Mind-Link's Lie: Love's Cruel Deception

heard the front door open and close. Gina' s v

ked me to keep you compan

it room that was the only space in the hou

g against the frame. "Still giving m

, framed charcoal sketch from Chloe's desk. It was a drawing of Chloe's mother,

d, her tone dismissive. "She

pure, shot through Chlo

d. "Oh, is this special? It looks

the charcoal. Suddenly, with a flick of her wrist, she snapped the de

yes wide with fake innoc

shot in the quiet room. For a second, Chloe co

grabbing Gina's ar

. I'll have Kerr buy you a hundred of them." She opened her purse and pulled out a wa

face, broke something inside Chloe. She wa

, hard. "Get ou

teps pounded up

mbled backward, deliberately knocking her arm against the sharp corner of a metal e

ed frame on the floor, the money scattered,

ing a trembling finger at Chloe. "I was jus

't ask what happened. He didn't wait for an explanation

is voice laced with a concern

er, his eyes like chips of ice. "Have

her voice shaking. "She brok

th contempt. "You hurt a person over a thing. I never knew

face. The tears were gone. In their pla

red the last of C

h and rage. "After everything, you believe her over me? Ker

in the air, de

er, turned his back on Chloe, and carr

he said, his voice a soothing b

estions, the pleas, died in her throa

tracing a path down her cheek. It wasn't a

e floor, her b

e with Gina is a desperate attempt to regain control of a situation you escalated. He s

so perfectly, predictably, psychopathically Kerr. He orchestrated the e

the precious, damaged drawing of her mother. She would fix it. She w