The Day I Became the Office Gossip Queen

So there was this time last year when my boss, let's call her Janice, made me part of a big project with Sarah. We both knew it wasn't just about the work; she wanted to see if we could play nice and be professional colleagues after our history... But honestly, the past is the past, right? I thought it was all over and done with when suddenly out of nowhere... Janice starts sending me these weird emails... It's like she’s trying to reconnect or something, but in a way that makes me question her intentions. She invites me for coffee, talks about old times... It's awkward as hell because Sarah doesn't know what’s going on and thinks everything is fine between us. Anyway, so one day at lunch I run into Tom from accounting who always keeps an eye out for office drama. I just couldn’t help it, I spill the beans about Janice's weird behavior, how she suddenly starts flirting with me or whatever... But then when I get back to my desk, Sarah asks if something is going on and I realize I just made a huge mistake... Now everyone thinks I'm the office gossip queen. I didn’t mean to start rumors, it was supposed to be just an off-the-record chat between me and Tom! And the worst part? Janice hears about it from her own sources... Now she’s all cold towards me again. Maybe if I had kept my mouth shut things could have been different... But there's no undoing this now... I feel so guilty, but also like I was cornered and didn’t know what else to do. Did I make the wrong decision? Or is it possible that sometimes you just can't keep things in anymore?