When Love Is A Lie

give her first time

gh her, Katherine Clarke realized that

lurred. Her instincts told her to run, but her weak, disoriented body couldn

her jaw and tried to hide how scared she was. Her voice wa

a second but didn't say a word. Instead

passed before it ended. Completely

d empty. The messy bed and the pain in her body told her c

r turned out to be a trap. She'd been given drink after drink until she c

lian Nash-her husband-who had just come back from a business trip. She messaged him again and again,

ords kept ringi

shed all the love they'd shared a

in her heart turned numb. She slowly pu

card slid off the bed

ed it up slowly, and the second she

rom Nash

ut of all the things she could've imagined, she never thought t

e had something

..

of shoes she knew too well-Julian was back. S

so simple, his natural confidence and sharp looks stood out. His hair was dam

een his brows. The look in his eyes was cold and distant. M

just looke

part. Three years ago, when Julian's father had been dying, she was the bone

t wish to ma

ght she could make it work-that even a man who was

was nothing more th

d her to wait on him and care for him, all t

d taken it all w

needing a roof-it was about love. She wanted him to love her. So, no matt

ght, she had noth

it had something to do with his family. She had walked into this house ready to confront him, but

trained from everything she

the closet, reaching for the shirt and tie Katherine h

d careless. "Stop standing there. Go make

er ground, her voice quiet but ste