A Lie For A Lie Novels & Stories

I sniffed his perfume from a distance, it was one of the most expensive he had in his collection. “Why are you acting so nervous?” He asked, his voice trembling and diminished. I was actually trying to figure out if that was true or not, as I stood so dumbfounded and stared at him, without a single word. “Are you being serious right now? why aren’t you even talking to me, Ana?” He inquired again. “Um, I think I would have to drink some water, I feel thirsty, even before you came,” That was a blatant lie though, and I knew he wouldn’t believe me, but who was he to detect what I was up to since he wasn’t telepathic?.

“You still haven’t told me why you gave him my address instead of yours.” Liezel tossed the fork onto her plate and sniffed softly. “It’s silly, really.” She let out a forced laugh and closed her eyes for a few seconds. “I wanted to impress him. I mean, you saw my apartment before, Una. You thought it was horrendous—your word, not mine. And I couldn’t agree more. I live in a shitty neighborhood. I wasn’t just thinking ahead, you know. I thought it was a one-time thing. I never thought it’d bite me in the ass in the future. I’m a fake. Do you hate me?” “When you ignored my calls and text messages, I was angry. But I didn’t hate you. Not even now. And I don’t,” started Una. “You’re an idiot fo

“So I misunderstood that this guy is your friend. And I misunderstood that you guys are engaged and want to get married. And I'm sure I got it wrong, too, that you were just lying to me the whole time.” She held up her hands in a soothing manner. "I didn't lie to you..." "No, you didn't," he interrupted, his tone now caustic. 'You just kept a few things secret, that's something else entirely, of course. A little secret here, a little swindle there—none of that bad.” “Let me at least explain how it happened,” she pleaded desperately. "Well, I'm really looking forward to it. What are you going to tell me this time?" He smiled cynically: "You can skip that, you don't seriously expect that I'll

But when she thought about it later, as she lay nestled in his arms in her bed, she thought that telling lies and telling the truth had a few things in common. She'd learned that if you told one lie, then you were pretty much guaranteed to have to tell another one to explain or justify or cover up that first lie. Then a third lie, to protect the first two lies. Then a fourth, to shore things up and to keep the house of lies from falling down. And on and on, lie after lie, until it was like a snowball barreling on down a hill. You told one lie and then you couldn't stop telling more of them.

And yet, for the sake of appearances, for the crowd, she forced the lie from her lips, trembling. “Yes,” she whispered, barely audible. “He—he paid me to lie. Kastiel bribed me. He… he made me say false things. He—he is guilty. Kastiel… he…” The room erupted. The Thornbrooks cheered softly, their whispers spreading the narrative like wildfire. Kael’s smile was triumphant, his eyes gleaming with victory. He patted her shoulder, praising her, praising her bravery and loyalty, weaving her lie into the perception of truth for everyone present.

It was a complete fabrication. I didn’t have an answer, because any explanation I formulated would inherently be a secondary lie. If I lied again, his heightened shifter senses would likely catch the spike In my pulse or the slight tremor in my voice, and the game would end with me on his bed. But more than that, a deep, stubborn wave of revulsion rose in my chest. Lying made me feel deceptive—a trait I despised, an ugly necessity born of survival, not choice. Why, out of all the vital state secrets he could have demanded, was he forcing me to compromise my internal integrity over a ghost?

My throat felt dry. "I..” I started, glancing at Leonardo who wore a sly and sinister smile, "I, Natalie Rossi, a student of New Rome University, hereby admit to compromising the values of my school and betraying the trust of my family by using a false identity to gain admission and secure a scholarship," I paused as my heart pounded heavily and sweat trickled down my face. “My actions have brought shame to my family, who were unaware of my deceit, and have put them at risk," my hands trembled and I swallowed hard.

He had been busy faking a report for Sarah. "We rushed the tests," James announced. "The driver didn't drink. This might just be an accident."

I said stopping him “I believe that you of all people should know the difference after dealing with the number of people you’ve dealt with. By the way, Vladimir doesn’t know about our deals. Therefore, whatever it is that we would be doing, the two of us would be doing it when he’s out with his family or doing work. If he’s ever back and I’m not here, you and I are going to have to fix up some lie” “You’re willing to lie to him for my sake?” Lorenzo asked. I had to fight back laughing at the fact that he was believing that I would be willing to do anything for him. But it was another part of my and Vladimir’s plan, let him believe that I was being loyal to him and not to Vladimir.

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