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and he’d known her since she was a kid. Of course she’d been with women
before, but dating? She couldn’t go as far as to classify her no-strings
attached relationships as dating. Kiera had always kept her love life very
quiet, separate and secret from her family, but she was sure there were more
than a couple times when he caught her staring, flustered, in the presence of
female company over the years.
If anyone could just know things, it was Wynn.
She was pretty sure Wynn knew she wasn’t actually into Shane. Wynn
might even know Shane wasn’t even her real boyfriend. Technically, he was
her boyfriend, but he wasn’t real. At least, their relationship wasn’t.
She’d met him through an intimate acquaintance who had remained a
friend. Crystal worked with Shane, and since she knew all about Kiera’s
dilemma when it came to her family, she asked if she would be interested in
fake dating a guy whose mom wouldn’t leave him alone when it came to his
having a girlfriend. The lady was seriously crazy worried about her son
dying alone. She’d taken on the challenge because it seemed like a good
cover. Shane was a nice guy. He just wanted to live his life. It wasn’t his
fault his mom was basically a level five stalker and called him
approximately eighteen times a day. She put in a few appearances here and
there and Shane’s mom calmed down on the girlfriend front. He put in a
few appearances of his own and everyone thought she had a boyfriend. It
was a good arrangement.
Even if it was lonely.
Lonely was safe. Lonely kept a person’s heart from falling apart. No one
wanted to shatter. No one wanted to hurt. No one wanted to disappoint the
people who loved them. Love was something that was better off kept at a
distance.
Kiera had always practiced that theory. So why couldn’t she banish the
annoying thoughts of Romi Belleview from her mind? She’d been haunted
by a set of emerald green eyes for days. And nights. But she wasn’t going
