The Perfect Lie
"You don't have to lie to me."
Her stomach clenched. "I'm not," she whispered.
His lips shaped a curve, but not with any humor behind it. Just something else. Something colder. "We said no secrets, didn't we?"
Lena forced herself to nod. "Of course."
He looked at her for another strained, painful moment, then- Snap.
He crushed the burner phone in his hand, the plastic cover cracking as he tossed it into the trash.
Lena flinched.
"Good," he said softly, stepping back. "Let's keep it that way."