Chapter 45

By the time she arrived home, Elise’s stomach was in knots over the prospect of talking to Kane. Even though she hadn’t done anything wrong, it still wasn’t a conversation she was looking forward to. After all, who knew what Rose might have said?

It had been an innocent meeting but apparently Rose was willing to believe the worst of her and jump to conclusions, which was rather upsetting given the fact that she had tried her best to be pleasant to the other girl.

Mentally, she played out what she’d say to Kane and how he’d react. How did she start? ‘Did you hear a rumor about me?’ No, that probably wasn’t a good opening line. Neither was, ‘You know that rumor Rose told you about me and another man...?’

She shook her head. A straight-out explanation would be best. She would simply tell him she’d had lunch with Bryan but what with one thing and another, it had completely slipped her mind. Not because she was trying to hide anything, but simply because it wasn’t that