Chapter 192: "What if lying to your face was the only way to protect you, Roman?”

“You weren’t abducted that night were you?”

Elara sits with her arms crossed over her chest and there’s a bitterness in her gaze as she replies sullenly, “What night are we speaking of here?”

I can see the tick in Roman’s jaw.

I can see how he’s annoyed but trying to hide it, how he’s pissed off but trying not to show it, how he would rather do anything else right now than be here and speak to the woman who betrayed him, but I don't interfere.

Believe it or not, I think I might have a shorter fuse than Roman, so as he sighs and specifies, “The night of the attack. You weren’t abducted along with the pack were you?”, I smile softly with pride.

Elara jolts immediately yet hides her shock all at once, she looks away, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Roman chuckles derisively and I give him a look that playfully says don’t do that. He raises his hand in surrender and settles into his seat. Elara gives me a look I can't read.

“You know I can smell it when you’re lying right?”

Ro