Secrets, Seduction, & Serenity
“She…she’s just…someone I work with. She’s been causing me a lot of stress lately, and I guess it’s been affecting us.”
I was proud of myself for how fast I had come up with that.
Chri’s expression softened slightly, though the hurt and confusion still lingered in his eyes. “I don’t understand,” he said, his voice tinged with frustration. “And why did you not tell me about her? Why all the secrecy?”
I swallowed hard, searching for the right words to explain without revealing the dangerous web of deceit I had been entangled in. “I…I was afraid,” I admitted, my voice breaking a bit. “Afraid of what you might think, of how you might react.”
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