I Lied Novels & Stories

I paused again, taking a deep exhale. “Do you know I have managed to tell you more truth than lies?” I asked. “No, you haven't,” he countered even before I finished speaking. I smiled. “Fine. But I only lied when you were so close to my truth. Those were the only times I lied. Except for that, I have not lied to you. I always said it—even if I didn't really say it—that I wasn't what I looked like. I told you I was not good. Over and over again.”

So much аbоut whаt I uѕеd tо think about myself and аbоut Aрrіl іѕn’t truе. Lіkе hоw оn еаrth I decided tо lie tо thе сорѕ. I nеvеr thought I’d do that, but I did lаѕt night. I lіеd bесаuѕе I was ѕсаrеd, and bесаuѕе I was аftеr a story.

My eyes widen, shock registering on my face. "What?”, I breathe, disbelief mingled with hurt burning in my voice. My lips tremble as I turn to face him. He sighs heavily, and I can almost see his eyes tearing up too. His eyes drop to his fidgeting hands as guilt consumes him. "I've been working as a security guard,", he says, somewhat ashamed of his own lies. "I didn't want you to worry, so I lied. That’s basically why I had to tel you to get birth control implants. I wasn’t ready to be a father.", remorse is written across his face.

“Yeah, I just didn’t tell them where I was going and I had turned off my phone. Don’t worry about it.” “You left your car.” “I hitched a ride with my friend,” I lied and she hummed. “I was going to come back for it.” “If I’m going to lie for you then I deserve some truth, don’t you think?” she offered up casually and I sighed. “Don’t worry, I’ll lie for you even if you don’t tell me but give me something to work with. Jake already told me what to say but he won’t tell me anything.” “This is one of those things that you are better off not knowing. You can always claim deniability in court.”

Instead of answering, I turned my back to him, hoping he would take the hint and leave. "Well, I just wanted to help." His voice was louder now, enough to break through my defenses. I let out a deep sigh, my shoulders dropping. "Fine," I admitted, my voice cracking slightly. I lowered my head, my fingers playing with the hem of my sweater. "I lied." Liam raised an eyebrow but didn’t interrupt. "I just didn’t want her stealing the show again," I muttered, finally speaking the unvarnished truth. A knowing look crossed his face. "Well, that’s a bummer. You’ve found yourself in a real hot pot." He smirked, clearly enjoying my misery.

“Just a client. Nothing important.” The lie left my mouth easily enough, though something about saying it directly to her, again, after everything we’d already shared, sat uncomfortably in my chest. I’d lied to her more than once already—about who I was, about the reasons behind everything I’d done for her and none of it had actually worked out well for me so far. And yet here I was, doing it again anyway.

He said worriedly. I knew there would be no point trying to talk him out of this one. "Where were you coming from that late by the way?" I did not see the question coming. "Uh...uhm...i had a group study with some of my course mates." I lied. I had to save myself. There was no other way out of it. *I'm sorry, husband.*

“I lied.” Her sobs faltered as she froze, her breath hitching. “There was never a time I would have left my mate for you. And deep down, you knew it,” I continued, my tone sharp as a blade. “You were just too greedy, too ambitious, too selfish to see the truth. Maybe there was a fleeting moment I considered it, but when I realized it wouldn’t work, I didn’t string you along. I let you go. I told you the truth.”

"You promised to handle Ellie's work, but you deliberately sabotaged her instead. You don't think you owe her an apology?" I scoffed and shot right back. "First of all, I never promised anything. You forced that file on me. Second, even if I did agree to help her, I never said I'd do a good job. So how exactly did I break my word?" Robert's and Ellie's faces turned ashen. They wanted to argue, but they couldn't find a single flaw in my logic. Ellie squeezed out two pathetic tears, whimpering. "Melanie, I had no idea you hated me this much. If there's no room for me here, I'll just resign!"

I broke off in the middle of a sentence. I almost spilled the beans! Concentrate, Jake, I reminded myself mentally. Giulia saw it differently. Of course she wanted to know what I was about to say. Even though I wanted to be honest with her from now on, I lied to her again. "After all, I wanted to get you into bed," I blurted out without thinking.