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“Her boyfriend,” Riven snaps. “She has a boyfriend. Hell, the way he was talking about her, I think they’re pretty damn close to getting engaged.”
My heart thumps. Daisy doesn’t have a boyfriend. There’s no way.
“I checked her passport and driving license,” he continues. “Everything he said was true.”
“Why would she lie?” I ask. “She must have had some reason. She did mention having a manipulative ex; maybe that’s him?”
His eyes are burning. “I don’t care. As soon as the storm is over, you’re driving her straight to the fucking airport.”
“We need to talk to her,” Cole says. “She can explain herself.”
I head for the corridor to find her, but Riv grabs my arm. “There’s no point. She’s already proven that we can’t trust her. She’ll just lie even more to get herself out of it.”
“You don’t know that—”
“Yes, Ido,” he growls. “It’s happened before. Or have you fucking forgotten?”
I frown. “Daisy’s nothing like Johanna.”
He shakes his head. “We’re not talking to her. We need to find the truth ourselves.” He holds out his hand. “Give me your phone.”
“What?”
“Give me your phone. It’s better at picking up signal than mine. I want to connect the laptop to the hotspot.”
I check my screen. “I don’t have any bars.”
“I’ll find somewhere in this Goddamn house which has signal. Give. Me. Your. Phone.”
Sighing, I give it up. He sits at the dining room table and fiddles with it, connecting it to the laptop, then opens up his browser. When the page doesn’t load, he slams his hand down on the table.“Fuck!”He bellows.
I jump. “Jesus, man!”
I’ve never seen Riven this angry. Not even close. He looks like he’s about to lose it. I put a hand on his shoulder. “Calm down. What the Hell is up with you?”
He runs a hand over his face. “I almost did it again.”
“Almost did what again?”
“Almost fucked us all over. I just—” He takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. “I just asked her to stay with us.”
“What?”
“To move in. To—date us. Officially. I asked her literally an hour ago.”
My heart leaps. “What did she say?”
“Does it matter? It’s obviously not going to happen now.” He scrubs a hand through his hair. Underneath all the anger, he looks completely miserable.
“You love her,” I realise. “Holy shit. You’re completely in love with her.”
He presses his lips tightly shut, not denying it. “I should’ve known,” is all he says.
I frown. “We don’t actually knowanything,yet. This might all be some big misunderstanding.”
He scowls up at me. “How? I saw her fucking ID, she gave us a fake name! Why are you on herside?”
“She believed me when I told her about my jail time. I literally told this girl that she was trapped in the mountains with acriminal,and she didn’t even flinch. I think she deserves the benefit of the doubt.” He doesn’t say anything. I sigh. “Look, Johanna lied to you for years. But I told you, man, that wasn’t your fault.”
