Novel & Cerita What Deceit

This was personal, targeting what he held dearest, and the feeling was unfamiliar, corrosive. His instincts screamed that it was all false, that every word, every image had been fabricated. He knew deception. He had built empires on reading people, spotting cracks where others saw none. And yet, for the first time in his life, he felt that he might have been outmaneuvered. Even steel bends under pressure, and Damian felt the first tremors of doubt ripple through him.

“Did you just say please? You use such a word now? What, had too much practice from the lies you told in the press conference this morning? First sorry and now please?” He stared at me. Confused. “I’m not that gullible, Eliot. Not like the people you can just deceive on social media.” “Deceive?” “Yes, deceive. Isn’t that what you did today? Why act all innocent now after your ‘properly arranged’ lies. A real good narrative, I’ll give you that.” “You think I lied?” He questioned, features tightened, “You think I went out there to say a lie?”

Nancy frowned and replied coldly, "It doesn't matter." "Yes, it does!" He wanted to grab her hand, but she pulled away from him. "I… I know I made a mistake, Nancy. I know I hurt you, but I realize I was wrong! We grew up together, Nancy. Please give me another chance, I'm begging you. I swear to God that I'll never hurt you again!" Evan's expression and tone sounded extremely sincere, but all Nancy could think about was the eighteen-year-old Evan. He was just as sincere and acted just like he was deeply in love with her. Yet, at the turn of the head, he made up this ridiculous lie just to trick her.

​He looked at me, the complexity of his lie laid bare. ​"I didn't manufacture the lie about the Voidance Clause, Emmah," Damian said. "I merely transposed it. The decoy will did contain a Voidance Clause that would trigger based on our remarriage. Tasha warned me that if I didn't destroy the decoy, Declan’s lawyers would find it first, leak it, and the public panic would force the state to seize the assets, regardless of the real will's existence." ​"So you destroyed the decoy," I finished, putting the pieces together. "You let me believe you were lying about the clause, when in fact, you were lying about which document contained it. You traded one lie for a more dramatic, more motivating li

"After you sanitized your hands like I was diseased!" Henry's head snaps toward Declan. Something dangerous flashes in his eyes. "You did what?" "She's lying," Declan scoffs, but there's a flicker of uncertainty in his face. "Like you lied about what happened to the last waitress you harassed?" Henry's voice is deadly quiet. "The one I had to pay off to keep quiet?" My eyes widen. So the rumors about Henry being different were true. "This isn't about me," Declan deflects. "Your fiancée is an impostor. A cheap replacement probably paid to - "

I re-read the words in my mind, over and over again, the harsh black letters burning into my retinas like acid. A cold, sickening dread bled straight through my veins, freezing the blood in my chest. This wasn't just a pathetic plea from a desperate man whose ego had been crushed. It was a veiled threat—a desperate, unstable declaration from a man who had already proven he was willing to steal, lie, and destroy my life to get what he wanted. What does he want to do?! I asked myself frantically, my breathing growing fast and shallow as I stared at the screen. What is he planning?!

"Who are you to ask me that?" "You can never fool me, Mia. You are the same Mia and whether you like it or not I won't be deceived the second time" the way he had said it reminded me that he still thinks of me as a deceiver. "You've proven me right once again. You are not only sly but also shameless. How many guys do you want to trap into your walls of deceit. If you think your little stunt over there would aggravate me, trust me it won't because there can't be any way I would actually harbour feelings for you. You don't deserve to be loved"

"What are you proposing?" She turned to the window, the city stretching out beneath her. "The people trust the narrative they’re given. We feed them a new one. Damien is not a hero; he is a criminal, a traitor, a man working with foreign entities to dismantle the nation’s infrastructure. We make him the villain of this story." "That’s not enough," Caldwell said, his voice edged with worry. "If even half of what’s in that leak sticks, we’re finished. I need assurances."

I ask with a growl, Jordan was right, I should see the other guy now, and Jordan is right he's in a much worse shape. "I see, you've sold me for this new guy," Joshua says sounding hurt, but it's fake hurt, he's lying, he's a good liar, always been one. "We were never a thing Joshua," I say annoyed with him, looking down at Jordan, he's still asleep, I don't want him to hear this. "But it didn't feel that way holding you," he says making me growl, he's making things up now. "Stop making things up!" I say, he's trying to gaslight me.

Dexie sighed softly and looked at Noah with a hint of guilt, then said helplessly, “Yes, we all misunderstood it, and maybe... this whole thing was a conspiracy from the beginning.” Noah fell silent for a moment, then he and Jessebelle exchanged glances. The expression in their eyes suggested that they had deceived Dexie. Indeed, Noah’s expression turned slightly serious. Don't let yourself fall for his tricks, he said as he turned to face Dexie with a hint of helplessness in his voice. He is a very dangerous person and will harm even his older brother. He...” Dexie said anxiously, “Noah, the situation is not as we thought it was. Despite having the evidence, someone deliberately planted it