He moved in so he was practically in my lap. “I’m only going to ask you this once,” he said, his eyes glistening with panic. “And I swear over my life I’m going to believe whatever you say. Do you understand? With my whole goddamn heart and soul I’m going to believe you so please don’t lie to me because I would never get over it.” “No,” I said before he even asked the question. “Nothing happened between me and Loring. Not last night, not ever.”
