I tell Tim's driver to take me to Nicole's office, where I collapse on her couch in a heap of tears. Nicole shouts for an intern to bring me soup from their kitchen and I marvel through my sobs at how different life is inside a tech startup.

"I blurted his secret," I moan to Nicole. "And now he's so angry at me!"

She furrows her brow. "Weren't you scheduled to break up with him in a week anyway? Sounds like fate took that out of your hands…"

My ...