FALLING FOR THE CEO's LIES

waiting for something to happen, the mansion was motionless and strangely quiet. As I sipped my coffee besi

s still missing when I awoke. His obsession with his work wa

tillness. I turned to see Kaitlyn, who was already making an im

don't look so surprised." "Cole asked me to come over

g her. It sounded as likely as the sun rising

want?" I asked, main

edge of the couch. "Calm down, sweetheart. I wa

abo

as though the re

owned it, made my chest constrict. I wai

arted by examining her immaculately groomed nai

picions," I re

the thing about Cole: when he feels like it, he's charming. Th

ain composed by c

"But don't let it fool you." "Cole Montgomery is indifferent to p

ly that I surprised myself

have I heard him make promises that he didn't intend to fulfill? Ho

by what she had said. "Cole isn't flawless,

it because her smile grew. "Did he share the

s the

. After promising us a partnership, he undercut us so badly that we were forced to se

he tell the truth? Or was this simply another on

ing this to me?"

are." "I lost everything when I fell in love with him once as we

y as I swallowed forcefully.

ood elegantly. Take care of yourself, sweet

g me alone while her comments co

-

ept coming to mind. Her words kept returning, sowing doubts that I

rned home that evening. I hesitated for the first time when he ente

asked, trying to

otch for himself and adde

that Kaitlyn's claims were accurate. However, his gu

inued, "Cole, may I

ightly as he glanced

with Kaitlyn's dad?" Trying

bit too forcefully, and his eyes darkened and hi

nowledged. "She claimed that yo

I didn't destroy anything. I took advantage of the poor

est and whispered

Like she has done to everyone else in her life, Kaitly

t you didn'

ause I don't need to defend myself in front of y

was also the way he said it as if he had

at way?" Quietly, I asked

a game, Aria." "And you'll be bett

hose not to show him how hurt I was. I stood up and said, "I

urned and left the roo

my head more loudly than ever as

f me to put my

nk Cole Montgomery was mor