An Honest Lie Novels & Stories

She tried her best to quickly think of a good lie to tell right in front of her good friend Gloria. "O-Of course he does! Do you know how much stuff I have to throw away every time because he keeps changing partners and women?" Isaiah replied fast, mixing half truth with half lie to make it sound real and believable for Gloria. "I also have to check the full background and history of each and every woman he hooks up with. It is so tiring and exhausting all the time!"

"I'm being honest here." "Lie again." Oh crap.

"Why? That undermines—" "It establishes honesty. Shows you're not hiding your mistakes. Makes the rest of the story more credible because readers know I'm not whitewashing you." Soo-ah's expression was steady. "I told you—I'm on the side of truth. All of it. Not just the convenient parts. You made an impossible choice. I reported it accurately. How readers interpret that is up to them." "Will it hurt us?" "Maybe. Probably. But lying about it or hiding it would hurt worse. Trust me. I've been doing this for fifteen years. Complicated truth always beats simple lies in the long run."

She droned and his lips quirked up slightly at her words, but he said nothing as they reached the checkout counter. "Have you ever thought that sometimes you can be too honest?" Raven questioned, eyeing him as they placed the items on the conveyor belt. "There's no such thing as too honest. You either honest or dishonest, there's no in between." He answered with the only response that made sense. He had never seen reason to lie nor the appeal. Despite knowing that his honesty would sometimes makes ruffles, it never deterred him from being that way. After all, at least people knew where he stood and how to navigate themselves around him. Raven let out a small laugh in response, shaking her he

or the lie that I was happy and we are having a great time with each other? The truth breaks their heart and the lie breaks their trust. I chose the latter. I can explain the whole thing if their trust breaks but telling the truth........ now in this situation breaks the families...... not only the families but also the trust people like Mr. Brown were having on our company, even though he's a pervert.

Both of his legs. "H-help me!!" "Hey, hey. You're making it like I'm bullying you." "N-no, please don't kill me." "Ouch, you're hurting me. I'm just here to get my money but I'm being bullied earlier and now someone is begging to me." I tried so hard to sound like an innocent kid. That's funny. If I'm not in this situation, then I will laugh. "Please! I'm begging you!" "Alright, alright."

I explain as her tears dry on her sweet little pixie-like face. "I can understand that, but you lied to me. You told me you would never lie, and then you did. You told me you hadn't thought it...you lied," she says while sniffling, and my head tilts out of confusion. "I believe that's called a white lie...doesn't count," I mumble, and she begins to scowl. "It does too. I want an honest relationship," she says with so much sass her little hands find her slim hips.

I asked. “Yes.” I answered for her. “Because lies steal freedom of will which is called autonomy in philosophy.” Her jaw clenched. “I disagree.” She said, “Lies sometimes preserve it.” “You don’t preserve autonomy by deciding what someone can handle.” She was unwilling to give up. “You do not respect human kind by weaponizing honesty.” I turned towards her. “Do you think honesty is a weapon?” “In the wrong hands, honesty is a weapon.” She said, eyes locked on mine.

Not just yet. ''If I tell you that it's no one, would you let it slip?'' I answer, looking back into her eyes. I, can never lie to her face without knowing that I'll be hurting her more because, yes, the truth may be painful and it may also be a lie so right now, lying is the best option. Just for now, only for tonight. Never again. She will never hear a lie from me again. Hopefully.