Chapter 43

• "What was that?"
• She looked up, right at me. The black rims around her eyes made her blue irises stand out even brighter. "I really did love spending more time with you. Maybe I started off trying to get an edge on my career. It's not like I didn't enjoy hanging out with you before. But with the extended time and dinner and the opera and everything? I found myself falling in love with you."
• Her words were honeyed and sounded so hopefully romantic. And yet they stirred nothing but anger in me. "How can I believe that?" I snapped. Taylor jumped off my shoulder and tried to pull away. But still I gripped her wrists tightly and the first bruise marks were starting to form. My voice went deep and menacing. "A relationship built on lies is still built on lies. It's a foundation that can't last."