I lied.
We don’t—
I never—
Stop.
“—I had a question about the Henderson file, but it can wait.”
Lyrius’s pen didn’t stop moving and Kyara had to bite her lip very hard as she turned around.
Keep it together, Kyara! You asked for this. So keep it together!
And she really did believe she was doing well, and she had everything under control...until she was having lunch with Lara when the other woman suddenly asked, “What happened?”
Kyara burst into tears. “I’m s-so sorry...”
“Oh, hon, what’s wrong?”
Kyara was about to say it was nothing out of habit...when she realized something mind-boggling.
I don’t have to pretend.
I don’t have to lie.
I can just be honest.
And so she...talked.
She told Lara about secretly dating someone at work for three years and how she had found out about being cheated on, which then led to a...misunderstanding between her and their boss.
“I see.”
“Y-You don’t look surprised,” Kyara ventured uncertainly.
“We’ve shared the same office for three years,” Lara said complacently, “and I’m very good at finding things out.”
Kyara’s eyes widened.Oh no.Does that mean—
“But I’m also good at keeping secrets andnotmaking things uncomfortable.”
Why did it feel like Lara was telling her without telling her that she knew about Mr. Havington—
“May I just ask, though—” Lara looked at her soberly. “If you were to rate your misunderstanding from one to ten—”
“Eleven,” she said miserably.
“Oh.”
“Is that a bad ‘oh’ or a—”
“It’s not.”
She started to sigh in relief.
“It’s worse.”
“Lara!”
