's the weekend now and I'm so happy that Cassie is home, hopefully it will take my mind off my failing relationship. We are currently waiting for Ivy in a restaurant not too far from the city.

"I honestly don't know what's happened. Since last week he has been working nearly everyday, cancelling our date nights and then when I finally got round to telling him that you were coming home this week, he looked relieved, like he was happy I would be out all day." I tell Cassie.

"It was his idea for you to stay at his place, why would he not be interested in having you there?"

"I don't know Cass, I feel like I'm losing him." I hold back my tears, my feelings are getting hurt because of his actions and I don't know what I can do.

"I have an idea, how about we get ready and hit to club tonight and surprise him. If he's stressed out with paperwork or whatever, maybe seeing you turn up there for him, he might snap out of it. If not, I'll be throwing some words his direction for making you feel like this!" Cassie says. She's right, I have to do something, there's no way I can sit in his penthouse alone again for another night.

Once Ivy joins us we fill her in on the situation, we all head back to change and agree to meet at the club for 11pm. I pick out my sexiest underwear, and pull on a tight black little dress, paired with red strappy heels and red lipstick. I curl the ends of my long hair and spritz some perfume onto my wrists.

I hope Hunter likes this, I haven't heard from him all day, apart from a text this morning telling me he went to the gym before work so he wouldn't see me until he gets home about 2am.

Arriving into the club I'm nervous, I hope it's alright that I just showed up here, I'd like to think we could have a drink and a dance if he's not too busy.

"Hey, everything will be alright! I'll grab us some drinks and meet you back here!" Cassie shouts over to us, we nod and sit down at a table tucked in the corner.

"He will be happy to see you I'm sure of it." Ivy smiles at me.

"Yeah." I smile back at her.

After a few drinks I decide to go find Hunter. I head straight down the corridor to his office, remembering the directions from last time I came here.

I open the door in one swing and step forward. The sight infront of me makes me gasp and my heart sinks into my stomach.

I blink and shake my head to confirm I'm not imagining this.

Hunter sitting in his office chair behind the desk with Lucy in her bra and skirt perched over him kissing his neck.

Tears prick my eyes, I'm glued to the spot, I can't seem to get my feet to move.

Both of them turn to look at me, Hunter curses under his breath and pushes Lucy away from him, rising up out of his chair.

"You fucking liar!" I shout at him. He stops moving, I can feel hot tears streaming down my cheeks now. I'm trying to catch my breath, to calm down my racing mind and beating heart.

Lucy starts bending over, picking up her t-shirt up from the ground.

"We are done. I want nothing to do with you!" I yell, turning on my heel and storming out of the room.

As I make it down the corridor I feel faint, like my legs are going to give way any second. I grab the corner of the bar to steady me.

"Hey, you alright Sophia?"

I look up, Jack places a hand on my back and bends his head down to look at me.

I pull away from his touch, I need to get out of here. I look over my shoulder, thoughts of what was about to happen in Hunter's office making my stomach nauseous.

"Your best friend is a liar and a cheat." I tell Jack, leaving him to go find my friends.

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Not even 10 minutes later, I'm in an Uber with Ivy and Cassie crying my eyes out, telling them what I walked in on.

"He didn't e-even say a-anything! H-he has been c-cheating on me with her. He s-said she was no one, that it was j-just me and him." I sob as Cassie strokes my hair, my head is resting on her shoulder.

"I can't believe he is such a dick. I thought he loved you." Ivy says confused, aren't we all. I opened myself up to this man, I didn't want a relationship, he made me fall in love with him and then he cheats on me. I have never felt this much pain, I can't stop my heart from hurting.

"Alright, this is me. I'll call you tomorrow Soph ok?" Cassie asks as we drop her off at the hotel she is staying at.

I nod, giving her a sad smile.

"You can stay at mine, I'm not letting you go back to his place." Ivy tells me. I'm so thankful I have them both.

"What am I going to do? I have nowhere to live." I say, fresh tears appearing in my eyes.

"Hey, we will sort it out ok? You can stay with me and Lucas in the mean time. It's the least we can do for you."

"I can't do that Ivy, I can't just come and live with you, I'll just go back to my parents-"

"No, Cassie said you would say that, you are coming to stay with us and that's final." She smiles at me, pulling me in for a hug.

"Thank you Ives. I love you."

"Love you too Soph."

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I'm surprised I woke up to all the messages I did this morning. Hunter has been distant for a while, so now I caught him cheating I thought he would just be happy I ended it and move on, but no.

There were plenty more too. Ivy turned my phone off in the taxi last night so I didn't see any of his texts, a part of me wanted him to come chasing after me, to hear him out that what I saw was a misunderstanding, but I saw them together with my own eyes, and she was nearly sat on top of him.

He lied to me orginally about Lucy flirting with him, has he been seeing her all this time?

Shit, I have a headache. I need to figure out what I want to do and I need to go and get all my things from his place too.

My phone suddenly pings.

Hunter: I need to go to work for a bit, please meet me at home later, about 5pm, I will explain everything.

I see his text and feel the anger run through my veins. Telling me he's going to work, on a Saturday morning, I can't believe a word this guy says.

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"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Lucas asks me again, I'm sat in his car outside Hunter's building, ready to go inside and pack all my things up and leave him for good. After I received Hunter's message this morning, I took my chance to go into his penthouse to retrieve my belongings.

"Yes, I'm sure. I won't be long, I don't have too much." I reply.

I walk into the lobby and spot Eric smiling at me.

"Hello Miss Sophia, I will let you up."

"Thank you Eric."

I feel so anxious stepping foot in the penthouse, it has been my home for nearly 2 months now. I thought we were building something here together.

I wipe a stray tear away from my eye as I take in the penthouse for the last time. I head into the wardrobes and start taking out my clothes, placing them into a suitcase, doing the same with my toiletries and other personal items.

Half an hour later I'm all done, heading out of the door with my large suitcase and a couple of bags. I wipe my face with the back of my hands and take a few deep breaths in once I'm in the lift. That was harder than I thought, all the flashbacks of us together in there running through my mind, how is my heart going to survive this pain.

Eric spots me walking through the lobby and rushes behind me.

"Miss Sophia, is everything alright?" I can hear the concern in his voice, and his eyes scanning over my bags. I don't know what to say, he is a sweet gentleman but I know he will tell Hunter that I've left. I decide to keep it vague when I speak.

"It's been a pleasure meeting you Eric, goodbye." I turn quickly, walking onto the street, Lucas waiting by his car ready to help my with my things.

"Got everything?"

"Yeah, let's get out of here."

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