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WHY ARE YOU LYING TO ME?
IVY
“No, tell me, did he do that thing with his tongue?”
I giggled, seeing her scrunched face, and shook my head. Her English accent was stronger as she lived in Azmia, in the Golden Palace, and it made me happy seeing her glowing, warm face.
“Why are you laughing? I’m serious, I want to know.”
“No, Zara, he didn’t… he didn’t do anything with his tongue.”
She said nothing for a moment, straightening her phone, the background of one of the gardens in the palace as she walked slowly, guards following her as she finally said,
“What an asshole.”
I chuckled, playing with the hem of my dress. “I still can’t believe you are a Princess.”
Her smile softened, her short dark hair framing her elfin face with sharp cheekbones and hazel eyes that glinted in the sunlight. “I apologize for not telling you sooner about… everything, Ivy.”
I knew. She had apologized and accepted my brother’s proposal, the same man whom she was pinning over for years until she stumbled into him in our house.
“It’s okay, Zara, I forgave you a long time ago.”
“Did you tell Hayden about him?” Her expression grew dark.
I sighed and rolled on my back on the bed, looking at the ceiling. “If I tell him that Jason cheated on me with my roommate, he would get mad. Very mad.”
“Furious.” She noted.
“Mhm, and I don’t care about it anymore,” I lied. Of course, I cared about it. My first ever boyfriend cheated on me. With my friend and my roommate. “I just want to move on, focus on my studies, you know.”
“And Aiden.”
My cheeks turned red, thinking about him. She knew about my little crush on him and she hadn’t stopped convincing me to confess to him and know if he likes me or not.
But I’m too scared to do it.
“You should ask him before you end up getting hurt, Ivy.”
I eyed the closed door of my room. “Maybe you are right, Zara. But you didn’t see how he looked at me this morning. He looked… hungry.”
Like he wanted to eat me.
Her soft laugh made me smile. “Did he look hungry for breakfast, or you?”
I didn’t reply, my cheeks warming.
“You have it bad for him, sweetheart.”
“I know. He is very kind and generous with me. I love talking to him more than Hayden because he doesn’t treat me like a little sister… even though he might think of me that way.”
“Oh, Ivy. You should talk to him about your feelings. Tell him you don’t see him as your elder brother,” she said as she walked from the garden into the Palace, nodding at the maids and guards who bowed at her.
“Please tell me you blocked Jason. If he does anything, I can ask my brothers to—”
“Aiden did.”
“Explain.”
