Our Lie In April Novels & Stories

The next second, the fitting room curtain was yanked open. Gina was about to scold her assistant, Claire Shaw. When she saw it was Lincoln, her face went pale instantly. Lincoln stood in the doorway and gave Gina a bitter smile. "Gina, I thought you really cared about my injured foot. I thought you were having someone try on my outfit for tomorrow's party. "If Nathan hadn't tipped me off and told me to come watch the show, I never would've known that this was all just wishful thinking on my part. There’s no need to wait until tomorrow. I'll return everything you gave me right now."

I know asking Megan to come will be a good thing; if she does not listen to those two, she will not listen to anyone. "I will call her right away, but please, Ryan, do not lose control again. I understand the situation is shit, but April is human and right now she is scared." It is my fault, I am an idiot, I cannot lose control like this. "She will not get over this. I lied to her, she hates lies. Look at what happened with her ex. My secret, although different, will have the same impact on her." "It is not something you would tell her on the first date. She has to understand that it is not a lack of trust, but rather trying to avoid exactly what just happened." I look at Robert, knowing he

she asked. I didn't want to lie anymore. It was too late for that. "Did your dad tell you everything?" "He thinks he’s the father," April said. She sat on the edge of the bed. "I was shocked. I mean, my best friend and my dad? It feels crazy. I didn't think you were the type of person to just... hook up with people." "I’m not," I said quickly. "I know," she sighed. "But my dad wouldn't lie about this. He’s a lot of things, but he isn't a liar."

With that, I switched off my phone and fell asleep, oblivious to the chaos unfolding in the comments. [What's going on, Jilian? Going through a phase?] [Wait… Are you getting divorced?] That comment received a reply that said, [Shut up. Give her some space.] In a group chat with Harvey's friends, someone wrote what no one dared say aloud. [I told you Harvey went out of line by turning a whole celebration into a funeral. Whatever happened, he should've waited until after the event. Jilian looked completely broken that day.] Someone stepped in and spoke up on Harvey's behalf. [Come on, a life was lost. We'd all pause for a stranger, let alone a first love. Everyone has a crush they never actua

And her body, once proud and strong, grew weaker and thinner, but her eyes still burned with desperate hope that he might hear her pleas if she repeated them enough times. “Stefano, they lied to me as much as they lied to you, I was nothing but a soldier, I was used, I never wanted this, I swear to you, you are the only man I ever loved, the only truth in all my lies,” she cried one night when he pressed the cold barrel of his gun against her temple, not pulling the trigger but letting the weight of it speak for him. He shook his head slowly and whispered, “Love, you say, but love is not built on lies. Love is not a mask you wear until it rots and falls away, what you gave me was not love, i

All of which were true, even if the truth itself was a lie. When Noah graduated college, I cried harder than I had in years. He got a job in New York big lights, big stage, big world. I packed his bags and kissed his forehead. “Call me every Sunday,” I said, fighting tears. He hugged me so tightly that I almost broke and told him everything. But I didn’t. Months passed. Then one Sunday, his voice sounded different. “Mom… I met someone. Well, not like that. A man. Older. He hired me. We talk a lot.”

she said in her sugary voice. Macie shouldered past me on her way out, sending me sprawling to the floor. I crashed down, tears streaming uncontrollably. Adrian loomed over me, tilting my face up to his. "Liliana, this little scene? It's nothing compared to the hell I went through. Remember the divorce papers I got in jail?" I was drowning in tears, but I had to try one more time. "Adrian, I swear I didn't know about those papers. It was my mother—"

"Let him go. Let it all go." Nelson and Leora stood as well, coming over to us. "Come on," Leora whispered. "I don't want to keep remembering the past when the present is this beautiful." We were four people who had survived a tapestry of secrets, pain, betrayal, and danger. And yet, we found love. Found one another. Found peace. I raised my glass. "To letting go." Everyone else did the same. Four glasses clinked together. "To peace," said Lily.

While at the door, Leo even teasingly touched Eliza's behind and asked in a low voice, "Do you still have contraceptives?" Eliza smiled seductively and replied, "I bought some before you came. I even bought a spiked vibration device…" The video ended there. I closed the app and saw the message Leo had sent ten minutes ago. "Babe, I have to work late tonight, so I won't be coming home. Rest well." I stared blankly at the text until tears began to fall on my phone screen. After sending me the video, the private investigator kindly said to me, "Take it easy. Don't be too upset. It's just a man's nature."

April wiped her tears quickly when she heard the door to the slave quarters creak open. Jessica stepped inside, her usual warm smile faltering when she noticed April's red-rimmed eyes and tear-streaked face. Concern washed over Jessica as she hurried over to April’s side, kneeling beside her. "April, what’s wrong?" Jessica asked softly, reaching out to brush a tear from April’s cheek. "Why are you crying?" April bit her lip, trying to control the trembling in her voice. She couldn’t tell Jessica the truth, couldn’t let her friend know the secret she was now forced to carry. So she forced herself to lie, her voice barely above a whisper.