Novel & Cerita I Only Lie When I Love You

“ I love you too” ***

“I never loved you. I was with you because you’re rich. Because you have money, and power, and influence. I needed someone to take care of me, to give me the life I wanted. And you were perfect. You were so easy to manipulate. So eager to believe that I loved you. I used you, Liam. That’s all it was. I used you for your money.” Liam shook his head, taking a step forward, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. “No,” he said, his voice rising. “That’s not true. You’re lying. I know you’re lying. I saw the way you looked at me. I felt the way you held me. I know you loved me. You can’t tell me that none of it was real.”

"That you were just..." "Just what?" The words were barely a whisper. "A mistake. A detour." I shrugged casually. "Something he needed to get through to find his way back to me." Riley's face crumpled completely. "You're lying." "Am I?" I moved closer. "Ask him. Ask him what he whispered to me when he walked me to the elevator." Riley looked up at me with devastated eyes. "What did he whisper?" "He said 'I love you.'" The lie rolled off my tongue like honey. "He said he'd always loved me. He said he was sorry for making me wait so long."

“But I promise you, I’m done. With her, with the marriage, with all of it.” “You swear?” “I swear.” I pull her into the room, into my arms. “I love you. Only you.” Another lie. Maybe the biggest one yet. But she believes it. I feel her soften against me, feel her arms wrap around my waist, feel her tears soak into my shirt. “I love you too,” she whispers. “So much it hurts.” I kiss the top of her head, holding her close, and over her shoulder I catch our reflection in the mirror. We look like lovers reuniting. Like a couple with a future.

My stepmother stepped forward, her voice low. "Emily, I know this is hard to hear, but-" "Don't," I snapped, eyes blazing. "Don't you dare try to justify this. There's nothing you'd say that is excuse enough." Jake's face crumbled. "Emily, please. Let me make this right. I love you. I've always loved you." I laughed again. "Love? You call this love? You lied to me. You've been screwing her. How can you even say that word?"

"I love you." I stared up at him in surprise at the sudden confession. I blinked profusely and I felt my heart speed up at the warm smile that he was giving me. The love that radiated from his smile was heart-warming and I couldn't help but smile back at him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and tugged his head down so that our foreheads and noses touched. "I love you too, Ali. Always know that. You'll always have a special place in my heart that no one will ever be able to replace."

“He really loves me.” Her reply came without hesitation. “Yes. That much was obvious.” Something in her tone shifted—just slightly. “Which is unfortunate.” I closed my eyes. Because that was when it broke. Not shattered—broke. A slow, aching fracture deep in my chest, spreading outward until it was hard to breathe. All the years of training, all the discipline, all the lies I’d told myself about duty and purpose collapsed under one simple truth. “I love him too,” I whispered.

Monica's expression froze as she asked in disbelief, "What did you say? Reynold, didn't you tell me I was your favorite?" She pressed, "Is Adrianna forcing you to say this? I knew she was a difficult, unreasonable woman!" Anger flashed in Reynold's eyes. "What nonsense are you spouting? You better watch your mouth! I won't let you badmouth my wife." He turned to open his car door, but Monica grabbed his arm, refusing to let go. She hissed, "So you're dumping me? Dream on!" She added, "I've slept with you countless times, and now you think you can just walk away? Do you actually think Adrianna will forgive you? Keep dreaming!"

I love you so much I didn't know what love meant until I met you I loved your cute gestures I loved your innocence I loved your naive character I loved your sweet smile I loved your warmth But when I known all these are a lie and your fake acting infront of me for your evil motives I'm broken I'm completely broken my dreams shattered my world collapsed I fell in love With love It seems for what was real is not... The lies you spun When we begun You thought it would be forgotten Time heals all wounds You said to me Well this I say to you The scar I wear

“Forever, even in silence.” I remember our first night together, the way he trembled when he touched me, how he made love to me like he was discovering religion for the first time. He kissed every part of me like I was made of prayers. When it was over, he pressed his forehead to mine and said, “I will never let anything take you from me.” Funny how the world makes liars of lovers. Noah didn’t ask about his father much. And when he did, I’d give vague answers. “He was strong,” I’d say. “Smart. A man of big dreams.” All of which were true, even if the truth itself was a lie.