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Linea came over to the sink and peeped out. “Not that I can see. So what’s with you?”
“What?” I drew in a discreet breath and returned to cleaning the sink.
“Something is up. What aren’t you telling me?”
I side-eyed my friend. “Seriously? I was only thinking of our schedule for the coming days. We have a lot of work to do.”
“So, schedules make you blush?” She put her messy finger on my face.
“Hey!” I batted her hand off. “That’s nasty.”
“Doing the nasty is what you were thinking about.” Linea didn’t budge.
My stomach fisted. Did she know? No, she couldn’t.
“Can we just get back to work?” I affected a bored tone.
Linea saw right through my act. “Uh-uh,” she declared. “Tell me.”
“There’s nothing to tell.”
“You’re practically glowing today. Humming to yourself. Staring out the window.”
“I was looking at the new plants.”
“You said you were thinking of our schedule.”
My face heated. “I—”
“You aresolying to me. There’s something you’re not telling me.”
“Linea, we have so much work to do today.”
“So you better start really quick. You don’t want to disappoint our clients by being a secret-keeping…” She chewed her lip. “Keeper of secrets.”
My brows knotted. “That’s essentially the same thing.”
“I don’t care. Just tell me now.” She chuckled. “What has you in such a state? Did the doctor say you’re having triplets or something?”
“Oh, God, no.” My hands went to my stomach. “Don’t even think that!”
“It could happen.” Linea nodded.
I curled my hands around my stomach. “Linea, stop. You’re scaring me.”
"Then give up your secret, or I’ll describe the other possibilities—"
I pressed my hands against my ears and yelled, “I slept with Liam.”
Silence filled the kitchen following my confession.
I pried open my eyes to see Linea staring at me.
“Do you mean like, the first time, or…”
The truth was already out there. No use lying. “Last night.”
"Ava." Her eyes bulged and she smacked my shoulder.
