CHAPTER FIVE: THE COUNTERACT

“And it’s been going on since the two weeks we’ve been married,” Rachel said trying to sound as aggrieved as a wife who’d just discovered that her husband was having an affair.

Devin stared at her for some time and Rachel braced herself praying she wouldn’t give herself away. She made a lousy liar and she knew that only too well.

“How can you be so sure?” he finally asked looking as serious as hell.

Rachel understood his reluctance for not believing her. It would have been hard even to her to believe that Jake could be capable of adultery. But she had repeated every word Jake himself had taught her. He was supposed to be the villain in the story they’d invented.

“Well, there have been signs. Like he kept working late during the last two weeks repetitively. I am never able to contact him at the office when he’s supposed to be there. And once I caught a lady handkerchief in his jacket.”

“And how do you feel about it?”

Oh bloody shit! She was not prepared for lying more. An