All Chapters of Their Little White Lie: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

BLAZE WILLIAMS I stayed back at Night Park because I wanted to stop thinking about Sabrina. She was invading my entire life. Sabrina was going to be my sister. We were also spending nights together and getting to know each other. I had to put a pause on that cause it was getting scary. Two days later I was booking a flight back to Miami. “Tickets, please?” The airport lady asked me. She was smiling cordially, her hair as neat as her outfit. I shook my head. I was attempting to clear the thoughts in them. I gave her the ticket. The lady looked at my credentials. She paused looking at her computer screen to give me a brief stare. In a bright but quiet voice, she said. “Your flight leaves in thirty minutes. You can wait in the lobby.” I got handed back my ticket. I had my duffel bag hanging from my shoulders. It was almost eight in the morning. I spent the previous night working and staying up with a bottle of champagne. My hotel room had never felt

SABRINA MORALESNext, you have dinner with Alex, and you can call it a day,” Violet said as she walked around the stool. I was looking at the computer when she spoke. My hands froze over the keyboard. I was too stunned even to say anything.I had a date with Alex?! “Take this too,” Violet was saying as she gestured to stool. We’d just finished the artist shoot with Suzie’s artist, Bella. I thought I was done for the day but Violet told me that I wasn't. “A date with Alex,” I echoed slowly, as if saying it out loud would help me process it I had to remember to be normal about it. I've not been able to bring myself to tell Violet or anybody. I wasn't ready. Maybe it was time for me to tell her before she fixed my wedding without my knowledge. Violet turned away from the ruckus. We were packing up and cleaning the studio after the day’s work. There were lots of glitter on the floor, some CDs, posters… There was a little bit of everything. “Yeah. I sent you an email and a remi

SABRINA MORALES You shouldn’t have. That’s something I’ve said to Blaze about three times tonight, but did I really mean it? He was sitting across from me, smiling and sipping his wine while I watched his lips, full of moisture. I could never have enough of him, could I? “Humiliating is a crazy thing to say,” Blaze said as he wiped a smudge from his sushi. His fingers rubbed the corner of his lips as they moved, eyes on me. “It was humiliating,” I said again, because it was. I was reliving the moment, even though I didn’t want to. I’ve always been good at keeping my business out of my work life, but today, I spilled it all. Everyone knew I got cheated on. Everyone saw me snap like that. They must know too that I broke down in my office later. “Alex should be the one feeling humiliated,” Blaze said. He set his cutlery down and leaned back in his seat like he was waiting to see my reaction to what he’d just said. Alex. I still hated hearing his name. “Well, he wasn’t there,”

JOSEPH WILLIAMS Jason slipped into the office late that evening, fresh from his hospital rounds. He embodied the silent force of our organization as he was a ghostly presence. Always missed. Jason Williams wasn’t just a cornerstone of our business, he was my elder brother by a year. We started the business together, but Jason never really maintained a consistent presence. On most days, I found myself missing him. It wasn’t just about the business, it was about our bond. The elevator ride to the office was smooth. It was a calm contrast to the chaos of the afternoon’s incident. Hadn’t shared the details with Caroline, even though we’d had a video call earlier. Honestly, I was still processing it all. It had been a scene, but thankfully, it hadn’t escalated. I began to think about the conversation Jason and I would have in my office or, more accurately, our mini lounge in the building. The thought excited me with each passing second. We had a joint office lounge. Because Jas

BLAZE WILLIAMS “And that’s my cue,” Asher said, getting up at once. I followed his gaze and saw Mum and Marcy walking in, radiating the same beauty and elegance they always carried. I wasn’t pleased to see them, and Asher felt the same way. The difference was he could escape, but I couldn’t. He grabbed his glass and tipped his head back, finishing every last drop of his iced Tequila Sunrise. He wasn’t quick enough because Mum caught up to him before he slipped away. “Asher and Blaze, what are you boys up to?” Mum said brightly as she pulled out an empty seat and sat down. “Actually, Leti, I was just leaving,” Asher replied, wiping his mouth with a paper towel. Marcy quietly joined the table, her face set in a frown. She locked eyes with me for a long moment, her anger clear. I had never apologized for what happened at the airport, when I told her to leave without me. I wasn’t planning to, no matter how much venom her eyes and lips were ready to throw. But now, she’d come