‘What? Feck, no. What are you even talking about?’ she argued, sounding indignant at the very suggestion, but also secretly glad that her friend wasn’t in the office with her. She was blushing.

‘You sounded awfully … dreamy there for a sec.’

‘That’s ridiculous,’ she retorted quickly, squaring her shoulders. ‘It’s not like that at all. I was just saying, he was being … normal, which makes a nice change. That’s it.’

‘I mean I don’t blame you. The man is hot. But … ’

‘Don’t go there, I know. Anyway, I’d better get back to it; enjoy your Beverly Hills breakfast and know that I’m not in the least bit jealous.’

Hannah’s phone was pinging even as she spoke.

‘Liar. Catch you later.’

I had no idea you felt that way.

Hannah’s first reaction upon reading a new text that had just come in from Rob was complete confusion. What did he mean?

Until she scrolled up and spied the wall of words preceding it and her hand flew to her mouth in horror. Oh my god!

Suddenly the room began to spin as Hannah realized that the boozy in-depth confessional she’d written last night – instead of still sitting innocently in draft on her laptop – had somehow ended up in her and Rob’s message string!

Which meant her ex had read every single word and was now privy to all her honest, unfiltered thoughts and emotions regarding their relationship. To everything she’d laid bare.

But … but … how?

Had she inadvertently pressed send amid last night’s wine haze?

But no, she’d only had a couple of glasses at the most, and she’d only written it all in the first place as a form of emotional purge. And more importantly, safe in the knowledge that she was never going to send it!

Her thoughts scrambled to make sense of it. Was there some feature on iMessage she didn’t know about that automatically sent messages after a specified amount of time or something? Regardless, Hannah was so mortified she could barely think straight.

Now Rob knew everything. She could no longer hold her head high and play the part of the strong and mature ex, all drama completely beneath her. From his point of view, the message surely came across as unhinged.

Oh no, oh no. So much for easy breezy …

Then she considered the response he’d just sent. Short and sweet.

I had no idea you felt that way.