revelation

Chapter 16 (Mason's POV)

Guess what? I am back to hiding.

What Rachel said before was a bit too much for me to handle.

I know those were the rumors back in high school and later college.

But it was a far cry from the truth.

But one rumor was enough to make me the biggest playboy around.

I didn't even have to talk to a girl and rumors started that I slept with her.

And since back then I was a skinny boy I just tried to ignore everything as best as I could.

I had no idea those rumors would haunt me up to this day.

But I thought Rachel knew better than to rely on rumors.

I also thought we started to at least tolerate each other, but looks like I was wrong once again.

When will I learn?

Suddenly there was a knock on my door.

There was no question who it was, but I did wonder what she wanted, so I told her to come in.

I didn't move from my position on the bed though.

She opened the door and stepped inside.

I could see she was nervous from the way she wriggled her hands and avoided eye cont