The Day My Ex Found Out About The Freelance Gig Gone Wrong

I had just gone through a messy divorce from my wife of twelve years. She took the kids and moved out, leaving me to figure out how I was going to support us both on my freelance coding gig. It wasn't easy, but I managed. Then, one day, she came back unannounced while I was in the middle of a particularly steamy Skype session with someone from another country. I had been talking and typing away at work when suddenly there was a knock on my door. 'It's me!' her voice called out from just beyond the threshold. Panic set in as I scrambled to put an end to our call and shut down my computer. The last thing I needed right then was for her to know about this little side gig of mine that wasn't entirely professional. But it was too late. She'd seen something on my screen before I could hide it properly, and the look in her eyes told me she had some serious questions coming up about what exactly I thought I was doing working from home like that. And there we stood, both of us standing awkwardly in the hallway while she tried to piece together what she’d witnessed. To this day, I’m not sure how I managed it, but somehow between my heart pounding out of my chest and trying to catch my breath, I convinced her that it was just a silly misunderstanding, nothing more than me indulging an innocent fantasy during the divorce chaos. She looked at me skeptically for a long time before finally nodding and walking away. But here’s where things got really complicated. A week later, out of nowhere, she texted to ask if I wanted to meet up somewhere quiet to 'talk.' My mind raced back to that moment, was it about the freelance work or something else entirely? Would this end with us somehow getting back together, or was there more damage done beyond repair? Now I’m torn. Should I just pretend like nothing happened and let bygones be bygones, or should I address everything head-on including that moment when my professional life crossed a line into the personal? And if she’s planning another meetup, does that mean she's softening up for reconciliation, or is it something else? Am I being overly paranoid here? Do any of you have advice on how to proceed?