Is there someone else?” My chest buckled at the question. Muscles locking, heart jumping, I squeezed my hands together and blinked across the table. I wasn’t able to hold back the brief flare of my eyes, nor the truth that flashed inside of them. Her dark brows lifted with intrigue. She gasped. “There is. Who is she?” “Nobody.” I’d said it too quickly, my voice drowning in treacherous grit. “There’s no one.” “You’re such a liar.” “I’m not with anybody, Tara.” It was partly true. Halley and I weren’t together—not really. We were just having sex, and that came with an expiration date.
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