Chapter 69

SEBASTIAN

“Yeah, Loren.” I started. I don’t even know where I’m heading; I just trust my instinct not to fail me now.

“She was with me through the storm. I didn’t want to give her a wrong impression.”

“Wrong impression?” She asked again.

God, no. Why do I keep saying the wrong things? I’m really the worst at lying.

“You didn’t want her to think something was going on between us.” She spoke for me.

“Yeah,” I muttered, gripping the edge of the table. Wait, should I even say that? That was not what I planned to say, right?

“I mean, she’s already suspicious. You know how Loren is. She reads too much into things.”

“Reads too much into things,” Dahlia repeated, her tone flat. “That’s convenient.”

I glanced at her then; her jaw was clenched, her gaze fixed solely on me. It made my stomach twist. This girl has me in her fingers for real.

“Dahlia, it’s not what you think.” Even I don’t know what I think.

“Then what is it, Seba