Chapter Twenty One

Darcie

We didn’t talk about it again, but it was there hanging between us.

The fact that he had lied to me. I knew he had lied. And he thought I was gullible enough to fall for it. That I believed everything he had said. Maybe I was in the wrong for letting him think I believed him but honestly, I had so much to mull over I didn’t give it much thought.

I liked him. And I knew he was attracted to me. But if he could lie to my face about backing down from the arrangement he had made on my behalf what else had he lied about?

Could what Maggie had said be true? Was he only this attentive around me because I was with Lucas first? I didn’t know any of their history. Hell, I hadn’t even known Lucas had an older brother but it was pretty clear that there was bad blood between them.

Could Havoc have pursued me so hard just to get one up on his brother? Was that what this was, his way of revenge?

I couldn’t answer that question honestly. The only person who could was Havoc himself and I had a f