Romans & histoires The Kindest Lie

"W-We were worried you would be nervous on your first night home! We were just joking to help you relax." Gillian and Keith nodded repeatedly. "Yes! That's right! The joke was poorly timed. We'll be more careful in the future!" I smiled, switched the stun gun back on, and shocked all three of them again. "Still lying, huh? I already know who the real heiress is." Orson forced a strained smile. "What are you talking about? The heiress is obviously you." "The DNA test proved it. There's no doubt about that." "Hurry up and untie us. Stop messing around, alright?"

His infuriating warmth. I never told Noah about his father. He grew up thinking his dad had died before he was born. I kept the lie tidy, out of protection. Out of pride. Out of pain. What could I tell a boy about a man who broke my heart and never came looking! Still, I kept Kenneth’s letters in a box under my bed. The love notes, the sketches he made of our future house, the blood pact we made when we were 19. We had cut our fingers open and whispered promises into the night. “Forever, even in silence.”

He was keeping his distance, standing too far away, and a tiny, detached part of my brain wondered why before the thought sank without a trace. Then my mind snagged on the boy in my doorway again. Jim. He’d lied. *Your ride is here.* The lie was so clumsy, so obvious. But as I stood there, watching Gavin shake on my couch, the reason why didn't matter. The lie was a life raft. It was a signal that whatever had happened was too big, too horrible for the truth. It was a kindness, really, to pretend. In a world that had just been ripped open, maybe a small, stupid lie was the only thing holding the edges together. So I let it go. I had to. There was no room for anything else.

Gina stood there in her wedding dress, her face lighting up. "You came?" She pulled out a box. Inside was not a ring, but a watch. "It was our token of love. I got it back. I won't let you take it off again." I nodded. "I did come to get a marriage license. But not with you." I pulled Tiana out from behind me. The crowd gasped. The way they looked at me screamed "scumbag." They thought I was a heartless traitor. Tiana's composure was impressive. She remained calm and even waved at the reporters filming.

His voice was quieter than usual, stripped of its usual edge. "It's the truth." I picked up my fork and pushed rice around my plate. "You're not a good man, Kyle. You're using me for revenge. You parade me around at parties and collect my suffering like evidence. But you told me that upfront. You were honest about being terrible." "Most people would not consider that a compliment." "Most people have not been lied to by someone who claimed to love them while breaking their bones." I took a bite of pad thai, and the warmth spread through my stomach like a small mercy. "You're the most honest liar I've ever met." "That's definitely not a compliment." "Take it however you want."

But she doesn't get it. If Enrique is telling the truth then it merely means that Kirsten is lying to her? No, how could she lie to her? Kirsten is a kind and honest person. She never lied to her. So how could she lie if she's an honest woman and she loves me as her family? But what about my boyfriend? How could he lie to me if he valued our relationship and he loves me? It's too hard for him to lie and cheat on her. Just like Anita.

I could hear him walking into the bathroom and he closes the door and locks it. José: “Okay what is going on? Didn’t you promise me that day you would be honest to me? So why are you lying to me right now?” Esrath: “It's hard to say because I fear you won't want me if you know what you just got yourself into and I fear that you might kick us out of your life once you find out.” José: “And what is it that you think I am so afraid of little one? No one and nothing can scare me away from you.”

“Lying won’t earn forgiveness.” “Not a lie.” Was Rian’s reply. It really wasn’t a lie. Kalmin and he decided they’d never tell her, because he knew she wouldn’t forgive him, but it was easier than trying to explain that one of his own betas stepped out on him and took it upon himself to kill Nuri’s best friend.

Nagkibit siya ng balikat ang nag-iwas ng tingin. I pursed my lips before I spoke. "How I wish, it didn't came this far." "This is better, Elie than to leave in lies. We all played with lies and finally, the time has come." He muttered and looked at me seriously. "It's so hard to live in lies, everyday Elie and I couldn't even tell it to you." He added and his tears fell.

Just then, Lia looked up and found dried leaves scattered on Kim's hair. She tried to brush them away. "Um, I'm sorry I lied. I didn't want to bother you." "Bother Lia? How would you be bothering her? Kim, you can be anything you want to be. You can be weird, but lying? We don't lie here." "Yea Kim, why would you lie in the first place? Not a cool move at all." Lia said, shaking her head in disappointment. "I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry."