All the Truths (Lies & Truths Duet, #2)

by Rina Kent

“You keep attracting danger like a magnet. I don’t even know what the fuck to do with you anymore.”

Why did we take so long to do something so natural?

“You just ruined it. I could’ve gotten some answers if you’d let me talk to him alone.”

God, I love him. I’m in love with him.

After I find my sister and uncover the truth about Arianna’s death. Because what I feel for Asher is too raw and deep to be resolved so easily.

“Why did you have to be like this?” She sniffles. “It would’ve been so much easier if you were the old Reina. Ever since I found this, I can’t sleep.”

“Even though I would give my life for him, I can’t do this to you or to Mr. Carson. He’s my savior and I owe him my life.

“Just…just promise me you won’t ruin his entire career, please. Please, Reina.”

“Please. If you care for me even a little, make my wish come true.”

Why don’t you come in? The only place I’ll be coming in tonight is your pussy.

He’s the last person I expected to find here. Dark jeans accentuate his powerful thighs and a gray T-shirt stretches against his bulging muscles.

eyes that shouldn’t be staring at me right now capture my soul in their merciless hold. “A-Asher?”

“The one and only, ...

“W-what are you doing here?”

Oh, God. Oh, no. My slut.

“You lied. That’s what you did. Do you know what happens when you lie to me?”

“B-but Lucy showed me a picture of you at a Halloween party in England last year. You…you couldn’t have been here.”

“That was a day before. I asked my friend to post it late.”

“Why?” “Be...

“I’m here.” He licks my lips again, as if tasting them for the first time. “Why did you want to meet?”

“What did you plan to do with Jason?” “N-nothing,” I choke out. “You expect me to believe that?” He snarls at my face.

“Why have you become such an expert liar?”

“You knew who I was all along, but you never once considered telling me who you are. You’re a fucking liar, Ash.”

It hits me then—all the things I told him via messages, every dark thought I talked about and confessed, not to mention all the sexual things we did in the past.

He owned a part of me and made me feel bad, thinking I cheated ...

“You knew.” “...

“You hid it well, but yes, you did. Last year, I was fucking you from behind while you were half-aslee...

The way he held my hair as he fucked me with the urgency of a dying man, the way he kissed me hard and rough and made me come over and over again.

He was brutal, unapologetic, and used me up in every way possible. However, he pleased me, too. He looked at me with those bright green eyes through that black mask and told me without words how much he’s obsessed with me, almost as much as I’m obsessed with him. He showed me in his actions how much being away never erased the connection we had.

Of course I knew who he was. I knew the moment I saw his eyes when he walked into the party. There are no pairs like them in t...

There’s no way the careful, standoffish Reina would’ve had a one-night stand. I was a calculating person who always looked ahead and plotted everythi...

The only reason I did it was because I knew it was Asher. The camouflage of the costumes gave me the anonymit...

“Those two times weren’t the only ones, were they? There was another one before you went to England.”

“At Sebastian’s lake house. It was dark and we were both drunk. I knew it was you because I was trailing your ass, but you didn’t. At least, I thought you didn’t.” His nostrils flare. “You knew about that, too?”

Even though I was drunk, nothing could’ve lessened the ache or the fact that I’d have to live in a world without him.

“Fuck, Reina.” He slams his hand beside my head. “Fuck! Why didn’t you say anything?”

“It would’ve broken the spell. You hated me back then, Ash.” I gulp. “More than any time, I mean.”

“So you made me believe you were fine with a one-night stand with a nobody after yo...

“Small price to pay, I guess. Besides, I wouldn’t have given my virginity to a stranger.”

Asher took my virginity. Fucking hell.

“I didn’t know that.” His brows furrow. “You didn’t bleed or anything. You weren’t in pain either.” I shrug, my cheeks heating. “Because it didn’t hurt.”

“Uh, yes. I’m good, Gaige. I’m spending the night with Asher. You can go back.”

“Yes. No one before you or after you. I know it for a fact.”

The fact that he’s Cloud003, the one who knows all my secrets and still wants me anyway, the fact that he wanted to hate me but he couldn’t help coming back every year to be with me.

“You were my first and only, too, Reina.”

“But you were in England and…oh, my God. Wait. Yo...

“I guess I’m lucky you were too drunk to notice.”

“You were the only girl I wanted to kiss since I learned what kissing is and the only one I wanted to fuck since I learned what fucking means. All the others were nothing compared to you. I couldn’t even get hard at the sight of them, and that didn’t change when I went to England. Every time I felt the urge, I pulled out your picture or thought of the nights we had together and jerked off to them. I might have wanted to ruin you, but I could never stop the need to own you, too.”

We weren’t even in an actual relationship and he hated me, but he still remained faithful to me. He didn’t consider the other girls because he couldn’t stop thinking about me.

“I’m your…slut.”