The Other Side

Charli didn’t believe it but she loved Andy so she stayed. Now she was beginning to regret. There was nothing there anymore and they seemed to be staying together because that was all they knew.

And Kimberly was loving it.

Charli slapped the table hard, making Andy jumped and his glass sloshed his beer onto the table.

“Charli, what the hell?”

“Andy, will you listen to me?” Charli said desperately. “We agreed to come out to dinner to talk and have an intimate evening.” She glanced at Kimberly, who smirked. “It’s not been very intimate so far.”

Andy sighed and put his phone down.

“Charli, I have an exhibition to train for this weekend. We need to get the game strategy ready. Plus all the endorsements and modeling I have to do.”

Andy loved doing the modeling. That was when the women drooled over his pictures with him wearing barely anything. With his body, his dark hair that touched his shoulders and his youthful looks, he was the epitome of a Greek god. At least, he had been in Charli’s eyes. Now she saw a spoiled brat with an inflated ego that didn’t leave room for her. Andy had changed and not for the best.

But Andy didn’t seem to notice. With his success and Kimberly whispering things into his ear he thought he was the biggest thing on the planet. His underhanded tactics to unnerve players also unsettled Charli, who saw the desolation and humiliation when Andy beat them easily because they had been shaken by the things he said. That was another one of Kimberly’s tactics.

The old Andy had never done that and would never consider doing that; he had always been a considerate person and the sportsmanship had been commendable. But this new Andy was not something to be proud of. Andy might be proud of himself but Charli wasn’t.

Maybe she needed to cut and run while she could.

But she smiled and leaned forward, knowing her cleavage would be on display.

“You don’t need to do that for a few hours, do you?” She asked sweetly.

Kimberly snorted.

“Charli, you knew when Andy turned professional that he would be busy with things other than a relationship.”

Her attempt at seduction failing, Charli swung a glare in Kimberly’s direction.

“This was arranged as a dinner for two, Kim.” She snapped. “Not a dinner for three where the girlfriend is the third wheel.”

“You shouldn’t be too bothered with that.” Andy sat back and folded his arms.

Charli was confused.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well, you were talking to Hildenstern earlier. So I’m talking to Kim.”

“You told Kim to come here to talk with you and ignore me because I was talking to Hildenstern?” Charli couldn’t believe the childishness of the pair of them. “That’s what this is about? He spoke to me, that’s all. I could see he had an agenda and I made it clear I was taken.”

“From the look on his face when you walked away he didn’t get the message.” Andy sneered.