Chapter 13. A Blatant Lie

Lorraine

It was a lie—a blatant lie!

I felt something so strong that I didn't want to acknowledge.

Gosh, I thought those feelings were dead but I guess they had been buried in a dark corner of my heart and all it took was a single kiss to stir it up.

I quickly walked away so that he wouldn't notice how I truly felt. He'd use it against me once he found out that I was trying to rile him up.

The door of our bedroom flung open as I tucked myself under the duvet with Dexter sighing intermittently. "I saw Blake and Liam today at a bar. It's been a long while since I met them."

My throat constricted and a deep feeling of dread, stemming from the memories of the past dropped into the pit of my stomach.

"How are they?" I asked, hoping I sounded as nonchalant as I could because they never mattered to me, not after the indelible scars they caused me.

Dexter turned around and smiled at me. "They are fine. Did you ask because you act